Angela and A.J. arrive back at Kaci’s house.
“J we’re back,” Angela says when they walk in the house.
“I’m in here,” Justin says poking his head out of the computer room where he’s printing the invitations and guest list.
“Did you get a dress for Jess?”
“Yeah, Alex is bringing it up to her room,” Angela says walking into the computer room.
AJ comes downstairs and into the computer room.
“Is everything coming along?”
“Yeah, Jess’s friend Omar is coming over and he’s going to help with everything and he lives on the other side of the neighborhood so if Jess decides to come home we can just go over his house.”
“Alright. Nick’s trying to keep her at his house until I can check into the Ritz and we can just work from there after that.”
There’s a knock at the front door and A.J. goes and answers the door.
“Is Justin here?”
“And you are?” A.J. asks.
“I’m Omar, he called and wanted me to come over to…”
“Come in, I’m Alex,” A.J. says extending his hand to Omar who returns his handshake.
“So you’re the one throwing the party tonight,” Omar says walking into the house.
“That would be me.”
“Feco, is that you?” Justin asks coming out of the computer room.
“Yeah, I’m here. What all are we taking over to my house?”
“Nothing yet. If Nick or Kaley calls Alex then we move camp to your house if it’s before Alex has to check into the hotel.”
Angela comes out of the computer room with Justin’s cell phone.
“It’s for you, it’s about the party,” Angela says handing the phone to Justin.
“Hello?”
“Hey, it’s Marcus.”
“What’s up? Are you guys coming?”
“Yeah, we’ll be there. Are you going to be home for a while?”
“As far as I know. If not, I’ll call you and give you directions on how to get to Feco’s house.”
“Alright. I’ll stop by on my way back from running some errands.”
“Okay, we’ll see you later then.”
Justin and Marcus hang up and Justin goes back into the computer room.
“Alex, I changed the invitations, is this okay?” Justin says turning around in the chair holding up the invitation for A.J. to see.
“Yeah, that’s fine. That’s not going to be on hers though, right?”
“No, just the invitations for the guests.”
“I’ll get it,” A.J. says when there’s a knock on the door.
A.J. goes and answers the door and finds Riana and Mandy at the door.
“Hey! Justin called and said to come over,” Riana says.
“And you are?” A.J. asks.
“I’m Riana and that’s Mandy.”
“Nice to meet you, give me just a second,” A.J. says leaving the door open and going into the computer room.“Riana and Mandy are here, do you have their invitations ready?”
“Yeah, they’re here somewhere,” Justin says handing A.J. the pile of invitations.“Be sure to find out who their guests will be so I can add them to the list.”
“Alright,” A.J. says taking the invitations with him.
A.J. goes back out to the living room.
“You girls can come in,” he says sitting down on the couch.
Riana and Mandy walk in and close the door behind them.
“So where do you girls live?”
“We live next door to each other on Willow Brook Lane,” Riana says.
“That’s cool. Do you guys know who is going to be going with you tonight?”
“I was going to take my boyfriend Adam,” Riana says.
“And what about you?”
“I…uh…I…”
“Is she okay?” A.J. asks Riana.
“Yeah,” Riana says laughing. “She’s just a really big fan of yours.”
“Oh,” A.J. says as he stops thumbing through the invitations. “I’ll be right back,” he says getting up from the couch with the invitations.
A.J. goes into the computer room and shuts the door behind him.
“We have a problem!”
“What?” Justin asks.
“The two girls in the living room! How does Jess know them?”
“She met them a couple days ago.”
“And you invite them to her party? She might not even like them!”
“What’s the big deal Alex?”
“Well for one, this is Jess’s party and if she don’t like them, they’re gonna be asked to leave. And two, the girl is out there freaking out because it’s me!”
“I’m sorry Alex! If I would’ve known…”
“Justin you did know! The same shit happened the other day! Alex, do you want them to come or not?” Angela says.
“With who we have coming, I don’t want anything like what just happened. Riana seems cool but the other girl I don’t know if I want her there if she’s freaking out now!”
“Alright, it’s settled then. Riana comes and Mandy doesn’t,” Angela says walking out into the living room.
“Riana, can I talk to you for a second?”
“Yeah sure,” Riana says getting up.
Angela and Riana go outside to talk.
“Alex doesn’t want to be rude, but he doesn’t want Mandy to come because everyone’s going to be there, and if she’s freaking out right now, she’ll definitely freak out at the party later.”
“Oh. Well, why are you telling me?”
“Alex doesn’t want to hurt her feelings. But you can still come, just Mandy can’t be your guest.”
“Oh. But Justin didn’t call Mandy, he just called me.”
“Are you serious? Because you both were on the list he emailed Alex!”
“Yeah, he just called me.”
“Oh, okay. Well, that’ll make it somewhat easier then. Just don’t tell Mandy why I pulled you out here!”
“Okay. I just hope she doesn’t get mad because I got invited and she didn’t!”
Angela and Riana go back inside.
“I’ll be right back,” Angela says going into the computer room.
“So?” A.J. asks.
“So, apparently Mandy was never invited,” Angela says looking at Justin.
“So I don’t have to worry?”
“Nope. Do you want me to have Riana come in here to get her invitation?”
“Sure,” A.J. says.
Angela goes back out to the living room and gets Riana and brings her back into the computer room.
“Here is your invitation,” A.J. says handing Riana her invitation.
“And you said you were bringing your boyfriend?”
“Yeah. I’m bringing Adam.”
“Alright cool. We’ll see you later then,” A.J. says.
Angela walks Riana out and walks her and Mandy to the door.
“It was nice to see you girls again.”
Riana and Mandy leave and Angela goes back into the computer room where A.J., Justin and Omar are.
“We need to talk,” Angela says grabbing Justin.
Angela and Justin go upstairs to his room to talk.
“Explain now!”
“What?”
“Why aren’t you calling everyone?”
“I didn’t call Mandy because I called Riana first and she told me that she would freak out because it’s Alex!”
“Alright, but what about friends of Jose that are also Jess’s friends? Like Tyler?”
“That’s Alex!”
“And what about Juan? Justin don’t fuck around with me right now!”
“Don’t you have other things to be doing?”
“You’re an asshole Justin! I’m moving my stuff into a different room and don’t touch my shit ever again!”
“Fine, but you can be the one to tell Doug that he doesn’t have a place to sleep,” Justin says then storms out of his room and back downstairs.
Justin goes back to the computer room.
“We’re moving camp to your house,” Justin says to Omar when he gets to the computer room.
“Why, what happened?” Alex asks.
“Angela is being a bitch and complaining about who got invited and who didn’t.”
“Oh, because none of Jose’s friends were invited to the party?”
“Yeah,” Justin says.
“I don’t see why she’s having a problem with that. Jose knows what’s going on, so what’s the big deal?”
“I don’t know but let’s pack everything up and I’ll get my laptop and we can go over Omar’s.”
“Can we take two cars?”
“Yeah sure. Omar can take the invitations and all that stuff and I’ll take Jess’s BMW with you and the stuff you need for the party and the room.”
“Alright cool. I’ll be back in a minute, I’m going to bring it downstairs.”
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A.J. goes upstairs and gets the dress and brings it downstairs and then goes back upstairs and gets his luggage and brings it downstairs.