Joe pulled me away from Darren and Sabrina, helping me avoid them.

"I'm having a party at my house tonight to celebrate my birthday. Want to come?" she asked in her overly-bubbly voice.

"Uh…" Joe began. A crazy idea hit my mind and I quickly pulled his sleeve roughly. He got the message.

"Yeah, sure." He continued nervously.

"Cool. Do you have a paper and a pen?" she asked. Joe immediately went through his book bag and scattered through things as he got out a pen and a ripped sheet of paper.

Sabrina smiled as she used Darren's back for support when she wrote her address down. As she did so, I noticed Darren was holding his guitar. He always carried that guitar everywhere, and when he'd have a chance, he'd play a song for me. And then it hit me, he was probably playing Sabrina a song before this. My fist clenched at the thought of it. She was less than two feet away from me, I could easily free my anger. Here and now, but the sight of Darren stopped me. My eyes trailed his jaw line as Joe and Sabrina talked about the street intersection and all that crap. He was still being used for support while Sabrina scribbled the paper on his back. I continued to glaze at him for the next seconds. He lifted his head up and looked straight at me. I froze, not knowing what to do. Then, I noticed that my head was slightly tilted. I probably looked like a complete idiot, His eyes locked upon mine and –

"See you at ten then." Sabrina faced me. She had probably noticed. Darren's eyes turned into another direction. I was completely annoyed by her, and it made matters worse when she grabbed Darren's arm a made herself comfortable beside him. I stared and decided to leave now.

"Why'd you do that?" Joe asked. He sounded concerned, but I wasn't sure if I would answer.

"I need some fun in my life." I responded.

"Oh really?" he asked. He was getting suspicious of me, and he laughed. It was no use hiding anything from Joe.

"Why'd you do that?" I asked, seriously speaking now.

"Do what?"

"Why did you say you were gay a moment ago?"

"It's not important."

"What do you mean? If you're gay, it won't affect our friendship. I'll still be here. Just tell me."

"Why are you going to that party? Darren's going to be there, and you don't even like Sabrina."

"I have my reasons. Now tell me."

"I said it isn't important!" he yelled.

Okay, Joe was acting pretty weird lately. He'd never yelled at me before so why was he doing it now? My phone buzzed and I read the text:

I'll send you the address later.

I thought he wasn't talking to me. We were best friends so we wouldn't be angry at each other for long, I hope.

The day went by so fast. Theater class was the best though, everybody seemed in a good mood. It was nice to be able to enjoy my day since I hadn't in a while. As I walked down the exit, my phone buzzed again. I had Sabrina's address now. Great, all I needed to do now was get ready.

I dressed comfortably, especially since I didn't care what I wore for Sabrina's birthday. It was probably going to be a shitty party anyways…

When I got to her place, the front part of the house seemed very calm. I knew it. I locked my car and checked for the time: 10:23. I was a bit 'late'. If I'm lucky, I'd probably get out of there by 11:00.

As I walked towards the front door, I saw Darren's car. Great. Where the heck was Joe? Before I even knocked on the door, an averaged-height boy man opened it and smiled.

"You're Sabrina's friend?" he asked.

" Uh…" I began.

" Come on in!" he said. From the looks of it, he was drunk. His breath smelled horrible and all I wanted was for him to step a few feet back. The living room was a mess: pizza boxes everywhere, bikinis on the couch, and even people sleeping on the couch, with bottles in their hand. The music was full on blast in the living room. What the hell? Didn't it just start? I felt a cold hand grab mine.

"It's crazy here." Joe said, almost yelling.

I was relieved that he was here and I smiled at him.

"How'd it get like this?" I asked.

"WHAT?!" Joe pointed to his ear.

" HOW DID IT GET LIKE THIS?" I asked, louder and clearer.

"Well, the party started earlier than expected, at 8 so yeah.."

I simply nodded and went over to explore a bit. The guy that talked to me a while back came up and smiled at me. This was getting really awkward. I tried pulling off a fake smile that seemed to convince him.

"Where you going, babe?" he whispered into my ear.

"It's none of your business!" I yelled and pushed him off. He came closer to me as I walked backwards, into the wall. His lips made their way towards my collarbone. A shiver went through my whole body and I became disgusted. I closed my eyes and stood in terror.

"What the fuck do you think you're doing?!" I heard someone yell. It was Darren.

"Oh look, this must be your little boyfriend." He stated in my face.

Darren went over to him quickly and punched him. Blood began running through the guy's nose. I panicked and ran to call Joe.