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Chapter 13
Taylor went back over to Alyssa, Matt, and Chris. Alyssa pulled her aside.
"What'd she want?" she whispered in Taylor's ear.
"I'll tell you later," Taylor said, knowing that Matt and Chris might be able to hear them.
"Well, Matt why don't we leave those two alone to get to know each other?" Alyssa suggested, taking Matt's hand.
"Sure," replied Matt. They headed off into the crowd, leaving Chris and Taylor standing there; feeling like fools.
"You wanna go outside?" Chris asked, "It's kinda crowded in here."
"Sure, that'd be nice." They pushed there way through the crowd and walked outside. Chris sat on the railing of the porch, and pulled out a pack of cigarettes. He lit one up.
"Do you mind?" he asked.
"No, doesn't bother me," she replied. They sat there for a few minutes, listening to the quiet chirping of the crickets.
"You're really nice you know," Chris said after a while.
"Thanks," she wasn't sure what to say.
"Matt was right, I do like you,"
Taylor resisted to urge to say, 'like me? You don't even know me, we've said about 3 sentences to each other'.
"Do you like me?" he asked.
"You're nice," Taylor said, it wasn't a lie; he was nice. Chris flicked away his cigarette and hopped off the railing.
"I think we'd be a great couple," he said, walking towards her. She didn't say anything; he was making her feel uncomfortable. All she wanted was to go back inside.
"Why don't you say anything?" he asked.
"I don't normally talk a lot," she said quietly.
"That's something else I like about you."
Taylor turned to walk back inside but he grabbed her arm.
"Where are you going?"
"Back inside, I'm getting cold."
He pulled her into him, putting his arms around her. He smelled of alcohol and cigarette smoke. She tried to push him away.
"Don't worry, I'm not gonna hurt you. I'm just gonna warm you up a little."
"Let go," she said slowly.
"No, you like this."
"No I don't, let go of me."
But he didn't let go. Instead, he kissed her. That was more than she could stand. With a burst of strength she knocked him away. She pushed him up against the house and brought her knee up hard between his legs. He let out a strangled groan.
"How high do you want to sing?" she snapped.
"Let go," he gasped, still in pain.
"Make me, I'll teach you how to treat a lady" she hissed. The door opened and Taylor saw Two-Bit standing in the doorway. She brought her knee away from Chris and gave him a final shove before following Two-Bit inside.
"Ouch. I'm real glad I'm not him," Two-Bit commented.
"Just goes to show, don't make me mad."
"I saw you two out there, I was just about to come out but then you took care of him."
Taylor pushed her hair behind her ears, "He made me mad okay?"
"Hey, I'm not arguing. He learned a valuable lesson: 'treat a girl nice or die'" he said in his most adult-like voice.
"And that's the truth. Who knew that living in New York would pay off?"
"Well there's Alyssa and Matt. You should probably tell them what happened."
"Okay fine. I'll see you later."
"Okay ninja girl." Two-Bit said, grinning.
Taylor walked over to Alyssa and Matt.
"Hey Taylor, where's Chris?" Alyssa asked.
"Outside."
"Did something happen?" Matt asked.
"Yeah. He was being a pain in the ass so I took care of him."
Alyssa let out her breath in a hiss. She knew that Taylor had beaten him up.
"Um Matt? Would you excuse me a second?" Alyssa asked.
"Sure," Matt said, walking off. Apparently he was too drunk to realize his friend was still outside.
"What the hell did you do?" Alyssa asked.
"The guy was hitting on me," Taylor said simply.
"That was the point!"
"It wasn't for me. I didn't even like him."
"What did he do?"
"Kissed me."
"That's it?"
"Why are you arguing with me?"
"Because I'm gonna get it from Matt now! My best friend beating up his best friend, it's not going to work very well."
"Then maybe you shouldn't have introduced us in the first place. I can find my own man. Right now, I don't even want one."
"Fine. I'm not going to argue with you. I have to talk to Matt." Alyssa said, storming off. Taylor turned away, letting out an exasperated breath. Two-Bit walked up to her.
"So what happened?" he asked.
"I don't know. Alyssa's just being a pain."
"Yeah. Well ninja girl, we can all be pains at one point."
"If you call me ninja girl again I'm gonna kill you."
"Okay, I won't call you ninja girl again."
"You just did."
Two-Bit cocked an eyebrow, "No I didn't"
"Yes you did."
"Did not."
"Did too." Taylor couldn't help but laugh. Two-Bit was the perfect person to cheer you up when you were upset about something.
Taylor hung around the party for a little while, talking with a few of her friends. Most of them were drunk so she didn't talk to them very long. Eventually she decided to find Alyssa and talk to her. She checked most of the rooms downstairs and she wasn't there. She went upstairs and saw someone leaning over the toilet in the bathroom. She figured it was someone who was drunk, but when she got closer she saw that it was Alyssa, she was licking a piece of paper.
"Alyssa?"
Alyssa whirled around nervously; then saw it was Taylor and relaxed.
"Hey," she said.
"What are you doing?"
Alyssa stood up and pushed her hair back, "Nothing," she said, "I was feeling kinda sick."
"Have you been drinking?"
"Yeah, I had a few beers. Don't worry about it, I'm fine," but as Alyssa walked past Taylor, she stumbled and fell against the wall. Taylor grabbed her arm to support her.
"Are you sure you're alright?"
"Yeah, yeah, I'm just a little lightheaded."
Taylor didn't know why but she had an ominous feeling that Alyssa wasn't telling her something. Alyssa headed downstairs, holding tight to the railing. Taylor went into the bathroom and picked up the piece of paper. Suddenly she was filled with dread.
"Acid!" she breathed.
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Chapter 13
Taylor went back over to Alyssa, Matt, and Chris. Alyssa pulled her aside.
"What'd she want?" she whispered in Taylor's ear.
"I'll tell you later," Taylor said, knowing that Matt and Chris might be able to hear them.
"Well, Matt why don't we leave those two alone to get to know each other?" Alyssa suggested, taking Matt's hand.
"Sure," replied Matt. They headed off into the crowd, leaving Chris and Taylor standing there; feeling like fools.
"You wanna go outside?" Chris asked, "It's kinda crowded in here."
"Sure, that'd be nice." They pushed there way through the crowd and walked outside. Chris sat on the railing of the porch, and pulled out a pack of cigarettes. He lit one up.
"Do you mind?" he asked.
"No, doesn't bother me," she replied. They sat there for a few minutes, listening to the quiet chirping of the crickets.
"You're really nice you know," Chris said after a while.
"Thanks," she wasn't sure what to say.
"Matt was right, I do like you,"
Taylor resisted to urge to say, 'like me? You don't even know me, we've said about 3 sentences to each other'.
"Do you like me?" he asked.
"You're nice," Taylor said, it wasn't a lie; he was nice. Chris flicked away his cigarette and hopped off the railing.
"I think we'd be a great couple," he said, walking towards her. She didn't say anything; he was making her feel uncomfortable. All she wanted was to go back inside.
"Why don't you say anything?" he asked.
"I don't normally talk a lot," she said quietly.
"That's something else I like about you."
Taylor turned to walk back inside but he grabbed her arm.
"Where are you going?"
"Back inside, I'm getting cold."
He pulled her into him, putting his arms around her. He smelled of alcohol and cigarette smoke. She tried to push him away.
"Don't worry, I'm not gonna hurt you. I'm just gonna warm you up a little."
"Let go," she said slowly.
"No, you like this."
"No I don't, let go of me."
But he didn't let go. Instead, he kissed her. That was more than she could stand. With a burst of strength she knocked him away. She pushed him up against the house and brought her knee up hard between his legs. He let out a strangled groan.
"How high do you want to sing?" she snapped.
"Let go," he gasped, still in pain.
"Make me, I'll teach you how to treat a lady" she hissed. The door opened and Taylor saw Two-Bit standing in the doorway. She brought her knee away from Chris and gave him a final shove before following Two-Bit inside.
"Ouch. I'm real glad I'm not him," Two-Bit commented.
"Just goes to show, don't make me mad."
"I saw you two out there, I was just about to come out but then you took care of him."
Taylor pushed her hair behind her ears, "He made me mad okay?"
"Hey, I'm not arguing. He learned a valuable lesson: 'treat a girl nice or die'" he said in his most adult-like voice.
"And that's the truth. Who knew that living in New York would pay off?"
"Well there's Alyssa and Matt. You should probably tell them what happened."
"Okay fine. I'll see you later."
"Okay ninja girl." Two-Bit said, grinning.
Taylor walked over to Alyssa and Matt.
"Hey Taylor, where's Chris?" Alyssa asked.
"Outside."
"Did something happen?" Matt asked.
"Yeah. He was being a pain in the ass so I took care of him."
Alyssa let out her breath in a hiss. She knew that Taylor had beaten him up.
"Um Matt? Would you excuse me a second?" Alyssa asked.
"Sure," Matt said, walking off. Apparently he was too drunk to realize his friend was still outside.
"What the hell did you do?" Alyssa asked.
"The guy was hitting on me," Taylor said simply.
"That was the point!"
"It wasn't for me. I didn't even like him."
"What did he do?"
"Kissed me."
"That's it?"
"Why are you arguing with me?"
"Because I'm gonna get it from Matt now! My best friend beating up his best friend, it's not going to work very well."
"Then maybe you shouldn't have introduced us in the first place. I can find my own man. Right now, I don't even want one."
"Fine. I'm not going to argue with you. I have to talk to Matt." Alyssa said, storming off. Taylor turned away, letting out an exasperated breath. Two-Bit walked up to her.
"So what happened?" he asked.
"I don't know. Alyssa's just being a pain."
"Yeah. Well ninja girl, we can all be pains at one point."
"If you call me ninja girl again I'm gonna kill you."
"Okay, I won't call you ninja girl again."
"You just did."
Two-Bit cocked an eyebrow, "No I didn't"
"Yes you did."
"Did not."
"Did too." Taylor couldn't help but laugh. Two-Bit was the perfect person to cheer you up when you were upset about something.
Taylor hung around the party for a little while, talking with a few of her friends. Most of them were drunk so she didn't talk to them very long. Eventually she decided to find Alyssa and talk to her. She checked most of the rooms downstairs and she wasn't there. She went upstairs and saw someone leaning over the toilet in the bathroom. She figured it was someone who was drunk, but when she got closer she saw that it was Alyssa, she was licking a piece of paper.
"Alyssa?"
Alyssa whirled around nervously; then saw it was Taylor and relaxed.
"Hey," she said.
"What are you doing?"
Alyssa stood up and pushed her hair back, "Nothing," she said, "I was feeling kinda sick."
"Have you been drinking?"
"Yeah, I had a few beers. Don't worry about it, I'm fine," but as Alyssa walked past Taylor, she stumbled and fell against the wall. Taylor grabbed her arm to support her.
"Are you sure you're alright?"
"Yeah, yeah, I'm just a little lightheaded."
Taylor didn't know why but she had an ominous feeling that Alyssa wasn't telling her something. Alyssa headed downstairs, holding tight to the railing. Taylor went into the bathroom and picked up the piece of paper. Suddenly she was filled with dread.
"Acid!" she breathed.
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