Now I've gone and done it...
It really makes you think how weird alcohol is, now that I'm making out with the girl I've considered my best friend.
I've never seen Riven act like this either. Why isn't she fighting back, or stopping me?
Better yet, why haven't I stopped myself? I mean...we're literally in the middle of the party, just making out on the couch.
Looks like everyone's ignoring us though.
But who would even care? The music is so damn loud, and everyone seems to be messed up off of everything.
Riven suddenly breaks off our kiss, and we look at each other for a moment. And from the look on her face, I'm guessing she's finally coming to her senses. Riven's face begins to heat up as she looks around her realizing what she was just doing.
Now, I've never been in a situation like this with her, but from past experiences I'm guessing she's going to either want to go home right away, or just laugh this off.
Riven leans over and whispers into my ear, "Let's find somewhere more quiet."
It takes a few moments for her words to click in my drunk head, but before I can even respond, I'm silenced by Riven who simply grabs my hand and walks us out of the party. Finally, able to hear myself think, I tightly grip onto Riven's hand and stop her.
"Riven...are we really going to do this?" Of course I had to ask. This situation is just too unreal.
She sighs and tries to get me to keep walking. I hold onto her hand as we walk side by side.
"Listen, I know I'm drunk...but I was thinking..." Her words come to a stop, and she looks away from me.
"Thinking about what?"
"Well...it's embarrassing...but, I've been thinking about how high school's almost over and I've never..." The last words that come out of her mouth are quiet as she mumbles them.
"Never...?"
"Never...done 'it'."
"Never done... Oh! Oh..." It suddenly hits me. Riven has been with guys before, but I never would have guessed she was a virgin.
"Wow...you've seriously never done it?" I suddenly blurt out. It's a stupid question, but I still find it a little hard to believe.
"No. Why's it so surprising?" She asks as expected.
"Didn't mean to put it like that, it's just that I'd thought you'd have for sure gone all the way with that Asian guy...what was his name, Yakuza or something like that?"
"His name is Yasuo, and no...as a matter of fact I didn't." Riven replies sternly.
For the record, I knew Riven has been with guys, but I would never pry into her romantic life so this is all a first. It's such a sketchy topic and I've just never been good with relationship advice.
"I didn't mean to offend at all...and look, this...this situation just has me all confused. I need to ask you straight out, it's a yes or no answer." Riven and I stop walking and we look at each other. I take a deep breath and just say it.
"Are you trying to have sex with me?"
...
Well...it was nice having a social life while it lasted. The awkward silence has my body frozen. I try my best to keep a poker face as Riven blankly looks back at me.
"Yes..." Her reply is quiet but it was loud and clear to me.
"But...", my heart stops as she continues to speak, "we're only doing this as friends...nothing weird, okay? I'm just trying to experience this with a guy I can trust."
Just as friends she says...that's what she said about the kiss but that turned into something else.
I probably should say something. I should probably tell her that I think we won't be able to be the way we used to if we go through with this.
But...at the end of the day, as I get into the car with Riven and begin to drive off to a view up in the hillsides, I am a man with desires...
10 minutes earlier, Luxanna's House
"Come on, hurry up! Ezreal is going to be here any minute!" Lux stands by her front door, yelling upstairs at her friend who is slow to get ready.
"Cassie, please! One of my friends told me your brother was at the party so we've got to go!"
"Relax, I'm done already." Cassie comes down the stairs, obviously not as excited as Lux is about the party. She flashes a quick smile at Lux, who returns the gesture and opens the door to wait outside.
The glare from a car's headlights round the corner, and Lux scurries off to the sidewalk.
"That's him." Lux says to Cassie.
The car pulls up next to the girls, and the passenger window rolls down revealing a blonde haired boy with a smile on his face.
"What's up, ladies?" The doors unlock, so Lux gets in the passenger seat, while Cassie hops into the back.
"You guys ready? I heard practically everyone is at Jayce's tonight."
"Oh my gosh, I know! Cassie's brother is there tonight so hopefully tonight's my chance!" Lux says as she changes the radio station to alternative rock.
Cassie cringes as she watches Ezreal's smile falter at the quick shutdown of his advances for the night.
"Like, your brother doesn't hang out with kids from school that often...wonder why he decided to change his mind." Lux seems to speak with nobody listening as Ezreal focuses on driving, and Cassie touches up on her makeup through a small handheld mirror.
"I'm pretty sure whatever class he has this year he actually kind of likes." Cassie replies while lightly tapping her cheeks with blush.
"He hasn't been ditching school, and he hasn't come home from the station with daddy in a while."
"Whatever the reason is...I'm taking my shot tonight." Lux says it seriously, but Cassie doesn't appear too interested.
"You've had your chances before, what's going to be different tonight?" Cassie asks half teasingly, half curiously.
"I'll be a little drunk." Lux says followed by a laugh. Cassie's eyes widen at her statement.
"Miss Crownguard? Getting drunk? Oh man, this night is going to be fun." Cassie and Lux share a laugh together, but it quickly dies down. Noticing how quiet Ezreal is, Cassie can't help but feel a little bad. It's obvious to everyone except Lux that he's into her, but now she's sitting right beside him in his car, talking about getting drunk and being with another guy. She decides it would be best to steer the conversation into a more friendly discussion.
"How about you, Ez? You drinking tonight?"
Ezreal looks into the rearview mirror, and then quickly shifts his attention back to the road.
"I don't know. I've never really went hard on drinking, and I'm driving tonight."
"Oh come on! I'm pretty sure Jayce would let us crash at his place if we asked!" Lux chimes in.
Ezreal sighs, but then begins to smirk a bit.
"If, and only if, Jayce says we can spend the night I'll drink."
"Atta boy." Cassie pats Ezreal on the shoulder, a gesture that lightens the mood in the car as all three begin to laugh. Cassie then continues to keep the conversation off of anything romance related and begins bringing up random topics for the trio to talk about.
The chit chat works effectively as all three are silenced by the sights of an ongoing rager telling them they've reached their destination. Ezreal turns his car into Jayce's driveway, parks, and starts to send a text to Jayce. After the car is turned off, Lux excitedly steps out of the car and heads for the front door. Ezreal sits in the driver's seat while Cassie puts her makeup in her bag and tries to hide it underneath clothing in the car. As she reaches for the door, Ezreal suddenly asks her a question.
"Cassie, can I talk to you for a sec?"
She nods her head and turns away from the door.
"Yeah, is something bothering you?" She replies as Ezreal lightly taps his fingers against the steering wheel.
"I'll be a little upset if I'm wrong, but...you've noticed that I'm into Lux, right?"
Cassie is a little surprised by how straightforward he is, but she's not surprised about the confession.
"Well, it's not a bad thing, but it was totally obvious so I've kind of guessed it for a while now."
Ezreal chuckles softly.
"That is a little embarrassing, but...I don't want to go outright and say try and hook me up with Lux, but I want to know if you'd be willing to at least...I don't know...tell me about her interests so maybe I can try and have something in common with her?" Ezreal begins to go red in the face as soon as the words leave his mouth. Seeing his discomfort, she can't help but let out a small giggle.
"H-hey, I'm being serious!" Ezreal says as his face begins to shine brighter.
"I know, I'm sorry, that was just adorable how flustered you got right there." Cassie lets out another quick laugh and begins to talk before Ezreal can get embarrassed again.
"I guess you could try dancing with her tonight. Lux loves to dance."
Ezreal thinks for a moment and then steps out of the car, to which Cassie follows.
"I'll try it. But hopefully I don't get made fun of cause I'm not really sure how to dance at a party like this."
"Can you two hurry up! Let's go inside already!" Lux yells over to the two as her and Jayce stand by the front door waiting for them.
Ezreal and Cassie quickly make their way over to them, and stop at the front door to greet Jayce. Not being able to take it anymore, Lux says she's going to go dance cause her song was on.
"Haa...she was getting antsy cause you kiddos were taking too long." Jayce says as he starts to lean against the doorway and pounds a beer. After Jayce finishes the can, he crushes it with his hand and begins to gasp heavily.
"WOO! Why the hell are we still standing out here, let's go do some fucking shots my guys." Jayce grabs both Cassie and Ez by their hands and pulls them inside. Immediately, the vibes from the party begin to get to them, putting a smile on their face even though they just stepped in.
"Shots! Let's go!" Jayce tries to lead them to the kitchen, but Ezreal speaks up first.
"Wait, bro, I can only drink if we can spend the night. I drove here." Ezreal asks, and Jayce grabs Ez around the neck and laughs.
"Fuck yeah, man! Mi casa es tu casa!"
Cassie claps excitedly as she quickly pulls Lux off the dance floor to do shots. Jayce grabs four plastic shot cups and begins to pour cinnamon whiskey that was left on the counter. Everyone grabs their cup with a mixture of excitement and nervousness, lifts it in the air and they each tap their cups against each others as they say cheers. The sweet burn of the whiskey is evident on all their faces, but the expressions slowly change from grimaces to smiles. And from smiles to laughter.
"Wow, that was actually really good." Lux admits as she reaches for the bottle again.
"Another round, come on!" Lux begins to pour the cups as Jayce cheers her on.
"C-can we wait just a bit, Lux?" Ezreal asks, still recovering from the first drink.
"We're all in this together, it'll be fun!" Lux says as she hands out the cups. Ezreal deciding to not be the odd man out sighs and prepares himself for another shot.
"Okaaay~..." Lux holds her cup out for them to do another cheers, and as soon as there's contact, the cups immediately go to everyone's lips.
Ezreal downs the liquid and realizes that the second drink was much easier to down than the first, and he noticed the cinnamon flavor as the liquid washed down his throat. It was a pleasant burn he thought to himself.
"Alright, well I'm going to wait a bit until we drink some more...Lux...you want to do dance?" Ezreal asks but Lux begins pouring herself another drink.
"You're taking another shot?"
"Yeah, Lux, you might want to slow down..." Cassie chimes in, but she continues by pouring into their cups as well.
"Come on, just one more then we'll go dance!" Lux tries to say but Cassie waves her hand to refuse.
"I'm going to go see who's here, I'll do another shot in a bit, okay?" Cassie says as she walks away, Lux lets out a simple 'aww' and then turns to Ezreal and Jayce.
"You guys ready?" She asks the two boys. Jayce grabs his cup and Cassie's and holds it up. Lux then grabs her cup and holds the last one out to Ez.
"Come on, last one then we'll go dance."
Ezreal thinks for a second and gives in. He's spending the night anyways, and the girl that he likes is offering it to him, so why turn it down? He flashes a smile to Lux and grabs a cup, and sends it down the hatch. After their shots, Jayce leaves to go use the bathroom, leaving just him and Lux alone. Knowing it's his chance, he presses his assault.
"Ready to dance now?"
"Oh yeah, three shots back to back to back, I'm ready for anything." Lux jokingly says as her and Ez jump into the crowd of dancers. Lux immediately finds her own rhythm and begins to dance as if no one was watching. Ezreal however...stands in the crowd attempting to mimic the footwork of everyone else. He doesn't listen to rap too often, and the song currently playing is a bass heavy rap song that appears to have a set dance to it already he doesn't know about. He stares at the ground trying to get his two left feet to move the same way as everyone else but struggles to do so. Suddenly a hand grabs his and he looks to see Lux.
"The dance to this song is really easy, just look at me." Lux makes sure he's watching so he can copy her dance.
"You just slide your feet," Lux begins to move her feet, sliding them across the floor to match the beat of the song, "and then you do a little twist of your body," as the bass kicks, her hips do slight twist, "and then just go back to moving your feet and butt with the rhythm of the song." Lux then starts to move her feet again while shaking her hips.
Ezreal just stares in admiration. Her body is beautiful and hypnotic, it simply gives him pleasure just to see her shake and move her body like this. Still, he's not satisfied and knows he needs to try and get the dance down so he doesn't stick out and can continue to dance with the girl of his dreams. Once Lux stops, that's when Ezreal tries to recreate what she just showed him. Once the chorus of the song repeats and the beat starts over, that's when he begins to move his feet.
"There you go!" Lux says as he dances. Knowing the bass kick is coming up, Ez readies himself and gives his body a little twist at the drop and immediately goes back to moving his feet.
"Oh my God, see! You've got it!" Lux says as she starts to dance as well and laugh. The song comes to an end after another minute of dancing, and another bass heavy song takes over on the speaker. Ezreal stops moving, thinking that there might be a different dance.
"You can do that last dance to pretty much all party songs, but try and add in little moves that you think might work! You've got to let the music go through you." She says to Ez, noticing he stopped.
"Okay, I don't dance as you can tell...so I'll just try and copy you." He replies causing her to laugh as they both get lost in the music.
Ezreal stays as close as he can to her without looking like a creep, wanting to just be around her and have a good time with her. But he notices her looking around the house, trying to find someone. At first he thinks she's looking for Cassie, but he knows that's not the case. She's looking for Cassie's brother. The realization leaves a stinging pain in his chest, yet he tries to not let it show on his face. For now he'll just try and dance with her for as long as he can.
A/N: Feels good to finally have some time to write. Been busy with sports and classes.
Sorry if you're waiting for an update to my other story 'From Thief to Legend' but I think I might do a reprise/redo of the story and change it to fit my writing style these days (which is still pretty much the same, but much more refined...or I think so at least :( ). The premise is going to be the same but I only feel that way cause I've left A TON of plot holes that would be too much to cover/fix. Plus I want to make the character relationships a lot more realistic as well.
