𝗖𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗲𝗱 (𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 𝘅 𝗢𝗖)

~4~

Aria's pov:
Steve drove us to his house so we could settle down. He went to go pop popcorn while Nancy ran upstairs to get covers and Barb and I sat on the couch patiently, deciding which movie to watch. Once everyone did their task we sat on the big white couch. Nancy cuddled on steve and I was sat right beside her, and Barb was on the end. That's when Steve's phone buzzed.

Halloween party at ***** street.
Starting at 10:00pm.

"Hey girls, wanna go to the Halloween party?" Steve asked while pausing the movie.

"Sure! That sounds fun!" Nancy said excitedly.

"Nah i'm good.. I'm not really a fan of parties.." Barb said while looking down.

"Are you crazy? My brother is going there! If he sees me with you i'm pretty much dead!" I raised my voice.

"Ah come on Barb!! It'll be fun!" Nancy said completely ignoring what I just said.

"You do have a point Aria" Steve finally answered.

"Yeah, I know" I said sarcastically.

"Not you guys too! Stop chickening out Aria! Y'all are literally twins! I'm pretty sure he wouldn't hurt his twin sister! Especially if he always acts a friendly/sisterly way around you! So get your butt up and come to the party with me and Steve!" Nancy said clearly annoyed at how everyone now suddenly didn't wanna go.

"Ugh! When he gets mad at me i'm blaming both of you!" I said while rolling my eyes; standing up to get in Steve's car.

"Okay Barb what's your address so i can drop you off?" Steve asked Barb.

"It's ******* street" She responded.

                                       ~~~
Steve dropped Barb off and we headed to the party. We walked through the door and the first person that saw us was Billy. Of course he's the first person that witnessed us. He then glared at Steve which Steve only glared back. He was staring full on daggers at Steve. So bad that if you could kill with your eyes, Steve would've already been dead. He looked back at me angrily. Not as bad as he glared at Steve but you could tell he was a little mad at me. Nancy got annoyed at the intense staring and scoffed before pulling Steve and I to the dance floor. We were dancing for awhile until Nancy suddenly pulled Steve to the fruit punch and left me to dance. Then Billy came up to me.

"ayy lil sis by 5 minutes! Wass goouddd.." Billy slurred then acted as if he'd snap out of being nice. "what da haelll ya doin wit stwevy the hairrr harrington huh!.." he slurred again.

"Billy you're drunk.." I said helping him stand straight. "What did you drink?" I asked.

"Thaa punch over therrrree" Billy slurred while slightly squinting his eyes.

'Dammit it's spiked!' I thought to myself.

How many drinks did u have?" I asked waiting for his response.

"Likeeee threeee I dunno.." he mumbled. "Hey wanna go do Keg shots outsideee" he said breaking the silence.

"No Billy, I don't like keg" I answered while sitting him down on a red couch. "Gosh why am I always stuck with this idiot.. He's even worse when he's drunk.." I groaned. "I'm gonna go find Steve and Nancy. Be right back!" I said, trying to find a excuse to leave my drunk brother alone.

"I'm gonner comee wit.. youu.. i needa talk withhss harringtonm" Billy slurred and you rolled your eyes because your plan didn't work. That's when you heard a loud gasp and turned around only to see Nancy with red punch all over her white sweater and Steve apologizing multiple times only for Nancy to shove him off and stomp to the bathroom. The whole house was silent while everyone was processing what just happened. Then the music came back on and everyone resumed to what they were doing, acting as if nothing happened. Steve and I both started rushing to the bathroom where Nancy was in. But before Steve could reach the door Billy stood tall in front of him. Letting Steve bump into his chest.

                              ~Time Skip~

Nancy grabbed a white towel and wet it, then started rubbing it on her sweater trying to get the red mark off but it wouldn't budge because it was now stained. Steve kept apologizing to Nancy but she ignored him. He tried to offer for help but she quickly shoved his hand away.

"Nanc it's not comin off.." Steve spoke.

"It's coming.." Nancy protested. Steve mumbled some other stuff but i couldn't understand because I really wasn't paying attention.

"Cmon Nanc lemme help-" Steve started.

"You- You wanted this.." Nancy interrupted.

"I didn't want this i told you to stop drinking.." Steve spoke.

"Bullshit" Nancy interrupted again.

"No it's not bullshit."

"Bullshit!" Nancy interrupted for the third time.

"No it's not bullshit nancy.."

"You!" Nancy started . "Your.. Bullshit!.." She ended. "Your pretending like.. like we didn't kill Barb." Nancy said, her voice lowering a little.

"WAIT WHAT!" I yelled as both Nancy and Steve looked over at me. "Is there something you guys have to tell me?!" I asked suspiciously.

"Oh shit.. I forgot she was here.." Steve muttered and i somehow heard. Nancy explained to me what had happened. That girl we were just hanging out with was Barb's twin sister. Barb had died and she was last saw at Steve's.

"AND YOU DIDN'T THINK OF TELLING ME UNTIL NOW!" I yelled as tears starting to form in my eyes but I refused to let them drop out because if they did i wouldn't be able to stop crying. Then Nancy continued her argument with Steve.

"Like.. Like it's great. Like we're in love and that we're partying. Yeah let's party huh?.. Party we're partying. This.. This is bullshit.." She finally finished.

"Like- we're in love?" Steve asked, his voice cracking. He held Nancy's cheek.

"It's bullshit." She stated.

"You don't love me?" Steve asked while shaking his head with worry.

"Bullshit." Nancy answered flatly. Steve slightly scoffed and walked out of the door, making sure to slam it shut. Nancy only crookedly stood with one hand on the sink, grabbed the towel and proceeded to wipe the red stain as tears streamed down her face.

"Awh.. Nancy.." I cooed as I opened by arms, asking for a hug without using my words.

"I can't i'll stain your sweater." She said while looking down.

"I don't care! Cmon your my best friend!!" I answered quickly and smiled. She smiled back and walked into my arms. Our hug lasted a long time until someone knocked on the door and warned us to get out because they had to use the bathroom. "You can come with me and Billy. I'm taking him home bc he got drunk and had keg." I said while rolling my eyes and started to laugh. She agreed and joined in on my laughter. I dropped her off first then drove to our home. Neil was unsurprisingly not there so Billy was lucky today. I tucked him in bed and put a bucket by his bed in case he wakes up feeling sick. Then I walked to my room got some clothes to sleep in and got in the shower. It has been a long day. I got out, did my night routine and went to go to sleep in my cozy, warm bed. That's when I noticed we never picked up Max. I rushed to her room and swung her door open to find a sleeping Max. A sigh of relief escaped my mouth. Then I closed her door quietly and walked to my room. Now i was actually going to sleep.

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