White Houses

August 30, 2004

        Crashed on the floor when I moved in

        This little bungalow with some strange new friends

        Stay up too late, and I'm too thin

        We promise each other it's 'til the end

        Now we're spinning empty bottles

        It's the five of us

        With pretty-eyed boys girls die to trust

        I can't resist the day

        No, I can't resist the day

        "Oh come on, it's a party, grab a beer, stay a while," Danny teased Isabelle, trying to hand her a bottle.

        "Well, I don't know, I've never had a drink," she admitted.

        "What better time than now?" he announced, forcing the beer into her hands. I headed over to them and leaned against the counter, trying to make Danny notice me. 

        "Come on Issy, it won't hurt you," I told her, trying to impress Danny. "Look around, everyone's doing it." She hesitated, but slowly she took the top off and took a swig. Her eyes widened, and we all knew it was about to be a good time.

        * * *

        "To freedom!" Jared shouted holding his beer bottle up. We all held ours up alongside his.

        "To freedom!" we all repeated, clinking our glasses together and laughing. Everyone was finally having a good time, it just took a bit of convincing for some of us. 

        "Spin the bottle, anyone?" Isabelle asked. We turned to find her sitting on the floor with an empty bottle placed on its side in front of her. We all practically tackled her to play. It was the perfect game to end the perfect night. 

        I watched the bottle slow down, until it was pointing at me. I looked up at Danny and his soft brown eyes as he began to crawl over to me. I couldn't believe my luck! The cutest boy in this whole house and I got to kiss him! When we kissed, it felt like the stars had aligned, and I couldn't stop smiling for the rest of the night.