The home of the lost

Party night p.2

I laughed "fine, I have nothing else to do" I gave in keeping a stronghold on my cup as she pulled me through the other groups of people standing around. She stopped in what I would assume to be the dining room but the table and chairs had all been moved out, in the middle of the room on various bean bags and cushions were about 20 people. I sat next to Kim taking the last available cushion looking around the circle of people, Jayden and the boys were in the circle apart from Connor who was leaning on the wall watching from behind them, in total there was 24 people, 13 girls and 11 boys.

Lyndsey grinned looking around at the group leaning forward putting an empty cava bottle in the centre, I could see Josie getting more and more excited a few people away from me she was practically bouncing "can I go first?!" she asked biting her lip.
Lyndsey laughed but nodded "sure go ahead, then it's the person to the right of who you land on" she explained sitting back on her bean bag.
Josie moved closer to the bottle before spinning it with barely enough power to make it rotate completely twice, it slowed and came to a stop pointing at Benny who was Frankie's roommate. She blushed, suddenly going all shy, as Benny got up and moved over to her tilting her head up and softly kissing her, it only lasted a few moments before he broke the kiss and winked at her going back over to his seat and leaning back with a proud smile on his face. When Frankie made no move to spin the bottle, he nudged him with his elbow "your spin man" he nodded towards the bottle.

Frankie looked up "oh yeah, sorry" he smiled and moved forward giving the bottle a heavy spin before quickly moving back, it spun for a while before slowing down by me, but finally coming to a stop in front of Rosie who was sat on my other side. I held back a groan realising I would be spinning next as Rosie got up and walked over to Frankie, she looked really awkward about having to kiss him but gave him a quick peck on the lips and walked back to me with a shy smile on her face plopping back down next to me. The guys all laughed at Frankie who was confused, he shrugged and sat back down wanting to move on with the game.
I clearly didn't move quick enough for Kim who pushed me forward with a laugh "go on spin it!" she urged with a grin making the rest of my friends laugh.
I shook my head at her and spun the bottle moving away as to not catch it "there, happy?" I laughed at her watching the bottle turn a few times coming to a standstill in front of Samson. I bit my lip and got up straightening my skirt out I could feel everyone's eyes on us and it scared me, my friends, guys included, knew that I had never been kissed before and this would be my first.
I run my hand through my hair as I met Samson in the middle of the cleared circle, he smiled softly putting one hand on my waist the other coming up and cupping my cheek drawing me closer to him. His lips barely brushed my own as he whispered "relax" tilting his head and kissing me properly, his lips were rougher than what I imagined them to be but he treated me as if I would disappear from beneath his fingers at any moment. It was almost a minute later when I finally pulled away my breathing shallow I leant my head into his hand not wanting to open my eyes and break the spell of the moment, but the sounds of clapping and whistles broke it for me. I fully pulled away pushing my hair behind my ear as I looked up at him my face red hot from blushing, I quickly went and sat back down leaning against Kim's bean bag and tucking my feet under me.

Samson looked at me for a long moment before sitting back down running his fingers through his hair messing it up smiling a completely genuine smile, turning his gaze to me and for the first time this year I couldn't read Samson at all and it shocked me how close we had grown over the last 3 months.
It was only when Rowan took his turn that the haze over my brain seemed to lift I looked up and saw that his spin had landed on Lyndsey and was now making-out off to the side of the circle. Kim got fed up of waiting for the pair to detangle themselves and grabbed the bottle spinning it fiercely watching it as it turned around the circled once... twice... three times stopping before it could do a fourth. Everyone looked mildly shocked as the bottle landed on Josie who just shrugged getting up and planting a short passionate kiss on Kim, clearly the alcohol was working by giving her confidence in herself.
I whistled laughing at my friends as Kim dropped to the bean bag in shock "holy shit... the girl can kiss better than most my exes" she commented absent-minded, I patted her arm as the order was forgotten and people just took a turn when they could.
Benny grabbed the bottle first twirling it carelessly it stopped just after one of the girls in my Literature classes, I think her name was Sophie, she went to get up when I called out over the circle "it is passed you actually" I smiled pointing at the bottle and following the line of the neck across to Frankie "sorry, just thought we should at least play properly" I shrugged innocently.
I saw Frankie shoot me a glare as he got up "whatever, let's do this" he sighed waiting for Benny to get up as well. Benny laughed jumping up to his feet "don't be like that" he teased Frankie before downing the last of his beer, pulling Frankie closer by the collar of his shirt kissing him roughly then letting him go and pushing him away.
"you need more practice" he shrugged and walked off to get himself another beer leaving Frankie stood there in shock looking like a fish most the guys around him made some form of comment while the girls giggled.

Kim and I were talking about her kiss with Josie for the next two turns while people from the year above us grabbed their turns. I didn't really know any of them so didn't take too much interest in their actions, it was only when Samson picked up the bottle that I turned my attention back to the game.
The bottle narrowly went past me and I could see the disappointment on Samson's face as it did so, but the fact it had landed on Kim made me laugh to myself. She looked down at me from her higher seat and shook her head getting up kissing his cheek quickly.
"Sorry, your... cute?" she offered "I'm just not into guys" she explained with a laugh leaning in and whispering something to him making him grin wickedly.
He nodded "I'll keep that in mind" they both laugh and fist bump before each going back to their seats it was clear to me and the girls that Kim was now plotting something and I didn't like that thought when it also involved Samson.

I looked at the time 11 pm "girls this is the last round I'm playing then I'm going to get another drink and start making sure those of us going back in the taxi are ready to go" I say over the music which had been getting louder over the last 10 minutes. They looked around and nodded the circle which had started at 24 people was now down to 13 people and clearly no longer that interesting for most of those remaining.
I swapped seats with Rosie so I could sit next to Josie who had been looking a little pale when I got shoved in the back by Rosie. I turned to look at her "what?" I frowned she could see I was looking after our friend, she pointed at the bottle which was pointed directly at me. I looked around the circle and saw that Jayden was stood waiting for me with a proud smirk, I got up walking over to him.
He cupped my face with both hands kissing me softly, my hands were pressed against the material covering his chest, his hands moving slowly one threading itself in my hair holding me close as the other slid down my side to my waist. I was about to break the kiss when he nipped at my lower lip asking permission to deepen the kiss I gently pushed against him breaking the kiss, my lips moist from our short make-out session.
I looked up at him with a soft smiled before turning away from him, I felt so conflicted when we kissed the spark was there however, he's never given me a chance since his birthday 2 years ago to really get to know him. Samson, on the other hand, would always be telling me something about himself or his life before St Angela's, he made me feel truly special.

I shook my head fixing myself another drink not focusing on the measure of vodka just pouring it till I felt good about it, I downed it in a few mouthfuls holding the table as I felt the rush in my brain slamming the cup down before looking for the various groups of people who needed to be getting ready within the next 15 minutes for the taxi.
I met up with the girls and everyone else at 11:25 pm getting in the taxi and leaning my head on Kim's shoulder the whole ride back, barely speaking to anyone as I got lost in my own thoughts and went straight to bed only stopping to kick my shoes off and wipe away my makeup, snuggling under my covers tormented by my own personal angel and demon that I decided to deal with in the morning.