Falling into Place

Chapter One

I found myself at another lame-ass party just to get away from the sounds of my parents' screams. As I walked through the halls of some random frat house, I saw guys on girls, girls on girls, guys on guys. Drunk and horny teenagers don't really object much when it involves sex. Ev'rywhere I looked, all I could see was sex, alcohol, drugs, and party games that are only fun if you're drunk or high. Ev'ry time I inhaled, the smell of weed filled my nostrils. Ah... I love that smell.

Suddenly, the smell of cigarettes and whiskey filled the air. I turned to see none other than Joshua Tyler Steed. Josh's dad was friends with my dad, so we practically grew up together.

"Hey Avey Mavey," Josh said because he knew how much it annoyed me.

"Hello Joshua," I replied with no emotion.

"Wanna smoke?" He held out a cigarette towards me.

"Why the hell not?" I said and grabbed it. He pulled a lighter out of his pocket and lit it for me before lighting his own.

"What a lame party, am I right?" He let out a cloud of smoke.

"Yeah. There's nothing fun to do around here."

"Ya know what this party needs?" He smirked.

"What?"

"7 Minutes in Heaven."

"No."

"Aww come on Avey Mavey."

"No! And stop callin' me that!" I snapped.

"What's wrong Avey Mavey? You scared of who the gods'll pair ya with?"

"There ain't any gods."

"Well there ain't with an attitude like that."

"Fine..." I grumbled.

Josh and I went around to recruit a group of teenagers drunk, high, and horny enough to play a game of 7 Minutes of Heaven with. I chugged a bottle of beer in case I ended up with some pig that no one wants to make out with. On the bright side, what happens in the closet stays in the closet.

We had a group of about 10 people. We each wrote down our names and put them in a hat. Josh explained the rules for those first-time partyers. Then, it was time. He shook the hat around and drew two names. It ended up being two random people I'd never seen before. Apparently, they were already dating, so that wasn't juicy enough, and the crowd decided we should draw again. A random red-headed girl asked if she could draw the names this time.

"Sure. Why not?" Josh said and passed the hat to her.

She made a show out of drawing the names. The crowd was into it, but I thought she was just bein' ridiculous. Eventually I stopped paying attention, and then I heard it:

"Ava Mae!"

Oh shit. What loser is it gonna be this time?

"Annnnnnnnd... DRUM ROLL PLEASE!"

"Oh please just say the damn name already!" I yelled growing more and more annoyed.

"Josh Steed!" The red-headed girl exclaimed.

Everyone gasped. As much as Josh and I sleep around all the time, everyone in town knows we'd never do anything with each other.

"Alright. Come on Avey Mavey," Josh said in a sing-songy tune. A smirk plastered on his face as he walked toward the open closet. I rolled my eyes and followed him inside, shutting the door behind me.