𝐋𝐄𝐓 𝐈𝐓 𝐇𝐀𝐏𝐏𝐄𝐍 / alex standall ✓

𝟎𝟖. the blue spot

ˏˋ°•*⁀➷ 𝐋𝐄𝐓 𝐈𝐓 𝐇𝐀𝐏𝐏𝐄𝐍
08 / THE BLUE SPOT
↳ season one, episode three: tape 2, side a
act one / the tapes

𝐍𝐄𝐒𝐒𝐀 𝐑𝐎𝐃𝐄 𝐈𝐍 the back seat of her brother's car, atop Alex's lap. She cuddled into his chest as Montgomery and Bryce sat next to them, with Justin and Zach in the front seats.

The car stopped in front of the Blue Spot, where Bryce had gone in to stop for a beer before they made their way to his place.

"There he is!" Justin yelled from the car as Clay Jensen walked out of the store. "Jensen, come drink with us, buddy!"

"Thanks, but I gotta get home for dinner." Clay protested, but Justin was already walking toward him, and Justin always won.

"Oh, that's cute. Come on." Justin egged him on. "You come all the way out to Blue Spot, you let Brycey buy you a beer."

Justin finally made it to Clay, wrapping an arm around him and forcing him toward the car full of boys, and Nessa, who was regretting every decision she made that day that led her to be here, in this car, watching whatever chaos was about to go down right now.

"No, the least you can do is drink with us." Justin demanded. "Come on, drink your 40. Alex, you're up, man!"

"Oh no." Nessa piped up. "Alex is not up, Alex is next to me, where he will stay."

"Let him off the leash, Ness." Bryce teased her, and Nessa punched him in the shoulder.

"Freak versus geek, time trial. Forty ounces." Bryce insisted as he handed Alex the forty he had purchased. Alex looked at the bottle, regret filling his eyes.

"Monty, don't you want to take his place?" Nessa suggested, but Montgomery declined.

"I'd rather watch the shitshow," he insisted.

"Don't you have a concert?" Clay whispered to Alex.

"I did, yeah, but actually I quit jazz band. It's just pointless." Alex told the boy.

"Oh look, your boyfriend's waiting for you!" Bryce called out as Tony pulled up to the store in his red car."

"The record is 18 seconds." Zach declared, and Bryce raised his hands to let everyone know it was him. "Although, Nessa runs a tough competition."

Nessa smiled proudly, remembering the last time she had participated in a forty competition. It was against Montgomery and Scott Reed, and she had finished first in nineteen seconds. It was one of her proudest accomplishments to date.

"Wait, to drink it all?" Clay asked, terrified out of his mind.

"Yes, to drink it all." Nessa told the boy. "I have faith in you, Clay."

"There's two ways you leave, Jensen." Justin said. "Buzzed or beat down."

"Come on, Jensen." Zach encouraged him while Justin playfully hit him. "Don't be a bitch!"

"Alright, here we go." Bryce declared. "Nessa, count us down."

Nessa did as she was told, counting down from five until one as she watched her boyfriend and Clay Jensen chug a forty ounce beer. Clay ended up finishing first, and the boys were ecstatic. Bryce jumped towards him, pushing him around as he celebrated the boy's win.