"Daisy!" John, my best friend called up the stairs.
"I'm coming." I shouted back before looking in the mirror at myself.
It was the last night of summer vacation and I was going to the last party of the summer with John and the rest of our friends. I was supposed to be ready an hour ago because John was picking me up but instead I had decided to sleep. I fixed my white and black baseball tee before grabbing my black converses and running down the stairs.
"When I told you to get ready an hour ago, I meant get ready Daisy." John said while rolling his eyes.
"Sorry." I said as we walked out of my house. John's car was parked in my driveway and was already packed with people. I opened the back door and frowned when I saw I would have to sit on someone's lap.
"Hurry and get in, the faster we get there then the faster I can get out of this car." Tim, me and John's other best friend whined.
I sighed and climbed onto Tim's lap before slamming the door shut. I looked around to see Kennedy and Jared in the seats beside us and in the front was Eric or Halvo as everyone seemed to call him.
"Why did this dickhead get the front?" I asked and Halvo turned back to glare at me.
"Because I was the first person ready, unlike you guys." he told me.
"Not my fault that I had to wait until Pat and Garrett knocked out! I was not taking them to a party." Tim said as he shifted me slightly in his lap.
Pat was Tim's little brother and Garrett his best friend. They both were my good friends and they were cool kids but they were two years younger than us so we didn't bring them along with us much.
"So who's house is the party at?" I questioned curiously.
"Cole's." John answered as he turned sharply causing me to slide into the door.
"Watch it asshole, if you get pulled over you're gonna be in for it." I snapped.
"It's not that bad, we just have one extra person in the car."
"Just an extra person John? Did you forget the bottles back here? Or the fact that your car reeks of weed?"
"It'll be fine and it's not my car, it's you Daisy." John said and I raised an eyebrow before sniffing my shirt.
"Crap, it is me." I said.
"Mhm, pothead." John cooed and I rolled my eyes as he turned onto Cole's street.
Cole was in the same grade as us and threw insane parties. He was also really cute but he was dating some hot girl named Kaylee who was also in our grade. The party was already in full swing when we arrived and we had to park at the end of the street before we all fell out of the car.
"I think you've put on some pounds Daisy." Tim said as he rubbed his leg.
"Shut up Tim, my Daisy is perfect." John said as he threw his arm around me.
"Yeah Tim, what John Ohh said." I told him and Tim rolled his eyes.
We all started towards Cole's house and John offered me the open bottle of vodka. I took a giant sip of it before handing the bottle back to John.
"Hey! Be back at my car the first sign of cops! If we get split up then we're meeting at Tim's, okay?" John told the guys. They all nodded and then slipped into the house.
"You ready to party Mr. O'Callaghan?" I questioned and he nodded.
"Of course Daisy; we started this summer with a party, let's end it with a party." John said before we walked into the crowded house.
The house was crowded with drunken teenagers and I tried to keep a tight hold on John's hand but before I knew it we were being pushed in separate directions. I tried to push back to him but I was pushed off to the side and I huffed before scanning the crowd for one of the guys.
I hated being alone at parties, I was usually glued to John's side as we tried to convince each other to go up to the opposite sex. Neither of us ever did it though, we were far too awkward sober, forget drunk. I sighed and was just about to walk into the kitchen when I felt something cold and wet down my back.
"What the fuck?" I snapped turning quickly; ready to chew out whoever spilt something on me when I saw it was Cole.
Cole was tall and absolutely gorgeous. I instantly clamped my mouth shut and gave him a sheepish look. Cole looked pretty guilty as he looked from me to the cup that was in his hand.
"I'm sorry. I thought you were someone else." he said smoothly.
"Uh….it's…it's okay." I stuttered and he shook his head.
"No, it's really not. Come with me, I'll make it up to you." he said and before I could protest (not that I would, I mean the kid is HOT) he grabbed my hand. Cole pulled me up the stairs and then we turned into the second door on the left.
"You don't need to make it up to me, it was an accident." I said softly but Cole either didn't hear me or just didn't care as he tore through the top drawer of the dresser in the corner of the room.
"Nonsense, you can't walk around with a vodka stained shirt for the rest of the night." he said as he pulled out a baby blue V-neck.
He held out the shirt to me and I took it from him after he gave me an encouraging look. "Uh, thanks."
"No problem, I'm gonna let you change. I'll be outside, kay?" he said before walking out of the room and shutting the door behind him.
I couldn't believe what had just happened, Cole and I had had thirteen classes together since first grade and never before had he said a word to me. I pulled my shirt over my head and then replaced it with the blue V-neck that probably belonged to Cole's girlfriend, Kaylee. I wrinkled my nose as I realized it was tight fitting, I never wore tight fitting shirts but beggars can't be choosers I thought as I walked over to the door and pulled it open. Like he has said, Cole was outside waiting.
"I really am sorry." Cole said again and I shrugged.
"It's kay, thanks for the shirt though." I so quietly I was surprised he heard me.
My hands were sweaty and I felt shaky as Cole watched me, a grin on his face. I had never seen Cole look at anyone but Kaylee like that and I didn't know how to react.
"Yeah, that was Kaylee's shirt. I actually thought you were her, that's why I spilled my drink on you."
"Oh." I said while tugging on my hair nervously.
"Yeah, she cheated on me so uh I kind of wanted to get her back." he said while scratching the back of his neck nervously.
"Oh."
"Yeah, I'm Cole though." he said flashing his stunning grin at me again and my knees felt weak.
"I-I-I'm Daisy." I finally managed to stutter out.
"Well Daisy, I really am sorry about the drink. How about I get you a drink and we can hangout for the rest of the night?"
"Well I-"
"I won't take no for an answer, come on." he cut me off as he threw his arm around my shoulders and directed me downstairs.
I let him lead me down to the kitchen where he started to mix me a drink. He talked the entire time and I just nodded dumbly while mentally cursing myself. I wanted to say something funny or witty but I couldn't get my mouth to work. Luckily Cole filled in all the blanks for me and when he finished with my drink he handed me the cup.
"Come on, you should come meet my friends." he said slipping his hand into mine. Our fingers fit together perfectly and I was so shocked that this was actually happening that I didn't even pay attention to where Cole was dragging me until suddenly I was surrounded by a bunch of guys.
"Who's this Cole?" Oliver, Cole's best friend and teammate on the football team asked while gesturing towards me.
"This is Daisy." Cole introduced me.
"Didn't we have class together?" Oliver questioned.
"Yeah, Freshman World History." I answered softly and Oliver smiled before nodding.
"Yeah, I copied off of all your tests. You're pretty smart."
"Thanks." I said and Oliver nodded before he went back to talking to the rest of the guys.
I sat quietly and sipped my drink as I watched Cole talk. Occasionally he would turn, ask me a question and I would stutter out an answer. It was nearing one am when I heard someone call my name and I turned to see Tim supporting a very drunk John. I frowned and put my cup down before leaping off of the stone wall where I had been sitting for hours.
"Uh, I have to go." I said to Cole before going to walk away but he caught my hand.
"Why? Can't you stay?"
"Uh, no. I have to get my friend John home." I said and Cole frowned.
"Can I get your number?"
"Uh huh, do you something I can write it on?" I asked and Cole looked back at his friends. Oliver pulled a sharpie from his hoodie pocket and then tossed it to Cole.
"I need that back; I'm so getting whoever passes out." Oliver said before chuckling.
I took the sharpie from Cole and wrote my number on his hand. Cole smiled at me as I recapped the sharpie and tossed it to Oliver before going to walk away but he caught my hand again.
"It was nice meeting you Daisy." he said before letting me go.
My heart was doing backflips as I turned away and ran towards Tim and John. "About time, I've been looking for you everywhere." Tim said as he began to half carry, half drag John from the yard.
"What happened to him?"
"You weren't there to help him drink the vodka so he drank the entire bottle himself." Tim said and I bit down on my lip.
"It's not my fault, we got separated."
"Mhm, well we all have to stay at your place tonight. There's no way that we're getting John into my house like this without my parents noticing." Tim said and I sighed.
"Okay, you're gonna drive right?" I asked and Tim nodded.
When we reached John's car we found all of the guys already leaning up against the car waiting for us. They all had something to say to me as Tim pulled John's keys from his pocket then helped him into the car.
"I'm sorry guys! Seriously, I didn't know he would get this wasted." I said as I climbed into John's lap.
"Daisy." John sung as he leaned his head against my neck.
"Seriously Daisy, it's your job to watch him!" Halvo said and I growled in annoyance.
"I'm sorry that we got separated! What else do you wanna fucking hear from me Eric?"
"Stop fighting guys, we gotta get out of here." Tim said and the car went quiet except for John's soft mutterings.
The car ride back to my house was pretty quiet and despite the fact that all the guys had yelled at me I was in an awesome mood. One of the hottest guys in my year had hung out with me all night and he had even asked for my number. If this was anything to go by then this year would be an amazing one.