Author's Note; Thanks for reading my second fic. Let me know what you think, R&R please!
Alex is at Cambridge University in England, studying Fencing. She was taking a fencing class back home in Toronto, living with Marco, Dylan and Paige when one day out of the blue her fencing instructor told her she was good enough to compete and study for a few months at Cambridge. All she had to do was come up with 500 dollars. With her mom being sober now, and having joined AA, coming up with the money was pretty easy.
After a month of being at the University and learning more than she ever thought possible, she and Paige, who called each other pretty much every day despite the time difference, agreed on having an open relationship. Alex grudgingly agreed. She knew Paige was going through a difficult time, what with almost failing out of Banting (a life long family dream) and having her life plans derailed. For the first time in a long time, Alex's life was going extremely well and she was very happy about everything in life. She just wished she could be there for Paige instead of being thousands of miles away. Granted they were in an open relationship now, but at least they weren't broken up. And as Paige says, "I love you too much to let you go, but I just dont know what I want right now, its just too hard to figure out!"
Alex laid on her bed with her eyes closed, "please tell me we'll be able to work things out when I get home?"
Paige sniffled, "well duh, Alex. I need you in my life, you're my best friend."
As the two got off the phone together, Alex couldnt help but wipe away a tear from her face, maybe it was because she missed being able to actually be there for Paige, or that she just missed home, or even a combination of the two or just other things. She wasnt sure and she hated feeling so helpless.
That weekend back in Toronto, Marco and Paige threw a party to try to cheer her up. They invited all their old friends, including Hazel, Spinner and Manny, and they came with a few other friends, and lots of alcohol.
"I got a disco ball!" yelled Spinner as he handed it to Marco.
"what do you want me to do with it?!" Marco said squinting his eyes.
"Hang it up of course!" Spinner replied, chugging his beer and swaying to the loud music that was vibrating throughout the whole house.
Spinner wandered through the living room looking for Paige. She was sunk deep into the bean bag she was sitting in covered in a blanket, sulking in the corner. He sat down beside her, handing her a beer, "how you doin!" he yelled over the music.
She pursed her lips but didnt say anything.
"I've missed you!" he looked around, "hey! Lets have a drinking contest like old times, what do you say!"
Paige could never say no to him, especially when he was drunk and his lisp was exaggerated.
"what movie do you want to watch?!" he rummaged through the DVDs that were sitting next to the TV. "Oooooh! Black Hawk Down! Ever see this movie?!" he yelled, "We are so watching this movie!" and with that, he yelled at his other friends to join the drinking game.
"what's the game?" asked Hazel as she opened her beer, taking a seat next to Paige.
"First, has anybody seen this movie?" he asked, and received a unanimous No from everybody, "good, neither have I." and he chuckled to himself. "How about we..." he thought for a second, "ok, how about this!" and he laughed out loud, "for every gun we see, we have to take a drink!"
"you are so Dumb, Spin!" yelled Marco as somebody cued another person to turn off the loud music, "its a fuckin' War movie, there's going to be guns everywhere!"
"Fine with me!" he said, holding up his beer with a smile.
Paige laughed, "ok ok, but I dont want to do that. How about Hazel and I drink to every swear word!" she began to pout happily.
"Deal!" yelled Spinner as he turned on the movie.
Everybody was laughing and drinking and getting drunk, having a great time when Marco slurred, "waiit, youuu have ta pause this part!" and he grabbed for the remote and paused it, laughing, "do you realize how many shots are in this gun! No wait, I mean, how many Guns are in this shot! This scene?"
"Holy Shit!" laughed Spinner, "I cant even count how many guns there are! Do you realize how wasted I am right now! Look! There's even one over there on the jeep hanging up!"
"Dumb idea guys" laughed Hazel as she cracked open another beer, "you guys are drinking every 2 seconds." and she bumped shoulders with a laughing, drunk Paige, "glad we dont have as many swear words!"
The game lasted long into the night, the movie being paused every several minutes so nobody would miss a drink.
By the end of it, Manny and Marco were passed out; one on the floor and the other on the sofa. Eventually Paige and Spinner were the last two to finish the game and by the end of their game, Paige was so drunk, she lead Spinner to her room, letting him lower her onto the bed before sliding himself on top of her where she fell asleep to the advances of his kisses.