Chapter 11: The Real Party;Part II

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A sizable amount of people groan, finding their way through the front door. Christina and I head down to the basement, where there are a few supplies I know are for drinking games. I got this.

Everyone gathers, in a sort of oblong circle. Christina sits on my right side, Tobias on my left. On either of their sides are Marlene and Uriah, and beside Uriah, Drew. Tobias got the word around to our friends about Drew, so he is getting a tidal wave of evil eye's at the moment.

When the drunken teenagers have calmed down, somewhat, Zeke stands in the center, a sloppy mess, "Hello, my fellow not pansycakes. As you already should know, I'm Zeke, the current man of this house."

Uriah doesn't object, instead, is more fascinated by the hem of his shirt. Drunk idiot.

"We have a few games planned, and I'd like to start with a classic. Spin the bottle."

There are a few cheers, and I finally bring myself to look at who sits around us. There is our usual group, Lauren, Lynn, Marlene, Uriah, Zeke, Shauna, Will, Christina, Tobias and myself, but there are a lot of others. Thotty, Nita and Cara sit together, with Drew, Peter and Eric grouped together next to them. There are some different faces, Edward, Myra, Robert, Susan, Johanna and Al. There are other students, like Matthew, David, who's an egotistical asshole, Erin and Tessa

Zeke sucks down a bottle of beer, and places it in the middle. There's a total of twenty-six of us down here, and I don't think the Pedrad's anticipated that many coming down. Still, we continue with the game, Zeke spinning first.

Just to his luck, it lands on Shauna. They end up having a make out session in the middle of the group, until people start throwing things at them. Shauna pulls away, being sober, her cheeks are bright red. She spins the bottle, and lands on Lynn.

"Just, don't think anything of it." Lynn says, giving her a short kiss on the lips.

They are sisters, nobody expected anything weird. Lynn spins the bottle, landing on Drew, and she audibly gags.

"What's the penalty for not kissing?" She asks.

"Take a shot, what else?" Zeke responds, rolling a shot glass and a bottle of some strange alcohol towards her.

She shrugs, filling it to the brim, and downs the shot. The glass parts from her lips, and she scrunches up her face, "That's sour as fuck, what is that?"

Zeke shrugs, "I found it in Mom's liquor cabinet."

Lynn stares at him with a complete 'WTF' expression, wondering what mystery drink she just had.

Drew grabs the bottle, "It wouldn't be that bad to kiss me, you know."

"Yes it would!" Lynn, Christina, and I all yell.

He puts up his arms in defense, "Sorry ladies, stop playing hard to get!"

He spins the bottle, landing on me of all people. Tobias grabs my arm, and gives me a reassuring look.

"Can the one he lands on take a shot?" I groan.

Zeke probably doesn't remember why I don't want to kiss Drew, so he shakes his head no.

Drew walks across the circle, and falls down in front of me. I suck down the rest of the punch in my cup, knowing it will take a lot to get through this.

I lean forward, barely pressing my lips against his. My mind tries it's best to push away the memories, but they won't go away. That was the worst five seconds of my life.

I pull away from him and spit, making a few others laugh. My hand grabs at the bottle, wrapping around the neck. I put a hand on each end, and spin it. It goes around dozens of times, before finally setting on... Peter. Great.

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