summer love • lrh

chapter two

the picture is estelle, blair's twin!
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{blair's pov}

"this is the house." estelle points out the obvious. we were looking for the house which the party was hosted at, and we came across a house with music blaring from inside, and teens all over the front yard dancing, making out and drinking from red cups.

"can i go home?" i ask.

"no, come on! if you don't have fun in the first hour, then we will go." estelle says as she grabs my wrist and pulls me toward the front door.

"ugh fine." i groan as we walk through the doorway. my ears fill with pounding music. i am getting slammed into and stared at as estelle drags me through the house to the back where there's a group of teens hanging out on a bunch of couches.

"estelle!" a girl with blonde hair says as she runs up to my sister and embraces her. i quietly stand there fiddling with my hands as the group of people sitting stares at me. i am confused how estelle knows these people, i thought she didn't even know where the summer house was.

"blair, this is danielle, calum's cousin!" blair says as the girl danielle, comes up to me and hugs me. i feel awkward as i slowly hug her back, not knowing what to do.

"hi." i say as we release from the hug. calum was blair's boyfriend, but they broke up when calum got associated with drugs, and my parents made them brake up.

"is cal here?" estelle asks. what?

"um yea, he should be around here somewhere." danielle says as she searches the crowd.

"i'll go find him, blair you can hang with danielle, she will introduce you to them." estelle says as she waves her hands over the group on the couch.

"be right back." estelle says and turns to leave.

"wait estelle." i say and grab her wrist. i pull her over to the side to talk to her in private.

"you are still friends with calum hood? the one you broke up with?" i ask confused.

"ok, listen... don't tell mom but i never actually, um, broke up with him." estelle says quietly. i can feel my eyes get wide and my mouth fall open. "don't tell mom or i'll kill you." estelle warns.

"i won't, but i thought he was into hardcore drugs?" i ask.

"no, no. he only smokes weed now. he took ecstasy once, on accident." estelle explains.

"how the hell do you take ecstasy on accident?" i ask.

"listen, let me go. talk to danielle or make friends." estelle says and before i can reply she disappears into the sea of people leaving me alone. i slowly make my way back to where danielle was, already regretting coming to this shit party.

"hi." i say when i enter the room.

"hey, blair right?" danielle asks.

"yea, you're danielle right?" i ask, still standing awkwardly.

"yea, come sit down!" danielle pats a seat on the couch next to her and in between a guy with bleached blonde hair and an eyebrow piercing. "we were just about to play truth or dare, wanna play?" she asks enthusiastically.

"sure." i say.

"ok, i'll go first. michael, truth or dare?"

"dare." the blonde boy next to me, michael, says.

"i dare you to take a shot." danielle says.

"that's the worst dare ever, i would've done it without even getting dared too." michael says. he pours vodka into a red solo cup and then washes it down his throat without even flinching from the burning. i have only drank about 2 times, and it isn't fun.