Its not me! Its the alcohol! (Edited)

Rosella Jones

I'm running late.

Walking hurriedly into the hotel, I entered the lift and press floor 5. I walked out and find the room Jessie told me. Before I even press the bell, the door swung open and it revealed non-other than pissed off Jessie.

I smile sheepishly and she steps aside letting me, in 3....2....1...

"Where the hell is you?!" I turned to her "I'm so sorry I'm late." she crossed her arms in front of her chests "I was waiting for you, we agree to meet here at 1:45 but you showed up at 2:30. The make-up artist and hairstyles are already here. You haven't even pick your dress!"

"I know and I'm sorry, I was..." She tapped her foot impatiently "At Kyle's place." I closed my eyes waiting for her to get angry at me but instead, I hear nothing. I open my eyes to find Jessie's shocked face.

"You were at Kyle Landon's place?" She frowned. "How do you know the Kyle I'm talking about is Kyle Landon?" I narrowed my eyes at her. She rolled her eyes "I don't, you just answer my suspicion." smart Jessie.

"So what are you doing at Kyle's place?" I run my fingers to my hair and walked to the couch to sit.

"Kayla brought me to this club last night, we were drinking and having fun. We both went to the dance floor and dance crazily, then there's this cute guy who approaches me because the alcohol start kicking me and I almost kiss him,"

"Wait, you're going to kiss a stranger?" Jessie asked and sit next to me. Shaking my head "t's not me! It's the alcohol!" She narrowed her eyes at me but gestured for me to continue.

"Suddenly he came out of nowhere and pulled me, I walked away and went to the bar to order a drink and he took my drink. Fast forward, we have a little argument, he pulled me outside and shoved me in his car and I fell asleep." I looked at Jessie and she looks a little confused about my story.

"So, he brought you to his place when you fell asleep?" I nodded my head. "Did your family realized you're not home?" She raised her eyebrow. Of course, they realize, when I got home this afternoon, which by the way, not my lucky day, I met Lucas at the front door. When he saw what I was wearing, he immediately brought me inside and demand what happened.

I told him that I was staying at a friend's house and my clothes are wet. He didn't believe it at first but I happen to convince him and he believes it. So that's a yay for me.

"Yeah, they realize but thankfully mt parents aren’t home."

"And?"

"And I convinced my brother," I said with a triumphant smile on my face. She just shook her head and stood up "That was a good story, to begin with. Now come on let's get you ready for the red carpet."

Oh yeah, if you guys are wondering what am I doing in the hotel right now, I'm getting ready for Estee Lauder red carpet since they launch their new collection 2 days ago and I've been invited by them to attend the event.

Jessie lead me to the room that was already filled with dresses, makeup, and hair styling tools. I sat at the chair and the makeup artist immediately applied makeup to my face, starting with the base. The hairstyles start doing his things with my hair.

After about 3 hours they all have done their work and I check myself in the mirror. They decide to go with soft smoky makeup which I like it and my hair is in a half ponytail with a curl at the end. I thank Joey and Melissa for their work.

"Wow you look beautiful, I love the makeup." Jessie came in "Me too, it's beautiful." she nodded "Now, time to pick your dress." I followed her and she shows me a few dresses.

The first dress, it's a black short strapless dress that has a little sequin at the front. It's actually quite cute but it's not going to match with my makeup. So that's a no.

The second dress, it's an off-white, two-piece dress with a fringed see-through skirt. I try the dress and when I looked in the mirror and it suits me. The makeup really blends in with the dress. Is not too fancy and I actually quite like it, so I decide to wear this dress.

For the finishing touch, I wore long earrings with a pair of nude heels. Checking myself once again, I walked out of the room "How do I look?" I spin myself in front of Jessie and she gives me a thumbs up.

Thanking the people who helped me with my looks, we both went out and ready to attend the event.

"I'm nervous," I said as we are inside the car. Jessie smiled at me "Don't be you have been doing this for years."

"I know, I just feel nervous." I play on my phone for a while until we arrive at the event. "Rose, come on we're here." I looked outside the window and there is a lot of paparazzi outside. I take a deep breath and nod my head to Jessie. The car door open and I walked out of the car.

I flash them a smile and pose at the camera. They keep flashing their camera and when my turn is over, it's time for the interview.

"Hello, Rosella Jones! How are you?" A woman from Hollywood access greets me.

"Hello!" I wave at the camera "I'm good, how are you?"

"I'm good, thank you very much. How are you feeling about these events?"

"I'm feeling great and excited of course, happy to be here." I grinned at the camera.

"So are you going to tell us whose dress you are wearing tonight?"

"It's from one of my favorite designers by Sonia Rykiel. Her dress is so beautiful, that's why I decided to wear one of her collections for this event" she nodded and smile "thank you so much for your time Rosella have a good night" I nodded and flash them a smile.

After the red carpet was done, they lead us inside the party. The decoration and the theme it's so elegant and beautiful. There are a lot of important people too. I grab a glass of champagne and mingle with the other. I walked towards Josephine Skriver, Candice Swanepoel, and a few Victoria secret angels and greet them.

"Rose! Oh my god!! I miss you." Josephine squeal and we hug each other "I miss you too!!!"

"I heard they're talking about VS next fashion show," Candice said.

"Really?" I turned to her and she nodded "Gosh, I can't wait." they all nodded and we talked a bit more. I excuse myself to find Jessie but the clumsy side of me decide to stumble at my own dress.

I closed my eyes and waiting to feel the collision but instead, I don't feel anything. Huh... That's weird. I open my eyes only to be greeted with those brown color eyes. I gently pushed him and composed myself. Stupid me for stumbling at my own dress.

"Sorry and thank you," I said shortly and plan to leave but I think God always has another plan for me.

"Stumbling at your own dress? Nice," he said with a smirk and I really want to dump his face with the chocolate mousse. I just saw him a few hours ago and now he's standing in front of me. He looked at me from up and down then smirked.

"What a beautiful dress."

"What are you doing here Mr. Landon? I thought you were a busy person." I said with a smile on my face even though is not sincere. "I have been invited" I hold my laughter. Is he being invited? He's not even a model.

"What's wrong? You don't believe it?" He raised his eyebrow.

"No offense but why did they invite you?"

"Guess you have to wait," he smirked and I rolled my eyes.

"It is nice talking to you, Mr. Landon." I'm about to leave but he called me "Rose," wow this is the first time he calls me by my name "Yes?"

"Can we talk? After the event is done?" He asked and I could tell he's quite shy by the pink tint on his cheek. I'm contemplated to reject it and say I'm busy but I don't know why my heart says otherwise.

"I don't know, I'm busy."

"It only takes a minute." I looked to his brown eyes that are staring at me "We can talk here,"

"Don't make this hard for me Rose." I sighed "Fine" he smiles in relief "I'll see you later." he leaves and mingles with the other.

Why did I agree to it? I thought I promise myself to not see him nor talk to him again. But I can’t deny the fact that I'm actually quite curious about what he's going to talk about. Is it something serious or he was just trying to mess with me?

I shrugged the thought out of my head and went to find Jessie.

"Rose," I turned around and find Jessie is walking to me "I've been looking for you Jess."

"I'm sorry, I have a few things to do" I nodded my head "You cannot believe it who's here at the event?" I raised my eyebrow "Kyle Landon,"

"Yeah, I know." she looked shocked "How do you- you talk to him right?" I sighed "Unfortunately yes. What is he doing here anyway?" I scrunched my eyebrow.

"Well, unfortunately, the event used their technology and he owns half of the company." my eyes widen when she said that. That's crazy, why the hell did he want to buy cosmetic shares?

"Ladies and gentleman, please sit at your assigned seat that has been prepared for you," the host said and we both walked to our table.

And surprise, the person who sits next to my table is non-other than Kyle Landon. He looked at me and smirked.

Great.