Party Harder

Chapter 2:Drunken Discovery

I wake up on a couch and look over to see Ariana and a redheaded girl talking. I sit up and look around "Morning sleepy." The redhead says in a peppy tone "Not to be rude but ... Who are you?" I ask while trying to be polite "Oh! Sorry, I'm Mia." Mia says putting her hand out for me to shake, and I do

"Well, hey ... My names Alice."

"Oh I know who you are."

"Oh, Ariana must have told you."

"No, actually, I know you from the party last night. You have an amazing voice and I'd like to produce you."

My eyes bulge "What.. I-What!?" I say, still in a shocked state "Look." Ariana says turning a computer towards me. The computer has a YouTube video of the party last night pulled up, but I'm on stage. I look at Ariana and she nods, I press play and watch as I stand up on the stage singing We Own The Night by The Wanted.

When the video ends I look up at Mia and Ariana smiling at me "Oh my god ..." I say, letting it all sink in. "Alice! This is an amazing once in a lifetime opportunity!" Ariana yells "Listen, you don't have to answer right now. I know it'll be a huge change, but my record label would love to produce you. Plus, Ariana's right, this is a once in a lifetime opportunity." Mia encourages "I want to do it." I answer "Are you sure you don't need some more time to think about it? Cause once you decide you can never just go back to your normal life." "I'm sure. I want to do it. I want to show everyone that said I'd never be anything exactly what I'm made of." I answer.

"Okay, meet me at this address tomorrow at eight o'clock sharp. If you're going to be late just text me and I'll stall as much as I can." Mia says, writing an address on a piece of paper and handing it to me "Got it." I say and notice she also wrote her number down "See you then!" She cheers and walks out of the dorm.

The second Mia walks out of the dorm Ariana jumps out of chair and screams "Ariana!" I yell trying to get her attention "What? What?" She answers "Where's Remsen?" I ask in a worried tone "Calm down she's just in the shower. But you're going to be famous!!" She yells "What?" Remsen asks; Walking out of the bathroom in shorts and a loose tank-top while drying her hair with a towel. "You know how I sung at the party last night?" I ask and Remsen nods "Well, there was a producer in the crowd and she wants to produce Alice!" Ariana says finishing the sentence for me "Oh my god! That's amazing Alice!" Remsen says "... You have to promise me something now Remsen..." I say in a serious tone "Of course, anything." She says "Please promise me that, no matter what, we'll stay best-friends til the end." I say and she laughs a little before noticing how serious I am "Oh ... Of course, I promise. Alice nothing is going to tear our friendship apart, not even a pack of wild horses could tear us apart." Remsen responds in the same serious tone I had.

Me and Remsen grab our backpacks and go to leave "Wait." Ariana stops us "What?" "What am I supposed to do?" "You don't go here?" "Nope." She responds "Uh, clean the room and bathroom." Remsen says and pulls me out the door. We walk down the grand hallway to class.

After class we walk back to our dorm. Just cracking jokes about the reaction Mrs. Jewels had when we started a paint fight while she was trying to teach us how to paint a bouquet of roses. I open the door to our dorm and walk in alongside Remsen still laughing. I look around the room and this has to be the cleanest I've ever seen it. I look at Remsen's bed and see Ariana sitting on it while reading one of the many books Remsen owns. Ariana finally looks up at our shocked faces "Did I do good?" She asks looking around the room "You did amazing, I can't remember the last time I could see the whole floor." I say with a small laugh. "So what are we doing tonight?" Remsen asks dropping her backpack and sitting next to Ariana "Damien is having a party." I say dropping my backpack and climbing up the ladder to my bed.

After an hour or so had passed, we got ready to leave for Damien's party. Again, we sneak down the hallway, out the huge front doors and down the steps. We all race back to where the last party was held and we sink into the crowd, splitting up once again. I see Justin dancing with Amberly Turner. She was pretty and sweet, the perfect girl for him, but I know of someone better.

A group of girls run up to me snapping me out of my thoughts "Hey, will you sing again tonight?" One asks "Oh, uh. I don't know. maybe." I say sounding unsure. I mean I love to sing, and I'm good enough to be produced by a record label, but I have major stage fright and me being drunk must have soothed that. The girls walk away after a bit. I look up at the band and see Jason playing the drums. Jason and I used to be good friends in high school and middle school, but the summer after high school we just grew apart.

I look to my right and see Mia dancing in the crowd with Austin, probably checking for any new talent. I walk over to the benches that are a little away from the party and sit down, staring at the stars. Damien comes over and sits next to me "Not enjoying the party?" Damien asks, sounding bit offended "No I just ... Need some time alone." I say trying to tip him off to go away "Yea, I know how it feels, sometimes you just need a little get away." Damien says nodding, I don't answer but instead just look up at the starry night sky and try to relax. which isn't easy to do when there is crappy music playing very loudly not even a foot away from you.

I stand up "If you see Remsen or Ariana tell them I'm heading back to the dorms." I say and Damien nods as I walk away. I walk in the doors and up the stairs to our dorm room. After climbing up my ladder and laying down I turned on my phone. opening Pandora, and plugging in my earphones. After about an hour of listening to Pandora, I finally fell asleep.