My first college level party was so not worth it.
I woke up the next day and my head was pounding as if someone was rapidly beating it with a basketball.
I made a feeble attempt to sit up but two steady arms pushed me back down. I was having a considerably difficult time opening my eyes, but there was only one person I even wanted beside me right now.
“Luchi that better be you,” I groaned. A soft palm pressed against my forehead and I heard a low chuckle from above.
“You think anyone else is patient enough to put up with your crap?” he asked.
“You are so lucky I’m too tired to get mad with you.” I sighed, shielding my eyes from the stinging light of the room as I tried to pry them open.
“Hit the lights, would you?”
“The lights aren’t on, babe.” Luchi said and I felt his weight lower my bed a bit, or at least I hopedit was my bed we were on.
I thrashed my head to the side, trying to cover it with the blanket.
“Why is this happening to me?” I whined.
“Because you’re hung over, also because you’re a moron.”
“I’m what?”
“Hung over. From the party yesterday.”
“That’s impossible, I don’t even drink.” I said, trying to sit back up but being pushed back down again.
“Well you did last night, and excessively at that.”
“You weren’t even at the party, how would you know?” I demanded.
I heard Luciano sigh heavily and he dropped a damp towel onto my forehead. It was perfectly cold and the pain managed to fade for a moment.
“Looks like you don’t remember much.”
He was right. I really didn’t. The feeling bothered me more than it should have.
“The last thing I remember was getting really good at that pong game.”
Someone was throwing a dorm party and somehow Bree, the socialite, had gotten me roped right into going, but she’d promised it’d be safe. I didn’t mind hanging out with friends and I was even okay with group events and people I didn’t know. But a party? It was so crazy uncomfortable. Luciano offered to go with me so when Bree abandoned me, which she undoubtedly would, I wouldn’t be stuck wandering around aimlessly. In some stupid act of self-reliance though, I rejected the offer, deciding I would just have to make some new friends.
