Never Heard

37.

06th April 2018

"Are you getting with anyone today?" A guy asked me, I was currently dancing with him at Vicky's house party.

Her parents left for the night with her younger sister so she had the whole house to herself. They did that a lot actually so every time they went somewhere she threw a gathering or a party. This time it was a rave though, plenty of alcohol, rap music blasting from the speakers, neon lights and of course not to forget about the huge cloud of nicotine and tobacco that floated by the ceiling.

Most people just sat outside and talked in huge groups. The ashtray was overflowing with cigarette butts, quite a lot of them ended up just lying on the wooden table.

It was a huge party, there were a lot of people and by a lot I mean A LOT!

I didn't really drink that night since there was a bunch of strangers and I didn't feel like embarrassing myself again.

I sat on the leather couch with Mike, he had a drink in his hand and I had one in mine. We spoke about Jay mostly because what the hell could I be talking about? I tried my best to get his attention but he was too occupied talking with this one girl that was a close friend of Vicky's. She was also Polish and was going through her ex-boyfriend drama, also she was 20 so I knew nothing would happen between them but there was still this huge hint of jealousy in me. I don't know I guess that I'm just crazy or obsessed or maybe both, yeah! Probably both.

As we sat on that couch, Mike just kept on telling me to make a move on him. "Just get him drunk." He stated, "No Mike, if I get him drunk and do something with him, that'll count as rape." I replied, the boy laughed "So what?! I know you want it. So take your chance, besides you're at a party. Everybody is going to be drunk." "I don't know, I'll just let him come to me I guess..." "Well you're gonna wait an eternity." He finished and took a sip of his drink. At that moment I saw a figure enter the house, it was dark and I couldn't make up the face first but it was a guy. He was really tall and quite chubby but as soon as he stepped to the light I recognized him immediately. James.

I put my drink down and dashed off of the couch. I knew that Mike was surprised but I'm sure he understood. Once I rushed to James I felt something crack in my neck and it hurt like a bitch but I shook it off because I was really excited to see him. I threw myself onto him and wrapped my arms around him. James immediately embraced me back and held me for quite sometime. Last time I saw him was in October on that 'unforgettable party' so it's been quite a lot of time.

"I honestly can't believe you're here!" I exclaimed out of excitement, he laughed and hugged me again. "Yeah, Vicky told me to come so I did, you changed so much... you even cut your hair!" He added as he gently touched my messy chocolate brown hair. The pain in my neck slowly started to become stronger and stronger. I tried my best to ignore it but it was just there and it bothered me so much. It felt like a cramp or a sprain or some shit like that but it was just so annoying, I couldn't move my head left.

I came back to Mike and took a sip of my drink.
"What the fuck was that?" He asked, I swallowed my drink and looked forward focusing on the people entering and leaving the house. "Oh he's the guy that was at the party in October, he's a really good friend of mine and we barely see each other nowadays because he's busy with university and his girlfriend is kind of overprotective." I answered confidently.

As time flew by I found myself by a crowd of strangers on the dance floor just jamming to the music. I finished my drink and as I was going to get another one I was stopped by this one dark skinned fellow. I met him before, he was a close friend of Vicky's and Emily's and we all used to chill together like a year ago with James and Kevin. He tapped my shoulder and offered to dance with him.