Truthless

Party Night

Rebecca's POV

4 months earlier

"Come on Riley! It'll be fun." I look at my brother with puppy eyes.

Tonight there was a party out in the woods and there was a lake nearby where people could swim. Everybody in our school was going and I didn't want to seem like I was lame for not going.

Riley didn't want to go, he preferred to stay locked up in his room playing those dumb video games.

After hours of me finally convincing him to come out of his room, he finally complied.

"Fine, but when I say it's time to go. I mean it" he says looking down at me with his dark brown eyes.

I roll my eyes and walk out of his room to get ready. I didn't know what to wear, but after a hour I finally decide on some jeans and my crop top. I stared at myself in the mirror. I thought to myself. Do I look like I'm trying to hard? I shake the thoughts away and put on my Chuck Taylor's.

Riley is in the kitchen when I finally decide I look decent.

"You ready?" He says grabbing his keys.

"Yes!" I say with more enthusiasm than I wanted.

The ride to the party was silent but we eventually arrive at the party and I jump out of the car and run inside, leaving Riley in the car by himself.

I push my way through the crowd and finally find Jessalyn.
I greet her with a hug and look at her to make sure she's okay.

We get some drinks, which we thought didn't have alcohol in them, but after a few we start to slur our words and I start to feel warm and fuzzy inside.

I can't hardly stand anymore and I start to look for Riley because my head felt like it was going to explode.

I found him by the snack table and I try to talk him, but it turns into me tugging onto his sleeve to keep my balance.

I smell alcohol on him, but I thought it was just me since i had several drinks.

He helps me out and makes me lay in the back seat, and he buckles the seat belts across me so I don't fall.

I eventually fall asleep, but I'm jolted awake when I hear a loud crash and flashing lights. When I open my eyes, I realize that I'm on the pavement, and people are hovering over me. My vision is blurry so I can't see anything at all.

I hear ringing and my vision starts to clear up for me to see the people who were over me were paramedics. I asked what happened, but it comes out slurred and they couldn't understand me. My thoughts start to rush back.

Riley.

Where's Riley?

I get up slowly and start to make my way to the car which was wrapped around a tree. I yell for Riley. Then I see him. He was bloody and the paramedics were giving him CPR. I try to run to him, but a force pulls me back. They stop CPR and I see a paramedic look up and shake his head to someone next to him.

That's when I realized Riley was gone.

I couldn't bring him back.

That's the last I remember before I fall to the ground.