Mistakes: 1

"Nicolette, please come to the party with us!" Hadley looks up at me with pleading eyes.
"Yeah, Nikki, please come with us!" Hayden copies he sister's expression.
I sigh. That's Hadley and Hayden Redman for you. Twin sisters, but they barely look alike. Hayden has shoulder-length darkish brown hair and green eyes; Hadley has long red-brown hair and gray eyes. But I swear, sometimes its like they share brain. They're crazy and fun and weird in a good way, and they're my best friends. "I don't know."
"Pleeeaasee?" they whine in unison.
"I'll think about it!" I roll my eyes. I really don't want to go to Tanner's party, but they obviously do. Nothing good ever happens at Tanner's parties, though. Last time, cops showed up, and seven kids got arrested. The time before that, some boy from another school got in a bad fioght with one of our football players. And the time before that, the backyard caught on fire. It's not good stuff.
"Well think fast, cause the party's this weekend." Hadley wanders over to my closet and starts going through it. She pulls out a yellow top. "Ooh! I love this! Can I wear this to the party?"
"No!" I snatch the shirt away from her. "Wear your own clothes."
"Poo." She plops down on my bed and picks up a magazine.
Hayden's phone rings, and a Justin Bieber song starts playing. I glare at her. "Really Hayden? That's your ringtone?"
She looks at me with big innocent eyes. "What?"
"That's Justin."
"And your point is...?"
"It's weird. Change it. Please."
"Fine." She messes with her phone, and a Ke$ha song begins to play. "That better?"
"Much." I plop down into my green moon chair and check my phone for messages. "You guys, he still hasn't called." I look up at them, with a slightly worried expression on my face.
Hadley sits up. "Well, maybe he's just busy. Maybe he's been rehearsing all day. Or maybe he's on vocal rest."
"If he's on vocal rest, he can still text me."
"He's probably just hanging out with Sean Kingston, or Usher, or Drake." Hayden sighs. "I love Drake."
"Yeah, we know." I roll my eyes, and check my phone again. "Why hasn't he called yet? I haven't talked to him in over a week! He was supposed to call me three days ago!"
"Calm down, Nikki. He's probabaly just busy. He's got concerts out the wazoo." Hayden pats me on the shoulder. "Remember honey, he told you it was going to be hard."
I sigh. "I know, it's just... harder than I thought it would be. I thought hard would be not texting each other for a day. Not going months without seeing him, days without talking to him, and only being able to see his face in pictures. Do you know how much it hurts to see posters of him everywhere I go? It's horrible! I hate it!" I bury my face in a pillow and will the tears not to fall.
"I'm sorry, hun." Hadley sighs. "We hate to see you like this, we really do."
"But you know what will make you feel better?" Hayden says in a chipper voice. "Going to a party."

"Nic-oh-let!" Alex Stein strolls down the hallway, and leans against my locker before I can get to it. He smiles at me, but it's not a friendly smile. "How are ya? You look great." He looks me up and down. Ugh.
"Nice to see you too, Alex." I push him aside and open my locker. I can feel his eyes on me.
"So I heard you and Justina Beaver broke up." He laughs, thinking he's so smart. Like I haven't heard that one before.
I shut my locker. "Sorry, but we're still together." I smile as sweetly as I can.
"Aw, darn. I was hoping maybe you and I could get together sometime." He smiles a sneaky side smile that makes me a little uncomfortable.
"Sorry. Well, I need to get to class. I'll see you later." I walk past him towards my fifth-period class.
"Wait! Nicolette!" Alex calls after me. "Are you going to Tanner's party?"
"Not planning on it." I call back, and when I turn back, he looks dissapointed. I laugh to myslef and go to math class. Right as I sit down, my phone rings. I hurry to the girls bathroom and answer it. "Hello?"
"Hey."
"Justin!" I don't bother trying to hide my excitement.
"Nicolette!" He copies my tone, mocing me.
"I'm so happy you called! I was starting to worry!"
"Don't worry about me, baby. I'm just fine. How are you?"
"I'm good, better now. Hayden and Hadley are trying to get me to go to Tanner Carter's party though."
"And are you? Going, I mean?"
"Not sure. Considering what normally happens at his parties, I'm thinking no."
"You should go." He sounds very sure of himself. "You'll have fun."
"Are you sure? I just don't have a good feeling about it. Especially since Alex-" I stop myself. I shouldn't have said it. Shouldn't have even started ti say it. Justin's gonna be jealous.
"Especially since Alex what?"
"Uhm, it's really nothing..."
"Tell me."
"Justin-"
"Tell. Me. Now."
I sigh. "He's been flirting with me, a lot, all the time. It's not a big deal, he's just doing what he normally does. It's just flirting. Don't freak-"
"He's flirting with you?! When he knows we're together?! Has he tried anything? Nikki, if he tried anything..." He's seething, I can tell.
"Justin, calm down. He hasn't tried anything. And he won't. Don't worry."
"I swear, if he lays one finger on you-"
"JUSTIN."
"What?!" He doesn't mean to snap at me, but he does, and I'm quiet. I hate when he gets mad at me. He realizes his tone. "Nikki, I'm sorry. He just makes me so mad. The way he treats girls, thinking he can get away with it. Well he can't. Someone's gotta teach him a lesson."
"Now Justin, just because you're mad at somebody, it doesn't mean you can threaten them."
"I'm only gonna kill him a little bit."
I laugh. "Seriously, Justin. You have to calm down. It's not a big deal."
"It's not a big deal, huh? How many girls has he gotten pregnant in the last two months?"
I can't bring myself to answer. He won't be happy. It'll just make him more mad.
"Nikki! How many girls?"
I sigh. "Five."
"Exactly. I don't want him anywhere near you. If he flirts with you any more at all, he's a dead man."
"Justin please calm down, you're making this bigger than it is."
"Well I just- Oh, crap. Hey, I'm sorry, I gotta go. Soundcheck. I'm gonna sneak up behind them. One of the funnest things ever, watching them freak out."
"Alright. I'll talk to you later?"
"Definately." I can hear a few girls screaming in the background. He's been seen. "I love you."
"I love you too. Bye."
"By-" I hear a click. He hung up. Of course.
A tear rolls down my cheek, and I quickly wipe it away and go back to class.

"Yay!" Hayden throws her arms around me in joy. "I'm so happy you decided to come!"
"Yeah, yeah, now let go of me." Laughing, I push her away from me, and she falls down.
"Ow." She stands back up and rubs her butt. "That hurt!"
I laugh again. Hayden and I at the mall, looking for outfits for the party this weekend. I finally decided to go, since Justin told me he thought I should. I mean, he's out there having the time of his life, so why shouldn't I go out and have fun with my friends? That's right. I should.
"So, where first? Express? Dillards? I saw some cute stuff at Dillards."
"Express." I throw away my coffee and we head to Express. No luck there. Four hours and twelve stores later, still nothing. We plop down on a bench and I sigh. "This is retarded. We're not going to find anything. Why don't we just wear something we already own?"
"Because then we don't get to get more stuff. And getting stuff is fun." She pulls her hair back into a ponytail and sips her soda. "Let's just order something online, kay?"
"But that'll take forever to get here! The party's in three days!" I throw my hands up and groan. "This is impossible."
A slow smile spreads across Hayden's face. "I have an idea."