The warm water running down my body makes my tense muscles relax. All thoughts I've been thinking about this whole week was the party. Ever since Mateo invited me my emotions have been all over the place. One moment I'm excited for it and then a minute later I'm scared cause I'm not sure what to expect.

There's many reasons why I don't think it will go well. I don't drink so Mateo will think I'm boring, I don't like talking to new people, and lastly I just stand there just not knowing where to look.

I just have this feeling that something is going to happen. I don't know what it is specifically but if something does happen I hope it's nothing big. Knowing Mateo and Alison are excited that I'm going, I can't cancel on them last minute just because I have a feeling. So it's time to put my big girl pants on and face this party head on.

Who knows what if something happens between Mateo and I? Not that I want something to happen...I mean I do but I don't know. I feel like Mateo and I are more than friends but at the same time we aren't. It's like we're in the middle. We flirt with each other, which I'll say is very bold of me, but nothing has happened ever since the night he stayed.

I went to Alison's once Mateo left and I told her about what happened. The whole watching the movie, the breakdown, and him holding me while I slept. She was very excited for me although I don't why. Some of her words have marked their territory on my mind, "Just give him time Vero. You can obviously tell he's into you. It's all up to him and I'm sure he'll know when the moment is right to ask you to be his girlfriend." She's right. I mean I'm pretty sure Mateo knows I like him, I don't do a good job from hiding it. My cheeks always turn red when I see him, we're always hanging out, and early this week we fell asleep on the phone together.

My thoughts about Mateo are cut off once I start feeling the water turn cold. Shutting off the water, I step out and start to dry myself with a towel. Looking at myself in the mirror I take a deep breath.

This will help me. Going to the party isn't going to change my perspective, I already know that. Maybe just Mateo being there makes me feel better. I turn around and leave the bathroom. Now it's time for the difficult part. What to wear. What do girls today wear at parties? What I definitely know is that I am not going to wear a dress.

As I'm looking for a nice shirt, I stop my movements when I remember a specific shirt I bought a while back. Digging through piles of clothes I find what I'm looking for. It's more of a body suit rather than a shirt but it's pretty cute. It's a white lace bodysuit, not that see through but still cute. I can pair this with a pair of light blue jeans and for shoes it wouldn't look right if I wore sneakers so heels it is.

With that being settled, I change into the outfit and look into the mirror. I don't want to sound conceited but, I look pretty good if I do say so myself.

Continuing my routine of getting ready which is just doing my hair and putting makeup on, the only thing I switch is my makeup. Since it's a party I added a winged liner and put on mascara. There's only certain days I put on mascara for school. Topping off the makeup look with some clear lip gloss, I'm done.

As always, when I'm finished I stare at myself in the mirror. Damn I do look good. My phone vibrates in front of me and I reach for it only to see a message from Mateo.

Alison wanted us to ride together but I politely declined her invitation because I knew Alejandro wanted to pick her up. Since I'm ready I respond to Mateo with a thumbs up emoji and put my phone down.

I look for a jacket to take just in case I get cold. I'm not going to wear it inside but I can keep it in Mateo's truck. Quickly finding my heels I strap them on. They're honestly really cute, they're opened toed so you can see my white polished nails, it's a simple design. There's a white strap that crosses beneath my toes and the other strap wraps around my ankle.

With everything set I head down stairs. It's barely 7:45pm and the party started at seven. I guess Mateo must want to make an entrance if we're going to be an hour late. Mom and Dad went to visit my grandma and obviously I couldn't go since I had the party. Mom didn't really mind, she was more happy at the fact of me going out.

*beep*

Smiling at his text, I stand up from the couch and turn off all the lights except for the porch light. Opening the door I see Mateo leaning against the passenger door. He's wearing his white Nikes, black jeans, a white shirt, and a black jean jacket. The smile that is plastered on his face is big, his perfect white teeth are showing and he looks handsome as ever. I turn back around to lock the door and make sure I have everything. When I start walking up to Mateo he's just staring at me with that same smile.

"Well don't you look handsome." I say as I poke his stomach with my finger. He straightens up and looks down at me. His messy hair slightly falling onto his forehead. "And you look stunning as ever V." He tucks a piece of my hair behind my ear. Naturally, my cheeks start turning red. He knows what he's doing cause his smile turns even bigger.

"Okay, let's get going before Adam starts calling me." He says as he opens the door for me. I quickly walk by him and get into the truck. He closes the door and walks around the front of the truck to get into the driver's seat. I connect my music right away, he doesn't mind he actually likes when I play my music.

We drive away from my house and start to head to Adam's. I've never been to Adam's house before, but I've overheard people say it's really nice.

"So are you excited for the party? Adam throws THE best parties." He grins while lowering the volume down on the radio. "I guess you can say I'm excited. I mean I am because you're going to be with me, but I don't know how to feel about the crowd." I turn to face him as he continues to look straight. "Don't worry sweetheart," he says with a smirk and grabs my hand. "I won't lose you in the crowd." I turn around to hide my blush. Oh gosh we're holding hands.

My thoughts of us holding hands are on pause when we enter a neighborhood that has huge houses. I mean I know they said his house was huge but I didn't believe it would be this big. Mateo starts to slow down once we pull up to a house that has cars parked outside. The house is nice. A long driveway that leads up to the house, it seems to be two stories I believe but it looks like it could have multiple rooms.

Once Mateo parks he lets go of my hand and I step out. I wait for Mateo to come around before we start walking. When he's beside me he throws his arm around my shoulder and starts guiding me to the entrance of the house.

"Mateo please don't leave me alone." I tell him in a worried tone as we get closer to the house. "Don't worry V," he squeezes my shoulder for reassurance. "I got you for the night and I am not planning on letting go." I let out a breath I didn't realize I was holding and smile at him.

By the time we're in front of the door, I'm able to hear music blasting, through the windows I'm able to see different colored lights switching. There's some people standing outside but none of them are looking at us. Mateo shakes me a little and that makes me look up at him. Even though his eyes are dark, they have all my attention.

"You ready?" He says with a small smile that makes butterflies in my stomach. "If you're ready. I'm ready." I say as his small smile turns into a wide grin.

He nods his head and opens the door with his other hand. Once the door is open, the music that I faintly heard is now hitting my ears clearly, there's people grinding on each other, and there's other people smoking and drinking while leaning on walls.

Mateo unwraps his arm from around my shoulder and grabs my hand.

"Let's go have fun sweetheart."