"Wow Katie, never knew you had it in you," Lance said after Keith told him what happened in Chemistry class today.

I shrugged and continued to eat my food, even though I was shocked at myself too. Did I seriously say all of that? Even though I should feel bad, I didn't. 

I felt...good.

"So, Pidge," Keith said, and I turned to him, "Where do you want to meet up for the project? Our homes? Library? Cafe?"

I grimaced at the mention of the cafe. If we went there, most of the time would be spent shooing away the waitresses who would flirt with Keith.

No way am I going through that.

"Um, we could work at your house since Matt, Shiro, and Allura will most likely be working at mine," I offered, and Keith smirked.

"Want the house to ourselves, I see. Fine by me," Keith said as Lance and Hunk smirked.

"The only reason I said that is so we could work in peace," I defended myself. Why was I always falling into these traps?

"Sure, Katie. We all know you want to be alone with Keith so you can have s-"

I immediately covered my ears, letting out a small squeak. The three boys started laughing and after a while, Keith recovered from it. 

Shooting the other two a quit it look, he said, "Guys stop. You're making Pidge feel embarrassed."

I internally thanked him for shutting my two friends up. They stopped laughing but smiled with each other. 

While we continued to eat in peace, I remembered something that I had to ask Keith about. 

"Hey Keith, what was my brother talking to you about a couple weeks ago?" This caused him to start choking on his food, so I quickly gave him some water to prevent him from dying.

"Oh, that? Don't worry about it. Not that important," He waved it off, but I could tell he just wanted to avoid the topic.

Why though?

I was just about to question him when Lance suddenly exclaimed, "Guess what guys?"

"What?" we all said.

"My bud over here, Hunk, was asked out by a girl named Shay to go to a party today! And, she invited all of us!" Lance said, making Hunk blush.

Ooh, a party? I've never been to one before. It must be fun if a lot of people go. "Can we go?"  I asked Lance.

"Sure," Lance said, turning to Keith for confirmation that he was going to go.

"It's not Katherine's party, is it?" Keith asked in a low voice.

"No, of course not! I-I think it's one of her friend's party... Mia, I think," Lance said, but that didn't make Keith feel any better.

"That means she's going to be there going to be there then. I'm not going and neither is Pidge," Keith said, shocking us all.

"W-What? Why can't I go?" I asked Keith, frustrated. This was my only chance to go to a party and he was denying it! Plus, he isn't my dad or anything, so he can't tell me what to do.

"Yeah, why can't my friend go?" Lance asked Keith as well, staring at him. Hunk started to do the same thing.

As all three of us stared at Keith, he seemed to be contemplating about whether or not he should allow me to go.

"...Fine," he said, and I smiled, "But I am going too."

"The more the merrier!" Hunk exclaimed as he and Lance started talking about some random things.

Yay! This is going to be fun!!

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After school ended, Keith dropped me off to my house. He said he would pick me up at 7 and go to Lance and Hunk's house so we could all go to the party.

As I entered the house, I heard voices from the kitchen as saw that Matt and Allura were working on something.

"Hey, Pigeon. How was school?" Matt asked as he came up to me to give me a hug.

"Good. Oh, I forgot to tell you. I got invited to a party today and was wondering if I could go. Lance, Hunk, and Keith will be there too."

Matt seemed like he wanted to deny but after hearing that my friends would also be there, he nodded in agreement.

"Thank you!" I said as I gave him a quick hug. Turning around to Allura, I asked her in a small voice, "Can you help me choose my clothes?"

"Sure!" Allura exclaimed, grabbing my hand to take me upstairs.

I sat on the bed as she started rummaging through my closet. She stopped after some time and asked me, "This is your first party, right?"

I nodded my head. She turned back around and after a few minutes, she picked up a green and black dress that had nature designs on it. I would've worn it if it wasn't so short.

When I tried it on, it stopped way to high above my knees. I looked at her, eyes wide, and shook my head no.

"Okay, that doesn't work. What do you want to wear though? Dress? Skirt?"

I didn't want to wear either of those choices, so I suggested something. "How about nice jeans?"

Allura stood still, thinking for a bit before he eyes widened and she started to pick out clothes from my closet.

Once she was done, I saw that she had chosen a pair of jeans that I bought a long time and had never worn, an off shoulder green top with leaves on it, and a black pair of flats that I didn't even know I had in my closet.

I tried on the outfit and it fit me perfectly. The jeans didn't feel extremely baggy or tight, and the shirt didn't come off my arm so much that I could take out my arm from it. I wore a green spaghetti top underneath it so my entire shoulder wasn't exposed- I wasn't used to that.

"Oh my god! That looks so good on you!" Allura squealed as she pulled me onto my desk chair. I had some makeup in my possession but rarely used it.

Allura didn't put a lot of makeup. She used a minimum amount of blush, some eyeliner, light green eyeshadow, and some lipgloss. She combed my hair and straightened it. Then, she put it in a half up, half down style. I wouldn't say I couldn't recognize myself in the mirror, but I definitely looked better than before.

"Thank you so much Allura," I said, giving her a small hug, which she returned. I looked at the time and saw that it was 6:45. Keith would be here in about 15 minutes.

Allura and I went downstairs, where Matt was sitting down on the kitchen counter, looking at some papers. When he looked up, his eyes widened as he saw me.

"Katie! You look so much different!" Matt exclaimed.

I chuckled and said, "It was all thanks to Allura."

We all chatted for a bit until the doorbell rang. I got up and ran to the door. Opening it, I saw Keith wearing jeans, a dark grey shirt, and a red and white jacket.

Wow.

"Hey, Pidge. You look really...nice," Keith said, eyes wide and jaw open.

"Y-You too," I replied back, blushing.

Keith composed himself and asked, "So, ready to go?"

I nodded and grabbed my purse and phone.

Just as I was about to go, Matt stopped me. "Wait," he said, turning to Keith, "Make sure Katie stays safe. This is the first time she is going to one of these things and I don't want anything bad to happen to her. If that happens, remember that I know where you live."

Keith nodded confidently, but I could tell Matt's threat scared him a little.

Turning to me, my brother said, "Have fun, Katie, okay?"

"Okay. And thanks for letting me go," I said, hugging Matt.

"No problem Pigeon."

Keith and I said bye to Allura and Matt before walking to a car that I didn't recognize.

"It's Shiro's," Keith said, and I nodded in understanding. He couldn't take four people on a motorcycle.

I put on my seatbelt and Keith did the same thing, but not before saying, "You look so beautiful right now, it's driving me crazy."

While driving to our friends' house, I was trying to get rid of my blush that seemed to be painted on my face.

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Hey guys!

Chapter 18 is up! I know I said it would be up on Friday or Saturday, but I was just too excited to get this up here!

So, Pidge is going to her first party. What do you think will happen there?

Don't forget to comment and/or vote!!