Hello random citizens of earth! So, this is my third story and I am loving them all:)
Well anyways, I scheduled to get some more stories down this summer but, guess that ain't happening. All I do is lay on the floor and stare at the wall... Unless people drag me to the mall or something. Hah... like you care about my life...

The title of the chapter is a song from The Great Gatsby. I've never heard the song, but yet I know what it is. Weird.. Not as weird as when I woke up singing the other day... "Ain't nobody dope as me, I'm dressed so fresh so clean." Hm, maybe I should check into the mental institution... Hahaha

Disclaimer: Sorry about the off-topic AN. I may do a lot of that. Oh yeah, and I didn't create Pokémon, I mean, Digimon so:) Omg, this thing just autocorrected Pokémon and put a dash thingy on the "e". Damn, technology these days... Oops, my bad, got off track:) AGAIN Lol

Izumi flopped down belly first on her bed. It was the last day of school, and freshman year turned out to be great. She could still remember the first day of school, when she was new. Nobody seemed to notice her, giving that everyone was too busy with themselves.

But there was no time to recap the whole year, she had a party to get to.

Izumi was invited to an end-of-school party at Mimi's. Mimi was super popular, and if Izumi didn't go, she probably would never get a chance to go to something so big ever again. Not that she cared so much of popularity, she just wanted to meet more people. There was a guy in particular that she was hoping to see...

Izumi's had a little crush on Kouji ever since she first moved here. He was so quiet and calm. He didn't have much friends, but he always seemed to have a positive glow on him, and Izumi admired that. She never talked to him though, always chickening out when her friends would push her towards him.

"I don't want to talk to him. Okay?" she would say, trying to play it cool. Kari and Rika would just give up, complaining about her hard head. Which she would always reply by rolling her eyes.

Izumi got on her feet and lightly walked across to the closet. Ever since she made the dance team, she's been moving along on her tippy-toes. It was kind of fun, she thought it made her look like a ballerina. But she made sure she only did it at home. Once, Rika saw it and teased her about it. "Even Hikari doesn't do that." Rika had said. Izumi felt herself gloom. Kari was a hard core dancer. She worked harder then any other girls on the team, and she was the best. Everyone looked up to her, even the older girls. Kari was just the dancer Izumi wanted to become.

They all met when Izumi was walking home after school one day. A swift movement caught Izumi's eye. It was Kari practicing her routine and Rika was sitting next to the stereo, learning the dance from her. Kari's movement was so graceful, Izumi didn't notice she was staring right at her. Kari saw the stranger and immediately stopped dancing. Izumi realized this and regretted it. They probably thought that she was a weird stalker now. Kari walked up to Izumi and smiled, giving her an unexpectingly nice gesture. Rika did the same. They were both kind to Izumi, even though Rika was a bit sarcastic at times. But the three instantly clicked, bringing Izumi the decision to try out for dance. She never thought she would make it. But she did.

Izumi searched through her clothes. The closet was filled, but she still felt like she had nothing to wear. She finally chose just a simple lavender cami and skinny jeans. She didn't feel the need to dress too nice.

Right when she finished adding a natural touch of make-up, she heard a long honk coming from the outside. Izumi walked over and looked out the window and saw her two best friends sitting in a Convertible. She shook her head and walked downstairs. Rika's parents just bought her the car. Her family was probably the richest that lived in town. Man, she was so lucky...

"Sweetie, what time are you coming home?" My mom asked as I walked passed.

I hesitated and replied, "I don't know. Ten maybe?" That was a total lie. Rika, Kari, and I were planning to stay for a while.

"Okay. Well, have fun."

Izumi could tell that her mom was a little nervous about her daughter going to such a big party. Earlier, she had asked her if their was going to be alcohol. Izumi was 100% sure there was but told her different. "No. Even if there was, don't worry about me. I won't disappoint you." She had been so unfaithful about this party to her mom.

Giving her mom a quick kiss, Izumi opened the door and felt the wind on her skin. It was the perfect weather tonight.

"Bye mom." Then she was out for the car.

Rika had her head rested in her hand which rested on the steering wheel. When Izumi came into vision, her eyes widened in relief. "Gosh, what was taking you so long?"

Izumi opened her mouth to protest, but Kari replied for her instead.

"Rika, you're silly. She didn't even take that much time."

Rika smiled and started the engine. "Just hurry up and get in."

Izumi hopped into the back next to Kari.

With that, they drove off into a night they will never forget.

"Hey girls." Mimi greeted the three at her door. "Come on in."

Mimi's house must cost a fortune. It probably took a good 5 minutes just to get through the house's driveway, and it seemed as though her house was surrounded in a tropical forest. In the back was a huge pool. Most people were outside by the bars or swimming, but there was a fair amount of people in the house also. Her house didn't even look crowded, even with all these people here.

Izumi looked around, astonished. "Wow. This is a really nice house."

"Even my house isn't as big as this..." Rika said, slightly disappointed.

Mimi laughed and gave Izumi a playful push on the shoulders. "Oh, It's nothing compared to my house in America!"

"I'm so jealous."

Before Izumi had moved to Japan, she lived in a small, but neatly decorated house in Italy. She had always liked the house, because of it's unique looks, but Mimi's house was something, alright.

Mimi gave the girls a quick smile and turned off to walk back to her group of friends.

There was no conversation between the three for a while. They were all still trying to take in the house.

Rika was the first to speak up.

"I feel so weird being here. Everyone else is a freshmen! Ewh..." She purposely looked toward the younger two girls.

Rika would always tease them about being freshmen.

"Hey, we are sophomores now!" Izumi said.

Rika raised her brows.

"Technically, you two are not sophomores until school starts again."

Izumi frowned, disappointed that it was kind of true. Rika patted her back laughing. "I'm just kidding. And besides, we're only a year apart."

Kari seemed to spot something in the far corner of the room.

"Well, Rika, if you want to be with someone your own age, there are the girls from the dance team over there..." she said.

Rika looked over at the group. Most of the girls there were indeed, her age, but she was never close friends with them. She was probably too much of a tomboy for them.

"Nah, I'll just hang out with you two losers." Rika said.

The two girls ignored the last part of what she had said and started to talk.

"We should go get some drinks." Kari said.

Izumi looked at her in wide eyes. Rika's jaw dropped.

"Kari... I did not know you were that type of girl." Rika joked.

"Oh, stop it guys! You know I didn't mean that kind of drink."

Rika raised an eyebrow. "Sure. Whatever you say..."

Izumi laughed at this and headed towards one of the bars outside. Kari and Rika followed beside her.

Rika was still picking on Kari when they got there. "So, Kari. What are you getting? Smirnoff?" she said laughing at her own words.

Kari glared at her from the corner of her eyes. She ignored her. "I'll get a punch please."

The bartender smirked at her request and turned to the fridge.

"Awh, Kari. You are no fun!" Izumi said, joining on the act. It wasn't like any of them drank though, they had much better things to do.

Kari groaned, "Not you too Izumi...

Rika and Izumi smirked at each other. "Babies gonna be babies." Rika quietly added.

This, for some reason made Kari angry. Everyone always called her that, and she was tired of it.

She turned around to the guy.

"Actually, could you change that to a Smirnoff?"

He took out a bottle of the alcohol without changing his facial expressions. He must be used to illegally giving minors alcohol. Then he handed Izumi and Rika their red juices.

Izumi looked at Kari, surprised. Kari was the last person she expected would do something like this. She was too sweet and innocent.

"What?" Kari asked, seeing the horror on her best friends faces.

"What do you mean what?" Rika said pointing at the bottle. "You are NOT drinking that!"

Kari waved her finger away. "Relax. It's just one bottle, one night."

Rika shrugged but then put her arm down. She'll just have to watch her closely.

"Kari, we didn't really mean the things we said." Izumi quickly stated.

But that didn't seem to change her mind.

"I know. I just want to try it. Ya know, just to see if it's good." Kari said with her cute innocent smile.

She opened the bottle and brought it to her lips.

"I don't think this is a good idea..." Izumi said.

"It'll be fine." Kari replied. Then she took a sip.

" I knew we shouldn't have let her do it!" Rika yelled.

Izumi ignored her and called to Kari, who was surely throwing up inside the million dollar bathroom. "Kari, do you need help?"

She heard sounds of liquid splattering all over.

They had let her have too many drinks.

When Kari first took a sip, her eyes seemed to change a color. She gulped it up like it was just some sort of juice. Then she ordered the bartender to get her another bottle. Izumi tried to stopped her but Kari just ignored her. Finally, after her fourth bottle, Rika stepped in. She snatched the drink out of Kari's hand and pulled her away from the bar. By then, Kari was a completely different person. She tried to fight her way back to the bar, resisting Rika's strong arms around her shoulders.

Today would be a memorable day for Kari, if she remembers anything. She had a first for many things. She had her first drink. She had cursed for the first time, all the words directed to Rika. And today was the first time she kissed someone.

It happened when Rika was helping Kari walk to the bathroom, she already threw up all over the bar. Kari was a hot mess and very, very drunk. Her body was not used to this foreign object in her system, and it was trying to rid all of it.

"I'm soo wasted!" Kari had yelled through a crowd of people. People started to look towards the girls direction, some guys actually checking Kari out. Izumi was grossed out. Did everyone who seemed so feeble and easy, 'hot', to boys nowadays? Izumi practically growled towards there direction, trying to scare them away.

"Kari!" Izumi heard Rika yell in front of her. She looked to see what Rika was yelling for now.

"Kari" Rika yelled again, yanking her off of the victim.

The boy first stared blankly at the three, but then his lips eventually widened to a grin. "I don't mind." he said, reaching to grab Kari.

"Back off! Asshole!"

Rika then stormed off, pulling Kari by her side, leaving Izumi to run after them...

Now, Kari locked herself in the bathroom and wouldn't let the two girls in.

"What are we going to do?" Rika moaned. She banged her head continuously on the wall.

Izumi seriously didn't know though. But first, they just had to get inside.

"Kari! Open the door!" she banged on the door that blocked her from getting in.

"Shut up! Go away!" the drunk girl yelled back.

Izumi helplessly fell to the floor and sat next to Rika. She heard more vomiting on the inside.

"We'll just have to wait." she told Rika.

"She's going to hate us when she finds out we let her do all this stuff." Rika mumbled.

Izumi nodded.

"We should have sto- AGH!"

Izumi rolled to her side and held the back of her head in pain. She heard a someone giggle above her.

"Kari! You could have told me you were going to open the door!" she yelled.

Kari just giggled again and walked out of the room.

"Where do you think you're going?" Rika asked, grasping Kari's arm to stop her.

"Let go of me!" she screamed. "I'm fine now!"

It was clear that Kari was not 'fine', even though she claimed to be as sober as ever.

"We should take her home." Izumi suggested.

Rika gave her an outraged face. "Are you kidding me? Her parents would FREAK!"

She was right. Kari's parents would never let her see Izumi or Rika ever again if they saw her in this condition. They would in fact kill them all.

"Let's just go out to the front where it's quiet, for now."

Rika agreed and put Kari's arm around her own shoulders. She was still wobbly when she tried walking.

Even though they didn't want anyone else to see Kari like this, they would have to walk through the crowd to get out. And once again, all eyes fell on them. Izumi felt so bad for Kari, being the center-of-attention here. There was snickering here and there and she hoped that this poor girl wouldn't be the talk of the week.

They finally seemed to reach the front door. It took what seemed forever.

"Hey, ladies..." Izumi immediately turned around to the sound of this voice. It was so raspy and annoying, she felt like her ears bled with only the two words he said.

"I can take you girls home if you want" he said, winking.

"No thank you." Izumi had replied before Rika. She really wanted to get rid of him.

The guy still didn't seem to get the idea of rejection and asked them again.

"Didn't you hear her the first time? No!" Rika yelled this time.

The guy seemed frustrated at this point. He walked up to Izumi and grabbed her arm.

"Don't touch her!" Rika let go of Kari and tried pulling the boy off of her friend.

He shoved her instead and she fell hard on the ground.

"Shut up, bitch!" he yelled at her. He was gripping Izumi's wrist even stronger now. What did he want from them?

Rika got up fast. Her face was painted red in fury. She was ready to punch him when someone had stopped her.

"Stop!" Rika said as she tried to wiggle her arms free of this boys grasp.

"Sorry." he said as he slowly let go of her. Then he looked towards the guy holding Izumi in daring eyes. "Souta, let go of her."

Izumi felt the hands on her get lighter and eventually out of touch. She immediately ran to Rika's side. The first boy started to clumsily walk away. It was obvious now that he was drunk. He could barley walk without running into the walls.

Rika spun in spot and faced toward the other boy. She stared at him for a while. She looked like she wanted to hurt him in anyway she could. "Thank you." she managed to say. Then she picked Kari up, who was passed out on the floor, and headed towards the door again.

Izumi hesitated for a moment but followed behind. She should thank him too, but she was too exhausted.

"You're not hurt, right?"

She stopped in her tracks. Should she just ignore him and keep walking?

"Yes. Thank you." Izumi replied.

The boy sighed. "Look's like he was pretty harsh on you. He could be a little aggressive when he drinks."

"A little?" Izumi said in a sarcastic tone. She rarely got angry, but right now she was.

She watched as he scratched his head, underneath his hat. There was a pair of goggles sitting on top.

"I'm sorry for what happened." he apologized.

Izumi shook her head and gave him a small smile. It wasn't his fault that his friend was a jerk after all. Although she did wonder why someone as nice as him could handle being with him.

"Izumi?" Rika called from outside. "You coming?"

She waved to him and walked outside where Rika waited with a sleeping Kari. They were all tired from everything that happened.

But Izumi couldn't help but notice when her heart seemed to skip a beat when she saw the boy waved back...

I'm sorry. I'm not a very good writer... but I just love to write down my ideas so please bear with me. Haha
Review anything. I'll take it all, from flames to praises. I think I did good. I don't know. I hope so.

...I'm hungry...