"So, this is a high school party?"

Merlin looked around the place in bewilderment. There was so much going on! People were talking, laughing, running around.

"Yup. You ever been to one?" Sara looked up at him and smiled.

Merlin shook his head. "Nope."

"Oh, man, we're gonna get you so wasted!" Cody yelled with a laugh.

Merlin looked at him and tilted his head in confusion. Man, for being alive a thousand years, he really did a horrid job keeping up with the modern world.

"What's that?" he asked.

They all looked at him. "Oh, man, this is gonna be fun." Carly threw her arm around Merlin's shoulder and led him into the crowd of people.

Merlin couldn't help feeling a bit panicky; He was never one for tight spaces. But he forced the feeling down and walked with Carly, Sara and Cody trailing behind them.

"Here you go. I'm assuming it's your first." Carly handed him an odd-shaped bottle and pulled the top off using a piece of metal with a hole in it.

She shoved it into Merlin's hands and he stared down at it. Was he meant to drink it? As he sloshed it around in the bottle, he didn't think it looked overly appealing. Sure, he'd drank ale before, but not this. It looked like urine.

But, he looked up at the others- except Sara, she said she wasn't drinking because she had cheerleading practice in the morning- and realized they were all drinking theirs and looking at him expectantly. If Sara hadn't given him a reassuring smile, he probably wouldn't have taken the drink that resulted in a burning feeling in his throat. Still, despite the pain it caused, he liked it. So he drank the rest of the bottle. Then another, and another.

By the time three hours had passed, he'd had around six or seven bottles of the burning substance.
Eventually he ran into Sara, unable to stay on his feet as the world was swaying around him.

He walked towards her, tripping over his own feet and ending up laying on his back on the ground. He then looked up at her and she laughed lightly. He laughed, too, but harder. He ended up in a laughing fit, but he didn't really know what was so funny.

She offered him a hand and pulled him to his feet, and he gave a little hop as he managed to keep himself upright for longer than a minute and a half.

"You're so drunk." She laughed and shook her head.

"I'm whht?" Merlin slurred, holding onto the edge of the table for balance.

"Miles, how many drinks have you had?" She asked, clearly trying to hold down a smile.

He couldn't get the word out of his mouth, so he held up what he hoped to be seven fingers.

"Wow, for such a small kid you sure can hold a drink."

"I'm tiiireeeed." Merlin whined, leaning his head on Sara's shoulder.

"I know." She laughed, reaching a hand up and stroking his hair. "We can go soon."

Merlin nodded but didn't say anything else. He doubted his ability to speak, so he didn't.

"Guys, come see this!"

Merlin looked up as Carly waved them over.

Sara looked up at Merlin, who stood up straight and followed Carly out into the yard.

He looked around for anything of interest, but nothing seemed vitally important.

"I don't see any-"

He was cut off as Carly and Sara grabbed him and pulled him toward the pool.

"Hey, what are you doing?!" He yelled.

They gave him a shove over the edge and he lost his footing, looking for something to grab onto. He wrapped his hand around Sara's wrist just in time to pull her with him into the pool.

They both hit the water with a splash.

Merlin thanked himself for leaving his cell phone at home as he swam to the surface, Sara rising a few seconds afterwards.

"That wasn't nice!" He pouted, pulling himself out of the pool to sit on the ledge.

Carly patted him on the head before wrapping a towel around his now shaking shoulders. Sara was out after him, also receiving a towel from Carly.

"Looks like you guys had a fun time."

Merlin looked up at the sound of Amber's voice and beamed at her. "Yeah, I got to go for a swim."

"Looks like you both did." Amber raised an eyebrow at Sara.

"He pulled me in." Sara explained with a laugh.

"Well, I didn't think you jumped." Amber held her hand out to Sara and pulled her to her feet before turning her attention to Merlin. "And I see they managed to get you piss drunk. Congratulations."

Merlin shrugged, splashing his feet around in the water.

"Everyone's leaving. It's already 2AM and we're lucky there's no school tomorrow." Amber said.
Merlin looked around and realized there was only about 1/4 of the people left who were there originally.

"Miles, do you want me to walk you to your dorm?" Sara asked.

Merlin nodded more vigorously than intended, resembling more a five year old child than a sixteen year old boy.

And so, after Cody drove them back to the campus, they walked together down Brennan hall toward Merlin's dorm, both still wrapped in their towels.

"Watch where you step, I don't want to have to bring you to the nurse." Sara warned him lightheartedly.

Merlin realized he was stumbling and tripping over his own far-too-large feet.

"M'fine." he muttered, trying too hard for his liking to walk in a straight line.

They reached Merlin's dorm room and he gave Sara a smile before shoving the key in the lock (it took him three tries to actually get it in), and entered his dorm room.

"Bye, Sare-bear." Merlin cooed, copying Cody's nickname for the girl.

She laughed and rolled her eyes. "Bye, Miles. Try not to puke too much tomorrow."

And then she was gone.

Merlin stared after her, wondering what she meant by that.

It wasn't until the next morning that he figured it out.

Because, as he laid in his bed the next morning, he was overwhelmed by the sudden urge to vomit. He noted that Tegan was still fast asleep and reached his hand toward the garbage can. It slid across the floor toward him just in time for Merlin to empty the contents of his stomach into it.

He sat up and wiped his mouth with his sleeve, instantly regretting going to that party.

It's not like he'd have known this would happen. Ale had never had this strong of an affect on him. Then again, the most ale he'd ever consumed was no more than a pint or two.

This, on the other hand...

His head was pounding in his head as if it were going to burst out of his skull. He let out a pain-filled groan and fell back onto the pillows.

"Look at that, Miles' first hangover." Merlin turned his head to see Tegan smirking at him. Was that what this is?

"Make it stop!" he groaned again, shoving his face into the pillow as if it would dull the ache in his head.

"Take an Advil." was Tegan's advice.

"Don't got one." Merlin muttered through the pillow.

"Here."

Merlin looked up as the small pill landed in his lap.

He picked it up and studied it in between his fingers. "You're sure this is safe?"

Tegan rolled his eyes. "You really are uncivilized. Just take it. Here, have some water."

The water also landed in Merlin's lap- he had to admire his rommate's aim- and Merlin twisted the cap. He stared down at the pill for what felt like forever.

"Swallow it." Tegan instructed as he pulled his pajama shirt over his head and throwing it on the floor.
"Like... Whole?" Merlin looked up at him with wide eyes.

"Yes. Put it in your mouth, then drink the water. It goes down pretty easily, actually."

Merlin wasn't too sure, but the pain in his head won him over and he downed the pill.

It wasn't the most comfortable feeling, but he managed to pull through.

"There, all better. Now get up." Tegan instructed.

"Why?" Merlin gasped, trying to force away the feeling of the pill going down his throat.

"We're going to watch the cheerleaders practice." Tegan informed him, pulling a purple hoodie over his head.

"Sara's a cheerleader, right?" Merlin asked, trying not to sound too hopeful.

A devious grin spread across Tegan's face. "Dude, ask her out if you like her so much."

"I don't like her." Merlin muttered, but he looked at his feet as he felt his cheeks flushing a bright pink color.

"I won't tell her." Tegan smirked, and Merlin looked up to glare at him. "Come on, then."

"But I'm still hangover." Merlin protested.

"Hungover," Tegan corrected, "And I'm sure it'll pass with the Advil and some fresh air. I told Lottie that I'd come to her practice and I refuse to go alone because last time I did that I got bored so I started playing on my phone. Jeez, I still haven't heard the end of that one."

"Is Lottie your girlfriend?" Merlin asked.

Tegan laughed. "My sister. She's a year younger than us. And she likes me to watch her practices, God knows why."

Merlin nodded and pulled himself out of bed.

"How drunk were you last night?" Tegan laughed again as Merlin got to his feet.

"Why?"

Tegan raised an eyebrow. "Because your pants are on backward."

omg I love tegan so much

what's gonna happen at cheer practice hmm we'll see we'll see just u wait

that's all I rly have to say this is a huge filler and very short I'm sorry I'm a horrid person but hey this is my second update tonight so shut ur pie hole

Oh by the way I'm canadian so idk how the American school system works so I made it like Canada aka there's 4 periods/4 classes and the order of those four classes is different every day- except Monday and Friday are the same- so sorry if it gets confusing but that's what's up

oh and also merlins classes in case anyone was confused is heeere

-mr rolland - math

with amber

-Mrs parkinson - English

with amber and brodie

-mr Emerson - chemistry

with Brodie

-ms hale - history

With Carly, Sara and amber