The next twenty-four hours ticked by, time never really moved fast at the weekends. I didn't have much to do. I had played my guitar for a few hours in the afternoon but my mind was on the party tonight. I was determined to nail this acoustic assignment for Glee; I needed to prove myself to everyone. As six o'clock rolled around, I decided to get up and have a shower to start getting ready. I finished my shower and got dressed. It was only quarter to seven so I'd have to kill some more time to avoid being the first one at the party. I laid down on my bed and let my mind wander.

I awoke at half nine, damn why had I fallen asleep? That was not helpful. Luckily the party was only around the corner from my house so I pulled myself up and grabbed my coat. It was quite a windy night as I walked down the path towards the house party. The music was already blaring and the party in full swing. I knocked on the door, and a very drunk cheerleader opened the door.

"Come in" She slurred before turning and heading towards the nearest keg to grab more beer. I walked in and scanned the room to see who was here. It was the usual 'popular' crowd of jocks and cheerleaders. Suddenly I heard her voice behind me,

"RYDER. Oh my god, you came!" exclaimed a very excitable Kitty. She was wasted already, but she looked as pretty as ever.

"Haha, yes I did. How much have you had to drink?"

"Not enough! Hang on, let me get some more, I'll get you one too. Wait here!" she said as she disappeared (rather unsteadily) off into the crowd of people. I waited for about half an hour before deciding she must have got distracted and went off in search of my own drink. An hour or two passed as I chatted to a few of the guys from the team and drank the cheap beer from the kegs. The beer then caught up with my bladder so I went to find the nearest toilet. There was a huge queue outside of the first one I came across. I'd noticed some stairs when I came in so I snuck off to find another loo. As I walked along the landing, I could see a shape lying on the floor. As I got closer, I recognized the blonde hair and the outfit from earlier.

"KITTY!" I screamed as I ran towards her. Please be okay, please be okay I repeated to myself, trying not to panic. Why hadn't I bothered to look for her earlier? As I got to her, she stirred. Oh thank god, she was conscious at least!

"Tom?" She muttered in a groggy but still wasted voice.

"No, it's me, Ryder" I replied. She tried to get up but was crumbling back to the floor when I dashed forward to catch her. That was when I noticed she had sick on her clothes.

"Where did Tom go?" That's when Kitty noticed the state she was in "Ohh I feel like such an idiot. Everyone's going to laugh at me, I can't face going down there. What are my parents going to say as well?" She whispered as she started to cry.

"Hey, don't cry, it'll be okay. We'll sit here for a bit whilst you sober up a little, and then you can come to mine and clean up, it's only around the corner." She nodded at this suggestion and sat back down on the floor. We talked for a while, she told me that she was seeing one of the jocks, Tom but he'd majorly led her on and was only playing games with her. He had told her to meet her upstairs but she had obviously passed out before he arrived.

"Okay, I think I'm ready to go now" She spoke as she stood up, a little uneasily. I stayed silent, but just nodded and led the way down the stairs.

"One second, I need to get my coat. Wait for me here?" I said as we reached the bottom of the stairs. She just smiled in return as I walked off towards the living room. I picked up my coat and turned to see Tom making his way over to where Kitty was standing. I rushed back towards her as she cowered away from him, tears starting to roll down her cheeks.

"Hey, Tom!" As he turned round to face me, my fist flew up uncontrollably and hit him square in the face.

"WHAT THE…? WHAT WAS THAT FOR?" He yelled as he reeled backwards from the impact.

"Leave her alone!" I shouted before instinctively grabbing Kitty's hand and leading her out of the front door and away from the crowd that was starting to gather. As we reached the end of the driveway, I noticed she was already shivering so I took off my coat and wrapped it around her shoulders.

"T-th-th-thanks" she stuttered. After this, we just walked in silence until we reached my house. Luckily both my parents would be in bed so they wouldn't make a fuss. I pulled my key out of my pocket, opened the door before pulling Kitty inside, out of the rain. She then followed me up the stairs and into my room. I was also lucky enough to have an ensuite bathroom, so it was easy for her to clean up without having to worry about running into my family. As she disappeared into the bathroom, I got changed into my pyjamas and lay down on my bed contemplating the night's events. Just over half an hour later, Kitty emerged from the bathroom, dressed in a pair of my tracksuits and one of my t-shirts, which looked enormous on her.

"Hey, I hope you don't mind. I found these in there and I didn't want to put my other clothes back on."

"It's fine" I replied as she walked over to the bed and sat down.

"I still can't believe you punched him though."

"Haha, me neither. I've never punched anyone but he deserved it."

She laughed as she moved closer to me so we were lying side by side.

"Nice pyjamas by the way. You really are Mega Stud" she grinned, referring to my earlier Glee nickname from the superheroes assignment.

"You know it." I smiled back. She was just too adorable in my oversized t-shirt. I put my arm around her and pulled her close to me. "I hope you're okay." I continued.

"I'll be fine… thank you though, for tonight, for everything." she replied. That's the last thing I remember before we both fell asleep with her wrapped in my arms.