Accepting You

Chapter 6 - Party Games

Vanessa had to drag Lily and Liz to the basement, forcing them into the circle of a dozen people. Lily ended up next to Vanessa and Liz was squished between two guys, none of whom she recognized throughout the night.

"Midnight spin the bottle!" Vanessa squeals.

"It's 12:14am," a girl comments.

"Close enough!" Vanessa shouts, earning a wave of laughter in the crowd. The party has significantly gotten smaller as people called it a night with tomorrow being Monday, a workday. Those that remained were clearly tipsy or drunk and would have a rough morning tomorrow.

"I'll go first!" the guy next to Liz shouts, raising his hand up high.

Vanessa grins, sliding him an empty smirnoff bottle from across the circle. "But first rules for those who don't know – You spin the bottle and whoever it lands on, you have to kiss. If you don't, then you have to take a shot," she explains, holding up the white glass bottle she had taken from the kitchen.

The group nods, understanding the rules. With that, the guy spins the bottle, muttering to himself, "please, please, please, please. . ." The bottle spins a few times before slowing down, creeping back towards Liz's direction. She holds her breath, hoping it wouldn't stop on her. To her relief, the bottlenose edges past her and settles on the guy next to her. The crowd erupts with cheers and laughter.

"Oh HELL NO!" the guy that the bottle pointed to shouts. He slams the palms of his hands down on the floor and gestures to the bottle in Vanessa's hands. "Give it to me!"

The crowd boos him but he doesn't care. He takes the bottle, uncaps it, and takes a long hard gulp straight from the bottle.

"Bro, that hurt my feelings," the first guy jokes, feigning his heart hurt.

The guy who the bottle landed on goes next. It lands on a girl across from him and then it's her turn. It goes round and round and every time it is just as exciting as last. Almost everyone is open to kiss each other, whether it is a girl or boy.

The bottle hasn't landed on Liz or Lily yet and neither of them minded. Lily didn't mind if she was chosen but it's not like she wanted to kiss anyone either. For Liz, it is the opposite. She has one person and one person only who she wants to kiss and that is Lily Rowan.

The whole purpose of this trip is to figure out her feelings and this would definitely do it. It's an opportunity she didn't think would ever happen and she wanted to seize it. Kissing her would tell her if she liked Lily more than a friend, she could feel it.

Everyone in the crowd desired to kiss one of the two celebrities. Some wanted to get lucky just because they are well known and others wanted to because they are extremely attractive. For most, it was a combination of the two.

The crowd erupts as though everyone won the lottery. This time it is much louder and Liz can feel the excitement in the air. Looking down, she can see the bottle pointed at Lily.

"Babeeee," Vanessa cheers, a red lollipop poking out of her mouth. She's clearly estatic at the spin. "Come to mama!"

"Whoa whoa," Lily laughs, leaning back. "I want to drink."

"Nuh uh," Vanessa objects, pulling the lollipop out of her mouth. "I spun and you won! You're not escaping this."

"Okay, okay," Lily says, giving in.

Vanessa can't hide her grin before Lily leans in and they kiss. Lily starts to pull away, intending for a light peck, but Vanessa pushes against her. Lily has to catch herself to prevent Vanessa from toppling on top of her and in that moment, Vanessa takes the opportunity and slips her tongue into Lily's mouth, deepening the kiss.