A Break From Being Me

First Day Of Summer

Getting up at the ass crack of dawn on a Saturday was not in Alison's plans. She had been out late last night at Noel Khan's end of the year party and didn't get in until almost three in the morning.

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The party had started out fine, she arrived at eleven thirty (fashionably late as always) and the alcohol was flowing the music was loud and most of the attention was on her. Alison was eating up the lustful stares of the guys and the envious ones of the girls, she was in her element. She did her usual rounds, gossiping with the girls who all strived for her attention, inconspicuously gathering new secrets to catalog away for future use, flirting with all the hopeful boys who thought they had a chance with her and categorizing them into who she could easily bend to do her bidding and who to keep a ten foot distance between at all times.

By the time one A.M rolled around she was pleasantly buzzed and had decided to take a break and dance. Her body had easily started rocking to the rhythm of the bass that was pumping from the speakers, letting herself get lost in the music for a bit. As one song bled into the next she felt hands come to a rest on her hips causing her body to tense. She spun around a scathing comment prepared on the tip of her tongue waiting to be released. Her fierce blue eyes met amused brown ones and she felt her lips tug down into a frown.

"Mind if I have this dance?" The confident voice of Noel Khan floated into her ears. She knew from the smirk on his face he didn't expect to hear a no but Alison didn't want to give him the satisfaction of hearing a yes so she shrugged one shoulder and turned back around to continue dancing.

That was her mistake.

See Alison knew that Noel wanted her. And she's sure she isn't exaggerating when she says most of the guys in school wanted to get with her. But Noel had taken a special interest in Alison, and the blonde wasn't going to tell him his little crush would never get him anywhere. Noel was a one of her best chess pieces on the board at the moment. He was loyal, willing to do any request Alison sent his way, and he could keep a secret, and if the price for this valuable piece was letting him dream that they could ever be a "they", then it was a small price to pay. Though sometimes he could get on Alison's last nerve. He was constantly trying to push the boundaries she put up for everyone, pushing harder for them to become an item, and Alison would always swiftly shut him down.

"You're sweet hun, but you still have a long way to go before I can even consider you in the race."

Sometimes that would placate him and he would back off for a while, but lately he's actually taken her words as a challenge and has doubled his efforts. And it made Alison uncomfortable because she kinda considered Noel a friend and she didn't want to have to lose him because she genuinely wasn't interested in him.
So she let him dance with her, swaying her body with the upbeat music while his hands rested on her hips following her lead. She had almost forgotten about his presence completely until a new song rolled in with a sensual bass and warm melody.

When the lyrics came into play Noel's hands started to wander. He tried to slide them down toward her ass but she quickly caught his hands and led them upwards again keeping them there. When she felt that he wouldn't try that again she released her hold on his hands and went back to dancing. But not even thirty seconds later he was stepping closer to her and running his hands up over her stomach. Feeling irritation bubble up inside of her she shrugged out his hold and moved away from him without even a backward glance. She decides to head to the kitchen and grab another drink.

She makes her way to the island in the middle of the kitchen where a giant cooler rests. She pulls out a strawberry daiquiri wine cooler. Leaning against the island she opens her drink and takes a swig silently watching everyone milling about in the kitchen.