Bad Baby

6

Bunny was her extremely social self, guiding me around the full apartment to introduce me to her friends.

I had begun to grow more and more worried as messages from Noah continued to roll in. It was as if he was taunting me, and I hated the fact that I didn't have the guts to block his number. If there was a reason he was suddenly texting me, I wanted to know it.

"I feel like I've met every single person at this party, now", I spoke over the music with Bunny still dragging me through the crowd. She glanced back at me and gave me a grin, "not even close, babe. You've not even met half!"

She was very popular with everyone here, and didn't mind introducing me to them. It was very kind of her, but I really wasn't as social as she was. "I think I'll go get a drink", I told her, instead.

"Buddhists can drink?" Bunny inquired, eyes widening. I let out a small laugh, amused at her surprise. "Kind of, yeah", I simply told her over the music, not wanting to go in-depth as to how it wasn't considered a sin, but it was something that clouded the mind and wasn't very suggested.

"Heck yeah!" She smiled excitedly, "let's go get drinks, then". Now, she began dragging me towards the kitchen, not stopping to talk to her friends who managed to quickly say hi to her.

"Do you know where Jacob is?" I called to her as we arrived in the small kitchen. Surprisingly, there were very few people here, unlike in the rest of the apartment.

Jacob and I had come here together, but we got separated once his friends came along and Bunny dragged me away.

She had let my arm go and was walking towards a bunch of alcohol bottles on the small island table. She shot me a grin over her shoulder, grabbing a bottle of vodka, "is there something going on with you two?"

I raised my brows and quickly shook my head; I wish. "No, I was just wondering", I gave her a smile as she grabbed two cups and poured vodka into them.

Since I wasn't the party type, alcohol was a very new thing for me – also taking into account that I was 17, while everybody else here was 19. This was a new me, though, and I was going to try everything that came my way. Well, almost everything.

"Girl, if he hasn't tried anything on you with that dress, he's shy as a motherfucker", Bunny's sudden foul mouth took me by surprise, and I giggled as she walked back towards me with the two cups.

I was wearing a simple and tight black dress, sleeveless and ending at my mid thigh. I did have cleavage on show, and my hair was curled a little.

I had also applied a little concealer and done my brows like I always did, as well as added a nice peach coloured lip and a little bit of mascara and eyeshadow.

She handed me one cup, and I brought it up to my nose to smell it. I immediately cringed and pulled it back, watching as her grin widened. "Tastes horrible, but does the job", she told me, the music pumping through my veins as I watched her down the shot in one go.

My eyes widened a bit, as she wiped the side of her mouth and gave me a smile, not having been affected by the foul taste in the slightest.

Hesitantly, telling myself this was what I needed for my clean-slate-plan to work, I brought the cup up to my lips and let the liquid run past my lips and down my throat.

I didn't even get halfway through, before I needed to pull back to cringe and gag a little. Bunny laughed, just as Becky entered the kitchen. "Hey girlies, how's it going?" She asked happily, seeming a little tipsy as she came to stand by me, "oh no. Bunny, did you give her vodka? She's 17, for Christ's sake!"

I almost wanted to laugh at Becky's accusing tone, but downed the rest of the drink quickly before anything else. Bunny shrugged while I cringed my ass off again and placed the empty cup onto a nearby counter. "She's still alive", Bunny gave me a small smile, "do you want something else? Like coca-cola, to clear the taste?"

I shook my head, "I'll be fine, thanks". I could definitely use the little bit of liquid courage if I was going to try to kiss Jacob tonight.

"You're such a bad influence", Becky shook her head at Bunny with a laugh, while I just grinned.

"Well, then you're boring", Bunny fired back in a friendly teasing manner. Becky just sighed and rolled her eyes with a smile before hooding her arm in mine. "Can you still walk, Isis?" She joked as I let out a laugh.

"Barely".

With that, the three of us left the kitchen and entered the crowd of dancing teens again.

"Do you know where Jacob is?" I spoke to Becky over the music, making her give me a mischievous smile. "He's with his friends somewhere, I guess. He wanted me to make sure you were okay, though".

"Really?" I found that very cute of him.

She nodded, as Bunny stood at my other side once we'd stopped at the side of the room. I scanned the dancing people, who all seemed to be having a lot of fun to the high bass and tempo music.

"Darling", I heard a familiar voice and my head darted to Jacob who was suddenly standing beside Becky, giving me a smile. "Hi Jacob", I returned it, watching as he blushed a little after me catching his eyes glancing down at my bare legs briefly.

"Everything okay?" He asked, inching a little closer to be heard over the music. I really needed to kiss him - he looked way too good not to be kissed.

"Bunny gave her vodka", Becky ratted me out, making his brows furrow a bit as he tucked his hands into the front pockets of his dark jeans.

"Oh, my God!" Bunny laughed, "will you let it go already? She's fine".

"I am", I shrugged, agreeing with her. "Jacob, can you come dance with me?"

I tilted my head to one side a bit as I observed him. A small smile tugged at the sides of his lips before he nodded.

A minute later, we were walking through the people. I took his hand in mine, never letting him stop in the dancing crowd as I continued to guide him to the opposite wall.

Feeling confident, I spun him so that his back was against the wall and I was almost pressing myself against him. Jacob looked so very nervous as he basically stared down at me.

I placed my hands on his chest, giving him a soft smile, "are you okay?"

Taking lead, I placed his hands onto my waist before returned my hands to where they'd been while his breathing had clearly accelerated and he was still staring down at me.

"Yeah", he fumbled out, quickly clearing his throat, "you- you look really pretty, Isis". He clearly wasn't sure what to do, or even what I was after.

"Will you let me kiss you?" I asked him, knowing that this was so fast, but also hoping he felt the same kind of chemistry that I was feeling.

Jacob's lips parted in shock a little bit, still staring down at me like he couldn't believe what was going.

"Jacob?" I raised my brows at him, taking my time as I slowly neared his lips with mine. He was blushing a little, before his hold on my waist tightened a bit and I was pulled right against his hard body.

"Yes, please", he murmured. Once again, I didn't need to have been told twice; I pressed my lips against him, feeling warmth and comfort.