The Best Summer

Chapter 2

We arrived at the party finally after driving up and down the road multiple times trying to get our act together.

As we walked up the front step of the house there were people hanging all over the porch. Nobody paid any attention to us. We got in the door and walked around and Abby found some people she actually talked to in school there. They came over and immediately started chatting up a storm.

"Oh, my gosh." One of the girls called at me, trying to be heard over the stereo blaring. "You're in my advance physics class aren't you?"

"Yea, Kelly right?" I yelled back to her.

"Yea. I totally didn't know you were into this kind of thing." Kelly yelled and leaned over sloshing some of the liquid in her cup onto the floor.

"I'm normally not." I yelled back.

"Well, hey, lemme get you a beer." She yelled as her words were being slurred.

"Alright, that would be cool." I said trying to fit in.

Kelly took me over into the kitchen where there was a keg in the corner. She tapped it, grabbed a cup, and filled it.

"Here you go. Just help yourself whenever you want." She finished then stumbled off into a crowd of people playing beer pong.

I went and found Abby sitting on the couch next to a guy I remembered who played on the football team.

"What is that?" Abby directed her attention to me.

"From what I understand, I think it's beer." I replied back with a smirk.

"Hey, do you think you can get me one?" She said while side glancing the football player.

"You know what? I think you can just have mine." I said as I handed over my full cup.

Abby took the cup from my hand and started drinking away while turning her attention to

football guy.

I started getting irritated because Abby and I had come to this party together and all she wanted to do was ignore me, or so I felt like. I decided to walk into the kitchen where I heard loud yelling noises.

"Here drink this!" As a guy that I have never met before thrust a cup into me.

"Um, no thanks." I replied.

He just stood there looking at me for a second before moving on to another girl passing by behind me.

After side stepping a bunch of groups I made my way back to the living room where Abby was nowhere to be seen. I sat down on the couch next to a couple making out.

"I think I saw your friend go upstairs with Jake." A guy said as he came out of large crowd by the stereo.

"Thanks. I guess I should go check on her huh?" I said tired.

All I wanted to do was go to a party for the first time and have a great time. I wanted to talk to people. But instead, I'm left on the back-burner with Abby, trying to find her. You know, I'm always bailing her out. For once I'd like to be the bail-ie.

"I can go with you, if you want." The guy said.

"Thanks, but I think I can handle it." I replied back.

"Well, anyways, I'm James." He said with a half smile.

"Sidney." I said as I walked away.

I climbed up the stairs and looked in the line for the bathroom, but sure enough, she wasn't there. The last thing I need is to lose her. So, I began opening up doors to rooms. The first one I opened there was a large group in there smoking out of a pipe. From what it smelled like, it wasn't tobacco. I closed that door and opened up another which was empty.