The day had finally arrived and tonight would be the first party to kick off this long school year. With Rylie's party tonight, her birthday being right around the corner and this being her last year of high school Mikaela had been feeling like a change was in order. She hadn't known exactly what she had wanted to do at first but as a lazy wednesday rolled around she got it in her head to dye her hair and dye it she did. Thursday morning she had waltzed into school with a new honey-blonde look that blew people away and had Aaliyah wondering if she was going through some kind of crisis. She wasn't going through any she had just wanted a change and before she could talk herself out of it she had just went for it.
The clock was slowly ticking down and Mikaela noticed that Nick looked like he was seconds from bursting out of his skin. As the teacher wrapped up the lesson by collecting back all her creepy graphic photos she wished everyone a good weekend as students made a beeline for door only to be told that they couldn't leave till the bell rung. Mikaela stayed in her seat as she wasn't about to attempt to fight her way through the savages. She would just calmly wait until they all trampled over one another to make her exit from the classroom. One minute to go. She thought to herself as she eyed the circular clock that hung in the room over the garbage bin. Everyone had decided yesterday that they would all go over to the Torres house to get ready for Rylie's party and carpool together. While she knew how they were all getting there she didn't know how they were all getting home because with the way they all planned on partying there would be no designated drivers tonight. At least not any sober ones.
Finally the bell rang out throughout the halls signaling the end of the school day and another week at Manor Hill High School. She had no homework to worry about and the only thing on her mind was the party to come tonight. "Thank the lord this week is finally over." She said as she got up and looked over at Tristan, Ashley and Nicholas who were on the other side of the room. Looking at Aaliyah she warned her, "Please be on your best behavior at Tris and Chris's place. From what I hear it took a lot of convincing to get Ashley to agreed to come over and play dress up and I really want this to go well. I know you miss her as much as I do and this could be the first real step and rebuilding our friendship which again I want. Badly. So if you fuck this up I will murder you in your sleep." While maybe a little harsh her words came from a place of love. The love that she had for both girls and if there was only one thing she could get out of the year it would be to have her, Ashley and Aaliyah all be friends again. This was their last year of high school which probably meant the last chance to make this happen so she was going to do whatever it took to make it happen.
Ashley wasn't entirely sure how she felt about what was going to happen after school. She had been coerced into going to Tristan and Christina's place after school and she couldn't back out of going to Rylie's party. Even if she wanted to not go to the party her friends wouldn't let her miss it. Although she wasn't sure that she wanted to skip it. While she wouldn't admit it out loud she had missed the way she use to be and the fun she use to have with her friends. She knew that her father wouldn't want her to be the way she had let herself become and if anything she would at least try to have a good time tonight.
As the bell rung and the students all flooded into the halls she looked at Mikaela and Aaliyah who were in the middle of a seemingly private conversation. Things had been civil between the girls these last few days and she didn't know how to feel about either of them in truth. Her ex was a douche bag and while she had hated them for what had happened in the past she wasn't sure if that jerk off was worth throwing away years of friendship. She didn't know how Aaliyah felt on the matter but Mikaela had made many attempts to repair the tethered friendship in the past and had made it clear she wanted her back. When the girls joined the group they decided they would wait in the parking lot for Christina and go to the Torres place from there. Exiting the classroom they made their way outside to the student lot to wait for the junior girl.