Hello, my friends. Long time no speak right? Well this chapter is for you all your nice reviews. I kept them close to me so I could remember and go: Weren't a few people counting on me to do something? Yeah. I better not let them down.

So you better enjoy it. I have no idea what's going on in chemistry class thanks to this.

Let's get it on!

The music was making the house and everything in it bounce around. You could hear it from a mile away. Did you know that zombies have sensitive hearing? Since we're not very fast, we need it to hear our prey.

Well, I need it anyways.

And that was why I couldn't go into the party, despite many other obvious reasons. Like fear. And Aerrow. Wait. Those are the same things. If he was there he'd probably rally all the party peeps and have them chase me out with pitchforks and torches.

The bad thing about me is that when I think, I don't move. And I was thinking quite a lot as you can read. The door opened and a boy was staring at me with drink in hand. I'd seen him in school a few times; just didn't remember his name. "Oh! How long have you been standing out here?"

"Uh…" I began. I choose not to answer.

"Sorry about that. The doorbell is broken. Come in," he said.

I hesitantly walked in, trying to find a way to run screaming into the night without him thinking I was a lunatic.

I awkwardly stood by the door and he stood there with me, but I totally forgot he was standing there. It was like on of those old time-y cocktail parties/ raves. The house was neat and classy and everyone was acting very genteel and mature. Yet something was off. The music was loud and throbbing, and almost everyone was wearing bright skimpy outfits. I felt like a cucumber in a tampon factory: Sad, I think, or confused. Or some feeling of anxiety, I'm not really sure, but it wasn't good.

"Nice weather we're having. Much warmer than yesterday," the boy said.

I snapped out of my reverie and nodded absentmindedly. "I'm Will by the way."

"Starling," I replied in a small voice.

"You new here?" he asked.

For some reason, that really hurt. I have been in that school for how long? And yet he didn't even vaguely recognize my face.

I frowned and was about to say no, but he took my by the hand and started to lead me toward a group of very classy, very wild looking kids. "Don't look so sad. You'll meet some friends. I'll even introduce you to some people. Guys, this is-" He paused and waited for me to answer.

"Huh? Oh, um Star. Hi." I thrust my hand toward them. They looked at my hand with undisguised disgust and gave me a frosty smile.

"Charmed," one of them said. "I'm Charlie."

"Gloria."

"Melody."

My eyes widened as I noticed a trend. Each one of them had British Accents! Did you know that anyone with a British accent is evil? It's a well known fact! Just think back to the majority of evil people you know. No offense to those of you with British accents, but you know what you've done.

I gulped and smiled shakily. I was in evil territory now.

"Chill out guys," Will said, coming to save me like a knight in shining armor. "Star's new here. She doesn't know many people."

There was a stunned silence as their mouths formed 'o's and they made 'I see' faces. Then they all laughed with warmer expressions on their faces.

"Sorry, don't mind us," Gloria said with a normal accent.

I stared at them with confusion and suspicion. I was about to have an anxiety attack.

"Don't look so nervous. We won't bite," Charlie said.

I started laughing nervously, but felt like I was about to break down in tears. These people were insane. "Say," the one called Melody said. "You don't have herpes, syphilis or any other contagious diseases, do you?"

I stared at her. I've never really thought about that before. Did I? I did put my mouth on the water fountain that one time. I never did feel quite right after that.

"No?"

"Great! You know, because like I…" She began walking through a dark hallway with torches lighting the way and everyone followed. I stood there unsure of what to do.

Would you have followed?

Melody notice I wasn't next to her and then came back and pulled me with the rest of them. "Walk and talk, dear. Walk and talk. As I was saying, I have been trying to get enough people to play spin the bottle, but like, everyone in this party is either totally lame or they have herpes or something. Don't touch the punch by the way. So, we didn't have an even amount of people but then you came along. This is going to be so fun!"

I stared at her as she pulled me into the dark recesses of the house.

Totally lame? Spin the bottle? Herpes?

What was this alien world?!

For all I know, she could have been dragging me into the dungeon to kill me.

I looked around and noticed something strange.

"Melody, where is the third guy?"

3…

She was walking way too fast. If I tripped she would probably rip my arm off.

"Oh, in the back room waiting for us. You're going to meet him now. He's super cool, you'll love him. I know this 'cause I can sense your vibes and the waves and their like, rhythmically similar."

2…

A very lush looking room with soft music playing came into view up ahead.

"Oh really?" I asked. "Who is it?"

1…

"Aerrow Hart."

I stopped dead in my tracks, causing her to jerk backwards and pull me down to the floor with her.

The three people ahead saw us on the floor.

"Dog pile!" Charlie yelled, and the two boys proceeded to jump in the air. In a moment of superhero antics, I managed to pull a crazy kung-fu matrix move and pushed Melody and myself out of the way before they landed.

"Whoa," she gasped while they groaned and rolled on the floor. "Are you like in the ninja major or something?"

What? Did we even have a ninja major?

"Hey, where's Celia?" I asked trying to find an escape.

"She's with her family at the real Winter Festival.

Huh?

"Am I in the wrong house?" I asked slowly.

That would explain a whole lot.

"Nope. She always has two parties. One for relatives and important people, the other for kiddies. She always makes me host it, yet always takes credit," Will said. "I'm her cousin by the way."

"Hurry up guys! We don't have all night," Gloria yelled and ran into the backroom. Everyone walked in, but I lagged behind. If there was any chance for me to run away before Aerrow saw me, I would pounce on it like Scar on Mufasa.

Lion King joke…sorry.

Unfortunately Melody and her vice grip dragged me in before I could say 'Long Live the King.'

Sorry again.

Aerrow was next to the door but he was paying attention to something else.

"Hey, Aerrow, we found the last person!" Melody said.

At first he had a pleasant smile on his face that quickly dropped off like he had been hit with a sledge hammer. His eye twitched and he crushed the cup he was holding.

"What the &*$# are you doing here?!" He yelled.

And yes, he dropped the f-bomb. Everyone stopped and stared at us. "Uh…hi Aerrow. Nice to see you too."

"Aerrow! I'm appalled at you! That's no way to speak to a lady," Will said in his British accent.

"Wait," Melody said. "You guys already know each other?...Stellar! We can start the game now! Everyone get in a circle!"

Aerrow and I didn't move. He stared at me with narrowed eyes and I stared back with a queasy smile. We were like a big menacing cobra and its little mousey not even worth it prey. Why did he bother? Cause he was crazy! Bit too many mushrooms.

"Hurry up!" Gloria shouted. And with another rude glare at me, he sat down and I followed.

Now, before I go on, I just want to say: You saw this coming from a mile away. I'm not going to try and spring it on you like a surprise. You are too sharp for that. So let's just save time and get to the part you've been expecting.

Everyone giggled as the bottle spun around to choose its next unsuspecting victims. I guess it wasn't such a good idea for me to sit directly across from Aerrow so…I sat to the side! I knew there was no possible way for the bottle to land on two people practically sitting next to each other. But like all things in life, I was horribly wrong.

I swear, the moment the bottle landed on us the temperature dropped 20 degrees.

"Is it me, or is it really chilly?" Gloria asked. I guess none of them really knew what that meant.

"Ok, hurry up Aerrow, it's my turn to spin next," Charlie said.

I stared at him and he narrowed his eyes at me. This was not going to be pretty.

"No."

Everyone gasped and I felt my face heat up.

"What?" Gloria asked.

"I said no." he repeated.

"No, seriously Aerrow. Come on. It's my turn next." Charlie said.

"Well seriously no."

"Oh, that's cold Aerrow," Melody said while shaking her head.

"No duh its cold! I deal in ice! Do I have to spell it out? How many-" But before Aerrow could start his rant Gloria interrupted.

"Ok, ok shut up. We know, we get it your ice! Now just hurry up and kiss her!"

"Well if you really got it, you would understand No!" he said.

They all say in silence trying to figure out what to do while I sat was in complete and utter mortification. This was all just plain rude.

Finally Will said, "Relax you guys I have an idea. I'll take his place."

"What?!" Aerrow and I both shouted in unison.

Will jumped. "I'll kiss you for Aerrow. That is, if you don't mind of course," he said nonchalantly.

I bet you weren't expecting this!

"Um, no! I-I don't mind at all," I said quickly.

Will leaned toward me with a smile on his face and I smiled back and leaned forward. Before we kissed I snuck a peak at Aerrow and I nearly sat back down.

He looked like he was about to explode. Scratch that. He looked like he was about to make me explode.

His eyes were now, get this, red! Freaking demon monster from hell red!

He gave me this 'I dare you to do this' look.

For some reason I suddenly felt empowered. Like I could do what I wanted, when I wanted because I wanted to do it.

HAHAHAHA!!!!!

I kissed Will lightly and he kissed me back. Nothing special. Until, I felt something cold creep down my throat and around my mouth as if he swallowed a mint factory.

I tried to pull away, but I didn't get very far because I felt a tug on my tongue and lips. I opened my eyes and saw a very confused look on Will's face. I tried to pull away again, but Will's face moved with mine like we were stuck!

My lips and tongue began throbbing from all the pulling. It felt as if something was wrapped around them, like tape. Cold tape.

"Hurry up guys!" Charlie whined. "It's my- wait. What the- what's that around your mouths?"

Everyone gathered around us (except Aerrow) and stared at our faces like some kind of science experiment. Melody poked the corner of my mouth then quickly pulled away. "Dude, is that…ice?"

All eyes snapped to Aerrow.

I should have known.

"For the love of Pete, Aerrow! What in the world is wrong with you?" Gloria yelled.

He didn't answer, just sat with his back to us.

"Unfreeze them. Now!" she roared.

"Oh, so now you need me," he said in a low, weak voice. They all exchanged glances. Everyone knew what that voice was. It was a 'Ooh-look-at-me-I'm-about-to-cry" voice.

"Aerrow?" Gloria asked in a quieter voice. "Are you ok?"

Will gave me a worried glance as if he were actually concerned for Aerrow. The jerk that did this to us!

They all flocked over to him and said nice things like 'You're the best' 'Its ok' and 'you're in a safe place, dude'.

I nearly threw up in Will's mouth. Was I the only one not caught up in his crazy magic web of lies?!

Aerrow turned around to hug Melody and he was facing me. He looked perfectly fine. I tried to make him burst into flames with my eyes. He just winked and smiled maliciously at me. And, of course, Will was looking at something else

I made a loud noise in my throat to get their attention back to the important thing, not the Crybaby McSatan.

Gloria rubbed his back and he got all teary eyed again. "Do you think you can unfreeze them now?"

He sighed and then in the most disgusting pathetic weak and heart wrenchingly pathetic voice he said, "Well, it's just that I don't really have control over my powers. It's so hard to keep them all inside. Just like my feelings. They are both raging inside of me like a tornado. The only reason I didn't freeze her whole body was because I was thinking of someone special-," meaningful glance at Gloria. "I just don't want to hurt anyone. Will might get seriously injured if I tried."

Wasn't that the most sickening thing you've ever heard? It was clear to even the blindest worm that he was lying through his pearly little teeth! Didn't anyone notice that he said, 'Will' might get seriously injured? What about me?! He was like some crazy magician! Everyone was mad at them then poof! With one word, he got them all groveling at his feet.

Will gave him a thumbs up and an encouraging smile that was bursting with comfort, camaraderie, and perseverance. As if to say 'its alright dude. You take as long at you want.' It was something not even Aerrow's non existent heart could ignore.

"Alright. I'll give it a shot. For Will's sake."

Then without even pretending that it was hard, he snapped his fingers and we were free.

Will jumped up, knocked me out of the way, and ran to Aerrow. "Thanks man, that was awesome! I knew you could do it! Just gotta stay focused." He said.

They all stopped and turned to me.

"Well?" Will asked. "Aren't you going to thank him?"

I stared at them slack jawed and wide eyed. They actually expected me to thank that monster?! Aerrow raised an expecting eyebrow at me.

I thought about a way to escape without bruising my pride.

"No." I said, imitating Aerrow. "...Just kidding."

They all laughed and sat back down on the floor.

Aerrow rolled his eyes and sat as far away from me as possible.

"So," Melody started. "Should we keep playing Spin-the-Bottle or…"

"No!" Everyone shouted.

Silly part goons. Hope you enjoyed it and I hope I will get new ideas before I get bored! I'm having writer's block again. Sorry if this was short.

Don't forget to review! I like the long ones best.

See ya later!