To All The Girls That I've Loved

Yu Yan

It was ten in the evening in a big house where party lights were flickering and the music was on the beat. It was loud but no one could be bothered as it was a private property where it was distant to other neighboring houses. A student from the South XX Private School just threw a house party. His parents were on a business trip to Dubai, so he was left alone with his maids. He sent invitations on his social media. Some of the students who came were from different private schools who received the invitation, of course not all who received came because they didn't personally know the person. Also, their parents wouldn't allow them because who in the right mind would allow their children to go to some party? And house parties are for Western culture. As for Xiaotang and Sunrui, they didn't ask permission to go, they sneaked out of the house to attend the party of the person who they didn't quite know. Xiaotang received the invitation and it was nice to bring Sunrui along with her. So she told Sunrui to tell her parents that she'd be sleeping over her house. Of course, her parents approved since Xiaotang is their daughter's best friend, and they've known her since they were in elementary.

When Sunrui and Xiaotang entered the house they observed the surroundings first if they knew anyone. The room was loud with music that wasn't good for conversations. The lights were cool as it was flickering with the beat of the music. There was a large table for boozes and foods, a table for beer pongs, and a karaoke machine for whoever wanted to sing. There were a lot of people in the place; they were dancing to the beat of the music, playing beer pongs, talking with each other, drinking, smoking, and some strangers making out on the other side. Sunrui and Xiaotang were excited, they thought this party will be their best experience in their high school life.

"Aiyamaya, this is great."

"What do you want to drink?"

"What?" Sunrui couldn't hear her, the music was too loud.

"I said, what do you want to drink?" Xiaotang said aloud.

"Aiyama, when did you start drinking?" Sunrui was surprised.

"Now is the time to start." She pulled Sunrui to the table where boozes and foods were served.

They party hard like there was no tomorrow.

Beers.

Dancing.

Tequila shot.

Beers.

Vodka.

Dancing.

Shouting in joy.

Tequila shot.

Singing.

Beer pong.

Tequila shot.

And more tequila shots.

Xiaotang was intoxicated and blacked-out from all of it.

The next day, she woke up having a bad headache, dry throat, and sore body. Her head was spinning, everything of her was aching; her thighs and front bottom were sore. She rubbed her eyes, it was blurry; she tried to adjust her vision so she could see clearly. The room wasn't familiar, she knew for the fact that it wasn't hers. She immediately tapped the person beside her, she was feeling confused and nervous at the same time. She called the person beside her, "Sunrui, Sunrui, Sunrui," there wasn't a reply; she shook her to wake her up. "Sunrui, wake up!"

"What?" The person next to her had finally woken-up, rubbing her eyes; she didn't have any clothes on. "It's still early," her tone was pissed.

Xiaotang was surprised to see who it was. She wasn't Sunrui. She didn't know the person next to her. She looked under the sheets, she realized she was naked; they were BOTH naked. She tried to process the situation and came up with a conclusion. "Did we just have sex?"