The Night of the Party

Maxwell Richard Grey

Chapter 1
Max

"Look guys, we need to get to the bottom of this. Let's all tell our stories one by one and we'll piece the puzzle together that way, okay? Max, you can start."

The six of us are sitting in a circle, on the floor of Joe's basement. It would seem everyone is ready to hear my story, but I'm not sure I'm ready to tell it. Most of it is unclear anyway, so I don't see how I will be able to help.

"I would like to ask not to be interrupted, ladies and gentlemen. So, I guess my story starts around nine pm. Julie, Maddie and I arrived to Eric Jackson's house in my car, I was driving. The place was super crowded, there must've already been a hundred people when we arrived, and they just kept coming. It didn't take long before the three of us split up, but it would have been difficult to stay together with all the people there anyway. After splitting up, I went to the backyard. Eric has a pool so a bunch of people were jumping in with all of their clothes on, and all of their valuables as well. I swear, at least ten people lost their phones to that. I was just about to grab something to drink when I ran into Charlie. We had a very brief conversation, she was looking for Kane, but I hadn't seen him so she just ran off to ask other people if they'd seen him, I guess. I didn't know many people at the party, and seeing as I couldn't find any of you guys, meaning there was nobody there to stop me, I decided to drink up. My first drink was a screwdriver, followed by many pints of kalimotxo, and a few martinis. I don't remember a lot from this point on, but there's a few clear moments. I remember jumping into the pool half naked, making out with a few girls, and throwing up in Eric's bathroom. It was the upstairs bathroom, I honestly do not know how I got there without tumbling down the staircase though. The upstairs area was off limit, which is probably why I went up, even when completely drunk I wanted to avoid a crowd. Also, I know that after vomiting I saw Julie again for the first time since we came to the party. I think it was Julie, but I can't be sure since she would never go upstairs if it was forbidden. I was on the floor of the bathroom at the time, so I'm assuming she didn't see me. I also remember hearing a loud noise downstairs, like someone broke a window or something. I wanted to examine it, so I got up and started making my way towards the staircase. At that point though, I think I passed out, but I woke up on a bed in one of the bedrooms of the house, so something must have happened in between."