vanish {afi}

seventeen

dakota's pov:

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i was curled up against ashton while he opened the vodka. i noticed its potent smell and scrunched up my nose.

"that smells awful," i giggled.

"it tastes as bad as it smells, too," he bit his lip and grinned at me.

"then why do you want to drink it?"

"it gets me drunk faster."

"oh," i nodded.

"here you go," he handed me the bottle and watched me intently as i lifted it up to my mouth. i slowly then slowly took a sip.

"oh god," i sputtered and coughed, "oh that's awful."

it tasted like chemicals and it burnt my tongue along with my throat.

"it is pretty disgusting," he laughed and took it away from me only to place a can of beer in my small hand. i frowned at the beverage before raising it to my lips. it tasted a little better but the alcohol still burnt my throat.

half a bottle of vodka and six beers later ashton and i were both drunk.

"this is so weird," i giggled as i stood up. i swayed and stumbled a little so he quickly rose to his feet to steady me.

"you're so cute," he slurred.

"i'm so drunk," i responded.

"same," he stumbled after me with a lopsided grin on his face.

i grabbed his hands and spun around, both of us nearly falling down as we did so.

"oops," i giggled as i fell against his chest. my arms found their way around his neck while his hands found themselves on my hips.

"your breath smells...like...beer," i laughed breathlessly.

"oh really?" he retorted sarcastically.

i bit my lip and nodded.

"we need music," he dropped down to his knees next to his jacket and pulled out his phone. he sat on the ground and drank some more vodka as he messed around with his phone. a familiar song began playing and i grinned down at him.

"i got your picture i'm coming with you dear maria count me in!" he sang drunkly as he rose to his feet. he spun me around, making me laugh. i lost my balance which made me fall back against his chest.

"hi," i smiled up at him.

"when the lights go off," he sang quietly as he left sloppy, wet kisses along my neck, "i wanna watch the way you take the stage by storm."

"isn't this song about a stripper?" i asked and ignored the attention he was giving my neck with his lips.

"the music video is."

"i can't believe you're serenading me with a song about strippers."

"well you'd be a hot stripper," he smirked against my neck as his hand trailed up and down my curves.

"ashton!" i gasped, giggling. he just blinked at me; a lazy grin spread across his face. i spun out of his grasp so i could prance around the building. i bent down to grab a half-empty can of beer before stumbling around the factory. i took sips of the beer as i explored the old building.

"this place is so cool," i gushed.

"yeah it is," he nodded, "gimme the beer."

"get your own beer," i pushed him away as i drank some of the alcohol.