A fire I'd only seen in one other person, I turned to him and he was speechless after her performance.
"Armani you- I don't know how I can possibly thank you." Fabian said, "What you did, that's the nicest thing anyone has ever done for me."
"Don't thank me, what're friends for?" I reminded him, Fabian paused.
"What year was this movie shot?" Fabian asked just as the credits rolled in and the year 1991 appeared on the screen.
"She was pregnant when this was shot, I was born a few months later, this must've been her last movie." Fabian realized, "I was the end of everything she loved."
"No Fabian, you were the beginning of her love."
Chapter 16
Halloween Highs
THENEXTDAYRiverKennedy didn't show up to school, which was odd considering he was never even late. Our friends kept asking me where he was like I'd know the answer, even Monsieur Ettiene asked me. And I gave them the exact same answer,I don't know I don't know I don't fucking know. Because I didn't and we weren't exactly on speaking terms since everything that happened the day before.
I wanted him to know that he couldn't treat me like that, like I was an option on a menu he could pick and choose when he wanted whenever he wanted. Sometimes I wondered what it'd be like to take a trip into his mind, to see the world the way he does, to understand what only he understands, to just know for sure what he felt for me. That's if he felt anything for me, well, that I wasn't so sure of anymore.
I mean there I was standing in the doorway of Victoria's party on Halloween night while everyone else was drunk off their asses and playing a not-so-appropriate version of trick or treat in the foyer. I looked up at the security camera, I looked pretty and felt even prettier. I managed to find this mint-condition Guardian Angel costume with Fabian at a thrift store downtown. I had glitter in places glitter shouldn't be and my wings were starting to feel awfully heavy.
"I see a certain little bird grew some wings? Glad you made it." Victoria's voice threw me out of my trance and she looked absolutely breathtaking in her sexy kitten costume, which had an awful lot of lace and faux fur. "But don't stand outside and mope you're getting all your emotions on my patio."
"Sorry, I just have a lot on my mind." I smiled apologetically and her expression turned more understanding than playful.
"You've got it bad for this one hm?" She realized placing a hand on my shoulder before digging in her purse for some lip gloss before applying it on her lips and then kissing me so it rubs off on me.
"Put your lips together."
I smoothed the lipgloss onto my own lips and automatically felt ten times more confident than I actually was.
"Thanks," I said as she fluffed up my white wings to give them more poofyness.
"Don't worry about it." She acknowledged then proceeded to look over her shoulder at the party raging behind her, "Now rumour has it there are two angels at this party and they are destined to collide tonight."
"What do you mean?" I asked but she was already going back inside and heading straight to the bar,
Just then my eye met that of another angel across the room, he was wearing all black and even his wings were tinted obsidian. Dark as night. I wondered if he'd copied my costume, but there was little to no chance of that, he couldn't have known. He had glittery tears painted on his flawlessly sculpted porcelain face, hues of silver, purple, blue, and gold. And people looked at us like we'd intended on matching, I even got a few compliments on our unintentional duo costume here and there.
I wanted to ask him what the hell he was doing here but then I remembered he was invited and I couldn't get mad at him for attending, I couldn't feel irate towards him for anything. And it was for that exact reason that I joined Victoria and Keomi at the bar and took a single shot of tequila. I hadnointention of getting wasted tonight, I just wanted to let loose and have some fun for once.
I wanted to not care about River Kennedy for one night.
The alcohol burned my throat as I swallowed but it immediately went to my head and made me feel like I could do anything, say anything and be anything. I made my way over to Fabian who was dancing all by himself and that was the beginning of the first bad decision I made that night.
"You look awfully lonely Fabian," I commented and Fabian followed his eyes in amusement,
"Not at all, I was just about to ask the prettiest girl in the room to dance with me." He assured me,
"Well, then you should go do that!" I encouraged,
"Will you dance with me?" He asked and oh god this was the first time being called pretty made me feel guilty.
"Uh- I-" I murmured and then my eye caught River's and he was watching Fabian and I intently, he was daring me,challengingme and I wasn't about to crack under pressure, "Of course."
Triggered by Chase Atlantic began to blast through the speakers and the music took over my body and I almost forgot I was dancing with Fabian for a moment. I wanted him to be River, I wished he were River and so in my mind, for this moment I pretended he was. I writhed to the rhythm up and down his body and his dark brown pupils appeared entranced and dilated and I smiled knowing River was watching.
I wanted him to watch and see the power I held over him, I wanted him to know damn well that he wasn't the only one who could make me feel alive and that he wasn't the only man for me. That I could have whoever I wanted whenever I wanted just like him. And Fabian wasn't protesting, he most definitely wasn't protesting. But then River did something I didn't expect, heretaliated.
