Author's Note: Hi guys, little run up to the party, because I felt as though it would be a bit weird to just jump right into it. Tensions rise before the party. Read the author's notes at the end of this chapter to understand about the next few chapters.


Ian and Anthony walked down David and Joven's street, passing by the houses, some with the lights on, all with perfectly manicured Californian gardens. Ian got out his phone and alerted David that they were close.

"Tonight's going to be great." Anthony said for the tenth time that hour. Ian just mumbled politely in agreement, not agreeing at all. He didn't really understand the huge hype about going to this party.

They reached David and Joven's house and knocked on the door. David opened the door, with Joven standing behind him. Both were wearing similar things, jeans and a button down, but David pulled it off better in Ian's opinion.

"Shall we go?" Anthony asked, clearly eager to be at the party, but a woman, that looked too alike Joven to mistake her for anyone but his mother, appeared in the's doorway. Anthony's heart sank as he realised they had been caught.

"No sex. No tattoos or piercings. No doing anything you'll regret later," She said with Joven and David mouthing along. Apparently this was a routine. "I mean it. You've got company this time, don't be a bad influence."

"We wont, don't worry Marie." David said stepping outside and smiling at Ian. Joven attempted to follow, but was held back by his mother, who planted a kiss on his cheek, which Joven shriveled away from, hurrying towards his friends.

"Aw did Joven enjoy his kiss from his mummy before he goes?" Ian said in a high-pitched sing-song voice.

"Fuck off." Joven replied simply, he wasn't in the mood to be mocked tonight, but it was going to happen whether he wanted it or not.

"I just can't believe can't believe you told her the truth about where we're going." Anthony said sitting next to Ian in the backseat of David's car, Joven sitting in the passenger seat.

"We couldn't hide it from her anyway," David laughed "We'd be in bigger trouble if we lied about it."

"That's very true," Joven added."What did you tell your parents?"

"I said that I was staying at Ian's" Anthony explained "And he said he said he was staying at mine. It's what we usually do."

"And you got away with that?" Joven asked skeptically, and Ian and Anthony nodded. "Well, that deserves praise, not that your actions are praiseworthy.

"So Joven, who's the girl you want to meet tonight?"Anthony asked, with the car having been parked a few blocks away from their venue.

"Her name's Annie. She's got dark brown hair and amazing eyes." Joven said.

"That narrows it down to about half the girls there" Ian joked.

"She's also Australian." Joven said defensively.

"And how do you know she'll even be there?" Anthony asked.

"I just do okay." Joven said "Jeez since when did you all start attacking me?"

"Because you act like a melodramatic drama queen when we do." David said jokingly, but he gave Joven a glance which he hoped conveyed the question "Are you okay?". It seemed to work as Joven nodded.

"How many people do you think will be there?" Ian asked, more for Anthony's sake.

"Maybe a couple thousand." Davis said indifferently. Ian looked over to Anthony with concern, but Anthony looked as though he were about to enter paradise. Ian hated that he had to babysit Anthony, wherever they went, he was his best friend and he cared about far more than he liked to admit, but he was becoming tired of protecting him, and it didn't help that Anthony always insisted on going to events with a large number of people.

"Oh shit there's a bouncer there Ian said as the red-brick front of The Warehouse came into view."I don't own a fake ID."

"Don't worry about it. He's just there for when the police show up, which is usually around 4, I saw we leave before then to avoid trouble." Joven advised.

"Agreed." David said checking his watch. "That gives us about five hours, try to stick together." David said as he paid the bouncer $10 a head, and they entered through the heavy metal doors.

The music, which could be heard from several streets away, reverberated through their bodies as they walked through the building, changing the pace of their hearts to the beat of the song. There were two levels to The Warehouse, the ground floor, which was a large open space where most of the action took place, and an upper balcony level that wrapped around the building, containing abandoned offices. The walls were still black with soot after the fire, but overall, the building seemed to be mostly intact. As they walked through the sweaty crowd, they could smell the familiar and distinct smell of weed, it was so thick in the air they could almost taste it.


Author's Notes: Annie is based on smosh-crew on tumblr. Thank you Annie for your support. Ok so the next few chapters are going to go through the different POVs of Ian, David, Joven and Anthony going through the party, showing the parallels and all that good stuff. Sohinki's party is going to take place in Chapter 13 so look forward to that. Flash-forward to Lasercorn will take place in Chapter 10, I felt as though we haven't seen him in a while. Love you guys hope you enjoy reading the next few chapters as much as I enjoyed writing them. Next Time: Long chapter in Ian's POV xx