Drunk in love

Chapter 2.

With James' hand on my waist, I could walk much easier and I felt my confidence building up. Just feeling him walking next to me was enough to make me blush. I snuck a glimpse of him.

His black tuxedo only made his tanned skin look even better, in contrast with his blonde sun kissed hair. His eyes were grey and I can't believe this was the first time I noticed it. I mean, he looked so handsome and out of this world in general, who has the time to notice his eye color?

He senses my starring and he stops walking. He turns his face towards me and smiles softly.

"You like what you see,huh?"

I freeze. I thought I was more discreet than that. Shit.

"As if you don't like what YOU see!" I say, trying to act cool. I hope I succeeded also. Oh this is hell. Is this what karma is all about? My best friend has feelings for this guy and I'm also drooling over him?

He laughs at my response and places his hand on my waist once again as he leans in closer to me.

"Listen. This is a perfect chance for the both of us. We go in there together and I get to piss off your brother. I'm pretty sure you also want to make a statement. Otherwise you wouldn't dress up like that", he says quietly.

"Excuse me? You think I'm the kind of person who needs to use other people to get that they want? Or that the only reason I have for dressing nice is anything other than to please my own self? Get your shit together James." I look at him annoyed.

Who the hell does he think he is? He can't use me to mess with my brothers head. I'm better than that.

"I can walk better by myself", I say, still angry and I try to make a couple of steps.

Oh yeah. I tripped and almost fell. Almost. Cause it was James who caught me. I can feel my face blushing again and I thank whoever it is that invented make up. I look at him and thankfully for him, he's not laughing.

"Listen. You're right. I didn't mean it like that. Okay? Here, let me try again."

I look at him blankly as he reached out for his pocket and takes out a flask. He opens it and hands it over to me.

"Vodka makes everything better" he says smiling and I can't help but laugh.

I know I'm underage but damn, I love alcohol and now I can see a slight chance that maybe this night won't be that bad.

I take his flask and smile. "Cheers" I say before I drink a big gulp.

He looks at me intensely, as if he's trying to take in what's happening. He smirks  and take the flask when I hand it over to him, drinking a bit too.

"Feeling better now kiddo?"he asks while looking at me.

"Let's do this", I say and I take his hand, place it down to my waist and I look at him smiling.

I can already feel the possibilities for this night. There's going to be alcohol and dancing and Bill. It's a shame Felicity couldn't be here, but as I mentioned before, she's my friend and has nothing to do with these guys.

James walks me towards the door and as we enter the room, I can feel everybody's eyes on us. This makes me giggle a bit and it's contagious because I can also see that James is smiling. Well, who knew. Maybe we'll end up having a good time together.

We walk around a bit, ignoring how everyone is looking at us and how they're whispering.

I understand that. As I said, people only acknowledged me as Jason's twin sister who also happened to be in the cheerleading squad. Quiet at school, not many friends and for sure not what you call popular.

James on the other hand, is one of the most popular guys at school, though it's not like he's trying for that. It's his whole bad boy attitude that attracts girls, some rumors are heard about him also. But it's not like he gives a shit. He has a rivalry with my brother though that nobody seems to know what it is about. I guess, boy stuff.

Anyway. I see a table close to my brother and his friends and I nod to James. "We can sit over here,yeah?"

He lifts his shoulders not paying much attention to me and we head towards there. That's the moment that the guy from the band announced that there's an open bar and I look at James sheepishly.

"Can you get us some drinks? I don't think they will serve me", I say looking at him with a puppy face.

He laughs as he gets up and comes back later holding two glasses.

"You're not what I expected you to be" he says looking at me. "I thought you would be more down to earth and quiet and whatnot but today you are so different. In a good way. Whoever ignores you is an idiot, mark my words"

Wow. How did he know that someone is ignoring me? Was I that pathetic? My heartbeat is getting faster as I keep overthinking and over analyzing everything. I take a deep breath and I drink my vodka at once.

"Oops" I say looking at James and the empty glass in front of me.

He stares at me with a poker face before he bursts out laughing.

"You're full of surprises babe. Let's see what this night holds for us", he says as he drinks his own booze at once and gets up to get us more.

As I wait, I can feel Bill's eyes focused on my but that only makes me mad. He had his chances everyday for the last 8 years and only NOW he can actually see me?

James comes back and we keep drinking  one glass after another until the whole night passes by in a blur and I can only see images flashing in front of me.

I regain consciousness slowly and painfully and I massage my temples trying to relieve the headache.

What the fuck happened last night?