There was a knock on the door. "Nina please go get the door". "I'm in the bathroom". She yells out. "Fine". I walk towards the door. Dear God. It's Ethan.

"Hi". He says. His blue eyes shining, wow he's so handsome in person.

"Hi, I'm Liz" I say holding the door. This is awkward. "Hi Liz, I'm Ethan". He brings out his hand for me to shake, I shake him back. "So, I'm looking for Nita and Nina". He looks at me. "Hey Liz who is..." Nina looks at me and Ethan. "Hi Ethan". She waves. "What are you doing here?". He takes his eyes of me, "Well, My sister's birthday is tomorrow and Ciara wanted me to invite you guys, she couldn't come herself because she was getting everything ready". "Wow cool, thank you". Ethan looks at me. "Uh, are you coming with them". His eyes looking so flashy. "Well, I don't think I can.."Nina shuts me up. "Of course, we'll be there"

Ethan smiles and walks out.

I slap her hand"Nina what gives!". She rolls her eyes as she walks up the stairs. "Liz, I did you a favor". I don't need it. "You better get get ready for tomorrow.

What's her problem. I can't go, I can't leave the house. I haven't left the house for the past eight years, this is the only memory of our family together and I can't leave. I have to cancel.

I slept, I stood up, the light was so bright, then the light reduced, then I saw my mom calling out for me.

"Liz, Liz". She opens her hand. I ran so fast."mom!" I hug her back, tears running down my eyes. "Mom, I missed you so much". "I missed you too sweetie"

She kisses my forehead.

We were walking, but I didn't know where we were walking to, we were just walking. We stopped, my mom smiling at me, she caressed my hair.

"What has been going on in my baby's life, huh. You're so big and beautiful, like I knew you'd grow up to be". I start crying. She cleans my eyes. "Shhhh, don't cry okay, I'm here for you sweetie, I love you". I hug her, I missed her so much.

I clean my nose. "Well, mom, nothing really, I got invited to a party". My mom looks at me. "Are you going?". My mom looks at me dead in the eyes. "Mom, I don't want to go, like I don't have to go if I don't want to go right". Mom sighs. "Sweetie, what's in your mind, do you want to go or not" I thought of it for a while. "Mom, I do wanna go but, i can't leave the house". She sighs. "Sweetie, it's okay, you can go, even though, we're not with you, I'm with you, always, I love you. So kisses my forehead again. "So I can go". "Of course sweetie, you can't leave at home forever". She did have a point. "I'll go". She kisses my hands. The light comes back again. "I love you". She then fades away. The light shined so high.

I woke up feeling so tired, then I found out that there was tears in my eyes. I remember what mom said.

I'm always with you. Why worry when my mom is with me, hearing it myself, it's kind of weird that I haven't left the house in eight years, I have to lighten up a little bit.

"Good morning Liz, how'd you sleep". Nina asks getting ready to bath. "I.. sleep okay". She heads for the bathroom. "Cool". Nita comes up. "You, look weird, did you sleep well last night?". I nod my head.

I dress up. I wore pants and a big top. I do really like wearing big clothes, but I'm really nervous, it's my first time out in eight years. We got ready to go. We all walked there it wasn't that far. We got to the house, the house Is so big. The mail box looks half the size of our house. Nina rings the doorbell.

A beautiful woman comes out of the door, she has blue eyes, just like Ethan.

"Oh hi" she says. Her eyes glittering up.

"Good morning Mrs Newman". Nina and Nita says in unison. "Hey dears" She pauses and noticed me. "And I guess you're Liz". I look at her. "Yes Ma'am".

"Alright, come in". We enter her house. Her house Is so big. It looks like a mansion, I guess that their parents have good jobs.

"Nina, Nita, Ciara is upstairs with the decorations, I think she'll need your help. "Ok, Liz will you like to come with us" Nina asks. I can't go, I don't know Ciara that much and I don't want to go there feeling like a third wheel. "Uh, don't worry, I'll be fine down here. "Okay". Nina touches my shoulder and they leave and head upstairs.

I walk to the couch, the couch is so soft. Then I saw Mrs Newman holding some party decorations, but they fall down.

"Mrs Newman, let me help me". I helped her to pack the stuff and put them in the couch. Ethan comes down stairs, he looks so hot while wearing a tank top, it's showing off his muscles and abs. He grabs the things from my hand, the smell of mint filling my nose, he touches my hand.

"Let me help with that". Mrs Newman goes to the kitchen. "So.. uh, how come I've never seen you and your cousins at school". He looks at me. "Well, we do home school". He looks at me. "Okay". He smiles at me forcing me to smile back.

A little girl runs down with glittering sneakers, holding a Barbie doll. She comes breaking the silence between us.

"Ethan, Ethan..." She looks at me. "Ethan is this your new girlfriend?". She holds his hand. Ethan looks at me, I nod. "Lacey, she's not my girlfriend, her name is Liz". I smile. "Oh, sorry Liz, you guys look like a great match". Mrs Newman comes and grabs Lacey, I guess that she heard what Lacey said.

"I am so sorry, Lacey let's grab a snack" she takes her to the kitchen. Ethan smiled. "Why are you smiling?". I ask looking at his majestic blue eyes.

"Nothing". He winks. Ciara, Nina and Nita come down the stairs with more decorations. "Mum, we got the.." She pauses and looks at me. "Liz, right". She looks at me. I guess the blue eyes runs in the family. "Yeah".

"She walks up to me. "Can you help us with the party decorations?". "Sure". I really didn't want to help but I had to.

I grabbed the lights. "Uh, Mrs Newman, where do I hang the lights?. Mrs Newman walks towards me. "Why don't you let Ethan help you with it?". She signals Ethan, she walked towards me to help me. "What if we hang it up there". He points at a spot close to the roof. "No way that place is too high". It's okay, I'll hold you". He puts his hands in his pockets. "Oh and how are you gonna do that?" I ask looking at him.

"Err" He grabs a stool, and places it close to me". I look down at the stool. "I can't stand on that". He arched a brow. "You're tall". He looks at me up and down. "Ya, but I'm scared, I'll fall". I say feeling embarrassed. He rolls his eyes. "It's okay I'll hold you". I didn't complain anymore. I climbed the stool, hoping that I won't fall. As I was putting the decorations, I stepped on the edge of the stool, and I tripped but Ethan held me, his eyes starting deep into my eyes. "Ahem". Ciara coughs, making Nita and Nina giggle.

"Sorry". He releases me, I feel so awkward. "You be careful next time okay". I nod in agreement.

The party started, we all went to Ciara's room. We talked about other things. Then her mom walks in. "Girls it's time"

We went downstairs. I saw girls staring at Ethan, some were talking to him, but he just didn't pay attention to them. The party's really nice. Princess themed, this is how I wanted my eight birthday to be, just like this one. This reminded me of my parents again. Tears escapes my eyes. I wipe it off.

Ethan walks towards me. "Are you okay?" I turn around, trying to look okay. "Yes I am". He smiles. "Oh, I thought I saw you crying". I fake a smile. "No, why would I cry?".

"You're right though, so how are you loving the party?" I shake my head. "Well, it's beautiful". I smile. "I want to get to know you better". I smile with concern. "What do you mean?". "I mean I want to know you very well". Whatever. "Okay". "I'll see you tomorrow?". I smile. "Tomorrow".

I let out a yawn, I want to go home. I text Nina, I lost them through all the people, they really love to party.

Where are you guys, I wanna go home, I'm really tired.

Sorry, Liz, we are up at Ciara's room, we're eating. Did you get anything to eat.

No, I only drank water.

Okay, so are you with Ethan.

Just get down here, okay. I'm going to talk to Mrs Newman. You guys meet me at the door, and don't you dare waste time!

Alright, we're on our way.

Hurry!!

I put my phone in my back pocket and search for Mrs Newman, who is taking to her friends. She then sees me, finally. She walks up to me. "Darling, is there anything you want". She holds her party cup up. "I scratch the back of my head. "I'm sorry Ma'am, but we need to go, it's getting late". She drops her cup on the chair. "I get it you're parents might be looking for you". I nod my head. "So where's your sisters?". I remove my phone from my pocket. "I just texted them, they're on their way". She smiles and walks off to meet her other friends. I hear a buzz on my phone.

Where are you?, Manny and I are here. Where are you?

Uncle we're at a party, we're on our way.

Well, come home quick.

I waited for up to 3 minutes and they didn't still show up. Ethan comes and sits close to me.

"Hey". Ethan says. "Are you waiting for someone?". He asks. "Yes, I'm waiting for my sisters, we wanna go home". He looked disappointed, I didn't know why.

"Oh, okay, see you tomorrow". He walks off.

Nita and Nina comes down the stairs with Ciara. "Sorry, it took so long" Ciara apologized. "It's okay", I smiled angrily. "We'll be going now". We went out the door.

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