Who Calls You a Fan?

Chapter 22 (Part Two)

The strobe lights made my vision go a little wacky. I rubbed my eyes and stepped more into the gymnasium. It was incredibly crowded and difficult to see. It made me laugh that a Michael Jackson/Justin Timberlake song was playing.

"Baby, love never felt so good."

My arms still linked in the girls' were starting to ache. I let my arms loose, realizing that they were horribly tight.

"Wow!" Emily said in awe.

"This place looks amazing!" Meloney added. I sighed as I remembered the concert.

This was nothing compared to the concert.

The DJ was hilarious though. I knew him from Calculus, I think. He was definitely jamming out. It was great.

"Mae!" I heard someone shout from my left. I looked over to see Cile, Kyle but with a C, from English. He gave me a massive bear hug, and I was a bit shocked.

"Hey, Cile?" I said, but it sounded like a question. He smiled and laid a hand on my shoulder.

"Long time no see, dude! How're you, how's Jason?" He asked. I never realized how friendly he was.

"I'm fine, we're fine. Thanks." He smiled and nodded.

After a fine awkward silence (if you discount the loud music and laughter) he let go of my shoulder.

"Well, I'll see you around. Tell Jason I said hey!" He gave me another quick bear hug. I laughed.

"Yeah, sure." He jogged away to his other friends.

"I didn't know you were close to Cile." Emily said. I shook my head.

"Yeah, neither did I."

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Instead of walking straight into the middle, we decided to walk around the outside of the gymnasium. It was fun seeing so many old faces. But there was a lot of people I didn't recognize at all. I had to ask Meloney or Emily who they were.

"Oh no." Meloney said once we were half way around the gym.

"Ashton is here."

At first I thought she meant Ashton Irwin, but I was wrong.

"Ash is here, with Liana!" She added. Emily and I turned our direction to where she was looking. It was true, Ash was here with Liana.

"Wasn't it her party where you hooked up with that guy?" I asked. She glared in his direction.

"Don't remind me." She replied, harshly.

That's when I song I loved came on. Well, I used to love I suppose. All it did was remind me of him.

"I think the universe is on, my side." Echosmith's voice ran through the speakers. I unlinked my arms and shook them.

"I'm going to go get a drink." I said. The look in my eyes obviously must've showed I wanted to go alone. They nodded and I departed away from them.

I let my braid fall across my shoulder as I walked to the drink table. Pizza, punch, Pepsi products, pies, everything was sprawled out across this table. It all looked amazing.

I grabbed a red solo cup and filled it with punch. It seemed really fizzy.

I wonder if anyone slid booze into this? Vodka? Maybe something worse. Oh well.

I took a big swig. Nope, nothing alcoholic. But sugar already put a boost in my mood.

I am such a binger.