Hopeless

4

'You know I can hold an ice pack to my head myself?'
'Yeah but I care about you, so I'm doing it'
She held my hand tightly.
'What happened? When I was out?'
'First I panicked' I said
She laughed at that.
I wasn't kidding.
'Are you going into school tomorrow?'
'Probably not'
Tomorrow was a study day, we had the option to study at school or at home. I made sure I wouldn't need to go school, bringing any books I would need home, as I thought I would be hungover, but it doesn't seem like that's gonna happen.
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Everyone was inside know. We sat on the floor in silence. Stacey sat next Q of course and Meghan sat next to me. She wasn't the same Meghan, she was acting like the little girl that scrapped her knee, clingy, scared and looking for someone to hold.
'So how about a game?' Stacey ask
'Um...ok' Meghan mumbled
Q and I both nodded, we were bored.
'Ok, spin the bottle? Basically truth or dare' Stacey said
'Sounds good' I said
'Well there's one problem' Q said
'We don't have an empty bottle'
We all looked at each other, thinking the same thing.
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It was 12:33. We had emptied a bottle of Vodka. We were basically drunk.
'Now...spin the bottle?!' Stacey said groggily
I nodded, Q hiccuped and Meghan raised her hand.
'I'll take that as a *hiccup* yes' She said
She spun the bottle and it landed on Meghan.
'Truth or dare Meg's?'
'Ugh...wha-- oh truth' she said barely keeping her eyes open.
'OK...your first kiss, who, what, where?'
Meghan looked at me, then at Stacey. She looked more scared than ever. We were in Year 8 and Meghan kissed me. I didn't know if it was her first but her look made it seem likely.
'Um...can I switch to dare?' Meghan said
'Fine. I dare you to answer the question' Stacey said
'Um...Ugh...it was...at the persons house.' She  stuttered
'Who?' Stacey pushed
'Um, Um it was' she said nervously
'It was Eli' she looked away when she said it
Stacey and Q's jaw dropped.
I just stared at her, I wasn't feeling the effect of the alcohol now.
'Um, can we move on?' Meghan said awkwardly
She span the bottle, it landed on Q.
'T or D' she said
'Dare' he said confidently
'Kiss me' she said confidently back
'Um.' He said, this made it really awkward, considering that Q was Stacey's boyfriend.
'It's fine' Stacey said 'it's just a game' she was clearly annoyed
Q awkwardly moved towards Meghan, who was waiting with a smug face. Q hesitantly leaned in to kissed her.
I expected just a little peck on the lips but Meghan pulled Q toward her and kissed him. Let's just say it got intense and very VERY awkward.
Stacey cleared her throat to break it up.
Q and Meghan stopped and Q darted back to Stacey, wiping his mouth in the process.
'Oh come on' Meghan said annoyed
'It's not like you don't kiss Stace'
'Yeah he does kiss me a lot' Stacey said and then began another pash fest.
I got up and left, way to awkward.
I grabbed the other bottle of vodka and went outside.
I sat on the grass and took a sip from the bottle, it burned down my throat.
'Do you intend to finish that by yourself?' Said Meghan from behind me.
I held up the bottle and she grabbed it gladly. She put her mouth to it and took a long drink.
'Woah there' I warned, grabbing the bottle off her.
'He--*cough*' she began but was interrupted by a cough, or should I say coughs.
'Geez Grandma, stop wheezing' I joked taking a sip.
'Shut *cough* up' she wheezed
I could only laugh.
When she had finally settled down she sat down next to me.
'Um...I wanted to say thanks, for before, y'know, helping when I was out.'
'Don't worry about it'
We sat in silence, taking sips from the bottle.
When the bottle was finished we lay down.
'Wow' she said 'Are the stars bright tonight or am I just drunk'
'I couldn't tell you' I said 'cause I'm drunk too'. We weren't really, but we were definitely intoxicated.
I propped myself up with my elbow.
'So I was your first kiss?' I asked
'Yeah...' She said keeping her eyes on the stars.
I lay back down. As I did so, our hands brushed and she grabbed it, lightly. I looked into her eyes. They were scared. Happy. Sincere, all at the same time.
I leaned in. We were millimetres away when I heard the sliding door open. I instantly rolled away from her, hoping they didn't see.
'Hey, you guys need to stop taking the Vodka.' Q said
'I bought it' I proclaimed
'You bought it for me' he said back, taking the bottle from me and taking a sip.
'Stacey and I are going to bed' he said
I turn to him and raise an eyebrow.
'Are you really?' I question
'Yes...we may stay up to--'
'To what?' I ask mischievously
'To ugh, talk' he says
'Right' I say waving him off
He walked off and closed the door. I chuckled at my humour, who does that? I do apparently.
'We should go to bed as well' Meghan proposed
'Hmm?' I ask
'We should go to bed' she says propping herself up on her elbow.
'We?' I ask cheekily
'Yes, we' she says a-matter-of-factly
Gee she's beautiful
'Gee your beautiful' Wait? What?
I didn't mean to say that.
'I didn't mean to say that'
'Sure' she said sarcastically
At that moment ours locked, just for a moment, enough to give me a taste, but also enough to annoy me.
Was I falling for this girl??