We got to my place and a game of asshole was just starting. I saw Lilly nursing a beer off in a corner with Shameeka. I could tell she didn't like the taste but since Denis had given it to her she was going to drink it. I gave her a grin and put my hand on Mia's waist, "You want anything?"
"What do you have?" she asked.
I had figured she might want some drinks after being with family, so I bought some girly stuff for her. She had always hated the smell of beer so I thought fruity drinks would be good. I handed her a Smirnoff Triple Black Ice. "It's good," I promised.
"What is it, exactly?"
"Well, this isn't really fruity. It doesn't taste like liquor though. You'll like it. I'll have one with you, okay?"
She nodded nervously and took a sip when I did. "Oh, this is pretty good," she said with a giggle. I kissed her forehead, "I am corrupting the minds of minors, it's great," I teased.
She gave me a half smile, "I just don't want to be like Lana, ya know?"
"Baby, if you ever did, I'd dump you, don't worry." She laughed and took another sip. "Besides, you could never be like her. She always dreams of being like YOU."
She went over to Lilly while I entered the Asshole game. I saw her giggling with my sister and Shameeka. She caught me staring at her. But who could blame me? She looked amazing that night. She had on these jeans that fit every curve perfectly, and this corset type top with a denim jacket over it. Her hair was all wavy. She looked....just perfect.
I noticed, as the night went along, she always had a drink in her hands. She came up to me around eleven thirty, "I think I'll spend the night, okay?" she stammered.
I laughed, "Did I get Mia drunk?"
She giggled again, "Um, yeah. I feel funny...but I don't know about drunk...yet."
"Could you get me a green apple twist from the fridge?" I asked. The guys all looked at me funny.
"Chicks drink that shit," Gabe said, glaring at me. "Are you turning gay?"
"Yes, you caught me. I just sent my hot girlfriend to get me my gay drink. I just felt like having some vodka, okay?"
"Fine. I'm president," Gabe said, throwing down his last cards (a/n, for an explanation please just IM me and I'll explain).
"I got nothing," Denis replied before he took an eight second hit of his drink. I threw down my last cards.
"Vice president."

I stopped playing after that game. Mia and I went into the 'dining room' and started dancing. I know, weird. But when I'm drunk I don't care if I look like a moron. Her eyes looked glazed over. "I want a burger!" she announced.
"A what?" I said, laughing. She reeked of alcohol.
"A burger. I haven't had one of them in ages!"
"I am not letting you eat one now. You don't like them, remember?"
"But I'm hungry and I want one."
"Mia, you are not. You refused to eat the turkey today, remember? Because you are a vegetarian."
"But can I forget that for a little while?" she whispered with wide eyes.
"No because you will hate yourself tomorrow for eating a burger."
She put her index finger up to my lips, "Sush now boy. Sush. Can I kiss you?"
"That's a stupid question."
She giggled. She was a cute drunk. Not like the obnoxious girls from school. "Remember Chuck E. Cheese from when we were little?"
"Yes," I replied, confused as to where she was going with this.
"I liked that place. They had good pizza, man."
I looked into the living room where people were slowly leaving or passing out. Lilly was making out with Denis, and Shameeka was with Gabe. Damn, these guys would have been screwed if it hadn't been for me. Well, okay, bad word choice I think. Forget it. They just wouldn't be with anyone if it hadn't been for me. Okay, good way to put it I guess.
"Wanna go to my room?" I asked.
"So we can have SEX?" she screamed. Everyone looked at us. I stared up at the ceiling.
"I wasn't planning on it," I replied. "Just thought you'd like to lie down."
"Oh," she said with a laugh. "You don't want to make the loooove?"
Okay, so the cuteness was GONE. "Not right now," I whispered.
"Okay. I love you," she said pulling away. She walked to my room, waving goodbye to everyone.
"There's a keeper for ya Mikey," Kevin said with a laugh.
"She is a keeper," I snapped. "Just drunk. Good night boys." She woke up with no hang over. Lucky girl. "Hey, what's going on?" she asked hoarsely.
"You just experienced what it is to be drunk. Congratulations Mia."
She laughed, "I'd like to thank all the little people who helped me along the way," she teased.
"Okay Drunky, I'm going to go grab us some coffee at the end of the block. You think you can make it to the corner, or you wanna stay here?"
She sat up and straightened her hair. "I need some air."

We walked down the street, my arm around her and the air coming out of her mouth. "I didn't say anything stupid last night, did I?" she asked with an innocent face.
I thought about her outburst about sex. "No, nothing at all babe."
"Good. That woulda been embarrassing, don't you think?"
I nodded, with a little smile. "Sure would be. What kind of coffee you want?"
"She takes Café Verona," a voice said behind us. I turned and saw her friend, Eddie.
She burst out in a wide smile, "Eddie!" she said throwing her arms around him.
I felt out of place. They started talking about something about school. I was totally out of the loop. I was the college kid and yet was the one out of place. I had nothing to do other than order her coffee.
He sat down with us at a table. "So the masque is going to be so much fun, can you believe it's only two weeks away?" he asked her.
"Oh I know! The final designs for my mask aren't even done yet! I have to see Grandmere later about those."
"I still have to thank her for inviting me," Eddie said, sipping his tea. "You can't go, right Michael?"
I glared, "No. I am in college after all; I have other things to do." I know that sounded snobbish, but I really didn't care. Look at this kid. He was a poser. He was wearing a Ramones t-shirt and ripped jeans. It was what, forty degrees out and he was just wearing the damn t-shirt. I hated him.
It was clear to me that he was just wearing these clothes to impress Mia. I mean, he was a blonde haired blue eyed Josh Richter clone. Somehow he found out that Mia once found that attractive, but now found her eccentric boyfriend attractive, so he was just mixing the two in the hopes of getting her interest.
"Oh right. How is that going now?" he asked.
"I have finals coming up soon. Mia, are you ready to head back to my apartment?"
She looked at Eddie, "Actually, I had forgotten that I promised Eddie I'd go Christmas shopping today with him. He's so ignorant when it comes to shopping and-"
"Yeah, sure whatever. Silly me wanting to spend a day with my girlfriend. See ya. I hope you enjoy the coffee I bought you."

MIA:
Great. He hates me. "He hates me," I said, watching him walk away from the coffee shop.
"No he doesn't. He just...well, maybe he's pissed, but nothing else."
"Where is your coat?" I said suddenly.
"Over with my body guard," he replied. "Ready to go work on your singing?"
I nodded. I just hoped this would make Michael not hate me anymore.

On my way back from the Plaza I stopped at one of those magazine kiosks so I could get the latest CosmoGirl!. Mom would kill me if she saw me grabbing a regular Cosmo, so it'll be CosmoGirl until I move out at least, which will happen as soon as humanly possible.
I saw the new edition of In Touch so I started flipping through it. My heart stopped.
Princess out of Love?
By Correspondent Tia Peatre
It has been over nine months since the love story of Princess Mia and her Columbia boyfriend Michael Moscovitz broke, but is it now broken off? Recent photos of her and Moscovitz, of the up and coming New York underground band SKINNERBOX, showed them both partially clothed. Since then photos of them together have been far and few removed from the limelight. Has that love story ended?
Further proof of the young couple's relationship being history are new photo's of Princess Mia and Prince Edward of Cabonia kissing in New York's Central Park. They have also been seen leaving the Plaza hotel, where Edward has been living for the past four months. He is said to be attending her school, Albert Einstein High School.
So is it goodbye to New York's own prince? Sorry Moscovitz, seems like the Princess will get her REAL Prince Charming.

Then there were pictures of me and Eddie from when Lilly was shooting. Then there were pictures of me and him walking around Fred Segal, with him looking way interested in me, like his character in the video. Oh God. Michael is gonna be totally pissed at me. He won't understand.
I nearly started hyperventilating. This isn't happening. The woman standing next to me was reading the same article and looking at me like "Is this the girl from the pictures?"
Lars pulled me from the kiosk, "It'll be okay Princess. Michael will understand."