𝖕𝖆𝖗𝖙𝖞 𝖆𝖓𝖎𝖒𝖆𝖑 ~ 𝖑𝖔𝖚𝖎𝖘 𝖕𝖆𝖗𝖙𝖗𝖎𝖉𝖌𝖊

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i sipped the extremely strong mix that lilia, one of our other friends, had made for us. in a 2 litre bottle of coke, she had poured out half, and replace the rest with vodka. she had done this with two bottles. our goal was to finish the two bottles between us before we got to the party. our group consisted of me, grace, lilia, annie and clare. we were sat on a row of five chairs. considering it was a friday night, in the centre of london, and 9pm, the tube was packed. but, we'd managed to get seats.

lilia was wearing flared black jeans, and a light pink bralette, annie was wearing a matching neon green crop top and head band, a dark blue/grey skirt, a neon green belt and a cow print shoulder bag, and clare was wearing zebra print trousers, a small black tube top and a large leather blazer.

i had one earphone in, and to the right of me, was annie, who i was chatting with. we were talking about the party we were going to. she had got us the invite, because her older sister knew someone who knew someone that was attending a party, so through them, we got an invite. we were going to be on the tube for just under an hour, and then we had to walk to the address we were given, because none of us wanted our parents knowing where we were going. 

about half a bottle in, i was starting to feel a little bit tipsy, so i slowed down on the drinking. every time we went out as a group, we assigned almost a mother. this was so no one got hurt. tonight, it was my turn. i wasn't too thrilled about it, but i guess you do what you gotta do. we made a few tiktoks, and took a few pictures for instagram. although we were getting funny looks, i did not care one bit. i was having fun; i wasn't gonna let the judgemental people ruin it. 

when we pulled into our stop, we excitedly exited the train and headed up onto the main street. it sucked that we were going to have to walk to the party, but i'm sure having some alcohol in our system would make it a lot easier. annie googled mapped our destination, so we began walking. because there was no one around, apart from other people who were obviously going to the same party/to the clubs, clare played music through her speaker. 

dancing and walking, and feeling the english breeze on our skin, it was clearly going to be a good night. lilia and i were doing the macarena, and grace was filming a tiktok. then, a group of people called out to us. 

"hey!" considering there was no one else on the street, it was obvious that they were calling us, so lilia and i jumped around and continued doing the dance. there was a group of boys, all around our age. "you going to the mansion party on clarke?"

"we are, are you?" by now, we had stopped walking and were waiting for them to catch up to us. lilia and i were still dancing, and now a few of the boys that had called us were joining in. there was four of them. 

"we are, shall we walk together?" one of them asked. we were already gonna be walking practically together, so we agreed. "how old are you guys?"

"we're all sixteen, what about you guys?" clare responded.

"um, we're all eighteen, but louis' seventeen." a different boy from the group said, pointing to the tallest boy. 

"so, you're louis, what about you, you and you?" i asked, individually pointing to each boy in front of me. and in between each 'you', they said their names. adam, griff and jaden. "okay i'm norah, that grace, lilia, annie and clare." 

after introducing ourselves, we continued walking. when annie told me about the party, and invited me to come, she never mentioned it was a mansion party. i was so excited; there was going to be so many people. i continued to dance whilst i walked, and laughed when our new friends started joining in. there was two rows of us. in the front, there was me, louis, clare, jaden and grace, and behind us, lilia was walking with annie, griff and adam. it took about forty more minutes to get there, but the time went by really quickly because we were having fun. i couldn't stop laughing, and i was just honestly having a good time. 

eventually, when we got to the house, i was absolutely floored. the house- no mansion, was absolutely gorgeous. there was someone standing in the doorway, letting people in. before we started walking up the stairs, annie called the guy who got us the tickets. he was a couple years older than us, and kind of sketch, but we didn't care; we just wanted to get in. we told the boys that they could go ahead, but jaden said they would stay with us until we got into the party. i appreciated this, because i did not want to die.