Tragedy Brings Forth reality

Chpt 5- Party

Selena
Taylor pulled open my wardrobe and started throwing random pieces of clothes all over the place. I groaned as a pair of denims fell on my head. I tugged at the legs, pulling it from my head and laid it on the bed. I didn't want to go to this party. I never want to go any parties. They always forcing me. "How about this?" Taylor says holding up a red dress with spaghetti straps. It was too short and too small and my breast would be popping out if it.

"No" I said shaking my head.

"Why do you buy it and you won't wear them?" She asks throwing it across the room. I watched as the dress landed on my dresser and sighed. 

"I specifically remember you dragging me to a store and buying me that because you think I have nothing sexy" I said restating her own words she used on me a few months ago. She chuckled.

"You are lost hope" Taylor sighed defeatedly. "I cannot get you to change your fashion sense" she pulls a black crop top and some white high waist jeans out of my closet and hold it up. "How bout these?" I could hear the hopefulness in her voice.

"I like them" I said and she grinned like she just won a prize. She threw them at me and continued to rampage through my clothes.

"Where's your mom?" Taylor asks, stealing a quick glance at me before stuffing her head into my wardrobe again.

"She went to work" I said. I climbed off the bed, getting down on my knees and pulled the sheets up. I grabbed my phone and turned the flashlight on to search for my black Clarks. "Taylor" I called, sitting down on the floor after finding my shoes. I laid my back against the bed, looking up at her and Taylor stopped what she was doing and whirled around.

"Yeah" she asks. She held two hangers both filled with clothes from each other and turned the her full attention on me.

"Why are we going to a party that we don't want to?" I ask curiously. Taylor had this wondering look on her face as she hummed. "Aren't you the ones that are creeped out by the hosts"

"I don't know why we're going?" Taylor says and turns back to the wardrobe. "I guess we just want to go out and get our minds off some stuff"

"Hey guys" my room door was pushed open and Alyson walked in. She was wearing a white miniskirt that didn't even reach her mid thigh and a red crop top and black jacket with black boots. "You ready?" She looks at me then Taylor. "Why aren't you dressed?"

"Where's Elena and Cassie?" I ask. Cassie still hasn't said a word to me and I haven't said a word to her.

"They're waiting for you guys in the car" she replies. I could tell she started drinking already. I could smell the vodka all the way from where I sat.

"Who drove here?" Taylor asks, facing her. I guess she smelt the alcohol too.

"Cassie, why?" Alyson questions.

"Nothing" I said getting up off the floor. I grabbed my clothes off the bed and walked to the bathroom. "I'll be back in a minute"

"Don't take too long" Taylor shouts as I close the door.

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Taylor
I stepped into the house, after shoving through a bunch of sweaty, half drunk kids. The loud music blared through out the house and I could even hear it from half way down the block. Alyson shouted something over the music before making her way towards the kitchen. I looked at Selena who was clutching to her jacket nervously as she looked around. This is definitely not her scene. I followed her line of sight after she scrunched her face up in disgust. There was a couple literally eating each others face on the couch.

I scrunched my face up too. Cassie and Elena wondered into the party, probably going to look something to drink. "You want something to drink?" I leant close to Selena's ear and whispered. She nodded and I pull her with me to the kitchen. The guy serving the drinks smiled at us. He handed me a cup of what smelt like rum and cedar. I grabbed a beer off the table and handed it to Selena.

"Don't drink too much, okay?" I told her and she nodded. I turned the cup to my head and quickly downed all the liquid inside. It left a stinging feeling in my throat.  I handed my cup to the bartender and seconds later he passed it back, completely filled with alcohol.

Alyson came towards me, hips swaying to the music playing. "Wanna dance?" She leans close to me and shouts. I nodded but remembered I had to keep an eye on Selena.

"I'll be fine by myself" Selena says. After seeing my reluctance to leave her alone she chuckled. "I'll go find Elena" I nodded feeling a little better. Alyson took my hand in hers and started leading me to the dance floor. I threw a hand over her shoulder and pulled her close to me as soon as space was made for us in the hallway. We both started swaying to the music, and grinding on each other.

Over her shoulder I saw Luca, he was staring at me while squeezing the cup in his hand tightly. A guy came up to him and whispered something in his ear and he seemed to calm down. I turn my attention back to Alyson and took a huge gulp of the alcohol in my cup. I twirled her around as she brought her mouth to her cup to take a sip of whatever was in it.

"You're not bad" Alyson says, smiling. She threw her cup somewhere before both her hands were around my neck. I placed my hands on her hip and we both edged closer to each other.

"You're not so bad yourself" I leaned my face against hers and whispered in her ear. She bursts into giggles and I couldn't help but laugh too.

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Cassie
I grabbed two beer bottles off the table and walked out of the kitchen without saying not as much as a word to either Elena or Selena. I pulled the pack of cigarettes out of my pocket with the matches I got from the kitchen. I sat down at one of the benches near the trees outside and lit my cigar. I took a quick draw before resting my head back on the bench and stared up at the sky. I could hear the music and some of the kids shouting from inside.

I blew out the smoke in a puff of cloud and watched as it disappeared. I sat up and took one of the beers and downed almost half of it in one gulp. Taylor and Alyson are busy dancing, Elena and Selena are drinking and I'm out here smoking in complete silence. I couldn't ask for anything else but this.

Footsteps were approaching me and I spun around quickly to see Mikhail walking towards the bench, hand in his pockets. He had this unreadable look on his face. "Why are you here, love?" He asks, as he looked down at me. I rip the cigarette out of my mouth and shot him a glare. Did he just ask me that?

"Excuse me?" I pull back to stare at his face. I scoffed and shake my head. "I was invited and if you don't mind I'd like to be left alone in silence" I snorted inwardly. Asshole. I shrunk back on the bench and stared out at the road and the cars that pass by.

"You shouldn't be here Cassidy, none of you should" I shot up quickly. God I hate that name so much. That's why I go with Cassie.

"Dude you're really creepy" I said as I put a hand out to keep distance between us. "And your brothers are creepy and its really starting to freak me out" I was being honest.

"Leave before midnight" he says, glancing up at the moon. He looks down at me and sighs. "I don't want anything to happen to you so listen, okay?"

"Du-" I heard this crashing sound come from across the street and I turn my attention there quickly to see what happened. The road was empty. Not a car or person in sight. "Now seriously what is your pr-" I stop when I noticed he was no longer here.

What is wrong with him?