My Cup Of Tea

Chapter 1: Pamela

Pamela

Walking into the party was exactly what I expected. A ball of people dancing in the middle of the dance floor, people talking loudly into each other's ears trying to hear over the music, drunk guys and girls grinding on each other, and many inappropriate wandering eyes. This certainly isn't a surprise to me as this isn't my first experience at a public party. The only difference is the people I go with every time.

Today I was invited to go with Gina and her friends. I knew Gina from class, but I wasn't familiar with her friends. I was looking forward to meeting them and possibly becoming friends with their group. Gina brought along her best friend Laura, Laura's boyfriend David, and David's friend Mark. I wore a simple tight red dress with matching red lipstick and eye shadow, put together with my gold shoes that I obviously got from my dad. I hoped no one would mention that tonight.

We settled at a place in the corner by the bar and put our stuff down. Upon hearing the upbeat music of the party, Laura grabbed David's hand and began dragging him away.

"David, lets go dance! I LOVE this song!" she yelled over the music as her boyfriend laughed at her and complied. I smiled and tried to enjoy myself, thinking maybe I would actually have fun today. I looked at Gina, who was currently watching Laura and her boyfriend being couple goals, and I grabbed her arm.

"Come on, we should go dance too!" She looked at me and her smile dropped just slightly, but then she smiled brightly again.

"You two should go ahead, i'll stay here and watch our stuff." She nodded towards our pile of jackets and purses.

"Oh, are you sure?" I asked, not wanting Gina to be left out from the group. She nodded and grabbed my hand.

"Of course, we can switch out and take turns watching our stuff. Now go! Mark, take Pam out to dance!" Gina grabbed Mark's hand and linked it together with mine. Mark looked at our hands and smirked.

"Let's go, cutie," he said looking me up and down. For some reason, I didn't get good vibes from him in that moment. But I refuse to judge anyone before getting to know them, so I decided dancing with him wouldn't hurt. I smiled at him and he pulled me away to where Laura and David were.

Laura noticed Gina's absence, so she leaned over to me and asked, "hey, where's Gina?"

"Oh, she's over there watching our stuff." I pointed over to where Gina sat, who was currently declining some random guy asking her to dance. I saw the look on Laura's face change from happy to maybe a bit... devious? She didn't seem phased by Gina offering to stay like I was, sort of like she was expecting this from Gina. I passed it off as a thing that Gina normally does and continued dancing with the group.

Eventually, we ended up getting separated, Laura and David were somewhere else while Mark and I were more towards the front of the room, where the DJ was playing more hip hop music and everyone was dancing their hearts out, as you would at any party. Mark would grin at me and would make highly suggestive dance moves, which would cause me to burst out laughing at him.

"Yeah, you want this," he winked and rubbed what I assume were his abs underneath. I laughed so much I felt my own abs starting to form.

"Oh my god Mark, don't do that!"

"You're right, I might just burn this place with my sexiness."

"Stop!" I lightly smacked his arm as I burst into giggles. This might be the most fun I've actually had at a party like this before.

But of course, I always thought that. Then it would turn out, it was too good to be true.

"Oh, how selfish of me, we should be talking about you more," he slurred as he got utterly close to me. I might have backed away just a bit at that.