The loud blaring music was pretty much all you could hear as you proceeded down the long grand stairway. It was from the moment that I stepped through the Ballantyne Hotel doors, that all I could think was Toto, were not in Kansas anymore. The Grand stairway pretty much did it for me. This place was no somewhere I had ever been before, yet bothered to wonder about. But let me assure you. This Hotel, was something else. The sparkly tile floors and the big bowl of white mints on the receptionist's- rather large-counter made me feel like I was in one of those fancy hotels that the President would stay at if he ever came to Charlotte. Oh wait. As if I didn’t already feel out of place in this “magical hotel”, the President had been here! The President! Oh gosh, I thought to myself. This night would definitely be something.

When I first got there, there were many faces that I could not make out. Many of these people came from different schools. Oh great I thought, making new friends time? Well not quite yet because two of my friends Briana and Cade had just arrived. Thank god, I thought to myself. I felt like a huge weight was take off of my shoulders, I was no longer an outcast. Or so I thought anyways haha. It’s crazy how different people act out of school. The shy girl that sits in the back of the class and never raises her hand is over on the dance floor “shaking what her mama gave her”, and the awkward guy that plays video games all throughout class has his own clique surrounding him while he tells them a “story”, or whatever that could mean. I guess this is one of those times where you can’t judge people based on what they look like,or judge them based on seeing them in the same setting everyday. Because chances are, there not going to act any different than the day before.

Finally. It was that time of the night. The moment just about everyone was waiting for- probably before they even got here. And that time was a magical word that I liked to call… Dinner! You could practically hear my stomach growling. I guess thats one plus from the overbearingly loud music huh? Dinner was a buffet of pasta kind of thing. You could choose your type of pasta and your choice of bread from a few choices. Not bad, I thought. Hopefully this would suffice my killer hunger and make me more jolly attitude-probably the best for the rest of the party guest in my opinion. Oh! I forgot to mention, you know how at fancy adult parties there are those bars where the adults can get there alcoholic beverages and there “mini c***tail” thingys, well guess what? They had one of those here. I mean of course they’re not serving alcoholic beverages, I mean this is just a 15th birthday party, but they did have some kind of colorful looking drink that made me feel all grown up everytime I took a sip from it. So ya, a little small drink in a wine glass pretty much made my night at that point, but lucky for me, the night had just begun so I wouldn’t have to tell my family that the highlight of my night was a colorful drink in a wine glass.
I think I forgot to mention that this party was a good five  hours long. The party started at around what, 6:30 7:00 maybe? And it basically lasted until 12am. But don’t you all worry. I’m pretty sure it lasted until 1am. It’s just one of those events that you go to that may seem like forever when you first arrive, but will be over in what seems like minutes when your having a great time with all your friends. And that’s pretty much how it was for me at the beginning of this party. Instead of me being the usual loud and outgoing person that I was in school, I was practically sweating from nervousness because I had no friends. Ever done that? Well, if not, I’m 100% positive I have sweat enough for the both of us, so it’s ok I guess. I mean i’m not saying that you should always have a friend with you, i’m just saying that I prefer having one. I don’t know if its just me, but when I’m alone in a public place, I tend to get the feeling that everyone is staring at me. Like they stare so hard they could practically hear what I was thinking. Almost as if they were staring into my soul and discovering my deepest darkest secrets. Wow, to serious to fast. Sorry. But it’s like this, my mom said that I should never do anything that made me the slightest bit uncomfortable, because at the end of the day, the only one that is going to unhappy with the situation, is you yourself, so don’t worry about other people, take care of yourself first. 

So as the night went on, I found my self adjusting to the environment around me. I had made a few new friends, and even friends that I had made in school, I was now a bit closer to. There’s a saying, that you don’t truly know someone, unless you’ve seen them in a different setting. Take me for example. Many of my friends looked at me with a flabbergasted face when they saw me dancing. And no, it’s not because I looked like a dying donkey, but because I knew most of the songs and would pretty much dance to them all. You see, most of my friends had no idea that I danced and that I teach dance classes. I guess that is because you don’t truly know someone by seeing them in the same place every single day. Sometimes, you have to step outside of your comfort zone and just enjoy whatever it is you're doing, because otherwise, you will never be satisfied in life.

It’s just like the saying, “all good things must come to an end”, that described the end of this party. I don’t know what it is, but the feeling of employees cleaning and folding up tables as many of us still danced made me feel pretty upset. Yes people, I actually wanted the party to go on and not end so that I could go home and lay down in my extremely comfortable bed with my Stitch pillow pet. Don’t judge okay? But anyways, it was not my choice to whether I wanted the party to end or not, but if it were, I would definitely say not! It’s like you're finally enjoying yourself and having a fabulous time- and then the party ends. I mean just my luck huh? Who would’ve thought that me, of all people, who was awkwardly standing off to the side when this party began, now wants to spend the rest of her life on this dancefloor killing the cupid shuffle. It’s funny how things work out by the end of the night. But at least I could say that this party, was definitely NOT a problem.