INFAMOUS ENDEAVOR:
On The Balcony

"See baby you're my little secret, if you don't tell, I won't tell, and that's how we gotta keep it"~ X-Scape

Saturday, January 8th
9:15 P.M.

"Let's drink to feelings of temptation"

Massie was tired of this game. She turned to leave Claire with the random guy with a simple shrug. Claire gave her a look of disbelief and Massie winked in return. She pushed her way through the throng of people trying to find something more entertaining. She didn't want to lose this opportunity. Massie danced her way around looking for something decent to drink.

"Hey,"

Massie turned to see a slightly disgruntled Alicia behind her.

"I thought you would stay with Claire," Massie stated.

"Yeah, well I didn't think she needed me there. Why does it seem you guys are having a more memorable time then me?" Alicia sighed.

"The party's only begun babe. You got plenty of time to make this a night you'll never forget," Massie smirked and gently pushed her in the opposite direction. Her Hispanic friend smiled and disappeared into the crowed leaving Massie alone once again.

Saturday, January 8th
9:19 P.M.

"I want your love, I don't want to be friends"

The pulsing beat was throbbing in Cam's ears. He was way too close to the speaker. He moved his way around the party, catching a glimpse of a familiar shine of golden nails. He smirked as he made his way over to her.

"Hey stranger," he grinned and she smiled back.

"Long time no see," she chuckled.

"Ready for another dance?"

"Of course," she said taking his hand and leading him to the very center of the dance floor.

Saturday, January 8th
9:20 P.M.

"I've never lit a match with the intent to start a fire"

The dance floor was packed so tightly it was hard to even get around the edges, there was no room. Josh had to shove and push his way to the other side. He ended up getting stuck in the slew of people. He felt like he was in the ocean trying to swim back to shore. Someone pushed him and he stumbled back knocking someone down.

"Ouch," someone moaned from the floor. He quickly offered the girl who fell a hand. He smiled when he recognized the pleasant shine of a ring on her finger. Fate sure had a funny way of playing out.

"I'm here to collect," he said and the girl looked at him in confusion.

"Don't remember me?" he asked as the girl tried to fix herself. She smoothed over her dress and was trying to salvage her original hairdo. Josh push a stray hair back and she looked up at him surprised.

"How about now? Ring a bell?" he lowered his voice.

"Looks like we're even now since you pushed me to the ground," she giggled. He decided he liked her laugh.

"Yeah well what kind of man would I be if I didn't offer a beautiful lady to a dance and then a drink?" he stretched out his hand for her to take. She stared at it for a moment and then took it.

"What kind of girl would I be if I didn't accept?"

Saturday, January 8th
9:22 P.M.

"Last name ever, first name greatest"

"Want to see a bird's eye view of the party?" Skye Hamilton breathed into his ear; it left Derrick feeling hot and sticky in all the wrong ways.

"I know there are rules to this but it's my party so I'll do whatever the hell I like," Skye added.

"Skye…" he said with a sigh.

"Didn't I say that already?" she grinned slipping her hand into his.

"Come on. You're going to love this," he highly doubted that.

She tugged him along and he followed obediently. She led him around his fellow party goers, down a hallway, up some stairs and past another hallway and finally to a room. He sighed. He was hoping it wouldn't come to this.

"Look Skye," he began but she cut him off.

"No, no, you're not quite ready for that just yet. Just come here and look," Skye beckoned him over to a door leading to a balcony.

"What's this all about?" Derrick asked even though he peeked out anyways. His eyes zoomed in on a pair in the middle of the dance floor, he wasn't so high up and he wasn't blind.

They were all over each other and the guy looked a hell lot like Cam and then he paused. From this height he could actually see Cam's dark locks. He could see everyone's hair color, he could see all the colors perfectly. Despite the lights that were dancing around the room.

"I asked you if you wanted to see a bird's eye view, it's locked once we leave but if you ever want to come back here with me just say the word and you know what you're in for."

This was how she knew what he looked like when she found him. It wasn't just a guess.

"This is crazy," He murmured looking at everyone. He's pretty sure he saw Josh dancing with some blonde girl. It wasn't as easy as he thought it would be to identify people. It was just easier to spot something that Derrick knew the colors of. Like Cam and Josh's outfits and hair. Spotting Massie would be a whole lot more difficult.

He looked back to the couple that the crowd had actually made some space for. He was sure that the guy was Cam, he could tell from the clothes to the hair. The girl was a little more challenging and he knew it wasn't Claire since this chick had brunette hair. Next thing he knows this girl has Cam connected to her by the lips and she slips up her mask a little bit.

There was something about her that he couldn't quite place. Something in him felt like he should know her. Before the light bulb went off Skye pulled him away.

"Come on, this is my secret room. There's no need for you to figure out everything."

Saturday, January 8th
9:29 P.M.

"Now the party don't start till' I walk in"

After Massie left, Alicia had no idea what to do. It was weird because she was the party girl. This was her scene. She wandered aimlessly around for a while, she noticed some other people were doing the same. She never felt like such an outcast; like an outsider looking in.

Sometime around her wallowing she got the sudden urge to drink. After her vision started to get a little disoriented, she figured she shouldn't have drunk so much. Now shapes were starting to blur together. She stumbled around until her legs got to wobbly to stand and fell right into a stranger.

"Hi," she giggled.

The guy smiled or at least she thought he did.

"I think you need to sober up," he started pulling her away from the bar, away from her drink.

"No, no you can't leave little martini there all by herself. We have to go get her! You don't know what kind of men are around here. They won't treat her right! She could get hurt!" Alicia exclaimed but she still let herself be pulled away by the stranger, all the while still looking back at her drink.

"Why don't you tell me your name," the guy said and Alicia panicked.

"Oh, no I can't do that! My friend said that it's a mask party so people can't know who we are!" Alicia watched as the guy opened a door. It was so big and empty she thought the whole place was just some hidden room.

Apparently other people found it first, she peaked her head around him to see a boy and a girl going at each other's throats. The closest was dark so it was hard to see but there was a girl who looked faintly like Massie from the dress. She was drunk but she loved clothes and Massie's dress was a killer.

The both of them had their masks off and the guy was pressed against the wall so you couldn't see the girls face. She knew in her drunken heart that it was Massie. She wondered why the stranger was taking so long and felt this odd sense of invading her friends privacy.

"I don't think this is the place you were planning on taking me," Alicia whisper slurred.

"No it's not," he said and he closed the door.

"What was up with that?" Alicia asked as he moved along opening other doors until he found the bathroom.

"Nothing just that guy was my friend and that girl looked really familiar," the stranger muttered softly which left Alicia feeling like he was really just talking to himself. Even here in the bathroom she couldn't recognize the guy but it could have something to do with why she could barely feel her feet.

"Yeah well I'm going to barf."