𝐁𝐚𝐝 𝐅𝐨𝐫 𝐁𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 - 𝐁.𝐏𝐥𝐮𝐧𝐤𝐞𝐭𝐭

𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐲

Melissas POV

I was at Maddie's house to get ready for the party tonight. We were meeting all the other cheer girls there. 

"You know Ben Plunkett?" I asked her to do the finishing touches on my makeup.

"No," she said airily.

"Ben. Plunkett" I repeated.

"You repeating his name won't help," she said pointing her eyeliner at me.

I held up my hands in fake surrender "He is in your... literature class" I said. 

"Nope nothing" she replied. "Is there a picture?"

"Maybe from elementary or middle school...?" I said opening my phone.  After a little minute of looking, I found one, I showed it to Maddie who thought for a second before saying.

"No Nuts Plunkett!" I hit her on the shoulder.

"I'm kidding. Yeah, I do know him why?"

"He's my bio project partner"

"Oh easy project!"

"Maddie!" I scolded.

"Kidding jeez" She rolled her eyes "Do you still like him?"

"I don't know," I said chewing on my thumbnail "He's still cute, and when we were working on the project he was all awkward it was adorable and-"

"Girl" Maddie cut me off "You love him"

"I do not"

"Fine, you like him"

"shit"

She hummed before turning back to the mirror.

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We were at the party and all the cheerleaders were sitting on a couch in the basement, I was still thinking about earlier I kinda zoned out of the conversations and was tracing the top of my cup.

In my head, there were 2 current options.

1. Be. normal and ask Ben out
2. get drunk

2 seemed easier and more accomplishable tonight because Ben doesn't do parties. So I stood up to get a drink, I was debating whether to get the punch or straight liquor when I walked into somebody.

"Oh no I'm so sorry," the other person said, I know that voice, Ben?

"Ben?" I asked looking up.

"Oh, Melissa McCormack" my full name, as always.

"You can just call me Melissa you know? or Millie" I told him

"Yeah totally, I'm so sorry by the way"

"No problem Ben, want a drink?" I asked.

"S-sure"

I took his hand and walked over to the drinks.

"What's in this?" he asked pointing to the punch.

"Probably Vodka" I replied shrugging my shoulders and taking a large amount into my cup.

"Might want to slow down there" Ben said as I downed the cup and refilled it.

"All good," I told him before walking off with him following.

I was going to go back to the other girls when I stopped "Wait, why are you here?" I asked Ben.

"Mandy wanted us to have a normal high school experience" He replied.

"It's not all it's cracked up to be" I replied looking into my nearly empty cup.

Mandy came up to us then and asked to talk to Ben I was kinda sad he had to go. I went back to the girls and continued to get drunk out of my mind.