“Hi everyone,” I smiled, waving at the crowd.
People yelled back at me. I wasn’t nervous this time. The crowd was already pumped, and I knew they would respond to anything, even if I just sat there singing showtunes. Heidi and D.C. were poised in their spots in the audience to start craziness in case people got weird.
Dave winked at me, and I blew him a kiss as I started singing The Way You Do the Things You Do by UB40. We’d punked it up, and it was way fun. Everyone got all into it. In the next song, Dave sang the harmony with me, and so he pulled me over to him, put his bass over my head, and we sang into the same mic, both underneath his guitar strap. We rocked.
After the show, we were going to go to some massive party, and so we didn’t even stay to see the bands after us. We all piled in cars and rushed over there. I was still all sweaty when we arrived.
“I’m thirsty as butt!” I said, hopping out of the car.
“Let’s go then,” Dave grabbed my hand and we smushed into the packed house.
Sipping on “punch”, we all gathered on the back patio where some loud music was playing. I was really hyper, jumping up and down, and tingling all over. D.C. and Heidi and I danced, being crazy. It was good time summer fun.
After about two cups of punch, I started feeling all dizzy. I sat myself down by the wooden fence in the shadows by the corner of the yard.
“Are you okay?” Dave went with me.
I couldn’t speak, I just held my head.
“There’s not that much alcohol in here,” he took my cup from me, sipping it to make sure there were no foreign substances in it.
I lay down on the ground and watched the party spin around my head. I felt nauseous and spacey.
“Tay?” he bent down next to me, “Wake up.”
I could hear him, but I couldn’t oblige. I couldn’t even keep my eyes open.
“D.C.!” he called. I think I could feel him lifting up my head.
“What?” he voice was coming closer.
“Get Heidi.”
There was a pause, and all I could hear was the thumping pulse of the music. “Is she all right?” Heidi’s voice broke through, close to my ear.
“I don’t know,” Dave sounded worried, “I think maybe someone put something in her drink or something.”
“I know what this is,” Heidi said.
Everything went silent.
I woke up in my bed. Dave, Heidi, and D.C. were on the floor next to my bed, all sleeping soundly. My head was throbbing. What the hell had happened? It was dark. I was scared. My hands were shaking, and there were a significant amount of tears in my eyes.
“Guys?” I whispered, but no one stirred. “Guys, please?”
D.C. opened her eyes first. She kicked Dave and came up to the side of the bed. She felt my forehead. “What the hell, Tay?” she asked.
“What?” I mumbled.
“What happened to you?” she asked.
“I don’t know,” I almost burst into tears.
“It’s okay,” Dave said, suddenly at my side. He brushed my hair out of my face. “That was some scary sh*t, Tay.”
“What happened?” I asked him.
“You passed you or something. Heidi said that’s happened before.”
“It has,” I sighed, “Last time I had to go to the hospital.”
“We were going to take you, but D.C. was afraid we’d get in trouble.”
“Don’t blame it on me,” D.C. hit his arm.
“Go get her some water,” Dave shooed her away. She gave him a dirty look but obeyed him.
“Do you want to go to the hospital?” he asked.
“I think I’m okay,” I said, sitting up in bed. Suddenly, panic shook my body, “Dave!” I almost screamed, tears leaking out, “Dave, I can’t feel my legs!”
