Chapter 17

Caitlin's Point Of View ;)

We head into Mario's house holding hands. I smile at Sidney, "you're the best you know." I say when he opens the door for me.
"I know." He says, teasing me and dragging me through the door. We laugh and he leads me to where all the guys are in the living room. Jordan, Max, Geno, Eric Godard and Marc Andre are all sitting on various couches accompanied by several different girls. I don't recognize any of them, so I just follow Sidney to an empty seat and sit by him. I glance at Ruthanne and Kris, who are sitting across the room. Ruthanne is smiling, obviously in heaven. Kris is whispering something in her ear as she sits on his lap. She said we were cute? They're adorable.
I immediately find out where Max is sitting. He's alone--well,without a girl--and joking around with Geno. I notice Max looking at me. I try to avoid his gaze, but he's intent on getting my attention. I finally look at him and he smiles at me. I just smile back, kind of half-heartedly. Sidney doesn't notice our little exchange because he's saying something to Kris. I lean my head on his shoulder, tired. He looks at me and smiles. "You ready for that surprise?" My face lights up.
"Sure." I say as we stand up. Kris and Ruthanne get up too. Sidney drags me through the house and I'm sure I wouldn't be able to find my way back to where everybody was. He finally stops in a bright room. He and Kris stand next to each other. Ruthanne looks at me nervously. I'm sure I look the same way.
"So." Sidney says.
"So." Kris says.
"So Ruthanne and I say.
Sidney laughs awkwardly. We laugh too. "We're gonna take you guys on a cruise." Ruthanne and I both squeal. He waits for us to finish, "We're headed out the day after you guys get out of school."
"Oh." Ruthanne and I both say, knowing we had plans. We look at each other. "We can do it when we get back..." I say.
"What?" Kris says, grabbing Ruthanne's hand.
"We were just planning on moving stuff into our apartment the day after school. It's no big deal." Ruthanne says smiling. I hug Sidney tightly and take a deep breath with my head in his shoulder.
"You're the best." I say to him again, looking up, my arms around his neck.
"Thanks." He says, closing the distance between my lips and his. Ruthanne and Kris weren't doing anything so intimate so when I open my eyes there they are standing awkwardly and trying not to watch. We all head back to where the guys are hanging out and sit back down on our sofas, trying not to smile. The guys just look at us and laugh, having already known the surprise and gotten the same reaction from their girlfriends earlier. They helped think it up, and several of them were coming too.

Ruthanne's Point Of View <3>

I can't believe they're taking us on a cruise. Kris immediately told me to leave my wallet at home, that I'm not allowed to spend any money there. I sigh, absolutely hating that he wants to buy everything but complying just because. I glance over at Caitlin, watching her lean on Sidney dependently, stealing glances at Max who, I notice is doing the same thing. I point it out to Kris and he laughs. "I told you." He says.
"God, why does she get herself into these situations?" I ask him.
"She's likable." He says, tucking a piece of stray hair behind my ear. "Max will get over it, or not, in which case there could be some problems." He says.
"Yeah," I say, "I hope nothing becomes of it."
"Me too. Sidney trusts us, so it's just up to Caitlin. And Max, to mind his own business." Kris says. wrapping his arm around my waist and making things way more comfortable. "I think everything will be ok." He reassures me, knowing that I worry about my friend a lot.
"So..." I say. "Who is everyone here?" I subtly motion towards the girls who are chatting quietly. For the first time I notice that the whole room is quiet. Not like at Max's when they were playing that shoot 'em up game, that was loud compared to this.
Kris looks at me funny. "I'm sure you know the guys." He says. I nod, waiting for him to get on with it. "The girl sitting with Geno is Laura. I think she goes to your school." I look at her, recognizing her face but I never really got to know her so I don't really care. "Jordan's with Amy." I nod. "Eric's with a different girl every day, so who knows who this one is." He laughs. I just nod.
"Thanks." I say. I can't stand it when I don't at least know someone's name to put to their face. I wonder why nobody's really socializing or having fun. I mean, we're at Mario's, there's always something to do. Sidney stands up leaving Caitlin in her seat.
"You guys want to go downstairs? Watch a movie?" He says, feeling it to. At least when we're watching a movie, it's ok to be abnormally quiet. The guys kinda grumble, having seen like everything, but the girls are all for it so we all head downstairs. I sit by Kris and Caitlin, who sits by Sidney when he comes in with 2 glasses of water for them.
"What're we watching," I turn to Sidney.
"I don't know yet." He says, "What do you guys say to, uh I Love You Man?" Everyone just agrees, not wanting to sit here and figure it out. Caitlin was telling me about that movie. She really liked it so it must be good. I lean on Kris, tired now.
"What time is it?" I ask him.
"It's like 6." He says, "parents?" He asks.
"I'm not really worried about them today. I got mad at them last night. But it seems like no matter how many times we have that argument, they still want me home early." I sigh. He kisses the top of my head.
"You're moving out soon, don't worry." He says, arm around me. "When we get back, I'll help you guys move to get it done quicker." He whispers, his lips touching my ear.
"ok." I say happily. He continues to trail his lips down my neck. I smile unwillingly and he feels it. He laughs.
"You're too cute." He says into my ear. My skin gets hot and I know I'm blushing. He kisses me on the cheek. "Be right back, what do you want to drink?"
"Um. Water." I say, smiling up at him. I turn to talk to Caitlin, but she and Sidney are in a pretty intense make out session. "ok then." I turn back around in my seat. I watch the movie just for the heck of it until Kris comes back. It's not like I could concentrate on it, I'm too anxious for Kris to get back. He comes back with a couple bottles of water.
"This movie's hilarious. You seen it?" He asks.
"Nah." I say, I haven't sat down and watched a movie since well, way before I went to Kris's. Life's just been so busy. "Look at them." I laugh, pointing at Caitlin and Sidney who are still all over each other. Kris tries to suppress a laugh, looking at them. They're so awkwardly positioned in their seats and their arms don't look like they should be bending that way.
"Someone should take a picture." Kris says. I laugh and pull out my phone to snap a picture. I'll text it to Caitlin and then delete it. I'd hate for someone to find that on my phone.
To: Caitlin
Subject: Look at you!
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This is hilarious Caitlin...
I can hear her phone buzzing in her pocket since she's sitting right beside me. They stop for a moment as she pulls it out to see what it was. She opens it, Sidney looking over her shoulder. "Ruth.Anne!" She enunciates each part of my name as though she's angry. Really she can't keep a straight face, laughing her head off at the little prank. Kris and I are mocking them, arms flailing and whatnot. I see Caitlin get up, then run back and ask where the bathroom is, almost going to pee herself. Sidney points her in the right direction as Kris and I laugh hysterically.
The movie's almost done and we can't stop laughing. All the other couples look at us like we're freaks. We are, we know. But we're having fun, so it doesn't matter.
<3