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"Holy shit..." Ty's jaw dropped open in shock. The students of Midtown had clearly let loose at this party. A couple was having a rather heated make-out session on the couch, some were playing beer-pong in the kitchen, and the rest were just moshing to the beat of Flash Thompson's DJing.
"This. Is. Amazing," Ned grinned, his eyes wrinkling at the corners.
"Can't believe you came to this lame party," A girl greeted them with disdain. Theo recognized her as Michelle Jones, a dark-skinned girl in the acadec team that mostly kept to herself and her books.
"But you're here too," Ned replied slowly.
Michelle narrowed her brown eyes, taking a bite of a pastry in her hand, "Am I?" And with that, she walked off. Theo's eyebrows furrowed, confused about that whole interaction before he saw Liz approach them out of the corner of his eye.
"Oh, hey guys! You made it!" She greeted, setting down a red solo cup. "Cool hat, Ned!"
Ned blushed a bit, a wide smile plastered on his face as he patted his cowboy hat. "I'm so glad you guys came! There's pizza and drinks. Help yourself!" Liz continued as she smoothed out her floral blouse.
"Hey, there, Liz." Ty said, stepping forward from Theo's side. "Dare I say, you look beautiful tonight." Theo felt like swallowing himself. Has Ty ever talked to a girl at all?
"Um... thank you, Ty." Liz said through a tight-lipped smile as Theo yanked his friend back.
"Yeah, this is a great party!" Peter quipped, nervous but slightly better than Tyler's unnecessary comment. Liz beamed, opening her mouth to respond when the sound of shattering glass made her look away. "Oh, I- my parents are gonna kill me if anything's broken, so I gotta go," She apologized quickly.
"Thanks for inviting us, Liz," Theo waved as the girl walked off. Just then, Flash chose that moment to interrupt.
"Aye, look who it is, Penis Parker!" The teen said as he placed a blunt in between his lips. His dark hair bounced as he laughed, blowing a puff of smoke in their faces, "Where's your buddy Spiderman, huh?" He asked Peter, rounding on the shorter boy mercilessly.
"Back off, Flash," Theo said, placing himself between the bully and Peter, "go back to DJing, yeah?"
"Come on, pal. No hard feelings, but you need to learn how to lighten up," He insisted obnoxiously, passing his blunt to him. Theo pushed it away roughly, his eyes glowering.
"No, I don't do that shit," He said, shaking his head, "Now are you going to bugger off or are you going to bother us all night?" Flash scowled in response, taking a hit from the blunt before stalking back to the living room.
Peter gave Ned a surprised look. Theo seemed like the type that would go absolutely crazy during parties, but he was simply standing there, a content smile on his lips now that Flash had left them alone.
