CHAPTER ONE

"Come on Spence…" Yells Hanna, "I want to get my drink on."

"I'm coming, I'm coming, just hold your horses." I groan as I shut the fridge. When I enter the living room, I find Hanna perched on the edge of the lounge with her back to me. Staring down at her lap I can only assume that she's texting Caleb. I slowly make my way across the room to pass Hanna her drink only to realise she's so fixated with texting she doesn't even realise I'm right behind her. I take this as a perfect opportunity to have some fun with the blonde. I lean over the back of the lounge and place my unopened can of Bacardi and coke on the base of Hanna's neck.

"What the hell?!" Squeals Hanna as she flies off the lounge grabbing at her now cold neck.

I fall onto the lounge, unsuccessfully trying to stifle a laugh, a huge grin appearing on my face before it is quickly wiped off by the foul look I receive from Hanna. I grab her arm and pull her down onto my lap and gently squeeze her, "Chill Han, it was just some harmless fun, you were just too easy a target for me to pass up."

A smirk appears on my face when she leans back into me and whispers in my ear, "Well now you're going to watch pitch perfect with me as payback for that little stunt."

"And how is watching a hilarious movie with the one and only Rebel Wilson a form of punishment Han?" I ask poking her in the ribs.

Hanna's response hits me hard, "It is when you aren't allowed to sing along…"

I get up pretending to leave, "That was a low blow Han, you know I love to sing along, especially in the mashups." I turn around to reveal my best puppy dog eyes and pout, walking over to the coffee table to retrieve our drinks.

"Aww…Spence don't be like that, come here and open our cans. I'm seriously thirsty." The blonde winks. I return to the lounge where my shorter friend quickly cuddles into my side and puts away half her can in one big gulp, but I'm not much better, I have my first can finished before the movie has even began. I jump up, quickly run out to the kitchen to grab another four cans before retreating to the lounge.

We have finished them by the time the credits roll, both of us slurring our words slightly.

"Let's listen to some tunes, hey Spencie?" Cries Hanna before running to the sound system and plugging in her iPod, "Your pick too since I picked the movie, but I bet I know what you will pick anyway." She winks at me and I just nod back, knowing she's right. "Demi it is then." Demi Lovato's latest album 'Confident' starts playing through the speaker and we both start dancing around while continuing to drink. After dancing and singing along to most of the album and having two more drinks each, Hanna drags me over to the lounge and we both flop down onto it.

"Who do you think 'cool for the summer' is about?" Hanna drawls.

"I have no idea, but I sometimes imagine it was about me though." I say as I playfully nudge the drunk girl next to me, a little too hard though, because she just tips right over.

"Heeeeeyyyy! That's not nice." Hanna frowns when she climbs back onto the lounge.

"Sorry Han, I didn't mean to knock you over. Although it was funny, you have to admit that." I flash my trademark smirk.

"I forgive you, but only if you go get me another drink Spennnnncie." I happily oblige.

When I re-enter the living room I can hear Hanna talking to someone on the phone, it's probably Caleb checking up on her. I reach the lounge and hand Hanna her drink, whispering that it's the last of our drinks. Lifting Hanna's legs, I sit down, resting the blonde's legs back down onto mine. Due to the level of my intoxication, I resign to listen to the music, completely zoning out Hanna, that is until I have a phone shoved in my face and I'm being told to keep 'them' talking while she quickly runs off, presumably to the bathroom.

I slowly put the phone to my ear, thinking I'm going to hear Caleb's deep voice, but instead I hear a sing-song voice, "Hello? Han? Are you still there?"

I nearly drop the phone out of pure surprise, "Umm…hello…?" Is all I manage to get out.

"Hanna?" The female voice asks.

"No sorry. Han ducked out for a minute, I'm Spencer, a friend of Hanna's. Who is this?"

"Aria, Hanna's best friend. Have you two been drinking?" Questions the girl on her end of the call.

"Yeah, quite a bit actually…" I giggle a little when I say this, taking a moment trying to mentally count exactly how many drinks we had each consumed

"So that explains why I received so many texts starting at 9pm from Han that told me she loved me, to get my arse over to her house and get my drink on, and to bring pitch perfect 2 with me? Along with totally incoherent messages filled with emojis." She laughs.

"Yep sure does, typical Han." I laugh through the phone.

We keep talking for a few minutes until Hanna staggers through the doorway and yells at me, "Hey, get off the phone, it's Spanna time. You can flirt with whoever it is another time." I just stare at Hanna dumbfounded, then I quickly put the call on loudspeaker, "Sorry ARIA, Han is back, she thinks I'm trying to chat you up." I smirk at my inebriated friend when I say Aria's name.

I just hear laughter through the phone followed by Aria saying, "Well, you certainly seem nice Spencer, but I don't think you were hitting on me." Hanna immediately runs across the room, snatching the phone from my hand and apologies to Aria, telling her she will talk to her later before ending the call.

"Whoa, what was that about Han?" I turn to face her with a look of surprise.

"I'm sorry Spencie, I overreacted, blame the alcohol. Forgive me?" She jumps into my lap nuzzling into the crook of my neck, "I love you."

"I love you too Han, and of course I forgive you." I say while kissing her shoulder, as I do this the music stops, indicating that the album is finished playing. Hanna quickly jumps up, a little too quickly as she nearly falls over, regaining her balance she moves over to her iPod and puts on Taylor Swift's album '1989' before she scrambles back to the lounge, and into my awaiting arms.

Hanna grabs her phone off the table and starts dialling. Before I can even ask who, she is ringing, the person on the other end answers, "Hey I'm sorry it's late, but I wanted to talk to you." I patiently wait to find out who she called, but my guess would be Caleb. "Yeah, I know, but we were having some drinks, well we had quite a few." The blonde chuckles, "And I already talked to Aria, so I thought I would call my other best friend." Hmm I guess it wasn't Caleb after all, but I couldn't make out what was being said on the other end, I can only hear Hanna's side of the conversation, "No Em, not Caleb, I'm hanging out with Spencer." A few seconds pass before Hanna speaks again, "Yeah, of course it was my idea to drink, but Spencer was up for it, weren't you Spencie?" I just nod my head in agreement, "Don't just nod your head, Emily can't see that. Here, tell her I didn't pressure you into drinking." Hanna passes me the phone.

I giggle thinking she is pressuring me into telling her friend that she didn't pressure me into drinking. "Umm…hello?"

"Hey," Says the angelic voice through the phone, "You can be honest, did you want to get wasted with Hanna? Cough if you didn't and she will be dealt with accordingly." I can't help but smile, hearing this faceless voice trying to protect me, without even knowing anything about me other than my name.

"It's okay. I offered to come stay with Han while her little cousin was staying because her Aunt was out of town on a business trip. She accepted and suggested we drink, Mrs Marin said it was okay and I was a willing and eager participant." I could feel Hanna patting my leg as a thank you of some sort. I just smile before turning it into a smirk, Hanna sees this and scowls. I continue my conversation with the beautifully voiced Emily, "We were having lots of fun singing and dancing, that was until I was accused of trying to hook up with your friend Aria." Hanna shoots daggers at me and quickly shouts toward the phone, making sure Emily could hear her, "I apologised for that Spencer, but in my defence, you were using your flirty voice. What was I meant to think?" I just laugh, so does Emily, "You're doing it now too."

"OMG! I am not Han, this is just my normal voice." I say hoping the blonde doesn't see me blush, thankfully she doesn't or is just too drunk to point it out.

There it is again, Emily's laugh, so sweet, like cherubs playing tiny harps. My heart rate increases, making me feel like my heart is going to beat out of my chest, increasing the blood flow to my face, burning my cheeks. Unfortunately, Hanna sees it this time and grabs the phone from me and begins to grill her best friend, "What did you say to little Spencie here to make her blush like she is auditioning to become a tomato?" Hanna smiles at me like a Cheshire Cat as she says this.

Meanwhile I just want to curl up in a ball and die right now. Hanna and Emily keep talking for a few minutes before I hear a small child's voice come from the doorway.

"Han-Han, I had a bad dream and I can't go back to sleep. Will you come and check under the bed and in the closet for monsters please?"

"Of course I will buddy, just go with Spencer to the kitchen and she will get you a glass of warm milk while I finish talking to my friend on the phone." Hanna says while looking at me, silently pleading with her eyes for me to do her this favour.

I slowly get up from the lounge, trying not to look too drunk in front of Hanna's six-year-old cousin, "Come on Stephen, let's get you some warm milk." I say as I lead him towards the Marin's kitchen leaving Hanna on the phone to Emily.

Once Stephen has most of his warm milk we both return to the living room, Hanna quickly speaks into the phone, "Hang on a sec Em." She stands and walks toward Stephen and I. "Stevie lets go and make sure the monsters are all gone. Come on, jump on." Hanna says as she squats down. Cracking a huge smile, Stephen hands me his almost empty glass of milk so he can take a running jump onto Hanna's back, before she heads to the stairs Hanna leans into me and whispers in a very seductive voice, "There is someone who is waiting to hear from you on my phone." Hanna pulls away to see me flustered and winks before she makes a move towards the stairs, but not before she calls behind her, "I will be back down soon, I just have to get this little guy back to sleep."

TO BE CONTINUED…