Holly was painting when she heard the doorbell ring. Instantly throwing her paintbrush down, she rushed downstairs, ignoring her parents flirting in the next room.
“Bebe! Did you bring the movies?” Bebe grinned, holding up a box.
“What about you, did you get the popcorn?” Holly rolled her eyes.
“Of course!” She said, pulling her best friend into a hug.
“So, homework first? We should be done in time to finish the movies by eleven.” Holly said practically. Bebe groaned.
“Oh my god, Holly. Of course you want to be finished by eleven on a
Saturday night,” Holly frowned.
“Come on, the history homework was the whole reason you came over!” Bebe laughed.
“Using facts against me? Sit down then, let’s get to work.” Just then, Vita walked in.
“Hello girls! Bebe, how are your parents? I hear you have a new dog?”
“Yes, Mrs Alto. She’s great, but a bit messy. My parents are fine. How are you?” Bebe asked politely.
“Oh, you know. Not that busy right now, but the election period starts soon, so that won’t last long. I don’t suppose your parents have any idea who they’re voting for?” Vita asked with a sugar-sweet smile.
“Um, I’m not sure, but I’ll, uh, put in a word for you, Mrs Alto.” Vita beamed.
“How sweet! Now I must be getting on, I-” She suddenly put a hand over her mouth.
“Mum?” Holly asked in concern. Vita recovered herself quickly.
“I’ve just been having some nausea recently, don’t worry about it.”
“Have you been to the doctor?” Holly asked. Vita made a face.
“And have Dr Landgraab tell Nancy I’m ill? Not a chance in hell. But you two get on,” She said, suddenly remembering Bebe was in the room. She walked back up the stairs and the girls sat down at the long dining table.
“So, what did you call the new dog?” Holly asked.
“Waggles. Mum’s idea. She is adorable though. Waggles, not Mum.”
Holly knew Bebe’s parents were a bit on the odd side, to say the least, and it was increasingly Bebe taking care of them rather than the other way round.
Holly zoned back in to find Bebe talking more about the puppy.
“She pees all over the house, you know, but Mum seems happier these days, so I try not to complain about her. Besides, Dad
said he’d get her house trained, but I expect he’ll forget. I’ll try and work on it at the weekends.”
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“Fina-freaking-ly! Let’s go put the first one on!” Bebe declared, standing up. Holly laughed and soon they were sat in Holly’s room. When it got to a boring part, they started talking and Holly suddenly remembered Bebe’s date the night before. Bebe had been dating Ethan Bunch ever since Bebe got bored of dropping hints and kissed him at the park, and they were really cute except when they started getting too sappy in the middle of lunch at the group’s table.
“I completely forgot to ask, how was the date?”
“Well, you can imagine how awkward it is to find yourself at the same restaurant as
your boyfriend’s parents.” Holly gasped, hands on her mouth.
“No way! What happened?”
“Fortunately they’d just finished eating, so they left for a movie once we saw them. Oh, by the way, did you know Judy’s pregnant again?” Bebe asked.
“Oh yeah, Ethan told me at lunch on Friday.”
“Oh, right. I wonder where it’ll go? I guess it’ll stay in their room until it’s older, but then Ethan or Lisa will have to share their room, I guess.”
“You never know, Ethan might have moved out by then, or at least be at university.”
“True. God, we’re old, aren’t we?” Holly snorted.
“If we’re old, what are our parents? And you worry too much about growing up. The world will keep going around after we leave school, Bee.”
Bebe shrugged. “I guess.”
“Anyway, did Ethan finally ask about prom? That boy
cannot take a hint, can he? You literally asked me on Thursday what dress I was going to wear so we didn’t wear the same thing,
unless of course you didn’t need to worry because you weren’t going.” Bebe laughed.
“Yeah, he asked. It was so cute! You know how people put engagement rings in champagne glasses? He did that with my water glass, but it was a little laminated piece of paper saying ‘Will you go to prom with me?’. So cute!”
Holly put her hand on her heart. “Awwww! That is adorable!”
“So, are you still going alone?” Bebe asked.
“Yeah. Ever since Ry moved away, I just don’t want to date. Besides, what are even my options? Parker is Parker and Michael…. okay, you can’t tell either of them this, but…”
“Yeah?” Bebe asked eagerly.
“Don’t you think Mike likes River? He’s always holding doors for her and picking up stuff she drops,”
“He does that to me and you too. It’s just how his dad raised him.”
“Yeah, but he gets this look on his face when it’s River. I don’t know. Just don’t tell them I said anything.” Holly pleaded.
Bebe smiled. “Pinky promise.”
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Hello everyone! This is my first story in quite a while, but it's good to be back! This story will mainly be focusing on six of the Sunset Valley teenagers, Holly, Bebe, Ethan, Michael, Parker and River. Constructive criticism is appreciated.
Updates may be slow as I have a busy year at school, but the next few are half written so I'd say probably one by the end of the week, at least.
