The Party PT. 1

Mina

And what high school is this without a party. I hate my mother, so I rented an apartment. The landlord said it was full but I could room with this guy.

So I rented it with my debit card.

I enter the apartment and see that guy who stormed out.

Awesome.

"Oh goodie." He says sarcastically. "Any problem?" I ask.

"I thought the landlord was going to send me a HOT girl." He says as he's cooking himself dinner.

"What's your reason? Being here, I mean."

"Got kicked out of my house. Why do you care? Shouldn't you be hanging out with the better popular kids?" He asks. A huge billow of silence passes by. I unpack inside my room. "I saw Nate at the lobby. He lives here too?" I ask. "This is a shitty place. Nate is a drug dealer on probation. Him and his father need a place to make money so they own this place." He says. "So his father is the landlord?" I ask.

"Yes, obviously." He sounds irritated so I decide to go to sleep. It's a weekend tomorrow anyway.

Xavier

I arrive at Zayne's house since he's holding a party at his house. I'm not so much of a party person, but what surprised me most, is seeing the one and only Nate Miller there. I was about to walk over to him til another surprise came along with it. Brooklyn Navarro, stepping in with a drink. Wonder what it is they're talking about.

Brooklyn

I start to talk to Nate. "Looking good, Brooklyn," He says as he leans against the wall, taking a sip of his drink. "Not so bad yourself, Miller." I grin and take a long sip. "You look better since the last I saw you. Elementary..." I look down at my cup. "Crap." I snap my fingers.

"What is it?" He asks

"I left my phone in my house, also I don't have a ride back home..."

"I'll give you a ride."

"There is no way you are making me get on that motorcycle." I laugh. "Brooklyn." He says my name. "Yea, Nate?"

"You're such a nerd."

Zayne

As more and more people come in, I see a familiar face. My stomach turns into knots when I see her. Mina still hasn't changed since the last year of junior high, until she left and moved to Vietnam. As I turned toward her direction, she sees my glance and I quickly turn away.

"Everything ok babe?", Alice asks as she rubs my arm. "Oh um yeah, I'm fine," I say as I try to reassure Alice. What is this feeling? Is this regret or me falling again? When I saw Mina again, it was as if nothing had changed since middle school. No Zayne, you can't do this again. She already rejected you once and she can do it again. Plus what about Alice? I quickly try to put these thoughts into the back of my mind and enjoy the party. As I kiss Alice, I smell the heavy scent alcohol lingering on her.

"You've been drinking?" I ask as I glance at her red solo cup.

"Uh huh. C'mon babe, have a sip. You'll never know when is the next chance to try it again".

As I take her cup, I look around to see that everyone is watching. I begin to chug as the peer pressure hits me. As soon as I'm done, my head begins to spin as people cheered in the background. At that moment, a wave of confidence came over me and this feeling of doing something I would have never would have done.

"Where are you going hun?", Alice questions.

"I'm going to talk to Mina".

Xavier

Mina comes to me looking sick. "Can I vent to you before I vomit everywhere?" she says, sitting down next to me. "As long as you don't vomit on me, then sure." I say. "So, in 7th grade, Zayne asked me out. I thought he was just doing it as a joke. But I actually DID kind of like him... Even now." She explains. "PFFFT-" I start to laugh, obnoxiously. "Zayne asked YOU out?" I say.

"Yea, but what do I do??" She asks nudging me with her elbow, making me spill my coke a bit. "Well, you rejected a guy you actually like. Maybe just go talk to him." I suggest. "Yeah... Great idea." She sounds like she isn't listening. But I can tell she is. She stands up and goes to Zayne. Surprisingly, Alice isn't there, she's getting some drinks.

Alice

I turn after getting a drink, and see Zayne talking to MINA. The newbie. If she wants to play that maybe I'll steal a man of hers. I've been seeing her pretty close to Xavier anyway. I see him on the couch, sipping away at his coke. "Hey. You're looking nice." I say. I turn my head to the side more and see a window to the porch. And I see something delicious. Nate and Brooklyn, A criminal and The Good girl. "Hey..?" He sounds confused. "Can you meet me at Zayne's house tomorrow? I need a favor. Like the one you owe me from last year after saving your ass from David?" I say. "I forgot about that... Fine, whatever." He says.

This is great.

Mina

As go to get a Coke, Zayne approaches me but something seems off about him.

"Mina, can we talk?"

"Oh um, sure!", I say as I follow him to his room.

As soon as we get up, he pins me against the wall with both his arms trapping me. Damn my short genes.

"Zayne, what are you doing?"