The girls were hanging out, deciding what their plans were going to be for New Years Eve.

Kelli-Well if we can’t think of anything to do, I just found this flyer for this huge party in the city. Tons of people from the tri-state area are gonna be there.
Holly-Ooh I heard about that…It’s gonna be a massive party.
Kayla-Let’s go…and we should invite the guys too…
Kristen-Oh cool! What am I going to wear? Kayla…I think it’s time we go shopping…

The girls talked to the guys and they agreed to go to the party. All of the girls told their parents they were sleeping over “Rachel’s House” (Even though they really weren’t) and the guys said they were sleeping over “Mark’s House” (Even though they really weren’t).

The night of the party came, and Frankie drove the other guys to the party, while Kelli was taking the other girls.
Kelli-Um Hol, what do the directions say now?
Holly-It says turn left at the light…Right at Main Street…Go down 6 ½ blocks…Make a quick left onto 34th street…Drive down till you pass Butch’s tattoo parlor…
Diana-Wait, wait wait…You can’t go down 6 ½ blocks…
Kayla-Why not?
Diana-Because there’s no such thing as ½ a block…It would be like going into someone’s drive way…
Kelli-Can you repeat that?
Kristen-Are we lost?
Kelli-No of course not…She said in a worried voice…

Meanwhile, Frankie who knew his way around the city, picked up the guys and drove to the party… When they got there…
Chris-We’ve arrived! Now the fun can begin…
Greg-iight…This is NOW a happening party…
Jesse-Damn…Look at those girls over there…Ouch!
Frankie-You all have girlfriends…You should be ashamed of yourselves…
The phone rings and Matt picks it up…
Matt-Hello?
Kelli-UH! We’re lost and we’re probably not gonna be at the party for at least another hour…She hangs up the phone…
Matt-Hello? Hello?? Uh…Moodddy…Oh well…
He walks over to the guys and tells them that the girls are gonna be late because they’re lost…
Greg-Well then for the next hour, we’re single men… Matt-Hell yea…
Chris-Now let’s go and get our mack on…
Frankie-You guys are pigs…You HAVE girlfriends…
Jesse-Dude, we’re just kidding. We do know we have girlfriends…Who wants to go get punch?

Meanwhile…at the party…Kerri, Jana, and Mandy who were now the three best of friends spotted the guys without their girlfriends…
Kerri-Girls, I think it’s time we make our move…
Jana-Let them have some more punch first…

Meanwhile, by the punch bowl…
Matt-Maybe we shouldn’t drink this…It could be spiked…
Chris-Dude, who cares…Live it up…It’s New Years…
Jesse-What’s a little spiked punch gonna do anyway?
Greg-And besides…we’ll all look out for eachother…We got eachother’s backs…
Chris-And if that doesn’t work out, we’ll always have Frankie because he can’t drink anyway cause he’s a responsible driver.
Frankie-Well I wouldn’t drink that crap anyway…I prefer a nice closed can of Sprite…unspiked…I’ll see you boys later…I’m gonna get my Sprite and sit on the couch and wait for the girls to get here.
Matt-Party pooper…
Greg-Matt, since when are you Mr. Party?
Matt-I enjoy an alcoholic beverage now and then…
Greg- (Turns to Chris) What would I do of you weren’t in this group? Me and you are the only normal ones…
Chris-I hear you bro…

Kerri, Jana and Mandy were planning on how to make their move on the guys.

Matt-Ohhh no.
Chris-Dude, what’s wrong?
Matt-She’s here…
Chris-Who?
Matt-THE WILD WILDA BEAST!!!!
Chris-Who?
Matt-Veronica!
Chris-Ooh Matt! Go get her! He says pushing Matt and his drink onto Veronica.
Veronica-Hey sexy! I didn’t know you were going to be here…
Matt-Well neither did I…Um, sorry about spilling my drink on you…Better be going…Ta-ta…
Veronica-Not so fast…Clean this off of me…
Matt-I rather not…I have to go…Bedtime…He says running past Chris…
Chris- (Says to himself) Bedtime? Is that the best he could do…I have to teach that boy…He has a lot to learn.

After a few more drinks of the “punch”, Greg was getting a bit tipsy and he started going up to girls with his “best” pickup-lines…
Greg-Is your name American Express? No, that doesn’t sound right…He says slurring his words a bit…No…Mastercard…
Girl-Huh? Loser, go away…
Greg-But…um your name MUST be…VISA, cause you’re everywhere I wanna be. Yea, that’s it…
Girl-What a lame pick-up line…Freak.

The “punch” was affecting Chris in a different way…Instead of him sluring his words and not really knowing what he was saying, he was jumping off the walls like a monkey…
Chris-Let’s get the party started!
NSYNC comes on the speakers just then and Chris hops up on a table and starts his attempt at break dancing…
Frankie in the other room, can see Chris and he just rolls his eyes…
Chris-C’mon everybody…Let’s dance!
Jana sees Chris dancing on the table, and sees that her “chance” is available…
Jana-Oooh Kerrio…Mandio…I’ll be back in a little bit…My man is over there…
Mandy-Go get em’!
Jana seductively walks over to the table Chris is on…
Jana-Heyy…
Chris-Hey girl…You wanna dance?
Jana-Sure…She hops up onto the table as “I Turn to You” by Melanie C. comes on the speakers.
The two start dancing as Kerri and Mandy cheer them on…
Frankie is in the next room, staring at Chris and Jana with his mouth wide open…
Frankie-What the hell is he doing? What is he doing to Kristen? I knew they shouldn’t have drank that punch! I hope the girls get here fast…I can’t control them by myself…He says to himself…

Jesse was STILL over by the punch bowl, an hour later…Still drinking…
Jesse-This is really good punch…He says talking to a guy he doesn’t know…What is in it?
Guy-I dunno.
Jesse-Oh, well it’s still good…I think I’ll have another cup…
Guy-I don’t care…
Just then Matt walks over by Jesse…
Matt-Is she over by you Jes?
Jesse-Huh?
Matt-Veronica…the wild wilda beast…I’ve been hiding from her all night…
Jesse-Uh, no…Not here…Just me and the punch.
Matt-Um yeah Jesse…Maybe you should slow it down on the punch…
Jesse-Uh-uh…It’s tooooo good. Try some Matty ol’ boy….
Matt-Ah, I’ll try some I guess…
Matt has a few cups of the “punch” (And if you haven’t gotten it by now, it’s spiked…Meaning the guys didn’t mean to drink…It’s not their fault…They didn’t know)

After a few more drinks Matt passes out and Jesse burst out laughing… Frankie saw Matt collapse and he ran up to Matt…
Frankie-Jesse, what the hell is wrong with you? What the hell is funny?
Jesse-Uhhh…I dunno. Matt’s drooling…and not moving…HAHA!
Frankie-Jesse, you’re coming with me…You’re getting drunk on this shit. C’mon…
Jesse-I’m not getting drunk…There’s no alcohol in here and I’m not leaving the punch bowl…
Frankie-You and Matt have had enough punch…Now help me wake Matt up.
Jesse-No…He said skipping into another room with a full cup of punch…
Frankie-(Smacks Matt) Wake up…Matt…Wakeee up!
Matt-I feel…yucky. Is it just me, or is the room spinning? Woah Frankie…I’m seeing 5 of you…Ha 5 Frankies…You could be the whole group of Dream Street.
Frankie-Matt, snap out of it…You’re hallucinating. Just then, Matt falls back asleep and Frankie picks him up, and brings him back to the couch…
Frankie-Uh, one down, three to go…

After Greg had been rejected 5 more times with his pickup lines, he decided to try one or two on Kerri.
Greg-Yo Ker-Ker…You mussst gotz a mirror in your pocket…
Kerri-Actually I do…Why?
Greg-Cause I see you in my pants…I mean in your pants…Wait, huh? I need more punch…
Kerri-Greggy, Greggy, Greggy…what you need, is to go upstairs with me…
Greg-Oh cool…Is there punch up there?
Kerri-Let’s go and see… They walk up the stairs, and they walk into one of the rooms…
Kerri-Well, well Greg…Here we are.
Greg-Is there punch in here? I don’t see any punch…You promised there was gonna be punch in here. I’m leaving…Thank you and good day. Huh? WHAT did I just say…
Kerri-You’re not going anywhere.
Greg-Uhh why?
Kerri-Um, because you’re not…
Greg-Uh, okay…So what do you wanna do?
Kerri-I thought you’d never ask…

Frankie was sitting on the couch, with Matt sleeping next to him…And all of a sudden, Matt sat up…
Matt-Frankie? I’m back. Let’s party.
Frankie-Go back to sleep.
Matt-Uh, uh…I’m going to walk around…Wait, why was I sleeping? And how did I get on the couch? Did you take advantage of me?
Frankie-Go away Matt…Thank me later for saving you.
Matt-Whatever…He says as he walks around the corner….
Matt is walking, when he bumps into David…(Matt’s younger brother)
Matt-David?
David-Matt?
Matt-WHAT are you doing here?
David-What are you doing here?
Matt-Chillen…partying…
David-Well so am I…
Matt-This party is too adult for you…It’s not meant for little kids.
David-Aren’t you suppose to be at Mark’s?
Matt-Aren’t YOU suppose to be somewhere?
David-Yea, here…
Matt-Wait…Mom let you come here? She wouldn’t let me!
David-Well then Matthew…It’s a little too adult for you…
Matt-You’re lying…Mommy wouldn’t let you come.
David-Well I’m here.
Matt-I’m telling Mommy.
David-I’m telling first…And I’m telling Dad you were drinking.
Matt-I wasn’t drinking.
David-C’mon Matt…You reak. You KNOW you were drinking.
Matt-I just had punch.
David-SPIKED punch.
Matt-It’s not spiked. Now, I’m going to get more punch…Go home.
David-I’m staying…See you around bro. Be good.
Matt-Likewise.

Jesse gallops over to Mandy…
Jesse-Hey Mandy! This is some GREAT punch…You gotta try this punch…You want some punch? He says holding two cups of it.
Mandy-Why would I want it from a cup, when I can get it from your mouth.
Jesse-Huh?
Mandy-I’ll show you what I mean.
Jesse-Um, can I get some more punch first? This is some good punch. I do love punch…I do, I do…It’s true…I love punch.

The girls FINALLY arrive, 2 hours late…
Kelli-FINALLY! See guys…I told you we weren’t lost.
Holly-Butch’s stupid tattoo parlor took us in the wrong direction.
Diana-(Sees Frankie sitting on the couch) Frankie!!!!
Frankie-Hey Diana! I’m soooooo glad you girls are here…It’s been one hell of a party. I can’t keep control of the other guys. And whatever you do…DON’T drink the punch…
Diana-Well I am pretty thirsty…Can you point me in the direction?
Frankie-No…I’m telling you…DON’T.
Kristen-Relax…We know not to drink or eat anything at THESE kinds of parties…
Holly-We’re not stupid.
Kelli-Yea, who WOULD drink this stuff?
Frankie-Greg, Matt, Chris and Jesse would…
Holly-What? They drank it…
Frankie-Yea a lot of it…I don’t even know where they are now. 15 minutes ago, Matt was sleeping passed out next to me…
Kelli-WHAT? I’ll kill the boy…He should know better.
Kristen-Where’s Chris?
Frankie-Uhh…Well last I saw him, he was dancing on a table…
Kayla-What about Jesse?
Frankie-He’s pretty much glued to the punch bowl. He’s always within 15 feet of it…
Holly-And Greg?
Frankie-Um, I’m not sure. I haven’t seen him in like an hour. Well he’s around here somewhere.
Diana-Well Frankie, I’m gonna stay with you, so I’ll see you girls later. Good luck finding the guys…
Girls-Thanks.
(After the girls leave)
Diana-Frankie, I’m so lucky to have you as my boyfriend…You’re a good boy.
Frankie-Yes, yes, I know…
Diana kisses him on the cheek.

Kristen and Kayla were off to find their guys…
Kayla-Is that Chris over there?
Kristen-Where? On the table?
Kayla-Who’s he with? He’s like grinding with some girl over there on top of the table?!?!
Kristen-Thank you for pointing that out Kayla…I can see that.
Kayla-If this is what Chris is doing, then I don’t even want to know what Jesse’s doing.
Kristen-Excuse me Kayla…But SOMEONE has some explaining to do…
Kristen stormed over to the table where they were dancing.
Kristen-CHRIS! WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING?
Chris-Oh hey babe…Me and uh, what’s your name?
Jana-Jana silly…
Chris-Oh…Well we were just dancing…Getting our freakkkk on. Yo, when did you get here? Have you had any punch yet?
Kristen-Uh! I just got here and NO I didn’t have any punch…But maybe I should go get some and go grind with another guy. And what the hell is your excuse?
Jana-Uh, mine? The punch…I swear. It’s the punch.
Kristen-Damn that punch…and you. Get away from my man. Wait, why do I want my man…He’s been cheating on me for…for…
Jana-3 hours, 17 minutes and 42 seconds.
Kristen-Psh…Shut up, I wasn’t asking you. Chris…I hope you are very happy with Jana.
Jana-Oh he will be…Don’t worry.
Chris-Huh? What?
Kristen storms off in search of Kayla…

Kayla was walking around the party trying to find Jesse, when she spotted the punch bowl…
Kayla-(Talking to herself) No…no punch. No hmm…I know Jesse has got to be around the punch bowl somewhere. She spots him…with some blonde all over him…But he was also all over her…
Kayla-MANDY?
She angrily walked over to Jesse and Mandy…
Kayla-EHM…WHAT is this?
Jesse-Oh hey! Want some punch!?! It’s real good! REEEAL good…Yup it is…I do love the punch. Very good tasting punch. Would you like some punch? I believe you’ll like the punch.
Kayla-NOI I don’t want any punch! And I don’t want you…AND YOU MANDY…Didn’t you learn your lesson the first time? I guess not…Well you better leave now and take Jesse with you…I don’t need any of you.
Jesse-Ookay…See you later. Are you sure you don’t want any punch?
Kayla-Would you like to BE punched? She said taking her fist about to hit Jesse, as Frankie and Diana ran up to stop her.
Kayla-Let me go! I’m gonna kill him! But her first!
Diana-Calm down Kayla…Breathe…It’s the punch…It’s not the real Jesse…The punch is totally changing them.
Kayla-Well then I’m getting some of this punch…She said running off…

Holly was looking all over for Greg…But she seemed to be having trouble finding him. She walked up the stairs, and walked into one of the rooms…No one was in there, so she opened the door to another one…Revealing Kerri making out with Greg.
Holly-What the…
Greg-Um…hi?
Holly-HER? YOU? GROSS! If you’re gonna cheat on me…you’re gonna do it with her? Now that’s just sick…
Kerri-Oh hello Holly…Wow you never told me that Greg was SUCH a great kisser…Grrrr.
Holly-Oh shut up…What the hell did you do to him?
Kerri-I didn’t do anything. He drank the punch all on his own.
Holly-So you USED my man?!?! Wait, what am I saying…He DOES know what he is doing…Or at least he knew what he was doing. Greg, I can’t believe you…Why would you do this?
Greg-I like punch?
Holly-Whatever. I don’t want to talk to you…or see you. And YOU Kerri…You’re such a pinheaded freak. Holly said slamming the door and leaving.

Kelli-Matt, where are you? She says to herself.
She hears cheering coming from the dining room, so she goes inside to see Matt stripping on a table, while there were girls all around him cheering, including Veronica.
Kelli-Oh my god…Matthew is that you? She says running up to the table…
Matt is shirt-less and the girls are going crazy.
Kelli-MATT! Put your shirt on now…C’mon we’re going…Show’s over ladies…Go get some men of your own and get a life…She says dragging Matt off into the other room.
Matt-What happened? Everyone was cheering…Where’s my shirt? I’m cold…He says passing out again.
Kelli calls for Frankie and Diana to help her with the passed-out Matt.

Frankie, Diana and Kelli all grab Matt from off the ground and take him outside and lay him down in Frankie’s car.
Frankie-They shouldn’t have drank the punch…
Kelli-The punch is evil. All it does is cause problems.
Matt-Apples are blue. Cars fly…Flowers are pretty. I wanna hold the doggy.
Diana-What’s wrong with him? What is he talking about?
Frankie-I have no clue. He’s delusional.
Kelli-He’s not going back in there. If I hadn’t found him, 5 minutes later, he would have been naked!
Frankie-Uh…bad thoughts…bad thoughts.

Kayla had just found her way to the punch bowl… She drinks a cup and walks away…bumping into some guy.
Kayla-Oh hey…sorry.
Guy-Hey…No problem.
Kayla-You’re kinda cute…What’s your name?
Guy-Thanks…I’m Brandon…
Kayla-Brandon…What a sexy name.
Brandon-What’s your name?
Kayla-I’m Kayla.
Brandon-That name sounds familiar…Are you Jesse’s girlfriend?
Kayla-Yes…well no…I’m his ex-girlfriend. And who are you?
Brandon-I’m Jesse’s best friend.
Kayla-Oh are you? She says with a sneaky smile.

5 minutes later, Kristen walks into the same room, Kayla is in…To find Kayla making out with some guy.
Kristen-Um Kayla…Who is he?
Kayla-Oh him? Um…what’s your name again?
Brandon-I’m Brandon.
Kayla-Oh yeah…Brandon…aka. Jesse’s best friend.
Kristen-Things went that bad Kay?
Kayla-They were bad…But then I had a sip of punch and I found Brandon and everything’s ok now.
Kristen-I see Kayla…Well things are NOT okay with me and Chris…I’m through with him…
Kayla-Well you know what you gotta do? You gotta take a sip of that punch and go over there and talk to that guy that looks a lot like Matt and is COMPLETELY checking you out.
Kristen-Ya know what? I think I will…I’ll see you later…and uh, it was nice to meet you Bryan…
Brandon-Brandon…
Kristen-Oh yea, sorry.
Kristen walks away to the punch bowl…Takes a sip…and walks over to the Matt look-a-like.
Kristen-Hey!
Guy-Hi…What’s your name?
Kristen-My name is Kristen…Wow, did anyone ever tell you, you look a lot like Matt Ballinger?
Guy-Yea…I get that all the time. It’s probably because I’m his smarter, more attractive brother David Ballinger.
Kristen-Oh really? Wow that’s cool. You look like Matt, but then again, you don’t. But you’re real cute. How old are you?
David-I’m 14…But I’m gonna be 15 in a few months. And you’re how old?
Kristen-I’m 15…
David-Cool. So you know my loser brother? Wait…Kristen…aren’t you Chris’ girlfriend?
Kristen-Ex…I’m single now.
David-Really?…

A ½ hour later, the punch was starting to wear off…
Jesse-Punch…must get punch…
Mandy-Will you forget about the damn punch already and focus on me?
Jesse-Why would I wanna do that? I just want punch…Not you.
Mandy-So what have you called the last hour?
Jesse-I don’t even remember the last hour…I just want punch. Excuse me while I get some.

Jesse is on his way to the punch bowl, when he bumps into Chris and invites him to have some punch.
Chris-Dude…NO more punch…We gotta find the girls.
Jana-Ehm. I AM the girl…
Chris-You are not. I don’t even remember what we did.
Jesse-That’s funny. I don’t even remember what I was doing with Mandy either.
Jana-Well…Me and Chris were grinding on the table for a few hours…And we made-out too…And then Kristen found us…And stormed off and said you and her are through. And you and Mandy were making out, and Kayla found you…And she said you two are through also.
Chris-WHAT??? That happened?
Jana-Yup.
Chris-Yo Jes, we gotta find the girls…
Jesse-Yea okay, but can I have some more punch first?

Jesse and Chris walk into the main room and see Kayla and Brandon making out on the couch and they see David grab Kristen and they start to kiss.

Chris and Jesse-WHAT THE HELL?
The 4 of them stop kissing and look up…
Kayla and Kristen-Uh-oh.
David and Brandon-Uh-oh.
Jesse-Brandon?!?! Kayla?!?! What are you doing?
Chris-David?!?! Kristen?!?!
Kayla-Hi. Where’s your little girlfriend Mandy?
Kristen-And where’s your little Jana?
Jesse-That is OVER. I had too much punch…It was a punch moment. Blame the punch. What’s your excuse?
Brandon-I don’t need an excuse.
Jesse-Oh really? Dude…you WERE my best friend? How could you! He said as he ran out to the car where Frankie, Diana, Kelli, Matt, Greg and Holly were…

Chris-David? You knew she was my girl. I always told you stories about the two of us…You even gave me advice dude.
Kristen-Chris, I WAS your girl. You were on that table dancing and kissing that Jana girl…How could you do that? We were lost and something bad could have happened to us, and you were partying…Not even caring. Don’t blame David for any of this. Blame yourself. She said starting to walk out…
Kristen-Dave, get my number from Matt and call me sometime.
David-Okay, cool I will.
Chris-Oh no you won’t… Kristen leaves the room as Chris runs after her…
Chris-I’ll deal with YOU later…He says talking to David.
David-Ah, I’m in loveee…He says to himself as he walks out of the room.
Kayla-Brandon, here’s my number. Call me sometime and maybe we can go out.
Brandon –Cool. Talk to you later. Kayla walks out room and leaves the party to go outside, where everyone is.

Outside…
Greg-Holly…babe…Please talk to me…I didn’t know what I was doing.
Holly-Oh shut-up Greg. You weren’t unconscious or anything. No one made you drink the punch. Kelli, can we please leave?
Kelli-Uh, yeah…Hold on one sec.
Chris-Kristen…C’mon…Talk to me. Don’t be mad.
Kristen-Chris, I’m sorry. But I’m confused right now. I mean what would you do if you saw me making out and dancing with another guy.
Chris-I did see you making out with another guy…Matt’s brother.
Matt-Wait, wait wait…When did THIS happen?
Kristen-Oh shut up Chris. I was NOT making out with him. And it was because I was just getting back at YOU!
Chris-But I didn’t mean to do anything with Jana.
Kristen-But you DID!
Chris-Well I guess I did deserve that.
Kristen-I’m sorry Chris…I need to think about all of this.

The girls got in the car with Kelli and they drove away, while the guys got in Frankie’s car and drove away. Frankie, of course, gave the guys a lecture on the way home.
Frankie-Stupid…Stupid stupid…You guys are stupid. All of this, over stupid punch.
Jesse-Well it was good punch.
Greg-Shut-up.
Frankie-Well look what that “good” punch did to your relationships with the girls. Was the punch worth it?
Greg and Chris-Hell no.
Jesse-It was good punch, but no. I could have lived without the punch.
Frankie-Well it’s too late now isn’t it?
Chris-And now I have this terrible headache.
Jesse-Yea me too.
Frankie-Do you realize how stupid you guys looked in there? Matt, you were practically naked in front of like 20 girls…Chris, you were dancing on a table…Greg you were with that hideous girl and you were hitting on the grossest girls with the stupidest pickup lines…Jesse, you were going around asking people if they wanted punch…And you were telling them over and over and over again how frieken good it was. He said yelling at them. You guys should be ashamed of yourselves. The poor girls.
Chris-Poor girls? They did the same thing to us!
Frankie-Well they wouldn’t of done that, if you hadn’t done it first.

Just then, the guy on the radio, starts counting down till the new year…”10…9…8…7…6…5…4…3…2…1…Happy New Year.”
Chris-Yea…Happy New Year. He said sadly looking out the window.
Jesse-Yea…This is a great start to a new year.

Chapter 26