Dramatic Summer Love Story

Drunk Induced Questions

I grab some board games out of the game cabinet and set them on the table, I've got some drinks and snacks and they're on the big table I expanded twenty minutes ago, I've been working for two weeks straight and have now gotten a day off, I worked so much by choice, wanted the money and to take a day off almost whenever I want to, and tomorrow is one of those days and since Dad and Sarah are off on a romantic weekend with a few friends in a cabin I decided the day before my day off to take the chance to throw a small party for just my girls and Thomas, Gabe and their friend group is also invited just to make it a little more fun, it'll be a little crowded around the table but it's fine.
I quickly change my top from a long cozy one into a tank top that presses against my boobs giving myself a confidence boost, I stand in front of the mirror when I take my hair out of a ponytail, and it tumbles over my shoulders, I look at myself and I've got many piercings in my ear but I want more, like my belly button and tongue but that'll come later, I jump back upstairs when I hear someone knock, I open the door and incomes Chloe and Sofia, I welcome them and text everyone else coming to just walk in.
The living room is soon filled with the people I invited, we sit around the table some people farther from it than others, we make groups of two but I stand alone as we're too many, Chloe and Aaron are together, Martina and Tim, Sam and Penny, Thomas and Gabe, and the last group are Sofia and Millie. We actually choose to play Monopoly and I feel it's harder to play with someone than alone in this game so I feel I'm going to do best.
For a second I am broke and Aaron keeps trying to buy my things to give me money but I refuse and somehow work myself up to a lot of money, slowly after three hours and the clock is nearing ten people are starting to go bankrupt and fall out of the game. I, Thomas and Gabe, and Chloe and Aaron are the last three people in the finale. I sometimes get really competitive and right now that happens when I try to bankrupt Thomas and Gabe in every way possible but because of that I end up in third place, the battle between the other two empires continues, and when finally someone wins it's Aaron and Chloe.
We take a break from playing board games and start up the PlayStation. I have my third drink of the night and I barely feel tipsy, I've been going slow tonight, not everyone else though, first up is Aaron against Chloe and we're playing CTR: Nitro-Fueled.
Chloe wins him to my pleasure, and people continue to play, I bring another set of snacks and offer everyone some drinks again.
"Taylor, why don't we use that?" Martina asks me when I walk past the game cabinet, on it sit a bunch of bottles of liquor, vodka, and other alcoholic drinks.
"My Dad owns them, I don't want to use them just to have a chat with him about alcohol, I've had that talk so many times!" I laugh and go into the kitchen to go get a soda.
"Can we do one shot?" Martina asks now in hand a bottle from the top of the cabinet.
"One shot on everyone that wants one," I say and take the bottle out of her hand. It ell her to wait a second.
The bottle is still in hand as I walk to the couch where Thomas sits and watch the competitions on the TV, I flop down beside him, and he puts his hand around my shoulder, I get butterflies in my stomach but try to ignore them, we're just friends.
"Here you go," I give Thomas the soda I got from the kitchen.
"Thanks."
"Thought you'd want a little more to drink thank water," I say and stand back up again to go give people some shots.
As I walk away I feel his eyes on me for a second, maybe I was imagining it but I don't think so. I get three shot glasses, people will just have to share because I don't want to have to wash them all. I pour in the three and Martina, Tim, and Chloe down the shots first, next is Sam, Soph, and Gabe, lastly is Aaron, Penny, and me. Millie doesn't want me to take the shot because she's going to leave and Sam and Soph do too, after saying goodbye to them we are regrouped, Aaron and Chloe stay in their group so do Martina and Tim but Gabe joins Penny and I get together with Thomas in a group.
Except when we have sat down to find a board game someone says something about dancing and so we turn the music up and leave the games for another day, I bring the beers Gabe came with and we pop a few open while feeling ourselves in the living room. Thomas sits on the couch while everyone dances in front of him.
I finish my beer and put it on the table before dancing my way to him, his eyes are on me the whole way and he's smiling probably trying to hold back laughter from looking at my dancing.
"Come on dance with us." I lean down to him and hold myself up with both of my hands on each side of him, his eyes travel down to my chest and I realize I'm flashing him my cleavage. "Sorry." I laugh and stand up. I give him my hand and he takes it, I pull him up and on the makeshift dance floor in the living room.
I'm not very drunk but I'm starting to be and so I dance with Thomas without another thought, the loud rock and pop music makes my body move and at first, Thomas doesn't know or doesn't want to move so I start dancing up to his body and moving his body with mine, I smile at him when I turn around and track my hands down his chest and abdomen stopping in the loops of his jeans. I tug at the belt loops moving his hips for him, Thomas slowly starts to move by himself but I don't stop dancing with him, it feels good to be close to him.
Dancing makes you thirsty so I go and get myself water to drink, I don't notice it when I go but when I get back I see Aaron and Chloe, and Martina and Tim, making out, separately of course but still making out and it is starting to get very touchy-feely on my couch, my Dad's, and Sarah's couch. It sobers me up a little and I walk over to Thomas who has sat back down and has his soda back in hand.
"Can I ask you a favor?"
"What?" Thomas asks back.
"I think I should wrap this up and we or I at least need to get everyone out of here, can you help me do that?"
"Sure. I'll call two cabs." He answers and I feel a little relieved to hear that.
I do to Penny and Gabe. "Hey, I'm shouting this down and I was wondering you can walk home?" I ask Penny.
"Yeah, I can."
"What about you are you going to Westminster or are you staying with Thomas?" I then ask Gabe.
"I'm staying with Thomas."
"Okay, great then you'll just go whenever," I say and go back to Thomas.
"The cabs will be here in ten minutes." He informs me and so we wait for ten minutes before everyone gets dressed in their outerwear and Penny goes immediately, Thomas and Gabe help me get Chloe and Aaron in one cab and then Martina and Tim in the other. I say goodbye to Thomas and Gabe, I start walking away, I hear them talk quietly and then get in the car, they drive away and so I go inside and start cleaning up, taking bottles of beer and other alcohol back into the kitchen to the bag of flasks and cans, I'm just finished when I heard a car pull back into the driveway, the stones moving around notify me so I immediately go to the door and when I get there Thomas is there and about to knock.
"What?" I ask as I open the door and Thomas walks past me and takes his shoes off. "You could've gone in on the shoes or I could've found it," I say assuming he or Gabe forgot something.
"What are you talking about? Now close the door and let's go."
"Thomas, what the fuck?" I ask and do as he says, and close the door, he walks into the living room and I follow him wondering what the hell he's doing.
When I see him take bowls of snacks I think I know what's up. "Are you helping me clean?"
"Yes, now you continue, don't take the help do all the work." He jokes and I smile but I follow him to the kitchen without taking anything.
"Thomas that's sweet but I don't need help."
"I know." He shoots in between my words.
"Go home, I appreciate that you want to help me but I'd rather just do it alone."
"Taylor, you don't I saw it when you sighed before walking back inside to face the mess we all made and clean it up, it's okay, I want to help and I'm not going home unless this house or living room at least is clean." He smiles and is now facing me after putting down the bowls. "End of discussion, now let's go." He put his arm around my shoulder and walks us to the living room again.
I turn on some music as we firstly empty the living room of empty alcohol bottles, bowls, and bags of snacks, we bump into each other more than once when turning the corner to the kitchen, the last thing to take before wiping down every surface is Thomas's glass. He takes it and I begin to spray some cleaning liquid we always use when cleaning with Dad on the coffee table and dining table, then I hear something break in the kitchen, I don't run but I hurry into the kitchen to find Thomas crouching over the now broken glass and I smile a bit until I see him take another piece up to throw in the trash that's a few meters away from him cut his palm letting blood pool out and immediately start to drip on the floor.
"Thomas!" I shriek. He's wincing but tells me it's okay, I hurry to him and grab a new clean towel and give it to him to hold around his hand, I grab his other arm and drag him to the bathroom, I sit him down on the toilet and tell him to wait while I search for the first aid kit. I quickly find it in the kitchen medical cabinet where I expected it to be, I return to the bathroom to see Thomas peering at the wound and not keeping the cloth on it. I go over to him and sit down on the floor in front of him, I scold him before taking it off and looking closely at it to see how best it would be to get it healing, except don't know much about wounds on the palm.
"Tay, just do what you can and if anything I'll see a doctor if it isn't enough," Thomas says like he just read my mind.
"Okay." I sigh and open the first aid kit. There is some kind of medical alcohol so I take the towel and wet a clean corner with the alcohol, I start rubbing and Thomas winces and grunts as the sting invade his wound.
"Sorry," I mumble as I clean the wound and find something to lightly wrap around his hand, don't know how efficient it would be.
"It's okay, I'm fine." Thomas tilts his head while saying it making me doubtful.
"Why are you helping me clean up?" I ask out of the blue when I find something from the first aid kit to wrap his hand up.
"Because I felt kind of bad leaving you to do it alone, everyone was too drunk to even think about staying to help."
"Why don't you drink?" I ask again without thinking about the question.
"Is this something new you're trying, asking constant questions?" He asks and I feel bad for asking about it so I stay quiet. Until he starts talking again. "My parents are the reason." I look up at him stopping to care for his hand and listening to him if he's going to say something more.
"They were both alcoholics, addicts, addiction runs in the family I don't want to risk it, sometimes I want to try but whenever I get a bottle in my hand I get a vision of myself in the future with a beer belly and a bottle in hand, I just can't ruin my future for my self, even if it won't happen I'm not taking the slightest risk. I just-" His voice cracks and I put my hand on his arm and he blinks a few times before looking at me. "I'm sorry, the short answer is I don't want to, the intermediate answer is I don't drink because I don't want to because my parents were alcoholics." I nod and return to his hand quickly finishing wrapping the wound up.
"Thanks," Thomas says.
I smile but it isn't a real smile. "I'm sorry, I hope I didn't overstep, and thanks for telling me."
"Yeah." Is all he says and we go back to cleaning up.
"I think this is enough for both of us," I say and see the clock is half three in the morning.
"I'm sorry I broke the glass," Thomas says as we walk to the front door.
"It's nothing we have too many glasses anyway, it won't be missed. Thanks for your help." I say and open the door when he stands up after tying his shoes.
"It's nothing." He smiles and leaves, I close the door and go straight downstairs to my bed and undress down to nothing so I flop into my bed naked and I'm going to send Thomas a text but I close my eyes, very tired after the night and fall asleep.