Author's P.O.V.
The party had erratically changed into something borderline dangerous. Everyone who had a vehicle had turned on head lights and everyone else lit candles. The electricity didn't work out there so everyone was more than thrilled when someone brought out a battery-powered strobe light. Of course, someone had taken the liberty of hauling several kegs of beer to the party, supplying the already out of control youths with the fuel the would need to effectively raise hell. The festivities, so far, consisted of: drinking an ginormous amount of beer, followed by making out with the nearest bystander, and then either indulging in some form of drug or spilling your breakfast into the lake.
"Come on, Mari! Come and dance with us! You have been hiding in that chair all afternoon!", Elaine somehow screamed over the breakdown in "Breekatchu" by my favorite band, We Butter The Bread With Butter. Truth was, if the guys in the mosh pit in the center of the room hadn't been the size of refridgerators, she would be dancing around in the center. She was glad that the Dj was mixing all kinds of songs because the next song that came on was reggeaton. A song by Pitbull called "Watagatapitusberry".
'Try saying that three times fast.', she thought, giggling as the guys made way for the girls to dance. Unknown to them, the 'so-called' emo girl that they knew Mari as could dance circles around them all. And that she did indeed. Winding her way toward the middle of the room where Elaine and Tao were grinding and twirling her around so they made some type of Elaine sandwich. She began expertly twisting and gyrating her hips to the music, making her stomach perform smooth waves and undulate in time with the tempo.
"Whoa! Who knew she could dance like that!", the petite red head squeaked, trying to keep up.
"Whoa is right!", Tao exclaimed, somehow widening his weed-heavy eyes. Mari flashed him a shy smile and continued dancing, using moves from her belly dancing classes and music videos alike till she felt multiple eyes on her. Tao grabbed her hand and spun both her and Elaine around, Mari in front of him and his girlfriend behind him.
"Hey! Why do you get to be in the middle?", Mari mock complained, slowly descending her hips back and forth, not concerned that her backside was brushing his groin. He moved in time with her, sliding his hands up to her hips.
"Because. That's why.", he said, sticking his tongue out at her and continuing.
"Ugh, whatever. Oh! There's Aiden and Luis! Where's Luis going...wait, nevermind.", the girl muttered as she noticed the bong in his hand. "Well at least we get to spend some time with Aiden before he gets fucked up."
"Oh, joy.", Elaine muttered, tired of playing backseat and spun Tao around.
Mari's P.O.V.
The tall Bulgarian stud made his way through the rapidly grinding crowd to us, turning down a few girls who wanted to dance with him. I felt myself begin to blush and looked away from his piercing gaze, his pale eyes burning into mine as he approached. I focused on my dancing, only mildly aware that Tao and Elaine has begun making out and were making their way toward the back room that I presumed was a kitchen. As he appeared before me, he offered me a beer with one of his heart melting smiles. I thanked him and drank it quickly, hating the taste.
'It's just one. It won't kill me.', I argued mentally, crushing the red plastic cup in my hand.
"You want to dance, Maria?", he emphasized my name in his thick accent. Though he had said it wrong, who cared? He was foreign! And in his loose fitting jeans and black pin-striped button down, he was easily the sexiest thing in the room.
"Yea...", I said, looking up at my crush through my lashes. To my surprise, he grabbed my hips, pulling me toward him as the song switched to "Salgo Pa" by Daddy Yankee. I moved my hips sensually under his large palms, again surprised when he began to dance with me, bringing us closer. I curiously brought my chest to his, making a snake-like motion with my body without using anything but my midsection and then finished it off with a light pelvic push.
"Whoa...", he said, actually sounding American for a few seconds. I giggled shyly but continued to dance, swallowing hard as he brought our bodies securely together, hands nearly on my rear. I could feel his hot stare on my cleavage and then feel it on my ass as he stared down over my shoulder. I hooked my hands in his belt loops and dropped down in a sudden crouch, spun around with my back to him, and undulated my way back up his body in a few swift moments as the small crowd of people around me whistled and cheered, chanting 'Go birthday Ghoul!' or some other similar phrase.
After a few minutes of dancing, my eyes started to feel heavy and I felt the undeniable pressure of fatigue form beneath my brow. My body began to feel as if it was moving on it's own accord and before I knew it I was a giggling mess, my head lolling back whenever it wasn't resting on Aiden's chest. My chest felt too full of air and I held onto Aiden's shirt for support, my hips somehow still moving against him. I felt him encircle me in his arms, an embrace too tight, too hot. I squirmed marginally, only to feel his arms tighten as he began walking me away from the dance floor.
"No...! I wanna d-dance...", I almost whispered, my lips feeling like if I talked to quickly they would get tangled.
"We can dance later. First I want to show you something...something even more beautiful than you look tonight.", he said, winking down at me as I nearly fell into a ditch near my feet. I shakily nodded my head, thinking that he would most likely take me to the lake and ask me to be his girlfriend. Just the thought of my three year best friend and 1 year crush finally noticing me feelings made my heart thud faster than it did after I drank that beer.
We made our way into the pine trees, his arm hanging low on my hips and my arms about his waist to keep me from falling. My eyes felt heavier and heavier and my body broke out in a light sweat. I felt absolutely feverish and yet so awake that my temples felt like they were channeling the energy of the very forest, straight into my head.
After a few minutes of walking Aiden and I came to a clearing, deep in the forest.
"Here we are.", he said, voice husky with some emotion I could not place. He pulled me closer, his pale eyes almost glowing in the moonlight. His black hair made quite the contrast with his skin, the sight distracting me from his lips rapidly descending upon mine.
"Wha-?", I choked out as his hot lips captured my own in a bruising kiss, my breath stolen away as my cheeks flushed with more blood than I possessed in my body. I shockingly-both to myself and him, pushed him away. I wrapped an arm around myself, staring at him in disbelief.
What he was doing, well, it wasn't that I didn't like it, but that I wanted to be his girlfriend before he tried to stick his tongue down my throat. And I had always thought him to be such a gentleman…
"Why did you do that?", I asked, looking away from his enraged expression as I did so.
"You wanted it too. With the way you were dancing back there you were practically begging me to do it! What did YOU pull back, for?", he said accusingly, stepping a bit closer as he narrowed his eyes.
"I-I…I didn't want….that. Atleast not until you asked me…", I bit off my words right there, too embarrassed to finish. The next thing I knew he had grabbed me again.
"We both know what we want so there is no need to act like children. Let's just get to it.", he rasped, pulling me in for another kiss.
"No, no wait! Don't-", I froze, completely still in fear as I felt a hot palm come around my waist from behind, a body not far behind it.
"Hello there, Marni.", said Luis' unmistakable booming voice. Even calling me by the wrong name sickened me.
"Dude, what the fuck are you doing!", I yelled at him, the effort making my head swim. I again clung to Aiden for support, regretting the decision when I felt the two enclose me between their bodies. "What is this?", I asked, fear evident in my voice.
"Giving you what you wanted, hope ya don't mind if I get in on the action.", he said, his left hand grasping my ass tightly while he tried to get my zipper down. Aiden followed suit, shoving his hands up my shirt and squeezing my breasts much too harshly.
"No! Stop it!", I screamed, head butting them both. They recoiled, me falling to the ground as nausea and fatigue threatened to take me over. The stood over me, enraged and brooding. I screamed again, refusing to let them get the best of me. This, however, was not their plan. Aiden hovered over me, Luis holding my hands above my head.
My body shook with protest and fear as my used-to-be crush kissed his way down my body. I kept screaming, crying out as he bit harshly down upon the skin beneath my rib.
Would this be the end...?