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Tough Love (1979) Part 7
Hey yâ??all. Iâ??m thinking about changing Ray Ray in the story to Jacob Latimore, therefore I changed his name too, but weâ??ll see what happens. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Chapter 7 Jacobâ??s 17th Birthday Party What was on my agenda was to call Nick to thank him, but when Danielle called me to ask what I was going to wear to Jacobâ??s party tomorrow. Wow, the first Friday of the year, and tomorrow will be the first Saturdayâ?¦. â??To be honest, you know how I roll, I hadnâ??t even thought about it yet. Maybe black; I was thinking of something black.â? â??Yeah, because you know youâ??re a killer in black!â? I wasnâ??t sure if she was being genuine or a bit sarcastic for the moment. Thatâ??s why I paused right now. â??Want us to pick it out together? You, me and Sherry?â? â??What about Patricia?â? â??She and Austin are hanging out.â? â??Ohâ?¦not surprised,â? then I smile. I was sitting on the porch when they came. So they wouldnâ??t ask, I left the stash of roses in a vase on the kitchen table so itâ??ll look like a part of the table set. â??Oooh, looks like your daddy is trying to be jazzy all of a sudden,â? Dani jokes as we go up the stairs. â??Okay, so I got some new clothes before I went to Hawaii, so I SHOULDNâ??T, better yet, DONâ??T need to go shopping for new clothes.â? â??What do you want to wear? Oooh, what about this black vest?â? The same vest that I wore that night when Dylan tried to do what he thought heâ??d be able to do??? No thank you! â??No.â? I sigh then. â??I mean you know things are going to be casual then, but you donâ??t want to be wearing a sweatshirt either,â? Sherry puts in. â??And you know theyâ??ll be a lot of dancing,â? Danielle smiles and tilts her head towards Sherry. â??Yeah about that, Jacob said he was going to tell me the rest of the details but never did.â? â??Oh yeah, Iâ??m suppose to tell you. Itâ??s going to be at his house with a lot of his friends. Theyâ??ll be dancing, barbecue, and tacos since he loves those. Dress however you want, but you donâ??t need anything too heavy because like I said, youâ??ll be dancing.â? â??So basically jeans and a shirt.â? â??Yeah.â? â??Well, hmm, what about these red jeans with this black, black boots, and some jewelry?â? They look at each other and nod. Thatâ??s when I fit myself between the two. â??So how are things going between you and Prodigy?â? â??Good,â? Danielle smiles, â??heâ??s fun and besides playing each other in basketball, we dance a lot.â? â??Ohhh! How close?â? â??What do you mean how close?â? she squeals with a smile. â??Or better, HOW do you two dance.â? â??I donâ??t know,â? she shakes her head, â??Like regular people.â? â??I was just messing with you Danielle.â? She rolls her eyes then lays back on the bed, â??So what do you think youâ??re going to do about M.J. being there? I know yâ??all arenâ??t dating anymore.â? I shrug, â??Act like he isnâ??t there. I mean when I was with him, his friends became MINE, so Iâ??m going! Iâ??m just there to support Jacob and have a good time.â? Dani nods as she bites on the inside of her gum. â??You donâ??t think thatâ??s a bad idea or inappropriate?â? She shakes her head no, â??I donâ??t see why it would be. Now if M.J. does, which he probably does, then thatâ??s him just being a little jealous which is normal but Iâ??d go. I know my intentions would be good.â? â??Why did you two break up?â? â??Yeah, why?â? Danielle chirped in. â??I donâ??t knowâ?¦I guess we justâ?¦didnâ??t have that charmâ?¦that spark we THOUGHT we had.â? â??Were you attracted to him?â? â??The real question is WASNâ??T I?â? I laugh then real quick. But I wanted to tell them in a way that they wouldnâ??t be suspicious. â??We were attractedâ?¦physically by looks you know, but that initial spark had had to gone, you know what I mean?â? â??Maybe yâ??all shouldâ??ve just been friends before rushing in so fast, I donâ??t know.â? â??Danielle, weâ??d be speaking to each other for over a week since Halloween, I mean how long do you think we were suppose to wait?â? â??I donâ??t know, how am I suppose to know? Yâ??all are just so differentâ??from the fact that heâ??s more sports-oriented, to the fact that heâ??s a bit cocky, to the fact that the boy looks good. I mean you look good, you like sports, and you can be easily cocky, but youâ??re NOT. In fact itâ??s like youâ??re a bit softer with your approach.â? I shrug, â??If you say so.â? â??Do you need some best friends support?â? Sherry asks me. â??No Sherry, Iâ??m fine.â? â??Well you might not need the support from us, but there was SOMEONE who wanted to nevertheless?â? â??Yeah? Like who?â? â??Should we say it out loud?â? Sherry whispers to Danielle. â??Iâ??m sitting right here guys so I can hear yâ??all!â? â??You can easily get that support from Nick. I mean, did you see the way he was looking at you yesterday? No guys squint at you like that without it meaning something.â? â??Heâ??s a flirt Sherry. I mean of course heâ??d look at me like that,â? then I smirk. â??But yeah, so what time is that party?â? â??Seven oâ??clock of course.â? Danielle responds. â??So what gift were you getting him?â? â??Well I already got something, but then I was thinking about getting him something else once my dad gets off work.â? â??Why wonâ??t you now?â? â??Because Michael and I had just gotten home not too long ago, and I donâ??t want to make him leave the house already again.â? â??Whatâ??s his gift?â? I felt my cheeks warm up, â??No need to see it. Itâ??s a surprise.â? â??What are you going to get him today?â? â??Still donâ??t know.â? â??Huuuugh, since you want to be so secretive, we wonâ??t ask you anymore questions.â? Danielle says as she gets up and sticks her hands in her sweatshirt pocket. Sherry follows her. â??Weâ??re leaving,â? she says as they head downstairs. â??Hey girls, I barely got to speak to yâ??all as yâ??all went up the stairs.â? â??Yeah, sorry about that Mike. Weâ??ll see you later,â? then Danielle winks at him. â??Bye Michael,â? Sherry says. Then the door closes. Michael looks at me, â??I donâ??t know. My friends are weird,â? I simply tell him. Itâ??s around four now. Once I sit my accessories out as well, then I go to shower. I was fixing up my hair when Dad got home. â??Dad, remember about my friendâ??s party today? I wanted to get one more thing thatâ??d be better.â? â??Lyric, well hello to you too; but why are you now mentioning it.â? â??â?¦I forgot,â? I squeal. â??Why didnâ??t you tell Michael?â? â??Yeah,â? I heard Michael say. â??I forgot,â? I dramatically say. Iâ??m just mad they have me repeating myself. â??Here, I know what heâ??ll like,â? Michael says and as I see heâ??s coming upstairs, I run to the bathroom and close the door. â??Lyric, I have our signed album sitting outside the bathroom.â? â??Seriously Michael?!â? I nearly opened the door, but remembered I was still in my robe and didnâ??t want to be seen that way. â??Thanks Mike!â? â??No prob!â? As I dressed up, I was glad it wasnâ??t too â??out thereâ?. In fact, it was a bit conservative, yet fun. I knew I needed some type of respect for the relationship M.J. and I used to share; therefore I had to kind of â??be goodâ?. As I teased Dad and Michael with my aviators, which Randy got me, Dad says, â??Whoa, I know you got clothes on, but donâ??t you think you need to change? I donâ??t want some boy having you pressed up on a wall, and you smiling, thinking itâ??s innocent.â? â??Dad, I doubt Iâ??ll be dancing too much. My leg is still healing.â? â??Whatâ??s that address anyway?â? â??â?¦I donâ??t know. Iâ??ll have to call Danielle or Sherry so you can get the address.â? â??Lyric,â? then he sighs. But I call Dani and have Dad on the phone with her as I grab him a pencil and a piece of paper. â??Yeah, thank you Danielle, and what time does this party ends? Ten or eleven? Okay. Thank you Danielle.â? â??Seems like Sherry is going to taking yâ??all to and from. Make sure you tell her you have to be home by 11:30.â? â??I know.â? The more I looked at the present I made for Jake, the more I was embarrassed by it and decided to â??postponeâ? the present until later. When it was time to go, I smiled as I saw Sherry dressed up in her sweater, and I COULDNâ??T stop grinning when I saw Danielle in her sweater, but it seemed a bit more like a midriff because some of her stomach was showing. â??I had rolled it up a little. Does it look too bad?â? â??I donâ??t know. Ask Ms. Rules, herself.â? Then I look at Sherry. â??Told you she would ask me this, Danielle. No, your midriff or sweater, or whatever you want to call it still looks classy and chic.â? â??Doing that for the boyfriend or what?â? â??Ugh, no.â? then she turns around, and thumps me on the head. â??Come on Sherry. Hurry up so we can get there before I have to hurt her.â? But I was back there, cracking up. When we got to the house, Sherry had to parallel park, and as we approached the house, the door was closed, but unsurprisingly, the music was already booming. â??Ready for this?â? Dani managed to say. â??Oh sweetie, I am,â? I say as I grab her chin. Sherry â??takes the riskâ? and twists the doorknob. It opens! As soon as we stepped foot in the house, it was a bit crowded with people sitting on the couches, moving around to the music and some dancing on the dance floor. â??We should sit our presents down somewhere,â? Sherry says. We didnâ??t know where to go, so we followed the light that led to the kitchen. We saw an older woman sitting at the table. â??Hi, weâ??re a friend of Jacobâ??s.â? â??Hi,â? the woman says. â??We were wondering where to sit out gifts at,â? I continued. â??Here, just give them to me and Iâ??ll have them taken care of.â? â??Thank you.â? â??Hereâ??s some nachos and dip if you want them.â? â??Thank you.â? â??The Birthday Boy should be out there, dancing as usual,â? she smiles again. Us girls werenâ??t even sitting, or better yet, standing off to the side for ten minutes when Prodigy notices his girlfriend. â??Can I have this dance sweetie?â? Ironic hunh, the same name I called Danielle, but as a joke. â??Sure.â? They ACTUALLY peck as they take hands. â??Hey, I like your get-up,â? Prod was wearing a white tank-top, baby blue blazer, jeans, boots, and a fedora. â??No, I like yours,â? he grins. â??Hey girls! Go find the rest of the guys,â? heâ??s probably talking about the group, â??Or go dance with some other guys.â? Then he wisps our friend away. Sherry and I were standing around just for a little more until Roc walked up to us. â??Hey Lyric, youâ??re looking good tonight, and so are you Sherry. Can I have this dance?â? Sherry was looking at me until she noticed that Roc was actually talking to her! â??Oh sure, Jake, I mean Roc,â? she stammers. That tells you how long a guy has paid attention to Sher. And even though I havenâ??t danced yet, Iâ??m content being here because most of all, Iâ??m proud to see that Sherry has found her niche and is dancing with someone. I was talking to this girl because both of us realized how pack this party was and how we feared of dancing in this â??gripping crowd of bodies being intertwinedâ?. We basically didnâ??t want anything to do with it! Plus the girl said sheâ??d rather be at her boyfriendâ??s to look after him because he was sick. That reminded me of how Sherry told me Donovan and Jerome would be at the party because Jerome knows Jacob too, and Jake is cool with Donovan. But since Nick really doesnâ??t know him at all, then he wouldnâ??t be here. So with Nick NOT being here, then there would be fewer complications. Thatâ??s when I hear this song I havenâ??t heard before. It sounded a bit intense but for some reason, the music had me laughing. â??Hey, I donâ??t see whatâ??s so funny.â? I look towards the voice and give him a big grin, â??Oh, happy birthday Jacob!â? Then I lean towards him to give him a hug. â??Thank you Lyric.â? â??I donâ??t have to tell you hey. I already told you.â? â??Oh whatever Olivia,â? he says. â??Will you have this dance with the birthday boy?â? â??..What if I say no?â? Then I lean my head to the side. Jake tentatively takes my hand. â??I see I canâ??t even see your face. You got your shades on, so I canâ??t even see the rest of your face.â? â??Here it goes right here,â? then he shows me. â??So seventeen; how does it feel?â? â??Like a year older than sixteen,â? then we laugh. â??It hasnâ??t sunk in yet, so thatâ??s why Iâ??m really still feeling like Iâ??m sixteen.â? â??Oh.â? Even though itâ??s weird to say, it felt nice to dance with Jacob since our moves correlated. At the same time though, Marvin was increasingly on my mind because I didnâ??t want the guilt to be on me. When a slower song came on, I buried my face in his shoulder, so that tells you we didnâ??t say much of anything. I wouldâ??ve felt better if I knew his best friend wasnâ??t here. While I caught my breath with some punch, Jake danced with other people. I was at the kitchen table when Jacob sat with me and we talked some. â??To finish up this year the right way, Iâ??m going to keep playing on my schoolâ??s basketball team, but then I gotta balance that with my track practices.â? â??How do yâ??all do that?â? â??Do what?â? â??Balancing so many DEMANDING sports. I mean I did it once in eighth gradeâ??well I made the track teamâ??and competing with everyone else nearly killed me.â? â??Well not everyone is made to be a runner.â? â??HOW do you guys find the time to do this and be in sports?â? â??Well Prod, Roc, and I are on the same basketball team so weâ??re around each other that way too. Then the four of us just come over each otherâ??s house. No biggie.â? I sigh, â??I guess. I just find it tiring.â? â??Well there are some sacrifices you have to make.â? â??Likeâ?¦â? â??Sometimes your grades might slip down a letter grade, but yeah, you know how the story goes.â? I roll my eyes. â??Hey, not too long ago, when I checked I had a 3.9 or something like that.â? â??You wouldâ??ve had a 4.0 if you wouldâ??ve done your work,â? I teasingly mumble. â??I heard that,â? he playfully nudges my hand. Thatâ??s when I look at the floor, and once again, I take in what heâ??s wearingâ??all black like I was told. Heâ??s wearingâ?¦what Marvin was essentially. Black leather jacket, black shirt, jeans, black tennis, but right now heâ??s wearing a cap to the back. What does these boys do, swap up their clothes with each other like us girls do?? Thatâ??s when I feel someone approaching us. I look up and thereâ??s Danielle. I sigh a bit of relief. â??See youâ??ve found the birthday boy. Hey Jake,â? she hugs him. â??Wassup Danielle?â? â??Nothing, just dancing forever with your friend.â? â??..Oh, Prod.â? â??Yeah, but Iâ??ll see you guys.â? Then she goes back to the living room with the rest of the party-goers. â??What about you though? What are you going to do for this final semester of the year?â? â??Take my SATs, start on Senior Projectâ?¦um,â? I couldnâ??t talk about what Hugh and I talked about, â??And thatâ??s all I could think of,â? then I shyfully laugh. â??Thatâ??s okay,â? then he smiles. â??Hey, have this last dance with me,â? he gets my hand, and once again, thereâ??s this song that I havenâ??t heard before. But whoever was singing had a nice, mature voice. â??This is nice,â? I whispered. Jake glances down at me and smiles. â??Waitâ?¦this kinda sounds like you. What are you making mature music for!â? â??This isnâ??t mature in a bad way. Thereâ??s no cussing or nothing.â? Then he spends me around again. But what I meant was that he sounded like a gentlemanâ?¦nothing to aggressive like his friend. â??Thank you for dancing with me,â? Jacob says with a huge grin, then walks away. I was on the couch, watching everyone else dance when I finally see him; the person I was dreading to see. â??Hey Lyric.â? He sits beside me and put his arm around my shoulders. â??Evening,â? I look away, uninterested. â??You look great tonight.â? â??Thank you.â? â??But you didnâ??t need me to say that.â? He smells my neck, â??You smell good.â? I still didnâ??t say anything. â??Have you been thinking about the trip to Texas?â? â??Look M.J....Marvin, this isnâ??t the time OR place to be talking about this. Frankly, I didnâ??t say I would even go. You had your chance,â? I coldly look him in the eyes. I had gotten up to walk away, but he gets my wrist and I immediately panic until I noticed that he was just trying to dance with me on â??Switchâ??sâ? song, â??I Wanna Be With Youâ?. Even as he tries to charmingly stare me down, I keep my face directed to the floor. But then when â??Thereâ??ll Never Beâ? came on, J. holds me closer and whispers in my ear, â??Look I messed up. I made a dumb move, which was overreacted.â? I pull away, â??But that wasnâ??t the first time you talked to me like that J. Youâ??d speak to me so harshly that I felt the wind was punched out my chest and I wheezing to breath. You made me feel that bad.â? â??â?¦I know, and Iâ??m sorry. I was a suckish boyfriend. Please Alaric, forgive me.â? I just stand there for a few seconds. â??Umm mm, get out my face,â? then I walk away, JUST like that. To keep myself calm, I bit on my fingers, and tried not to drink too much drink so I wouldnâ??t have to use the bathroom. I saw a few times when Jake would glance over at me, but Iâ??m glad he didnâ??t confront the situation. But I did see from afar when Marvin approaches his friend for the first time, Iâ??m guessing. â??Cake time!â? Jacobâ??s mom announce. Really for the first time in actuality, the lights in the living room turns on and thatâ??s when I finally see Donovan and Jerome. But who I wasnâ??t expecting to see was Patricia there! I walk to her, Sherry, and Danielle. â??What are you doing here?â? â??Well hello to you too,â? she smiles. â??I just decided I wanted to enjoy the party some.â? â??Whereâ??s Austin?â? She shrugs, â??I donâ??t know. At home watching a movie I guess,â? she sounds a bit unsure. â??I know you finally see Donovan and Iâ??m finally seeing Jerome,â? Danielle reluctantly says. I glance over at Jerome while heâ??s laughing with Donovan, then I blush for her. â??Aw, Dani!â? â??I know! I donâ??t think Jerome and Prodigy have ever been in the same roomâ?¦with me in it until now!â? And what was so worst about the situation is that Prodigy, being the good boyfriend he is, actually walks up to Danielle with a slice of cake, and as they eat it, Donovan tries getting our attention, but gives up and he walks over to us with Jerome. â??Hey guys.â? â??Donovan, heey,â? Sherry awkwardly says. â??We tried getting yâ??all attention, but decided weâ??d just walk over here.â? â??Danielle, hey,â? Jerome only glanced at Prodigy once. â??Uh, hey Jerome.â? â??How are you doing tonight?â? â??Oh, Iâ??m good.â? â??Hi, Iâ??m Jerome, Danielleâ??s guy friend.â? Who introduces themselves that way?? â??Iâ??m Prodigy, her BOYFRIEND,â? and he leaves Jeromeâ??s hand hanging. â??Yâ??all look wonderful,â? I knew Don was trying to lessen the tension. â??â??Sup Jerome, Donovan. And I already saw you,â? he says to Prodigy. They â??manlyâ? greet each other. I stifled my breath. Two exes in the same circle, and one which was a bit controlling. I canâ??t take this. â??Excuse me,â? I walk around them and go to the backyard where I see some of Jakeâ??s friends standing. When I see that heâ??s back there too, I say, â??Are you stalking me?â? â??Not nearly enough.â? He says, â??But Iâ??m going to be opening the presents so thatâ??s why I came out here.â? â??Okay, well letâ??s go in.â? For the first time, all of Jakeâ??s friends were settled because everyone was sitting on the couches or on the floor. I noticed that Sherry and Roc was sitting on the floor together. I saw when he sat down first, and he grabbed her hand. Iâ??m just sayingâ?¦ Jacob got presents such as new records to listen to. Some clothes. And even fun presents, which were his fake presents before he got the real ones. When he got to me, he looks at me in disbelief. â??Yes Jacob, itâ??s real.â? He knows I know Michael, but I didnâ??t want to exactly admit in-front of all of these strangers. He looks down at the album, then back at me and hugs me. â??Tell Michael I said thank you,â? then he continues with the rest of the presents. Once he finished, everyone continued with their ice-cream, or danced. But I can tell you right off, the lights went back out. Instead of staying in there and feeling claustrophobic with M.J. in there, I went back out with Patricia. â??You see how Sherry was moving with Roc Royal?â? â??Yeah, I did,â? then I smiled. â??Didnâ??t know Prodigy and Danielle was into each other that much.â? â??He must be loosing her up a bit,â? I mumbled. â??Since when has she ever kissed a guy in-front of us? I mean I know it was just a peck, but it still surprised me.â? Pat smiled. â??I know. Speaking of her being with Prodigy, sheâ??s been with him since the start of the party. Let me go check up on them,â? then as we laughed, she walks back in the house to find her. The wind picked up a little, so I started tugging on my arms while I wrapped them around me. â??Need a jacket?â? â??Okay, are you TRULY my official stalker now?â? I teased until I saw him. â??Shit,â? I whispered. â??Who you thought I was, Jake?â? â??No, just anyone else. It really didnâ??t matter.â? He shrugs, â??Fair enough.â? Then he takes his jacket off and attempts to put it around my shoulders. â??Unuh, I donâ??t want it.â? â??Youâ??ll catch a cold out here, you need to wear this.â? And he puts it around my shoulders finally. When I thought he was going to take advantage of this moment and kiss me or something, he just smiles and walks back in the house. Jake walks back out shortly after, and we quietly talk until I check his watch. â??Gotta go Jacob.â? â??Aww shucks, well thanks for coming. It wouldnâ??tâ??ve been the same if you werenâ??t here.â? â??I know,â? I smile and as I walk away, Jake stops me and grabs my attention enough to make me look at him. â??No, Iâ??m REALLY glad you came Lyric. It wouldnâ??t have been the same without you being here.â? â??Well hey, youâ??re the first one out of all of us to turn seventeen, be happy.â? â??Whatâ??chu mean?â? â??I mean you ARE older than M.J. His birthday is in March.â? â??HUNH?â? â??Lyric, Sherry just told me to tell you itâ??s time to leave.â? â??Yeah, I know,â? this is the first time tonight I looked at him without an attitude tonight. â??See you later Jacob.â? â??Wait, let me go get your goody bag.â? And he catches up with me once I get back in the house. â??Got all your belongings?â? Sherry asked me. â??I should be asking you, Miss Cleopatra.â? â??See youâ??re not worried about making it on time.â? â??How was the party?â? â??It was awesome Dad.â? â??Not too much bumping-and-grinding?â? â??Not more than you could handle sir.â? Dad squints at Sherry. â??Well Iâ??ll let you girls have yâ??all finished remarks.â? Then he goes back in the living room. â??I meant to find out who dropped Patricia home.â? â??I donâ??t know, but I saw this white guy picking her up right before we left.â? â??Yeah, Austin,â? I said assuringly. â??No, another white guy,â? Danielle adds in. â??Well,â? I shrug, â??he couldâ??ve just dropped her off.â? â??Well Iâ??ll see yâ??all.â? â??Yeah, getâ??chu some sleep girl. You need it,â? Danielle said. â??So truly, how was the party?â? â??Like I said Dad, just fun. Whereâ??s Michael?â? â??Upstairs, probably sleep.â? â??Okay.â? When I checked on him, he had dozed off, so I went to my room. I knew I hadnâ??t talked to Nick virtually all day, so I went to call him. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Hope you liked! ~Aariyan *Plus I haven't forgotten about Lyric and Michael:)
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