Turning Red One Shots (Completed)

Spin The Bottle

Requested by coolkid3709

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It was Mei's first high school party as a junior. She was hesitant about going at first but it was for "Surviving another round of hell!" so she decided to go. Now, she didn't bring it up to her friends since they didn't want to think of her as reckless. Mei's grades have been slipping recently and she's had a bit of an attitude lately. Normally, she would apologize when she snapped at her friends but now she would just roll her eyes. For the time being, the group stopped inviting Mei to hang out with them.

So when Mei was invited to the party, she avoided her friends and agreed to go. She needed a break anyway since she's been studying all day long to lift her grades again, which thankfully is going well. That C in algebra 2 was driving her mother insane.

"Ayy, what's up panda girl!" Mei was greeted the second she rang the doorbell. It was a boy from their school, he went by DJ.

"Hey DJ," Mei responded as she waved and entered the house. DJ's parents were one of the wealthy people of Toronto, so the party was at their mansion. His parents were away on a business trip which sparked the idea. Mei walked inside, the music was blaring and there were disco lights. Multiple bright colors were traveling around the room and cheers from the students. It was a perfect getaway. She looked around the room and smiled when she spotted a familiar face.

"Hey, Mandy!"

"Whasup Mei," Mandy greeted, taking her cigarette out of her mouth. Mandy was one of Mei's new friends, they used to skip class together and although Mei stopped, their friendship didn't.

"Didn't expect to see you here,"

"Yeah, needed a break ya know?"

"Word, hey I heard some of the boys will be playing spin the bottle later. You in to join?" Mandy offered as she turned her attention back to something else in the room. Mei thought about it but not for too long. It was a party after all.

"Sure! I'll meet you there," Mei walked away from Mandy with a wave and traveled down the hall. She liked Mandy as a friend but the smell of smoke made her stomach queasy. She brushed past some kids and went upstairs.

"You think she's here?" Mei froze, was that Abby?

"Obviously, she's changed remember Abby?" Mei frowned. She recognized those voices, the voices of her friends. What hurt more though was Miriam's response. She knew she changed and she knew how it affected her friends, but she's changing back! That's a good thing.

"Oh... yeah,"

"I still have hope," Mei smiled at Priya's statement. At least one of them has her back still. She leaned against the wall of the hallway and tried to cancel the other sounds out.

"How? She doesn't even look at us anymore!"

"Miriam, we know this hurts more because of that... thing you have,"

"You made it sound weirder than it is- and that's not just it! She's avoiding all of us," Miriam said, creating more curiosity from Mei.

"We can tell it hurts you more though," Priya said.

"What are you doing?" Mei jumped at Mandy's voice and quickly moved out of view from the doorway. Her friends had stopped talking and she knew they were looking at Mandy because Mandy had waved to them.

"Mandy stop it! They're going to see me!"

"Too late, the beanie girl is coming over,"

"Crud!" Mei panicked and ran off, leaving Mandy more confused than she already was. Mei dashed down the hallway, holding in the panda deep within her. Sure it would liven the party up a lot but it would be out of nowhere which she wasn't a fan of. She ran into an empty bathroom and closed the door behind.