{Character in picture: Jessica Lowndes as Jesenia Gavidia}

{Song in video: Lady Gaga ft. Colby O'Donis - Just Dance}

I was getting my apartment ready for the party. I had decided I would go through with it since Mr. Havens told me he could make it. Most of my workmates also told me they would come.

I was busy making margaritas and had bought champagne. I looked around and made sure there was plenty of snacks and food. I played some music in the background, at a low volume.

After I was done preparing for the party, I went to get ready. I put on a short, tight, maroon colored dress, gold low heels, and gold bracelets. Since it was at my house, I didn't need to follow a dress code.

The first people to arrive were Sanjay, Dante, and his wife, Leslie.

"Hey guys," I greeted them and grinned. "Make yourselves at home. I have margaritas, champagne, food, and snacks in the kitchen."

"Thank you Stacey," Sanjay said. "You have a very nice place." He smiled, and then went into the kitchen.

"Stacey, I would like you to meet my wife Leslie," Dante said and introduced us.

"Hello nice to meet you," Leslie said and shook hands with me. Leslie was gorgeous, she had a black pixie cut, beautiful smile, and wore a tight long black dress.

"Hey nice to meet you too," I said, grinning. "You look absolutely gorgeous."

"Aw thank you. You look beautiful yourself." She smiled at me.

Pretty soon, the other coworkers began to show up. I was getting a little nervous since Mr. Havens hasn't shown up yet.

Harper was babbling on and on to me, but I was focused on seeing Mr. Havens. I nodded and acted like I was listening. I knew it was rude but I had too many things on my mind.

Finally, after what has seemed like forever, Mr. Havens came to the party.

"One second Harper," I said and quickly went over to Mr. Havens. "Hey Mr. Havens, I'm so glad you made it." I grinned.

"Hello Anastasia," Mr. Havens said. "I'm sorry I was running a bit late. I had an emergency meeting that was planned at the last minute."

"Oh it's okay. Things happen like that. I understand you're a very busy man." I paused for a moment. "There's food and drinks in the kitchen."

Mr. Havens smiled. "Oh okay. Thank you Anastasia."

I practically squealed. He actually smiled at me!

We talked for a few more minutes but then Mr. Havens' phone rang. "I'm sorry I have to take this," he said and walked outside of the apartment.

I grinned to myself. This party is going great! So far, I didn't screw anything up.

Dante and Leslie came up to me. "Wow Mr. Havens actually came to your party," Dante said, looking impressed.

My grin faded to a confused look. "What do you mean by that? Why do you sound so surprised?" I asked.

"Because he almost never goes to anyone's gatherings or parties." Dante chuckled as if that were obvious.

"It's true. I don't think I've ever seen him attend any parties except his own," Leslie said, while taking a sip of champagne. "And that's only if he has to go."

"Really? Hmmm that's weird that he came to my party then, especially since I screwed up so much," I said, taking a few sips of my strawberry margarita.

All of a sudden, Chelsea, Dave, and Jesenia Gavidia burst through the door and came inside.

My mouth dropped open in horror. "What are you doing here?" I asked, almost gasping.

I didn't invite Chelsea to the party, because no offense to Chelsea, but I wanted the party to be more on the classy and elegant side. Whenever Chelsea went to a party, she usually got extremely drunk and sometimes made a scene.

"You're throwing a party and you didn't invite me?" Chelsea asked, sounding slightly annoyed.

"I'm sorry Chels...This party was for my coworkers and boss only. I wasn't planning on inviting anyone else," I replied. I turned to Jesenia, my supermodel close friend. "Hey Jesenia what are you doing here? I thought you were modeling in Milan for six months." I smiled at her.

"Hey!" Jesenia exclaimed, grinned, and gave me a hug. "Six months has already passed, silly. I just got back yesterday." She looked drop-dead gorgeous, wearing a short pink dress with a black belt around it, and black high heels. She had her straight brown hair down and had pink lipstick, black eyeliner, and black mascara. She looked very similar to Adriana Lima, and actually got mistaken for her a few times.

"I bumped into her just now while walking in the city," Chelsea explained, glancing at Dave and back to me. "And then on the way walking to your apartment, we bumped into Dave, and I decided he should come along too, because why not?" She grinned.

I sighed, feeling overwhelmed. I was glad Jesenia was back in town, but I didn't want to deal much with Dave. I wanted to focus on Mr. Havens, and to impress him. "Since you all are here, I'm obviously not going to kick you out. The drinks and food are in the kitchen."

"Drinks? Alright!" Chelsea exclaimed and dashed into the kitchen.

I winced. Maybe I shouldn't have told her about the drinks. From the corner of my eye, I noticed Chelsea already chugging a few glasses of the strawberry margarita.

Mr. Havens walked back into the party. Jesenia noticed him, checked him out, and said, "Is that Vincent? I'll be right back." She walked over to him and started talking to him.

She knows Mr. Havens? Ugh great, now gorgeous model Jesenia will talk to him and now he will fall in love with her since she's gorgeous.

"Nice party you're having," Dave said and smiled. I had almost forgot that he was there.

"Oh uh thanks," I said and faked a smile.

Now I was worried about Jesenia and Mr. Havens. I kept looking back at them, and noticed they kept laughing and talking.

"Time to get this party officially started!" I heard Chelsea suddenly exclaim, and saw her turn up the music and change the song to "Just Dance" by Lady Gaga ft. Colby O'Donis, and dimmed down the lights.

"Oh no," I groaned to myself, and had an exasperated look on my face.

Chelsea came up to me and Dave, stumbling. "I made your party more fun," she slurred, grinning and giggling crazily.

I sighed, face palming. "Chels you're already drunk? You haven't been here for even a half an hour yet," I said, sounding exasperated.

Dave chuckled. "Looks like things are going to get crazier up in here," he said to me. "Want to dance with me?"

I paused and thought about it for a moment. Sure, Dave was extremely attractive with his piercing jade-green eyes, brown hair, and muscles, but I liked Mr. Havens now. Besides, he was my ex.

Before I could say anything, Chelsea grabbed me by the arm and dragged me away. "You go dance with him," she said. "If Mr. Havens acts jealous, then we'll know for sure if he likes you. Now get back to him." She grinned and started stumbling toward Sanjay. Somehow, she was still able to give advice, even in her condition.

I couldn't help but laugh. Poor Sanjay. I doubted that Mr. Havens liked me, but I took Chelsea's advice anyways and went up to Dave and said, "Sure I'll dance with you." I smiled at him.

We went into the living room and danced by each other. I scanned the room and noticed Harper practically hopping and jumping around to the song. I glanced at Mr. Havens and Jesenia. He was looking in my direction with a straight face, and quickly turned away and went talking back to Jesenia. I noticed them walking to where me and Dave were and they started to dance. Mr. Havens is actually dancing?!

"You look beautiful tonight by the way," Dave said to me shyly.

"Awww thanks," I said, putting a few strands of hair behind my ear.

Back when we used to date, Dave was always complimenting me and acted a little shy around me. I had thought it was extremely cute.

We danced, laughed, and subtly were flirting with each other.

Mr. Havens glanced at us, almost scowling. I turned my head in his direction, and raised an eyebrow. He quickly looked away. I wonder what all that was about.

Dante and Leslie went over to where we were and started dancing.

The party went on for another few hours, and people were gradually leaving. To my surprise, Mr. Havens was actually still here. It was already a little past midnight.

"Well I should get going," Dave said to me and smiled. "Tonight was extremely fun...even though I technically wasn't invited and accidentally crashed your party." He chuckled.

"Thanks," I said and grinned. "I'm glad you had fun! Don't worry about crashing my party, it's cool. Have a good night."

"You too." He gazed into my eyes and bit his lip. "I'll see you around." He walked out of the door.

I turned to where Mr. Havens was, and thankfully he wasn't around Jesenia anymore. I noticed Jesenia was talking to Dante and Leslie.

I turned back to Mr. Havens and noticed him walking toward my direction. When he got up to me, he said, "Thank you for this party Anastasia. I normally don't go to parties and gatherings but this was rather fun. I'll see you on Monday." He gave me a small smile.

I let out a sigh of relief. "I'm so glad you enjoyed this party. Thank you so much for coming! And yeah I'll see you on Monday." I smiled and waved him good-bye. He went out the door and left.

"We're going to get going too," Dante said. "The party was lovely Stacey."

"Yes it was very lovely and thank you for also inviting me," Leslie said and smiled. "Hopefully the babysitter won't be upset with us. I didn't know we'll stay out this late."

"Thanks for coming!" I exclaimed as they were walking out the door.

Everyone left, except Chelsea, who was passed out on my couch. I put up the food and drinks and got ready to go to sleep.