Amy pulled up to Shane's house and sighed. She really would rather be curled up in her bed watching some random show or movie on Netflix right now.
However, her best friend had insisted she come to one of his many house parties.
It wasn't that Amy didn't like parties, hell she loved them, they were her thing. It's just that after the week she had at school and work she was exhausted, both physically and mentally.
When she tried to explain to Shane he just brushed it off and told her to do some Jager Bombs with extra red bull when she arrived.
She had scoffed at the time, but right now it didn't seem like such a bad plan.
She slowly opened her car door and dragged herself out into the fresh night air. Her mother had told her there was going to be a huge storm sweeping through Texas at some point in the week.
Amy had always loved a storm, especially the smell of one. Everything seemed so much fresher and clean, like storms brought a renewal of everything, the destruction they usually left afterwards being a sure sign of that.
After a few minutes of soaking up the atmosphere and watching from her car she approached the house that had teenagers spilling out of the door. It was only ten but from the looks of it most of her peers had reached or indeed were way past their limit. The kid decorating the rose bush with his brightly coloured fluids was well and truly past his limit, if he even had one to begin with.
Trying to avoid the stench Amy dived through the tiny gap that she could see between bodies.
After much pushing, shoving and a lot of false apologies, Amy found herself in the kitchen with a cliché red cup in her hand.
She had had three Jager Bombs already and was feeling slightly buzzed, add in the three beers to chase those bombs and Amy was approaching her limit fast.
Eventually the blonde found Shane in the living room, squished on the couch next to Liam and Ivy. It seemed like they were playing their favourite party game of people watching.
"I bet you five bucks that Oliver hurls in the next ten minutes". Liam had always been the first to kick off these stupid bets.
"I'll take some of that action" Ivy chimed in.
Shane just had a smirk on his face because he was so use to this. He didn't say a lot but I saw the glint in his eye that said he knew something no one else did.
They hadn't noticed me yet so I crept over to the sound mixer and added a song to the playlist. We had decided that this was out party song in the summer. It wasn't up beat or dancey but it somehow described just how we felt at these parties, even if they were our own.
Hester High wasn't like any other school, hell it almost sounded like something you'd see on a show trying too hard to preach acceptance. The outsiders were the in crowd here and the in crowd…..well they were kinda out.
Just like every other high school though, looking good was all that mattered. Hence why at these parties our little clique would people watch and make stupid ass bets.
We weren't trying to be mean we just wanted to see that our peers weren't just robots. They were actual people that let their hair down and showed everyone their vulnerable side, albeit when their drunk.
I slowly walked over to everyone, though I was now on my sixth beer so it may very well have been a stumble.
"So who won the bet?" I wasn't at all interested but it was a bit of chatter to kick us off.
"I did!" Shane sounded a little over excited. I don't even remember him making a contribution to that bet.
Before I could even question him our song started playing and I grabbed his hand.
"Dance floor. Now." It wasn't so much of a question as a demand.
The group were on their feet straight away bopping away to the intro an then breaking into their own signature moves and singing along.
Ain't it so, ain't it so perfect
Our cynical minds will make it totally worth it
So give it to me now
The girl made an attempt of a spin at this point, which led to a full on collision with another party goer and two spilled drinks.
"I am so sorry. That was totally my fault, I should totally take you to Shane's room to fix that" Amy hadn't even looked at who she had bumped into, too busy staring at the giant stain on the white shirt that she had caused.
"Come with me, we'll get that all cle-" She cut herself off as she glanced at the girl she had jolted.
This girl was attractive. Super attractive. Amy grinned goofily at that thought. She probably looked like an idiot but she didn't care so much.
"Clean. Come on" She reached out and took the strangers wrist. Immediately she felt warmth envelope around her hand as the auburn haired girl held it.
She looked back and smiled again, this time turning her eyes down in a gesture that clearly showed the other girl she was being a little flirtatious.
When they arrived at Shane's room, Amy immediately took the girl into the en-suite bathroom and told her to take her shirt off.
"Well, someone is a little quick off the mark. You don't even have my name yet" the girl smiled and chewed on her bottom lip, to anyone else it may have looked like she was nervous, but to Amy….boy to Amy it looked so damn sexy.
"I like to rush into things, but if you insist. I'm Amy" the girl offered her hand out as a greeting and looked super nervous, which was part of her charm.
Amy was a pro at this game. She didn't break hearts; she wasn't that type of girl. That isn't to say she didn't get her fair share of action though, nothing heavier that some light petting, but she got it often enough to keep her satisfied.
She could make a girl instantly melt with her charm.
"Karma" the other girl replied. "How about you get your shirt off first? Your stain is just as bad as mine."
Amy didn't hesitate in pulling her shirt off; she had nothing to hide after all. Thinking about it though, this wasn't really a situation she'd feel too comfortable in.
Once her shirt was off she went back into Shane's room and grabbed two oversized pyjama tops.
When she returned to the bathroom Karma had her shirt off and both of their tops in the sink scrubbing at them.
"Here. I kinda thought you might want something to wear in the meantime".
Karma gracefully accepted the t-shirt and then laughed at the design.
"So, Shane's an adventure time fan and a Bubbline shipper? That's…..surprising".
"He likes lesbian energy" sprouted out of Amy's mouth before she could think. "Plus…uh it's kind of my shirt, I leave it here for when I stay over". The blonde felt suddenly embarrassed.
"That explains it. So…uhhh that stain isn't gonna come out right now. Maybe you can give it back to me at school?"
Karma had already walked to Shane's door, ready to leave. All Amy could do was nod dumbly.
As Karma opened the door Amy heard that the song was still playing. The girl slowly slid out amongst the bodies of her peers and by the time Amy moved to do the same the cute girl had disappeared.
We gotta be starting something
Would you change it if you could?
As the song played on Amy went to find her friends, only thinking about Monday and Karma.