Drunk Love

Music blasting, everyone dancing, and people having the best last day of summer party. It was the best party that I have ever thrown. I wasn't always the person that would throw parties on the last day of summer, I would be the person that would be studying and in the middle of a good book. But it all of that changed when I met River. We've been together for a couple of weeks and he completely changed me. I went from invisible to what everyone has been talking about.
"Hey Jus try this." River came up to me with a plastic red cup. "What is it?" I asked taking it from his hand. "Tequila." River said back to me while turning away. "Wait, I'm under age." I said very concerned with him. "It's fine. Come on just try it." River said with a small devilish smirk. At first it was one then it turned into five then I lost count. I was crazy drunk and I was dancing like crazy. When my phone buzzed, it was my alarm, saying that I had to go home. "I was looking for River, but I couldn't find him anywhere. "Hey Dustin." It was Rivers best friend. He was standing in a corner drinking something. "I have to go home, tell River that I will see him tomorrow. And that his palace is amazing." I said barley able to stand on my feet. Dustin chuckled and then asked, "Justina how are you getting home?" "I'm driving my race car. It's name is snuggle berry pie!" I then wobbled outside and collapsed into my car. I turned the engine on and began to drive.
I was laughing so hard I closed my eyes stepped on the gas petal, when I opened my eyes  there was a tree. I hit it so hard, I phased in and out of it. Then the engine let out a spark. The door then swung open and I turn to see Dustin. He grabbed me and pulled me out. Dragging me out we got as far away from the car as we could before, BOOM! The engine exploded and that was the last thing that I remember.
When I woke up I was in my room and in my bed. Waking up to a pounding headache. Barely able to remember what happened the previous night. I finally got enough strength to stand up i hopped into the shower to relax. Once I finished getting ready for the day, I went down stairs to see both of my parents eating breakfast and reading the newspaper. "Ready for the first day of school honey." My mom asked looking up at me. "Yeah." I walked down the stairs. "How was the party?" My dad asked me. "Kinda boring nothing exciting." I lied. I didn't want to make eye contact with them. I waited at the counter with my back towards them. I yanked the piece of toast and shoved it in my mouth and escaped from the torture of being guilty.
"Hey Jus." River said with his expensive car. "Hey." I opened is car door and sat down putting my seatbelt on. When I closed the door, I stared at him with an evil and silly glare. "What?" He looked at me and back at the road. "My car crashed!" I looked at him as if he knew. "Your what?!" He swerved the car a little. "How did you not hear? You got me drunk and I tried to drive home and I crashed into a tree." I was so frustrated that he didn't know that I crashed my car. "By the way, you owe me a new car." I sassed back at him. "Why do I owe you a new car?" He was getting frustrated. "You made me drunk." He was about to disagree, but then he shrugged and continued driving. We didn't say anything until we pulled into school.
We left the car and went to our classes. It was so annoying that he didn't care that I almost died. I didn't talk to much people while walking down the hallways just some hello's and smiles. When I finally got to my history class, I saw Dustin, I had to thank him from saving my life. "Hey Dustin." He looked up from his book and gave me a cute smile. "Hey." I got lost for a second looking into his eyes. "Um...I just want to thank you, for saving my life yesterday." He looked at me and chuckled and looked back down at his book. "Okay, it's cool." He looked back down at his paper and I turned around and almost went back to my seat when I turned back around. "I just have one quick question." He closed his book and looked straight at me. "Yeah." "Why did River not know that I crashed my car? And how did I get home." He laughed only for a second and then he started to say. "Okay, first of all that was two questions," I laughed to his silly remark. "I was more concerned about getting you safe then telling him. I knew that you were drunk and I followed you because drunk driving never leads to something good. The good thing was that you only were unconscious. And so I drove you home and made you look like you weren't drunk." He smirked and went back to reading. I hesitated on what to say. "Can I-can I buy you lunch?" He laughed and didn't bother looking at me again. It was an obvious sign that he wanted me gone.
Once the teacher arrived we all sat down at our desks, but I couldn't stop thinking about him. I got accidentally caught starring at him a couple of times. There were so many good things about him. He's good looking, he's strong, and he doesn't make me drunk!
As lunch finally came around I looked for a place to sit. Except I was a loner. Each day I would try to fit in with a different group, but I still haven't found the right group. In the cafeteria I then saw after eliminating different tables not to sit at. I saw Dustin sitting by himself with his book again. So it was determined. I was going to sit with Dustin. I walked over carrying my tray of some sort of different substances called 'food' and sat right in front of him. "Hey." I placed my tray down. "What are you doing here." He asked not happy I was sitting there with him. "Socializing." I got a spoon full of Mac and cheese and took a huge bite out of it. "Justina." He groaned. "What you saved my life and I have to pay you back some how."
After a little while he got used to me staying there and he was such a funny person. I think that I made a mistake of laughing to hard to one of his jokes cause River came right over.  "What are you guys doing." He did not look happy. "Just chilling." Dustin immediately told him. "No like Jus why are you sitting with him." River starred down at me. "He saved my life yesterday and I wanted to pay him back some how. And I have no where else to sit." I told him. "Jus you can always sit with me." River spoke immediately. "Well you never talk to me when I sit with you. And besides Dustin gets me." I regretted saying that immediately as I came out of my mouth.
"Oh okay then if he gets you." He stood up and hurled a punch right at his face. It knocked him straight to the ground. "RIVER!" I screamed at the top of my lungs. The cafeteria all circled around shouting, "FIGHT, FIGHT, FIGHT!" He went to take another swing at him but I didn't want to swing it at him. He pulled Dustin by his shirt and he was struggling to stop him. River was just to strong. His fist was ready and moved his elbow and I jumped towards him and grabbed his elbow so he couldn't hit him. He turned around in absolute furry and I took a huge and hard swing at him, in the face. The whole cafeteria shouted, "OOOHHHH!" He almost fell again and he looked like he was going to fight me. He grabbed my shirt and pulled his elbow back and Dustin came out and punched him in the face knocking him on the floor. The teachers finally broke through the crowds of students and immediately rushed to stop Dustin and River from fighting.
I waited outside the office far away from Dustin, River was in the room talking to the principal. We didn't say anything to each other. It would only make things worse. The minute River left the room I saw the blood running down his face. They called me into the room I only explained the truth. The entire truth.
The next weeks were really dull and annoying. No one forgot the fight. Or al least made me forget the fight. River still went to school causes his parents were rich and they kept him there. But now I'm still the nobody. River wouldn't text me and I wouldn't text him. We wanted to be as far away from each other as we could. Everyone and a while I would say hi to Dustin but he never cared. He was like my knight in shinning armor. If the knight hatted you.
I went to my history class as I always did and of course, we had a group project and I was paired with Dustin. "Hey Dustin." I said to him trying to make peace. He continued writing on his paper. "So what do you want to do our project on?" I impatiently asked. "Let's do Rome and write about Caesar." He didn't look at me. Out of al of this bad stuff that has happened to me I finally think that it is my time to do something brave. "So do you want to go to the coffee shop on main to work on the project." That got his attention. "Why?" He starred up at me. "Because it will be fun....like a date." I couldn't believe that I said that. I didn't know I had that much courage. "Justina, I don't see you as my girlfriend. Much less I don't see you in my life at all. Besides River and I are cool now and I don't want to be mean to him." He rolled his eyes. "Then why did you save my ass and punch him?!" We were yelling now. "Cause he wanted to break up with you some how and it was our perfect idea. Then it got real and he was doing to punch you, so I punched him to save you!" He began yelling. "River wanted to dump me?" I immediately questioned. "Shoot." He mumbled under his breath. "You now what, I liked you and you treat me like trash. I have no friends and no one to talk to. You were the first person that wouldn't leave the table as soon as I sat down!" Tears were coming to my face. "Justina I don't like you!" He screamed. "I can't loose my best friend cause some random girl has a crush on me!" I was literally balling inside. "You're right, you'd loose your popularity and your friends for some random girl!" "You are being so dramatic!" I had it with him. "Then why did you save me from the car fire!" I yelled back. "I'm sorry that I don't want people to die!" I didn't look at him any more, I couldn't. "You know what. I wish I'd rather die in the car fire then be with you. You self-centered idiot."
I raised my had up as if I was going to slap him. With my cold tears running down my face I took a deep breath and I put my hand down. "I hate you." i mumbled towards him. "Okay, whatever." He rolled his eyes and was about to sit back down when. I grabbed him by the shirt just as River would and I punched him right in the face.
All I heard was that I almost broke his nose. And yeah I also got suspended. But it was worth it.