GAZE- Jarchie

8- Shes sweet

Friday 7:20pm

The week went extremely quickly and before I know it, it's the atmosphere party. I had to clean the apartment with Kevin which took fucking ages. Everyone from the atmosphere group is supposed to come which means Jug will probably be here. He still hasn't arrived though and the parties more than 45 minutes in. The theme was white tops but also bright colors. The majority of people had bright patterns on their face, bright bandannas, bright hair bands, bright necklaces, bright wrist bands ect. I had pink patterns on my cheeks and a white/black top.

I was sitting on the sofa with Valerie. We were both extremely drunk telling each other crap jokes while everyone else was dancing. To be honest I've missed her. "What kind of music do you like?" I ask smirking with a beer in my hand. "That's difficult. I like Justin Bieber" she responds. "Oh my god" I say face palming and shaking my head. "Is that bad? Oh no!" she sighs. "I'm getting a headache" I joke. "You're getting a migraine from Justin Bieber?" she laughs. "A chronic Justin Bieber migraine. I can't leave I live here. Can you leave?" I questionably joke. "You're throwing me out because I like him? What kind of music do you like?" She asks laughing. "Do you know anything from the neighbourhood?" I ask. I remember Jug asking me that. I don't know why but I wanted to ask it. I actually listened to them after he recommended it and I love their songs. "Huh?" She asks. "You haven't heard of them? Their albums are the best" I say.

"Hi! So nice to see you!" I suddenly hear Josie's loud voice. I look up and see Jug walk in wearing a white top, a jacket and a bright green bandanna. Finally he's here. I see Betty walk in behind him and I feel instantly pissed off. "Josie. Nice to meet you" Josie says as she shakes Betty's hand. "Betty" Betty replies smiling. Josie greets Jug with a hug. I watch them. "I don't know if you know this but...do you feel this strap here?" Valerie suddenly says distracting me. She grabs my arm and places it on her boob. Is she trying to impress me or something? "It sticks out under my arm. It will be like that until I get home" she continues smirking. I look back up at Jug as she talks. He takes off his jacket and looks back at me. "You should be happy you're not a girl" Valerie still talks. I stare at Jug biting my tongue as he stares back. "It's really annoying being a girl-" I take a quick sip of my beer and shut her up by kissing her. I don't know what I'm doing I just felt the urge to kiss her while I have Jugs attention. She's a it shocked at first but she starts to kiss back and part of me hopes Jug is watching.

I start to play with her hair and she plays with mine. Suddenly, the sofa goes down. I look up and see Jug sitting down next to her. "I think you guys are bonding a bit too much over here" he says. "Finally! Hello" Valerie says hugging him. He puts his arm around her shoulder. "Cool apartment" he says nudging my shoulder with his hand. "Thanks" I nod. "It's so sick here. You're so lucky you share this apartment with Kevin. Have you ever met Kevin?" Valerie asks Jug pointing at Kevin. I don't join in their conversation. "No, I don't think so" Jug responds. "He's gay. He's really sweet. I love gay people they're so sweet" she says smiling. She's really starting to get on my nerves. Part of me wants her to leave. "You don't think that's generalizing?" Jug says. I instantly turn around and look at him curious to what he's going to say. "How so? By saying gay people are funny?" Valerie questions. "Yeah. It's like saying all Muslims are terrorists" wow he seems really passionate about this stuff. "What?!!" Valerie asks shocked slightly laughing. "No. That's too much. It's not like that. To be funny it's really positive. To be a terrorist it's negative" she argues. "That's not what I'm saying, but you're generalizing. Not all gays are funny" he replies. I look at him curiously. She rolls her eyes and gets up. "This is really boring. Arch, get up you're dancing with me" she demands dragging my arm. I get up taking my beer with me to the dance floor.

Me and Valerie talk while dancing with everyone else. We're both completely drunk. I then see the same green bandanna in the distance. I look behind Valerie and see Jug and Betty brushing their noses against each other while grinning. He then leans down and they start kissing. I look back at Valerie and kiss her. Two can play this game. I kiss her not feeling turned on. I open my eyes again and keep watching Jug and Betty kiss while we kiss. They're both smiling into their kiss. Valerie starts playing with my hair but I don't remove my eyes from Jug. As he kisses her, he opens his eyes and looks at me with a huge smirk on his face. Fuck. Why is he looking at me like that? I stare back not looking away. Valerie starts kissing my jaw and I still stare at Jug as he stares back.

Before I know it the party is over and the music turns off. "People we have ordered four taxis! We have to go now!" Cheryl announces to everyone. The apartment was a mess. "Who took my phone?" I hear people's conversation. I begin to clear up the place was a tip. As I pick up some beer cans I look up and see Betty and Jug by the door. Betty and Valerie were talking to each other. Meanwhile, Jug was just leaning against the wall while looking at me. I look back down and carry on picking up the cans. "Arch! Me, Jug and Betty are taking a taxi back together. Do you want to come with us?" Valerie asks. "No. I'm staying here" I say. "Yeah? Okay, fine" she says walking away.

I walk into the kitchen after everyone leaves and pour the liquid from the beer cans into the sink. Tonight's events go through my mind. Suddenly, I hear a sound behind me. I turn around it was Jug. What is he doing here? "Didn't you take a taxi with the others?" I question. "I have a bike" he replies as he stands next to me. He helps me pour liquid into the sink from other cans. I look round at him and he smirks slowly at me. Will he ever stop doing that? His smirk then fades. "Were you having a good time with Valerie?" He questions weirdly in a pissed tone. "She's something" I reply as I empty more cans. "You know me and Betty have been dating since she was 15 or something" why is he telling me this? I shuffle my eyebrows. "Okay?" I respond trying not to care. "Although, I'm noticing we're growing apart more and more" I look round at him. I don't know why he's telling me this but I want to know more. "But I can't dump Betty" he explains. Why does he feel the need to tell me this? I want to know but it just pisses me off whenever he talks about her. "Um okay?" I say again.

"If I dump Betty she will think it's because of her aluminum leg" her what? What is he on about? "Huh?" I question. "You didn't know?" He asks raising his eyebrows. "Aluminium leg?" I ask."yeah, didn't you know? Her whole entire foot was amputated" he says looking down. What? "But it's getting better with her now. She's getting a lot of help from physiotherapists. They've helped her a lot with her motored skills. You know aluminium technology has come a long way. You can barely tell she limps now" what the hell is he on about? "You're joking?" I ask raising my eyebrows. He laughs. "You're joking? Yeah?" He nods still laughing. "Fuck" I say slightly laughing. "How can you joke about that? You can't joke about stuff like that" I smile looking down. "I could've joked about something a lot worse" he smirks. "No. That's a very serious thing to joke about" I quietly sigh. "I could've joked about a dick. That could of gone a lot worse" he says grinning. I roll my eyes and slightly smirk looking down. "Dick..." I mock him keeping my head down. "Too far" he adds.

I suddenly feel really nervous. I don't know if I'm imagining but he seems really close. "She's sweet.." I say anything that comes to my head to distract me. I look up and Jug keeps looking at my lips and back to my eyes. "Betty..." I put my head down again and keep it down. I feel his presence coming closer. He stops for a second. But then carries on coming closer and closer. He puts his head down and I turn my head slightly sideways inches away from his lips. This is so wrong but I can't help myself. As we both lean in we hear a thump. Fuck. We both quickly lift our heads up. I walk out the kitchen and Jug follows. Standing outside the kitchen is Jodie. She's back. She really had to pick her moment.