At Arianna's house...
5 PM...
Arianna had just finished doing all her homeworks. Though she found it quite a challenge today since most of the homeworks are history and math, yet Aria was glad that she could finally finish it before dinner. This means she has an excuse to go out at night with her friends.
"Time to party," says Aria to herself as she strikes a cheeky pose in front of her mirror. She grabs her phone to text Carter, saying that she's able to join his invitation of bowling with Alexis, Vincent, Alyson, and Sam.
"Save me a ball cuz I'm ready to hit some pins tonight!" - Aria
"Woah..nice! We'll be saving a ball for each for surely. See you tonight!" - Carter
Witht that, Aria walks to her bathroom to take a quick shower. 8 minutes and she's already walking out of the bathroom with a towel wrapped around her, getting ready to dress herself for tonight.
"Tiempo de fiesta (Party time)," says Aria to herself as she stares at her reflection in the mirror once again.
Meanwhile, at Arthur's house...
5:45 PM...
"No way," says Arthur in disbelief as Liana actually beat his time record in math homework.
"Told you I love math," says Liana as she twirls her turquoise pen around. The two are sitting on Arthur's bed with their books on their laps.
"Haha, I really need to think of a better game for you," says Arthur with a small laugh. Slowly he glance at her who is now giggling. He love to hear her laughter everytime he gets the chance.
"Ok, but with the homeworks finished, what else do you have in mind?" Liana asks. "I challenge you to find something I'm not good at!"
Arthur could feel the tension between them rising, especially since she just "challenge" him to find something she's not good at. Oh brother, this is too sweet he thought. The young girl should have asked from his friends that Arthur Stanley is not one to backup from a challenge. He simply loves the feeling too much. By that, he swear he needs to beat her in something, of course, on the other hand because he wants to look attractive enough in front of her, and out of love. As Liana was too busy bursting into laughter, Arthur slowly approaches her with a calm look. Liana eventually noticed how he actually looked too "calm". She knew something was definetly up.
"Ok, tell me what's on your.."
Before Liana could even finish her sentence, she felt a pair of soft lips touched her, tangling her into a sensual kiss. Their hot kiss leads Liana to drop her book from her lap, as the two starts to make out on Arthur's bed. Feeling challenged to take their "scene" to the next level, Arthur puts his right hand inside Liana's sweater, which got her moaning in pleasure. Both of them couldn't hold back anymore, and in a blink of an eye, Arthur slowly removes her sweater, revealing her yellow bra, and so on.
5:55 PM...
Aria heads outside to see her abuela is not in the living room or kitchen. Funny, she usually likes to watch TV at this time while eating her classic chocolate cookies.
"Abuela," Aria calls her grandma, yet she's no where in the living room or kitchen.
Could she be asleep? Aria thought.
Aria walks to her abuela's room. Slowly she opens the door to see her abuela is sound asleep on her comfy bed. The old woman must have been too tired from baking all day, that she decided to sleep earlier today. Usually she would sleep at 8 PM sharp, but maybe she was more exhausted today.
Looking at the sight of her abuela sleeping peacefully, Aria couldn't help but form a small smile. Since she lost her parents at 6 years old, her abuela was the only one she had to hold on. Though she can be strict at times, deep down Aria knows how much she loves her, and so does she. Aria is her only grandchild, and in Aria's eyes, she's the only family she has now.
"Buenas noches, abuela (Goodnight, grandma)," says Aria softly before she closes the door of her sleeping abuela.
6:17 PM...
At Catherine's house...
Catherine is brushing her hair in front of the mirror as she waits for Liam to pick her up. She had finished applying her soft make-up on, and had already chosen an outfit. For tonight she decided to go with a simple white dress complete with a black cardigan and some black flats. She was pretty curious about how tonight's gonna be like. Well, hopefully she can still walk properly and see the road. She won't be able to serve customers at the hat shop when she's all tipsy.
Done! Catherine thought as she puts down the brush on her elegant makeup dresser.
In the living room...
Catherine walks to the living room to see her mom and step-dad having a guest. They're talking to one of her step-dad's friend, who is also a fellow banker. She walks slowly to them, not wanting to interup their good talk.
"Hi! I'll be having dinner outside tonight with a friend," says Catherine.
"Oh that's nice, honey! You have fun, ok," says her mom with her usual sweet voice as her husband continues to talk with his friend. He was too busy engaging in the conversation, he didn't notice what Catherine just said. Not that she care about it.
With that, Catherine walks away from the three adults and into the kitchen to get a glass of water.
6:35 PM...
At Tiffany's house...
"And I present to you, lasagna," says Shannon as she serves a big bowl of lasagna on the dining table.
"Looks delicious, honey," says Peter as he stares at the delicious dish with desires.
"Oh where is Scott, Tiffany? Ah he's always late for dinner," says Shannon as she pulls out a chair next to her husband.
"He said he was gonna go out to buy something," says Tiffany casually.
"Ah, that kid can take so much time. Please, help yourself first," says Shannon as he refers to start dinner. "I'll save a plate for him."
"No need, I'm here," says Scott as he walks to the dining room with a box of xiao long bao (soup dumplings). He puts the box on the dining table, next to the bowl of lasagna.
"Honey! What is this? I told you I was gonna cook tonight," says Shannon as she stares at the box.
"Xiao long bao. I tried having them a few days ago. Like Tiffany said, they're zhen de haochi (really delicious)," says Scott as he gives a wink and a now awkward looking Tiffany. Well, on the other side, she had to thank him that he bought the xiao long bao. She was starting to get bored of Shannon's cooking at times.
"Ah, xiao long bao," says Peter as he stares at the box. "We can mix both lasagna and xiao long bao tonight!"
"Hahaha, sounds like a good combo of Western and Asian cuisine! Let's dig in," says Shannon with a smile.
As Scott starts to open the box, the first thing he did was to get a pair of chopsticks and place two xiao long bao on Tiffany's plate, leaving Tiffany to smile at his action.
"You know how to use kuaizi (chopsticks)?" Tiffany asks.
"Shi de (yeah)," says Scott as he gives Tiffany a wink. "I've been trying to learn Chinese from Youtube!"
"Hahaha, mei guanxi (no problem)! I can teach you zhongwen (Chinese language) before your yanjing (eyes)," says Tiffany as she takes the xiao long pao on her plate with her chopstick.
"Ah, then let's start after dinner," says Scott with excitement.
"Oh gege (big brother). Tiffany thought.
6:40 PM...
Liam and Catherine are now heading to the restaurant, in which Liam still insist that he wanted to make it a surprise. As Liam drives in his car, Catherine thought about how this could be their first/second date. Ok, literally it's a first date, but the second time they went out together in the same car. The first would be at Alexis' party.
"You look beautiful," says Liam with a chill tone.
"Thank you. You look nice yourself."
A simple reply is what Catherine stated to him, yet she had to admit that he did look nice tonight. Well, he looks nice all the time, but tonight, he was definetly dashing in a unique way. The two teenagers finally arrived at the restauant, which is a hip European style restaurant with live music. Not to mention, they also have a variety menu of alcohol. From beer to wine, to whiskey to vodka, it's a complete pack.
Wow..what a place. Catherine thought as she tries her best to not drop her jaws.
"Cool, right? Let me tell you, they have the best sausages in town," says Liam as he holds Catherine's hand ad they walk together to enter the restaurant.
7 PM...
Cameron decides to have dinner alone in his room, since he wants some alone time at some points. He's having a bowl of oatmeal tonight, so he didn't worry much about messing the room. Besides, he told his parents he wanted to have a change at some points and just go with a good bowl of oatmeal with bananas and raisins. No lie, Cameron loves family time, but sometimes he just wants to be alone to refresh his mind.
"Brother..dessert is ready!" Slamming the door open is none other than his hyperactive 13 year old brother, Troy Reynolds.
"I'll go get some later. Tell mom and dad to start first," #ays Cameron as he continues to eat his oatmeal.
"Sure, bro! Oh, and do you mind if I finish the whole apple pie?" Troy asks with a cheesy tone.
"It's all yours, Troy! And whatever with that," Says Cameron casually.
"Gee, thanks brother," says Troy before he runs out of Cameron's room, not even bothering to close the door.
But tonight, Cameron didn't even bother to let the little things get to him. He didn't care that his immature younger brother didn't close the door or that he's gonna finish the whole apple pie. Well, the apple pie issue might not even bother him a bit. Cameron was a sharing type of guy, especially among families and friends.
But tonight, all that he could think of is one thing, which kept tinkling in his mind and heart since yesterday. He need to true to himself.
The day he and Liam gave Peggy a make-over, made him think about how he actually felt for his female best friend. Could he really like her despite her make-over, or is he just in love with the idea of her being sweet and beautiful? Is she really the girl he's crushing on, or did he just found her a little attractive? These are questions Cameron kept asking himself, yet the answer is still mixed up inside of him.
One thing he knew now, he want
to talk to her about her relationship with Leo. Right now, all he's gonna do is show her that he is willing to be her best friend figure, to help her out when she's down. Maybe in the process, he'll eventually realize if he really does like her.
I need to talk to her. Cameron thought.
Meanwhile, Gina is visiting Victoria's house as she stated that she wants to borrow her art book to learn some helpful tutorials.
"Thanks for lending me this, Vic! I'll be sure to return it this Monday," says Gina as she holds the art book while sitting on Victoria's bed.
"No problem! Take your time," says Victoria as she grabs her cup of kiwi juice.
"So how are you these days? Got any guys in hand?" Gina asks with a sassy and cheeky tone.
"Funny, G! But no, so far just haven't found my other half I guess," says Victoria.
"Come on, Vic! You've been single since forever! Besides our school has a lot of hotties," says Gina as puts her hands on her small hip.
"Like you even have a boyfriend, G," says Victoria before she takes another sip of her kiwi juice.
"Duh, I have my eyes on this hot dude in school," says Gina.
"Who? Sam?" Victoria asks.
"Kashiwagi is cute, but I'll let him pass. Alexis Quinn, he's fire," says Gina with her usual sassy voice.
"Alexis? Hmm..that dude doesn't seem to be interested in relationships. All he ever think about is his music. For what I know, he's able to play 12 musical instruments," says Victoria.
"That's why I wanna ask him to tutor me! I wanna learn to play the guitar," says Gina. "Last month he tutored Patrick to play the guitar."
"Well, it won't hurt to try," says Victoria.
Just as Victoria takes another sip of her kiwi juice, her phone rings blasting out the ringtone of "Say So" by Doja Cat. She picks up the phone to answer it.
"Hello," says Victoria casually.
"Hey Vic! What's up?" Tyler asks on the other line.
"Just chatting with Gina now. You?" Victoria asks.
"I'm on my way to go to bed. Carter invited me to go bowling with the others but I was so tired today. Anyway, how about if we hit Angeles Amusement Park tomorrow?" Tyler asks with his usual chill tone.
"Amusement Park? Like, what time? I have to ask my parents permission first." Says Victoria.
"I'll arrive at 11 AM at your place. Lindsay and Leo will also be there," says Tyler. "What do you say?"
Damn..didn't know Linds and Leo already got together. Victoria thought.
"Sure. See you tomorrow," says Victoria with a small smile.
"See you tomorrow, gorgeous!" With that final word, Tyler hungs up the call, leaving a now awkward looking Victoria standing alone, with Gina looking at her with a playful look.
"Damn...I wish I have a man like you," says Gina as she teases Victoria who is still frozen.
9:10 PM...
The Pins Up Bowling Center...
"Knock down," says Alyson as she watches Sam's ball knocks down all the pins.
"Great shot, Sam," says Carter as he high fives his friend.
"Another round?" Alexis asks.
"Hell yeah," says Vincent with excitement.
Aria hands Vincent the bowling ball, signaling that it's his turn.
"Knock em down, baby boy," says Aria with her usual sarcastic voice.
"Hahaha, good joke, Reyes," says Vincent as he aims for the pins.
Just before he could roll his ball, his pocket vibrates in the middle of a good position. He rolls the ball before grabbing the phone from his pocket to check it out. It was Scarlett, and literally had 5 missed calls from her.
"Dude, you missed," says Alexis.
"It's ok," says Vincent as he keeps his vision on his phone.
"What's wrong?" Alexis asks with curiosity.
"Nothing..just a friend," says Vincent as he puts the phone back in his pocket.
To be continue...