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Chapter 10: The Crew & The Chiltonies
"You can't be serious," Scott quipped.
"I am dead serious. I'm not joking about these rules guys. Either you follow them or you may not come out of this party completely okay," I warned.
Just as Scott was going to reply the doorbell rang. I ran to the front door to find Tabby, Justin, Lexis, Corey, Lou, Kat, Mike, Ally, and Tommy.
"Ahh!! Tabitha Lucille Marquette, get your ass over here and give me a hug!" I exclaimed as we jumped into each others arms and stumbled into the living room.
We pulled part and I glanced back at my Chiltonies to find them giving me confused glances. I ignored it and went over to Justin with a sly grin covering my face. Once we got close enough to touch he placed his hands on my hips and pulled me flush against his body. I wrapped my arms around his neck and leaned up to meet him in a fiery kiss; our tongues dueling and hands roaming. We broke apart and I smiled up at him.
"Hey there babe how you doin'?" I asked sweetly with a playful glint in my eye.
"Just fine and how's my baby doing?" he asked as he wrapped an arm around my waist and led me fully into the living room.
"Good, so these are my friends from Chilton," I fanned my hand across them in a Vanna White fashion and smiled.
"Names?" Lou asked from beside me.
"Right," I pointed to each as I said their names, "That's Talia, Jenny, Scott, Matt, and Mandy."
"Guys, this is," I pointed to them, "The Crew; Tabby, Justin, Lou, Kat, Lexis, Corey, Ally, Mike, and Tommy."
"Nice to meet you," Ally went to shake all of my Chiltonies hands; she was always the polite one.
I noticed Talia and Tabby eyeing each other, and then Tabby smirked, walked up to her and extended her hand, "Hi, pleasure to meet you."
Talia gripped her hand and shook it, "The pleasure is all mine."
There was an awkward silence as each group sized each other up.
"O-kay, well we better get going," I piped up and went into the kitchen to tell my parents we were leaving.
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Nobody's POV
As soon as Lo left to go to the kitchen, both groups' smiles dropped and Tabby immediately narrowed her eyes at Talia.
Justin caught the glare and immediately knew he had to intervene before Tabby was let loose.
"Alright, so how do you guys like Chilton?" he asked, and then whispered to Tabby, "Try not to kill the poor girl before we even get to the party please."
"Yes sir," Tabby pouted and hugged Justin.
"Uh, Chilton's great," Jenny answered, "How long have you all known Rinn?"
Tabby smiled an easy grin and answered, "Birth," as she hugged Lou into her side.
"Third grade," Justin replied as he draped arms around Kat and Lexis.
"Sixth grade," Mike and Corey answered, Mike dropping an arm around Ally's shoulders.
"This year when I called her house at 7:30 on a Saturday," Tommy chuckled.
"Wow," Mandy quipped.
"Yeah, we've been through everything," Lou said matter-of-factly.
"Okay, look, we get it, you don't like us, but please just for tonight, be civil and we'll be civil to you okay?" Talia said.
"Don't worry Mary, we'll take care of you," Lexis smiled at Talia and went to sit next to her, "We don't hate you guys, we just don't want our little Lo-Lo getting hurt anymore. She's been through enough over the past couple months."
"She's right, the only one that would actually hate you would be Tabs over there and she even seems to be trying," Mike reasoned.
"Oh shut-up Mike! I am not that horrible," Tabby crossed her arms and pouted.
"We know Tabs, we just want them to know that if you seem like a bitch it's because you're being protective," Corey piped in.
"I hate you guys," she said.
"Ah, no you don't you love us," Tommy said and went over to envelope Tabby in a bear hug.
"Yeah, yeah," Tabby relented.
"So, Rinn told us about some rules, are they true?" Scott inquired.
"The 5 rules?" Justin asked, Scott nodded, "Yes, deadly serious rules that you must follow."
"Really?" Mandy asked skeptically.
"Really," Lexis answered.
"Okay, we'll follow them," Matt relented.
"Good, you need to," Tommy said matter-of-factly, arm around Tabby's waist.
"What, did you not follow these rules once?" Jenny asked.
"As a matter of fact I didn't the first time I went to a party like this and I ended up in a bed with some girl I didn't know and food poisoning," Tommy explained.
"Hey you knew who she was," Ally insisted.
"Oh right, that one Korean girl, uhh, Linn?" Tommy tried to remember.
"Yeah, that was it. You were throwing up over Lo's for 2 hours," Tabby reminisced.
"Right, so anyway, we should be going. What is Lo doing in there?" Justin asked.
"I don't know," Tabby started, "Lorelai Lorinn Gilmore Mariano!" she bellowed, "get your ass out here we need to leave!"
"Coming Fruit Loop!" Lo called from the kitchen, "Alright, by mom," she kissed her mom on the cheek, "bye dad," she gave him a hug and then walked out of the kitchen.
Lo arrived in the living room to see everybody standing and waiting to leave.
"What the hell were you doing in there?" Lou asked in exasperation.
"Mom was freaking out, but don't worry, freak-out over. Let's go," she smiled and made her to the door.
Thirty minutes later, the 3 cars, Lo's silver Corolla, Justin's black Nissan and Lou's red Camry, arrived at Gina Davis' house.
Lo hopped out of the car and ran over to Justin's where Justin got out and kissed her, then put an arm around her waist and they started to walk inside.
"Come on guys!" she called over her shoulder to the Chiltonies.
"Alright, let's go," Talia blew out a nervous breath as Matt came up and put an arm around her shoulder, trying to comfort his twin.
They walked inside cautiously, immediately being hit with a blast of loud music and the smell of alcohol. Talia made a face and Jenny gagged, maybe this wasn't their scene.
Just as they were about to turn around and head outside again, Lo came up to them.
"Come on," she said, and then dragged Talia out onto the makeshift dance floor and started to dance with her. At first Talia was uncomfortable and stiff as Lo tried to grind her hips with Talia's, but eventually she loosened up and started dancing. Tabby joined them with a Bud Light in her hand.
"Tabs!" Lo yelled over the music, "I'm going to get a drink!"
Tabby nodded in understanding and got closer to Talia. A guy, Jack London, Tabby realized, came up to Talia and tried to dance with her.
"Back off Jack!" Tabby yelled over the music.
"What, is she yours or something?" Jack asked incredulously.
Jack really was a nice guy, but Talia couldn't handle Jack, not yet.
"Look, Jack, this is her first party, give her a break," Tabby said.
Talia looked at Tabby and realized she was protecting her.
"Sure doesn't look like her first party, she's got the dancing down pat," Jack said and looked Talia up and down.
"Jack," Tabby said warningly.
"It's okay Tab," Talia put a hand on Tabby's shoulder and walked up to Jack, "So; you want to dance with me?"
"Yes, that was the reason I came over here," he started as he put his hands on her hips.
"Fine," Talia said and started to grind into Jack. She turned around so that they were chest to back and moved to his movements and the beat of the music.
Just then, Lo came back with a Smirnoff and saw Talia, "Tabs, how could you let Jack get to her?" she exclaimed.
"Lo, I tried to get him to leave, but Talia stopped me and said she would dance with him. I'm not her mother; I can't make her not dance with him," Tabby explained.
"Fine! I'm going to find the rest of them. Watch her okay?" Lo said and with a nod from Tabby she left to find the rest of her Chilton people.
Lo walked through the house to the kitchen where the food was and found Mandy, Jenny, and Scott with a Bud Light, Lexis with a Smirnoff, and Mike with a Coors Light.
"Hey, where's Matt?" Lo asked.
"Uh, over there," Lexis pointed in a direction and Lo looked over that way. She saw Matt pinning a blonde girl against the wall, making out with her.
"Well, he's kept himself occupied," Lo laughed slightly and took a swig of her Smirnoff.
"Yeah, so where's Talia and Tabby?" Scott asked.
"On the dance floor. Talia's dancing with a guy named Jack London and Tabs is watching her, making sure she doesn't do anything stupid," Lo answered.
"She's dancing with Jack and Tabby allowed it?" Lexis asked incredulously.
Lo shrugged, "Talia wanted to."
"Where's everyone else?" Mike inquired.
"I don't know," Lo confessed.
"Well, Tommy and Ally are probably hooking up in some bedroom, Kat and Lou are most likely dancing, Corey is probably somewhere around here with Jill, and I don't know where Justin is," Lexis explained.
"I know where Justin is," Lo said knowingly, "I'll be right back."
So, Lo and Justin had been going out for a couple months now and they were doing okay. The only thing was that, Lo was kind of feeling like they had more of a brother-sister relationship. She also thought he had a thing for Olivia West. That's where she thought he was, talking to Olivia. She walked around aimlessly looking for the pair and finally came across them by the stairs talking.
"Hey Just, can I talk to you?" I tugged on his arm and pulled him to the side after smiling politely at Olivia.
"Olivia's just a friend Lo," Justin started explaining.
"Whoa there tiger," Lo laughed, "Look, I know you like Olivia, it's okay, maybe we just have a brother-sister relationship," Lo looked down and shrugged.
"C'mere," Justin said and pulled her into a hug. He kissed her on the top of her head and released her.
"So, I want you to go and get Olivia while I go find a guy to mac on," Lo winked at Justin and pushed him in the chest towards Olivia.
"Wait a minute," Justin said and pulled Lo into a sweet, tender kiss, "See you later Lo-Lo."
Lo waved slightly, took a gulp of her Smirnoff and walked off to the dance floor in search of Tabby. She made her way through the crowd to find Tabby dancing with Talia who was still dancing with Jack in their own little train. She tapped Tabby on the shoulder to get her attention. Tabby looked over to her and Lo smiled a small smile as her eyes welled slightly with tears. Tabby stopped and excused herself from Talia and Jack then went with Lo out on the front porch.
Once they were away from the party, outside on the porch, Lo and Tabby sat down their drinks and embraced in a tight hug. After they broke apart Tabby asked the inevitable, "What happened?"
"Uh, Justin and I broke up," Lo smiled a small smile and looked at Tabby with a glint in her eyes that told Tabby she was okay.
"So, you're okay?" Tabby asked with concern.
"Yup, we got that brother-sister relationship going on, not a boyfriend-girlfriend thing," Lo reasoned, "I just want to find a guy and have a good time tonight you know?"
"You know it sister! Let's go!" Tabby picked up her beer and held it up in the air then ran into the house dragging Lo with her.
The girls were laughing as they stepped back into the party and went in search a of a boy toy for Lo. Before they went on their hunt they went out back to get new drinks. As they passed the kitchen they saw that all of their friends (or the ones who weren't hooking up somewhere) had drinks and were talking and laughing gleefully. The Chiltonies were learning how to party and the Crew was teaching them.
Lo opted for a beer this time as did Tabby and the girls went off to search this party for a guy for Lo. They went out on the dance floor, passing the couch as they did, and found Talia and Jack, Talia in Jack's lap, making out on the couch. They laughed and whistled as they passed. They finally made it to the dance floor and started grinding to the music, just having fun, when Chris Johnson came up to them and took Lo to go and dance with him. Lo gratefully accepted and they started dancing. Tabby smiled and went to dance with their friend Stevie while Lo had her fun.
By the end of the night, Lo and Chris, Justin and Olivia, Tommy and Ally, Matt and a blonde chick, Lexis and Mike, Corey and Jill, Scott and Mandy, and Tabby and Eric Pallido had hooked up. All in all, everybody had a good time. The Chiltonies learned some new things and the Crew had their usual fun. All that was left was the after math of a massive keg party. It was going to be a long night at the Mariano residence.
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