The ginger curled girl turned towards Chris and smiled, which made him more anxious to make it through the sea of bodies so he could talk to her. "Yo Chris!!!" a familliar person presented himself in Chris's path. "I haven't seen you in ages man!" the guy smiled warmly.
Chris studied the guy's face for a second before recognizing him. It was Matt Anders, a guy he had gone to school with. "Oh hey.." he was distracted by the ginger curled girl, who was still staring at him. "So what have you been doing lately? Just hanging out?" Matt put his arm around Chris's shoulders and steered them towards the kitchen. "Oh nothing much, just taking time off from the whole rockstar thing. Going to the beach, surfing. The usual old shit we always did." Chris hoped that answer would satisfy Matt so he could pursue the ginger haired girl. No such luck. Matt kept right on talking. Chris sighed deeply and grabbed a beer from the fridge.
The ginger haired girl was just going to have to wait.
Kayt ran to the bathroom to get ready. She yanked the medicine cabinet door open and grabbed her eyeliner, mascara, and lipstick. As she lined her eyes she couldn't help but think about Chris. What was he doing? Why was he avoiding her like this? Anger welled up inside her and she willed herself not to cry. She would have fun. She deserved it.
Pasting on a smile Kayt flicked the light off, retrieved her keys, and went out to her car. She was starting to feel happier, even though she and Chris were having so many problems lately. Forcing herself not to think about him she pulled out into the street and sped off towards Lauren's house. It was time to party!
The sounds of the Chemical Brothers filled the house and Nic surveyed the dancing mass of flesh in the middle of the room. Finding Daniel was going to be an incredible chore. A chore that required some sort of intoxication. Heading for the bar in Ash's rec room, Nic began to decide on what she would rather drink, beer or liquor?
Deciding on a beer, Nic pulled open the cooler sitting on the floor and took one. Popping the top off she climbed up onto a stool to attempt at getting a better view of the room. Where the hell was Daniel? She shrugged to herself and decided that as soon as she finished her beer she'd dance for awhile. Then maybe toke a bit if she got the chance. No sense in searching too hard for the boy. She'd find him later on.
Standing up, Nic swallowed the last of her beer and set the empty bottle on top of the bar. The Chemical Brothers had been replaced with Atari Teenage Riot and 'Sick to Death' poured from the speakers. Lost in the music, Nic found herself moving in synch with the rest of the crowd. Someone pulled her from her trancelike state by poking her on the shoulder. Nic whirled around to see Laura's smiling face. "Hey!!" Nic grinned back at her. "Great party huh?"
Laura leaned closer to Nic's ear to be heard better. "Yeah it's awesome!" she pointed over at a guy lounging on the couch "See that guy?" Nic nodded, "He's damn sexy. Go for it chicka." As if the guy had known he was being talked about he looked up and smiled at Laura. Nic pushed her a little "Go talk to him!!"
Laura turned back around "But I'll look stupid.." she paused. "Okay fine. I will." Nic watched her go over to the guy and start talking. They seemed to be getting on well. Nic let herself get lost with the pounding beats of Atari Teenage Riot again.
As he danced Daniel wondered how long it would take before he felt the effects of the gel tab. He didn't have long to wait, after just 10 minutes he began to see trails of colour with everyone's movements and the music seemed to take on a life of its own. "Whoaa.." he uttered, waving his hand in front of his face. Trails of pink and blue followed his hand in little wisps. Looking up Daniel noticed some guy was crawling across the ceiling. How odd, he thought, how the fuck did he get up there? Maybe he was Spiderman. That's it, he told himself, he's Spiderman. Daniel smiled to himself for figuring out the mystery. The longer he danced the stranger things seemed to become. Daniel looked over to see if he could spot Nic, but there was no sign of her. All the people were starting to blend together as the music pulsed louder and louder. Suddenly Daniel really needed to sit down.
Ben and Sarah squeezed their way back into the house. The air was hazy from all the smoking and Sarah coughed for a second. After Ben had grabbed himself a plastic cup of bourbon they hit the dance floor. "Too bad Crystal Method's stopped" Ben shouted in her ear over Atari Teenage Riot. She grinned at him "It doesn't matter, we can still dance to it!" The sweet smell of weed hit their nostrils and Sarah suddenly yearned for some. She hoped the joint would be passed in her direction. As time went on the smell got stronger and finally a guy dancing next to her passed her the sweet smelling joint. Giving Ben a quick smile she took a big hit and held her breath for a few seconds before exhaling a cloud of smoke. Then she took another hit and passed the joint to Ben. He took a couple hits and sent it on its way around the room.
Chris sat on the kitchen counter and zoned out as Matt rambled about his boring life. The ginger haired girl was manifesting his mind, all he could think about was talking to her. She was almost magnetizing. "Joannou!!" a female voice shook Chris from his daze. Shaking his head a bit he looked down to see Laura standing in front of him and Matt was nowhere to be found. "My mate Jamie wants to meet you. Come on." She grabbed his hand and led him through the crowds of people and then outside. "Wait, who's Jamie?" Chris asked as Laura dragged him onto the deck. "She's that girl...you know, with the curly hair.. She's been staring at you alllll night." Chris was ecstatic, he was finally going to talk to her! The ginger haired girl was sitting on a lawn chair watching a group of people swimming fully clothed in Ash's pool and sipping an alcoholic concoction lazily from a plastic cup.
Seeing Jamie Chris suddenly became very nervous. What if he said something stupid or tripped and fell in the pool? Laughing to himself he smiled kindly at her and introduced himself. She grinned up at him, "I'm Jamie, it's nice to meet you." Laura looked at them contentedly, "I'll leave you two alone so you can get to know each other a bit."
Chris joined Jamie on the lawn chair and gazed up at the sky. "It's a really clear night. The stars looks cool." Jamie nodded and rested her head on his shoulder.