I would die for you, but I won't live for you -Niall Horan au

six

This wasn’t really a graduation party, it was a party for the end of the school year, which meant that all grades where invited. There was a theme every year and I guess the theme for this year we had to dress up. Ri and I walked in the front door and were surrounded by girls in dresses and guys in suits.

The party had already started about an hour ago, so people were either drunk, or half way there. Riley grabbed a drink and handed it to me. I wasn’t a big drinker, and when I do drink, I don’t get totally wasted. That’s only happened once. And it was not pretty.

I ended up hooking up with this guy that Riley liked and she wouldn’t talk to me for a month. It was bad. Maybe that’s why I don’t get totally shitfaced when I drink anymore. “I’ll be right back.”

I watched as Riley made her way to a group of really cute boys. Even when Zayn was around she was always such a flirt. I thought it was because she was trying to make him jealous, but now that he’s gone, I can see it’s just her personality. She was just a natural flirt.

I found a group of friends I had started getting really close to in the past year. They were great,  but they weren’t the boys. It wasn’t the same. “Payton! There you are!” Adam cheered, giving me a hug. “Hey.” I smiled. We talked for a bit until Riley came over with a grin on her face. I knew that look.

I pulled her away from the people we were with, to a room that had less people. “What did you do?” I asked, smirking at her. She raised an eyebrow but didn’t say anything. “With a boy.” I rolled my eyes.

She smiled and looked at the ground. “We may have made out… but that’s all.” She mumbled. I laughed, causing her to grin at me. “What am I going to do with you?” I laughed. Riley shrugged and laughed with me.

“What one is he?” I asked. She pulled me towards the entry of the room. I watched her scan the room for this boy. Her eyes suddenly widened and she didn’t seem as happy as before. “What’s wrong?” I asked her. She blinked a couple times then continued looking through the crowd.

I looked in the direction she had been looking a moment ago but didn’t see anything that would make her upset. “There!” I looked where she was pointing. He was really cute. He had blonde hair, styled kinda like Justin Bieber. He was also tall. “Nice pick Riley.” I smiled at her.

“Thanks.” She mumbled, scanning through the group of people again. What was she looking for now? I looked around the room with her until I heard my name. I saw Adam waving me over with a smile on his face. I walked towards him, smiling back.

“Guess what!” He exclaimed. I was used to him being excited, but never this excited. “Um... what?” I asked. Adam opened his mouth to speak but was interrupted. “Payton!” I turned to see Riley pushing through the crowd of people. “What?” I asked when she finally got to me.

She took a moment to catch her breath before speaking. “We have to leave. Now.” She huffed. I tried to ask her what she was talking about but she had already ran out the front door. I called after her, but sudden screaming drowned my voice.

I turned back to Adam, who had a confused look on his face. “What was that about?” he asked. I shrugged and said, “No idea, its Riley.” That was the same thing we used to say about the boys and no doubt they said it about us.

“Anyways, guess what?” he said again. I went to ask what it was when I got a tap on the shoulder. I turned around and saw the five boys I hadn’t ever expected to see again. “Hi.” Zayn smiled. I looked at them. They didn’t look different at all. “Can we talk?” Liam asked.

I simply shook my head and ran out the door to my car where Riley was waiting. “Let’s go.” I said, jumping into the drivers seat.