I shoved my way through the people in the stands. It was Friday and I was somehow coaxed into going to the first football game of the season by my friends. I was searching the crowd when I saw Cali's turquoise hair stick out in the crowd of orange and black which were our school colors. I hated them. It was like Halloween, but without all the costumes and candy. Still I made my way to them and plopped down beside Cali. "Hey!" She threw her arms around me. I chuckled and hugged her back. "Hey." "You excited?" I rolled my eyes. "I can hardly stay in my seat." She rolled her eyes back at me and chuckled before turning to talk to Zay who was betting the score at the end of the game. I took that opportunity to scan the field. I saw the cheerleaders warming up their tumbling and stunts on the sidelines. And the football team warming up on the field. I leaned my head on my hands and stared at the field. I saw Lucas throwing a ball with one of the other players back and forth. He turned for a second and caught my eye. I sat up and stared him in the eyes for a second before I broke it and looked over at Farkle and Smackle and laughed. "No! That's not correct!" "Sweetheart, which one of us got an A+ in physics?" "Darling, which one of us got an A+ in geometry?" They were arguing about the accuracy of the ball. I glanced back at Lucas and saw him throw the ball hard at the other player. The guy almost didn't catch it and stumbled backwards. My gaze moved to the cheerleaders, more specifically the head cheerleader who was glaring at me. I ignored her and got up. "I'm going to get food." I walked to the concessions stand. "Water Please." The cashier nodded and went to get it from the refrigerator. I saw two guys come up beside me, "what's a nice girl like you doing in a place like this?" I rolled my eyes. "I was going to ask you the same thing." His friend was laughing. The other one continued his attempts. "Look, why don't we get drunk and make some bad decisions?" I grabbed my water from the counter. "You look like you already are and look you just did!" I shoved past
him and his laughing friend and climbed my way back into the bleachers. When I sat down I heard the whistle blow, signaling the start of the game.
I was surrounded by screams of the crowd. My head was pounding from both the cold and all the yelling people have been doing into my ears all night. I don't get what the big deal about football is. It's just a bunch of guys fighting over a ball. What's new? But my friends seemed to enjoy it. Well, Cali and Zay did. In fact, they were the ones who were screaming in my ear. But Farkle and Smackle seemed a little busy discussing the score of the game. I covered my ears as our team scored another touchdown. We were down by five points with one minute left in the game. This is the stereotypical scene in a high school movie where either the team wins the big game or the quarterback gives up the game to get the girl. But I knew the second one would never happen so we're back to square one. I was given no warning when the crowd suddenly screamed. I saw that there was an interception. Lucas was now running high speed towards the goal line as the clock ticked down from ten seconds. Five, four, three. He crossed the goal line with two seconds left on the clock. For once I didn't care about the crowd's screams, I just clapped slowly, not believing what just happened with a small smirk on my face. We heard Billy yell out. "PARTY AT MY HOUSE!" The crowd cheered again. "Ooh Party! We should go!" I froze. "Yeah! No." I said with a straight face. "C'mon Riley it might be fun." Zag chimed in. Even Smackle raised her eyebrows at me. "Do you really want to go your whole high school experience never going to a party?" "I've been to plenty of parties!" Cali looked at me in disbelief. "In America?" I hesitated. Cali linked her arm through mine. "Yeah you're coming. And don't try to argue." Farkle glanced at me with a worried face and I shook my head.
Yup. This was a party. I could hear the music from down the block and walking up the steps I could already smell the alcohol and smoke coming from inside. "Here we go." I took a deep breath and opened the door. Red solo cups littered the floor, and someone doing a keg stand. When he got down everyone cheered. I spotted the gang and squeezed through the crowd to get to them. "Heeeeyyyyy Rilllleeeyyy!" Cali draped herself on me. She was already drunk. "Hey Cali. Enjoying yourself?" I said amused. She nodded and took another sip out of her cup. "Come on Riley! You gotta catch up!" She pushed me towards the keg. There was no way I was going to drink, but everyone would be suspicious if I didn't get a drink. That's a high school party for you. So I waltzed over to the keg and grabbed a cup. I walked back over to the group. Cali was dancing wildly by herself, Zay was getting his money from the bet on the game, and Farkle and Smackle were... busy. Let's just say that. I looked around the party. I saw plenty of guys and girls grinding on each other, some were running to the trash cans to throw up. "Rileeeeeyyy! Why aren't you drinking?" Cali danced her way over to me. "Not thirsty." "Oh come on!" She lifted the cup to my lips. I pretended to take a sip and she seemed satisfied so she went on her way, dancing again.
I continued to take "sips" for a little while until I turned around and slammed into someone, spilling the drink all over the floor. "Watch it!" I exclaimed. looked up to see Lucas. "Watch where your going next time!" I hissed at him. I tried to walk away when he grabbed my arm and turned me back around. He looked confused. "You're the one who ran into me, and how is your drink that full? I saw you drinking it all night?" I glared at him and slammed my cup down on the counter near me and made my way to the kitchen. I grabbed another solo cup, but instead I filled it up with water. I heard my phone buzz so I set the cup down on the counter next to a bunch of drunk guys. One including the one who hit on me at the game earlier. He eyed me, but didn't say anything. "Rilllleeeeyyy! Wheeerree are youuu?" It was a drunk text from Cali. I shook my head and put my phone back in my pocket while picking up my cup. I brought it to my lips and took a sip.
About thirty minutes later I found myself feeing really tired. My water was long gone and I spent the last thirty minutes dancing with Cali. "Hey, we didn't officially meet earlier, I'm Myles." It was the guy that hit on me earlier. "I'm-" I covered my mouth and sprinted to the trash can where I puked up my guts. Myles came over and stood by me. Once I stopped, I wiped my mouth. I tried to stand up, but I fell over. Myles caught me and picked me up bridal style in his arms. "Yeah, we need to get you to bed." I was too tired to protest. He carried me upstairs.
He set me down on the bed. He was talking to me, but I couldn't hear him. I couldn't move my body at all. I was so confused. What was happening to me?i felt my eyes start to close. He leaned down and started to slide down my skirt. I tried to scream but I couldn't. I couldn't move or talk. I could feel myself start to drift off. He was unbuttoning my top when the door slammed open. The last thing I saw was a dark figure yank Myles off me. Then I drifted off to sleep.
This is may have gotten a little confusing, but I have about 5 more chapters ready to post. I will be posting another chapter later today, just to make up for this cliffhanger. I have an entire Rucas chapter in the near future so get excited! I will probably update around 4 or 5