One Night ✔

1. What Could Happen?

June 8, 2019

"Can you believe we did it? We actually graduated high school" I exclaim as my friends and I sit around my mom's bakery.

It had been mere hours since we got our diplomas and while our parents were busy reveling in our successes back at the loft, we had snuck down to the bakery to hang out. Lucas was beside me with his arm draped around my shoulders while my friends all sat around me; Smackle and Farkle on the cushion to my right, Zay smushed beside them and Maya, sitting on Josh's lap on the chair to the left.

It wasn't shocking when my uncle and my best friend started dating and I had always figured that as long as my uncle was making her happy then I was happy.

"I can't believe Maya did" Lucas teases. Maya's lips part in shock as the group begins to laugh but it's not long before she's composed herself and set her lips into a smirk, a comeback clearly on the tip of her tongue.

"Yea, well you were supposed to graduate last year weren't you Huckleberry?" she taunts and Lucas' lips quirk into a grin, a chuckle falling from his lips.

"You got me there pancake" he concedes. I shake my head at my boyfriend and my best friend in amusement.

"Hey" Zay interjects, gaining everyone's attention. "There's a party at NYU tonight" he announces, scrolling through his Twitter feed. He looks up at us expectantly, "anyone feel like crashing?"

I glance around at all my friends and they all seem to be thrilled at the aspect of going to a college party but I couldn't help but feel like it would only end horribly. "A party? Zay we aren't even in college yet" I reply nervously, worrying on my bottom lip as I lean further into my boyfriend's embrace.

"Hence why we're crashing" Zay empathizes. "If we were in college, we'd be invited" he adds with a shrug.

Maya leans forward and squeezes my knee comfortingly. "Come on Riles, it'll be fun" she assures me. I release a deep breath, taking one last look at my friends. I was the only one who seemed to think this was a bad idea and the last thing I wanted was to be the obstacle that stood in the way of a good time.

It was one party. One night. It would be fine.

"Alright" I give, a small smile pulling at my lips. "It's just one night, what could happen?"

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A/N: Short first chapter I know but the time jump will start off the next chapter and I didn't want to throw it in the middle of this one. The party will be explained in flashbacks throughout the story so don't worry, you'll all know what happens eventually 😊