Chapter 2: Chapter 2 Christmas party
"Well, I'm just here to invite you girls, to our Christmas party". he said and look around to get the reaction before he continue. "My mom is hosting a Christmas party for me and my friends at our place," he said looking at the three women who said nothing but just stared at him like a joker. Then Bridget turns to her mum, who only nods in agreement with Paul’s request.
"But Christy is not going with you guys because she has a lot of work to do".
"No mom.., is Christmas, please let me go with them please, I promise to come back home before Bridget."
Her stepmom could not say no because Paul is still standing there looking at them.
"Fine, but you have to come back very early to finish up your work."
"Yes mom", she said and ran off to look for any dress she could find because she has never really gotten a nice dress since her parents pass away and that is about five years ago.
She search and search but she couldn’t find any dress that fits a Christmas party, she has never attended a party before so she was so eager to go out and see what a Christmas party looks like.
"Can you borrow me one of your dresses? I will return it to you as soon as we get back", Christy asks Bridget.
"And why are you so happy about an ordinary Christmas party? I've been going to those beautiful parties ever since I was a child, I can tell you there is nothing special about it, and besides I'm not giving you my dress, mom will not like it if I give you my dress".
"Please, Bridget just this once." She begs her stepsister but she refuses.
"And I said no, get out of my room", she yell at Christy and turn to pick out the best dress she has been planning to put on this Christmas.
"I said get out of my room, if I were you I will pick any dress and wash it before Paul comes back by four to pick us up".
"Do you think it will get dry before four"?
"Yes, just do it now, you are wasting time standing here."
"Okay, Christy said and rush out to go and wash one of the dresses."
"I think this one will be okay but it looks funny, I hope Paul will like this.?"
Christy washed the cloth, spread it outside and stood by it, she pray for the sun to hit it hard, she thought of taking it and drying it with the gas cooker but no, the sun will do its job, she stood there hoping and praying that the dress dries faster.
"What are you doing? have you cooked the rice? Don’t you know that we are going to have our visitors when you girls are out?" Her stepmom said.
"Okay, mom, I will do it now". She rushed to the kitchen to boil the rice.
"When you are done go to the market and buy meat for me."
"Yes mom", she stood by the gas cooker waiting for the rice to finish cooking.
She look at the time it was past three.
"OMG, I hope I will not miss this party today, God helps me", she pray silently as she ran to the market to buy the meat for her stepmom.
Coming back home her mom said she forgot to add oil to the list which means she has to go back to the market.
Christy realized at this point that her stepmom don’t want her to go to the party.
"Fine, I will just forget about this party, I can always go to another party when I grow up and leave this house."
She stopped running and start walking very slowly to the market. But just then a car stopped by her.
"What are you doing? You are still not ready?"
Christy turn to look but alas it was Paul.
"I knew it, I'm not going to the party again.
"Yes, I'm going to the market, but my sister should be ready by now."
"No. I want you at the party too, come on, is Christmas.. okay, get in let me take you to the market then back home, you hurry and put on your cloth and then we will head to the party."
"Okay, she said smiling like a baby."
"Are you sure you are ready to go," Christy's stepmom asks looking at her with this disgusting look wanting to make Paul rescind her.
"She is okay ma, I'm fine with this."
“Are you sure you don’t want to go with Bridget only?” She is still making sure Christy didn’t go to the party.
Christy stood there looking at how her stepmom is fighting so hard for her not to attend the party. But at last, she gave up trying when Paul refused to listen to her.
"Okay, girls let's go," they entered the car with Bridget walking like she owns the hour.
"Go to the backseat," she said to Christy as they approach the car,
"Is fine, just sit at the back" Paul said. And Christy went to sit at the back.
Getting to the party ground everywhere is lighted with beautiful girls and handsome boys, Christy was the only girl who look odd because of her dress.
"Who is she?" Christy heard whispers around her. "Who invited her?" They looked at her like a bag of shit. But Bridget quickly blends in with the rest and didn’t care about her sister.
Christy was feeling left out when suddenly she felt a hand holding her from behind.
"Hey… are you okay ".
"No, I want to go home, I don’t think I should be here in the first place."
"Why?" Paul ask.
"Everyone is looking at me like I'm not supposed to be here".
"Okay, come with me," he took her back to the car and drove off.
"Where are we going, I don’t want to leave my sister behind."
"Just follow me you’ll see," Paul took her to a boutique and bought a beautiful red dress for her.
"Wowww..... this is so beautiful, this is the first time I'm getting a new dress," she said excitedly without realizing she was talking to a total stranger.
"Are you for real? You never gotten a beautiful dress before?"
"Huh..." She realized herself and was like… "oh.. not like that, but this one is extra beautiful."
"Yea, fits you perfectly, let’s go".
"Thank you."
"I'm honored," Paul said and took her back to the party.
When they got to the party every eye was on her, "Who is she? do you know her?" Paul’s friends start running around her.
"Hi.. I'm Patrick a.k.a the fine boy, do you want to dance with me?". She didn’t say a word but was looking at Paul who gave her the go-ahead order by nodding his head.
Patrick took her hands and they hit the dance floor making Paul jealous for letting Christy dance with Patrick.
"Where on earth are Paul and Christy?" Bridget ask when she couldn’t find them among the crowd.
She scans through the crowd and finds Paul, she was relieved but she didn’t care about Christy even though she has not set eyes on her sister since they got to the party.
"Hey… where have you been?, I was looking for you".
"Okay, I step out a bit, how are you enjoying the party?"
"Is fine" she said, "this is where I wanna be, thanks for bringing me here Paul."
"You're welcome", Paul said and makes to leave but she stopped him.
"Come let’s dance."
"Alright". Paul took her hands and they hit the dance floor. After the music was about to go off Patrick took Christy and they were headed outside, Paul could not take his eyes from Christy all this while he was dancing with Bridget.
He left Bridget on the dance floor and went in search of Patrick and Christy.
He finds them outside about to sit on one of the empty tables.
"Hey…" Paul said "there you are, your sister is looking for you," he told Christy.
"Oh.. okay, I will see you some other time," she told to Patrick.
"But the party is not over, are you planning to leave before the party?"
"Yes," Paul cut in "I promise their mom I'm going to bring them home on time." Making Patrick understand that he is in charge of the girls.
"Really?" Patrick asks smiling at Paul, knowing what is going on in Paul’s head because they are best friends.
Paul took Christy away from that spot and back to the party.
"Don’t follow people you don’t know next time just because I ask you to dance with them okay?."
"Yes," she said looking into his eyes, making Paul’s heart beat faster.
"What is wrong with me?" he held his chest, "I think I'm not feeling fine, go in I will come after you". He told Christy.
"Okay, I hope you will be fine?" Christy ask.
"Yes, I will be fine," he said looking at her. She left him alone to join the crowd. Paul turned, going outside for fresh air because he thought maybe the inside is stuffy is why his heart is beating fast.
"Hey.. dude, where is our queen of the night?" Patrick ask immediately after he saw him come out.
"She's not our queen, just leave her alone."
"Hey.. what is wrong with you dude,? why are you protecting her like that, is she your girlfriend?"
"She's not my girlfriend but just stay clear."
"You can’t tell me what to do, I like that girl."
"Like!, hahaha you like that girl? Please say something else, I know you, you just want to have fun, but not this one okay." Paul said.
"Whatever, protect her all you want, I will still get her," Patrick said and left him to go back to the party.
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