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Becky asked her.
“I’m so nervous. I don’t know what to do, do I knock on the door,
just walk in? I can’t just walk in that would be weird of me. Do
you think the parties at his house or his friends house?”
“Calm down. Charlie and I will be right along with you. Don’t
worry yourself about it! Of course we’re going to knock on the
door.” Becky said.
“But who’s going to answer?”
“Relax” Charlie said. “Probably just some random kids at the
party. Everything is going to be fine, haven’t you ever been to a
party before? Most of the parties I’m invited to are through mutual
friends, and I don’t know the person hosting it. I never worry
about who’s going to answer the door.”
“You’re right same here.” Gabriella said, glancing at the time and
realizing it wasn’t almost eleven. “All right I’m going to bathroom,
and then we can leave.” She said, walking toward the bathroom.
    When Gabriella walked into the bathroom, she took a look
in the mirror, and saw that her makeup still looked flawless.
Back over at Gavin’s house, Joey was nervous as well. He
wasn’t the type to be nervous over a girl, but he was worrying
himself with how he was going to introduce himself. He kept calm
by mingling with his and Gavin’s party guests, and well Sadie’s
too, considering it was her home. There were a few more than
twenty people already at the party. Josh and Anna, who had gotten
back together, had come along with a few of Anna’s girl friends.
Joey’s crew of teammates from high school were there too. A few
of them had their girlfriends with them to occupany them. Then
there was Joey, waiting for his dream girl. He looked at his watch
and it was eleven o’clock. He wasn’t yet worried she wouldn’t
show, figuring she’d be there by eleven thirty.
The car ride over to Gavin's couldn’t go any slower for
Gabriella. She was starting to feel anxious rather then nervous.
She complained mentally in her head over how slow a driver
Charlie was, even though he was going five miles over the sped
limit. They arrived at Gavin’s house at exactly eleven fifteen.
Gabriella got out of the car quickly as her anxiousness left
her, and she wasn’t feeling nervous at all. It was just a party after
all, and she had already felt a connection with Joey. Also, it wasn’t
as if she was meeting Joey alone for the first time all by herself.
That she didn’t know if she would be able to manage. She was
feeling lucky her cousin and her boyfriend agreed to accomapny
her, rather then her friends.
Becky rang the door bell, standing alongside Gabriella,
with Charlie standing behind them. Gavin opened the door to his
guests, and smiled at Becky whom he saw first then his eyes turned
on Gabriella.
“Ah you must be Gabriella.” Gavin said, opening the door and
trying to make Gabriella feel comfortable. He and Joey had talked
earlier on their ride to the liquor store in reagards to how Gabriella
might feel awkwardily showing up to a party where she knew no
one, especially considering Joey had not introduced himself prior.
Joey was confident though in the way he decided to approach his
dream girl, and assured Gavin she’d do just fine.
“Why yes I am.” Gabriella replied, putting her hand out palm
facing down to acquaint herself with Gavin. She recognized him
from Sunday night at Cascades. Gavin thought her giving her hand
was very ladylike of her, took it for a brief second, held it up
slightly, and then let go.
“Well nice to meet you. Come on in Joey’s right inside.” Gavin
said, and then he aquatinted himself with Becky and Charlie all on
his own, he didn’t find it fair for Gabriella to have to introduce
them, being they had just met themselves.
Joey was standing just a few feet away from the entrance in
the living room. He noticed Gabriella wasn’t only with her cousin,
knowing her face from Gabriella’s pictures on facebook, but also
with a boy. He guessed the boy to be her cousin’s