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THREE SOBER UP
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Another weekend, another boneyard party. Helena really was getting sick of this routine, knowing at this rate all of her friends (herself included) would be alcoholics by the time it was even legal for them to be drinking. At least this time, her friends were in a better mood than they were before. Helena had cut herself off a bit ago and was beginning to sober up as the moon began to rise in the sky. She really didn't know what she was doing here, but as long as she got to spend time with her friends she didn't mind too much. Boneyard parties weren't usually this boring, but Helena didn't mind the calm all that much.
"Girl, where's your head?" Tanya interrupted her thoughts as she leaned on her best friend's shoulder, "You're really quiet tonight, what's up?"
Helena shrugged, "Just thinkin' about some things. Do you guys wanna head home soon?"
Every one of the girls nodded, Evie speaking up, "Are you thinking about JJ? I know he took you home last weekend, everything okay with you two?"
"You act like they're actually in a relationship, Eves," Haily piped up with a taunting laugh, "My sister is much too commitment-phobic to partake in such activities. Not to mention JJ is not boyfriend material in any sense of the word. Maybe in middle school, but now? He's gonna end up Cut garbage just like his daddy."
"Don't say that shit about him," Helena exclaimed with teeth bared, surprising herself by jumping to JJ's defense. Normally she just let her friends talk shit about him. After all, he was the embodiment of Pogue trash, but it was only okay when she said it. "Just because he's poor doesn't mean he's not nice. We were poor once, too, Hailey. You always tell me I'm such a rich bitch, but has your faux-communist ass looked in the mirror lately?"
"God, you're such a bitch all the time," Hailey scoffed. She went to stand up, but the alcohol coursing through her veins caused her to stumble enough for Evie to pull her back down. Helena laughed, but there was no humor behind it.
"Can't you guys just be nice to each other for once?" Maude asked, her voice desperate, but her eyes were drawn to something else before anyone else could respond to her question. "Oh, shit, speak of the devil, is that JJ talking to Sarah Cameron? Topper is gonna throttle him, what are they thinking?"
Helana scoffed, "Yeah as if Topper is gonna do anything about it."
However, she was proved wrong as soon as she turned around to see Topper land a punch square in John B's face. So, it appears Topper did have some balls on him; interesting development. John B went down and soon enough a full-fledged fight broke out. The girls stood and began to group together but something in Helena caused her to step forward away from the group.
