Summertime Sadness

Chapter two

"Y/N!" you whipped around to see your friend Becca running over to you. "Let me get you a drink!"

"Thanks," you mumbled shyly. You followed her to the kitchen and she handed you a red solo cup filled with a mixture of vodka and fruit punch. They called it jungle juice. "I like your outfit."

"Thanks!" She smiled cheerfully. She was wearing a denim skirt with a sparkly red tank top.

Becca disappeared once you grabbed the drink, so you decided to go find Mariah. There was a lot of people at the party and a lot of unfamiliar faces. Your social anxiety wanted to come out, but you tried to make it disappear by taking longer and bigger sips. You eventually decided to just stand off to the side and people watch.

"It's a party, go dance!" You looked over at the source of the voice. It was this taller guy. He was gorgeous. He had this short wavy brown hair that was a little longer on top, and his skin was covered in small little freckles. You could barely see them unless you looked closely. He had small little black gauges in his ears and had this smile that made his eyes crinkle in the corners.

"I-uh," you stuttered.

"I'm Josh," he held out his hand. "I'm Tyler's friend and welcome to my barn!"

You shook his hand, still unable to form words. You could feel that your face was turning red, and you wanted to slither out of there and disappear forever.

"This is a really cool party," you finally got the guts to say.

"Thanks! I always throw a graduation party for the suburbs, it's kind of a tradition around here," he smiled again, making your knees go weak. You had never had a guy, or a girl, have this effect on you.

"That's so cool! I'm Mariah's friend, she's dating Tyler." You immediately regretted saying that. Obviously, he knows who Mariah is.

"Nice. Your drink is empty, do you want me to fill it?"

"Sure."

As you followed him to the kitchen you saw a very drunk Mariah running up to you.

"I see you met Josh! He's soooo rad," her words slurred out of her voice.

"Yeah!" you laughed as she almost tripped, causing Tyler to catch her.

"Hey, guys!" Becca called into the kitchen, "We are playing a game of spin the bottle! Come play and don't be a little bitch."

"I don't know-" you started to say but Mariah placed her hand on your mouth.

"Live a little, Y/N!" She grabbed your hand and dragged you into the room where they were playing while Josh and Tyler followed behind.

The alcohol was starting to get you, making your tummy feel warm and your vision go blurry. You weren't even sure if you were slurring your speech or not.

The first couple turns were with people you had no idea who they were. Then the bottle landed on Becca. You watched her get all nervous, and start biting her nails. She always did that when she was nervous. She spun the bottle and followed it with her eyes until it landed on this older boy that was there.

You didn't want to watch Becca kiss this older boy, but you couldn't look away. The kiss was long, and you could see the saliva from their mouths as they pulled away.

"That was hot," you heard some guy say. People's voices started to not match up with their mouths, and the room began to spin even more.

"Oh shit! Y/N, it landed on you!" Mariah's voice startled you, and you stared at the glass bottle that was pointing at you. You grabbed it and gave it a spin. It landed a couple people to your left, and you followed where it was pointing to lock eyes with Josh.