Hold Me Close

Chapter Twenty One: Christmas Part II

-=Rob=-

Well this went from an 8 to a 14 real fucking fast. Alyssa just kept pulling bottle after bottle of alcohol from the freezer, setting the foggy glass bottles of vodka on the counter. There must have been at least 20 bottles by the time she closed the freezer door, and 20 bottles is no joke organ failure. I kind of hjng back as she poured out some shots for people, a couple had to spit it back out because of the burn.

"Heh. Newbies." I said quietly. Not quiet enough however.

"I bet I could handle more than you." Said Summer, appearing on my right side and leaning on the counter.

"C'mon? You? Against me? No way." I scoffed, making an effort to make sure I obviously looked her up and down in disbelief.

"Yeah? Let's go big guy. 5 shots, suicide style. Alyssa over there can judge and whoever keeps the straightest face wins." She made an effort to say that last sentence loud enough so that Alyssa, who was in the process of pouring more alcohol, could hear.

"Wha? Who's gettin' drunk and needs my help?" She asked, looking up from a red Solo cup. Summer waved her hand and motioned for her to bring he bottle over. Summer reached across the counter and slid some glasses down, 10 in total. "Holy fuck how drunk are you two planning on getting?" She asked.

"Enough for me to prove a point." Summer stated, raising an eyebrow and smirking with confidence.

"Oh Jeez. So straightest face wins you say?" Alyssa asked, starting to pour out the alotted 5 shots each.

"Mhm." I confirmed. To be honest I've never done five shots suicide style (rapid one after the other). I had only done two at a time before, and that hurts. But, I did snort whiskey as a dare before so how hard could it be?

"Okay. On your marks, get ready, DRINK!!" She shouted. Apparently a small crowd had gathered to see this, for I could hear them cheering. But Summer and I had paid them none of our attention, and on Alyssa's command we began. I picked up small glass after small glass, doing my best to ignore the acidic melting sensation that had started taking place down the back of my throat. When we had both finished our "magazine" of shot rounds, Summer and I death glared at each other, determined to have the other lose. I don't know how she looked so calm, well, as calm as anyone could look after drinking a heavy amount of vodka at a loud party. It hurt like hell, but I did my best to keep a straight face. I think my mouth might have slipped but I hoped that no one saw it.

"Time!" Alyssa shouted. "Sorry Rob but I think I might have to give Summer this one." She laughed raising Summer's fist in the air victoriously.

"HAH!" Summer shouted, pointing her other finger at me victoriously.

"Yeah yeah..." I said in defeat. "Good game though, that was fun. I added. By now everyone else had wandered off to find the next hotspot of party entertainment to watch. This just left Summer and I again.

"So what are you studying to be?" She asked me, starting up a conversation.

"Probably a mechanic, I've been taking a bunch of different classes this year to find what suits me and I think the workshop might be my calling." I answered. To be honest I still didn't know, but now that I think about it, my engineering class was actually my favorite class. Maybe being a mechanic wouldn't be so bad...

"Oh that's cool." She said.

"How about you? What do you want to do when you graduate?"

"Well clearly an alcoholic." She said. We both broke out hysterically laughing at her joke. "Nah, but I was thinking maybe a nurse. Something to do with medicine."

"Welk that sounds fun. Makes good money too." I said.

"Yeah."

"So what about your childhood, if you don't mind me asking." I added. She paused for a few seconds before answering my question.

"Well, that's a biggy. So essentially it all breaks down like this. My male name was Sam, and I moved here where Evan and Jason were. Let's see. I didn't really hang with them too much, but they were the first furs I met here, kind of started making a name for myself, then...this" she waved to her whole body, "happened, and I just hung out with Evan and Jason." She paused, clearly becoming more and more upset, tears forming in the corners of her eyes. "I-I'm sorry." She hurried off around a corner and down a hallway. I waited about a minute before quietly following her. I didn't want her to feel bad, and also I kind of felt like this was my fault for asking her about a touchy subject. I heard someone in a room and the door was ajar so I peered inside. There was Summer, sitting on a bed with her arms hugging herself. Silent tears running down her cheeks. I pushed open the door enough for me to fit through and closed it again. I sat down next to her, sinking a little bit into the mattress. I put my arm around her, holding her close to me.

"Shh-shh, it's okay." I comforted. "Well since you told me about you, let me tell you a little bit about me." Still more sobbing was my response. "Let's see. Well I was born in Arizona, growing up with a constantly drunk mother and a rough-going dad. He was very closed-minded, and always pressed his beliefs on me, which is why I was like I was I guess. However I began to question his logic when a good friend of mine turned out gay, but my father swooped in to 'save the day' he called it and forbade me from ever seeing him again. Then after high school I got accepted here for football." By now she had stopped crying and was just sniffling every so often. Well, I guess I did something right for once...

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-=Evan=-

I was sitting on the couch with two.other people from my biology class when my phone vibrated in my pocket. I pulled it out to see that I had gotten a new text from Alex.

A: Come down the hallway

E: Why?

A: Just get over here ;)

E: Fine I'm coming.

"Hey guys I'll be right back." I said to my friends. They nodded in acknowledgement and I walked off to meet Alex down the hallway. As I rounded the corner into the dark hallway I saw Alex at the far end pointing his phone through the keyhole of a door.

"What are you do-" I stopped my question as he violently raised a paw to his mouth to tell me to stop talking. I quietly treaded down the hallway to where he was. I saw that he was recording something happening inside of the room on his phone and I could hear some moaning coming from behind the door. I looked down at the recording picture that was on Alex's phone and the sight that I saw was truly unforgettable. A black dragon, and a red fox, in the middle of a very serious makeout session. I looked at Alex, biting down on my paw so hard that I drew blood to stop myself from dying on the ground laughing.

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Wow this chapter took forever to get out now didn't it. I assure you that I have a legitamate excuse though, we've been having nonstop dress rehearsals and performances of the school musical/play that sometimes even extended to about 6 hours at a time and I would never get home until about midnight, by which time I was dead. That's all over now though, so this should hopefully get better lol.