Confessions

Chapter 27

"Hello." I said nervously.

"Aubrey Grace Webber! Where are you? I haven't heard from you in over a day!" She yelled through the receiver. I sighed, fuck I forgot to text her today.

"I'm at Jess's. We are watching movies with Emma." I lied, twirling my hair in my fingers. 

"You need to come home and study for your semester finals. I mean it if you're not home tomorrow morning I am sending you to New York." She said sternly, huffing loudly.

"That's not fair!" I yell, pacing back and forth in Jess's kitchen.

"Be here in the morning or you're going to New York at the end of the semester. You have responsibilities and I will not have you throw your life away for anyone. I mean it, if you aren't here.." She paused as I sighed heavily. I fucking hate her.

"Mom, that's not fair! What if I oversleep, why can't I just come home in the afternoon? We were going to study together." I lied, continuing to pace back and forth.

"No! Now you can be home at eight-thirty!" She yelled, hanging up abruptly. I knew I should go home but I didn't even want to face her. I opened the sliding glass door, Alex following closely behind me.

"What's wrong? What happened Aubrey!" He asked, tugging at my hand. I ignored him, walking down the driveway angrily. "Aubrey, stop!" He said, pulling my arm again, stopping me in my tracks.

"My mom just gave me an ultimatum either I am home tomorrow before eight-thirty in the morning or I'm going to New York with Savannah." I mutter, my knuckles whitening. 

"Well you should go home, so it's not an option." He said calmly, pulling me into his chest.

"No! Fuck her! She always wants to have control over everything I do. I am going to be seventeen in a month. Like..." I paused, grunting loudly. I couldn't believe we were back to this, back to this tactic.

"Seriously, maybe you should go home. I don't want you to get into trouble or this not just be a scare tactic." He said softly in my ear.

"No, I refuse to let her think she can control me. I want to go have fun and be a fucking teenager. She acts like she wasn't a teenager once, I am just tired of it. I'll show up when I want and she can kiss my ass." I shouted, pushing back from Alex. I turned walking towards the guest house. I heard Kristen yelling as her and her pose pushed past Jess. She walked up the driveway, scowling as she walked past me. I waved bye, blowing a kiss her way.

"Fuck you bitch!" She yelled as she got in one of the girls cars. I just smirked as we walked up the stairs.

"Thank you so much for doing that Jess." I said, as I walked through the foyer. She nodded, closing the door behind Alex. I saw Alex whispering something to Jess as I grabbed a clean red solo cup and filled it with whiskey again. 

"Aubrey! Oh my god, just go home! I don't want you to end up in New York!" She yelled, grabbing the red solo cup from my hand. I looked up at Alex, scowling at him. He shrugged his shoulders, letting his hands flop down on his sides. I pulled out my phone, setting an alarm for the morning.

"Look I am setting an alarm for seven-fourty, that is plenty of time to get to my house before eight-thirty in the morning. No one's blocking me right?" I said, showing them the screen as I grabbed my red solo cup from Jess's hand. I poured some soda in the cup, taking a huge gulp, smirking at them.

"Fine. It's your ass not ours." Jess said, rolling her eyes. I rolled my eyes, as Alex grabbed a cup and made himself a drink.

We sat for hours drinking and playing card games, people started to pass out on the couches, half the football team passed out. Pizza boxes littered the island and living room floor, as well as beer bottles and red solo cups. Kyle Smith was face down on the persian rug in the dining room. Emma was passed out on top of one of the football players. I cackled loudly, stumbling on my stool.

"You guys are cheats!" Jess slurred loudly, slamming her cup on the countertop. Josh, Alex and I cackled, as I drunkenly sipped whatever was left in my cup. I squinted my eyes together, looking at the clock on the microwave it was four in the morning. If I fell asleep now, I'd never make it home. Haha, my mom thinks she can kill my fun. Well fuck her, or fuck that. No, fuck her! I chuckled to myself, looking towards Alex. His hazel eyes were red and glossy, his handsome face smiling goofily at me.

"I love you." He slurred, pausing to hiccup. "You're the fucking thing best in life." He sloppily blurted out, grabbing my thigh and squeezing.  

"I love you too." I said drunkenly, smiling back at him. He pulled me in, our lips smashed together sloppily. I pulled back, chuckling a little, wiping the spit off my lips. "Eww, keep your tongue in your mouth." I said, playfully attempting to swat him in the face. He giggled, grabbing my hand before I could pull away. He pulled me towards him, sloppily placing kisses all over my face.

I laughed and squirmed underneath him, falling off the stool to the floor.

"Oh my god! I'm so sorry!" He gasped, trying to help me off the floor. I just laughed and cackled, as he tried to help me up. I stood up, stumbling to the right into his stool. "Maybe we should go lay down." He said calmly, grabbing my arm and steadying me on the stool.

"There are three master bedrooms up there. We were just about to go to bed ourselves." Jess chuckled, swatting Josh's hand from her ass.

"What about Emma. We can't leave her with all these guys." I whined. Alex stood up and walked over to the couch. He grabbed her lifeless body, throwing her easily over his shoulders. Her long black hair flowed over his shoulder as he walked up the stairs to the guest bedrooms. "Okay well I'm not going to sleep yet, I am going to try to sober up before I head home." I hiccuped, standing up and stumbling to the sink. I grabbed a glass from the cabinet, turning the faucet on.

"Oh you don't have to drink that, there's water bottles in the fridge." She said, scrunching her nose. Josh helped her from her stool, as I gulped down half the glass, setting it down.

"Water is water." I said, wiping my mouth with the back of my hand. I stumbled back to the stool and sat down, as I waited for Alex to come back down.

"Ok, well love you. Goodnight!" Jess said excitedly, as Josh picked her up in a bridal carry. She chuckled, throwing her arms around his neck, kissing his ear. I rolled my eyes, sipping my water again. I put my head in my hand, slouching down on the countertop. My eyes flickered, looking towards the stairs again. What is taking him so long? I put my face into my arm, sipping the water from the cup again. It trickled down my lips, missing a little of my mouth. I pushed the cup up, wiping the excess water from my lips. I felt my eyes struggling to stay open as the calm settled in, with the loud snores.