Party's Over Frozen Novels & Stories

I asked. “The only Chinese inspired restaurant in town? Yeah,” she laughed. “Maybe I’ll just get a bunch of frozen shit from the store and thaw it for the party.” I grimaced. It was one of the only things I hated about Aspen Falls. Nobody had good party food. Back in Boston, I’d ask Uncle Micky’s cook to whip stuff up for me. “That doesn’t sound bad. They’ve got those cheese stuffed frozen pretzels,” Kam got a dreamy look on his face at the thought of those.

We had party which is mostly is idea while Lizzy and Lora arrange everything for the party. I just don't want to have a party, nothing that would remind me of Tony. I would go to work and make it look like a normal day. I sighed. I walked to the fridge and opened it. I took out the ice cream and open it. I poured more into the bowl and took it back to the fridge. I took the bowl and went back to the sitting. Lizzy and Lora had help themselves with some pizza. I sat down on the couch and began enjoying my ice-cream. Lora passed the box of pizza to me.

The specific, unhurried quality of a party that does not have an official end time because the people at it are the right people and the right people have nowhere they need to be at any specific hour. Food from three local restaurants that Carmen had once patronised and which Elena had been going to since she was four years old at Carmen's side. Wine from a vineyard in the Finger Lakes that Rosa had found and Dominic had been ordering since the cottage years. Music from a quartet that James had hired and which played for three hours with the self-effacing professionalism of musicians who understood that their job was to be the quality of the afternoon rather than the focus of it. Sofia and T

They had simply replaced me with someone else. I tossed my phone aside. My chest felt as if something heavy had lodged itself there. Another message from Suzy popped up. "Christopher, don't overthink it. Mom and Dad just—" I replied with just two words. "Got it." Overthink it? How could I not overthink it? The facts were right in front of me. That birthday party for their "sweetheart" was the so-called surprise they had lied to me about. As their biological son, I was nothing more than a backdrop for another boy's happiness.

“Maybe you are right. We can accept the pain brought by the past and by the people we have trusted. But the thought of it happening is the reason why parties exist.” She roared with laughter; we both did. It’s the first real laugh we had that we almost forgot that existed since last night. “Forgive and forget,” she mumbled as she pulled me to the dance floor and we both danced in BlackPink’s As If It’s Your Last. “I don’t believe in it.” “You don’t?” Her tone was confused as she moved her body, her left hand rested on top of her belly. “No. because I believe in Party Now, Cry Later.”

like a fog had been lifted from my mind. His russet brown eyes made me pause for a moment as the memory renewed itself. **Flashback** “Come on, Raven! We're going to miss it!” My smile broadened as I dashed down the corridor towards the staircase that led to the ballroom. “I heard that these things are thrown for people to just dance with each other and find love.” He whispered, grinning with two missing front teeth. “Ew. That's no party I want to go to.” I stuck my tongue out and pulled my finger to my mouth, fake gagging.

Being with her makes me feel a certain type of way. And it was at this moment that I realized I was still holding onto the bag of peas, which wasn’t totally frozen anymore at this point. Still, I brought the bag up to my nose, milking the remaining cold sensation I could get from it. I started smiling stupidly to myself. I never would have guessed, that in the battle between painkillers versus frozen vegetables, the winner would be these frozen fucking peas. * * * - - - To Be Continued - - -

Selene The party was crazy fun. I actually had a good time with the rest of my team. I swear you add a few drinks and the party will bring out the best in people. I have been dancing and drinking these frozen drinks. I feel so calm and relaxed. It has to be a combination of Rowan throwing this party for me to have a good time and the liquor. I am really enjoying the liquor.

I smiled, running my hand over my belly, which was a little bigger than expected for six months pregnant “Your father made some frosting earlier, but when I looked in the fridge, it looked like cement. Don’t tell him, but I had to throw it away…” “In my defense, the croquettes turned out well.” Connor huffed, entering the kitchen with an empty tray in his hands “The sweets are the ones that are difficult as hell. And what do you think you're doing standing up?” He stared at me with the same expression as Theo “You're breaking our agreement. We agreed that we would only have this party if you promised not to do anything.”

Just like that seven-year-old little girl had all those years ago, the freezer door was gently pulled shut from the inside. A few days later, the landlord reported her missing to the police when he could not reach Kendra. When the police broke down the door, they found Kendra's cold body inside the freezer. Her body remained curled in a fetal position, her face seeming to hold a kind of liberated peace. There were no signs of struggle. Beside the freezer, a piece of paper was weighed down with a stone. It had only one word written on it: [Atonement.] ... Meanwhile, in the underworld, I already stepped back into the cycle of reincarnation.