"So what do you think?" Emma said, spinning in a circle and stopping in a model pose. She was wearing torn jeans and a yellow Beatles tee.

"I think you look good in my clothes!" Sophia said.

"Hey, it's just your t-shirt. Besides, I'm just trying something new, ya know?" She tossed a pillow at Sophia.

"Yeah, yeah."

Sophia stood, and spun in a cirlce like Emma did.

"What about me?"

Sophia had decided to wear a black tutu, black corset with pink criss-cross laces in the back, and calf high army boots.

"You're definitely going to blow SOMEONE away." Emma laughed.

"What are you implying?"

"JT doesn't stand a chance!"

They giggled.

"Ahh.. I love moments like this. Being nervous. Makes me feel so…" Sophia couldn't find the words.

"Innocent?" Emma suggested.

"Yes! Exactly!"

Emma looked at her watch.

"We should go. It is the time to be fashionable late!"

"Alright. Let's hit the road, hot stuff!"

Linking elbows, the girls skipped out of Sophia's room, down the hall, into the kitchen where her mom was sitting.

"Mom. We are going to go now. We'll be home around…One?"

"Okay, sweetie. Be careful." She gave a wave to her daughter and Emma.

"Wow, Paige has HUGE house." Sophia told Emma, looking up at the large, pale pink house.

"Please, Sophia. It doesn't even compare to your place."

"Whatever. Let's go, we're the life of the party!"

They climbed out of the Mini Cooper and walked up the sidewalk to Paige's house. Paige was at the door, greeting people. She frowned when she saw Sophia and Emma. Sophia saw Paige was about to say something, so she stopped her. She put a hand up.

"Save it, Paige. I want to have tonight. So just, back off."

Sophia went inside and left Paige and Emma staring after her. Emma looked and Paige, shrugged, and ran to catch up with her. Walking through a hallway into a main room, Sophia and Emma had to push through people to make it through. It was like drowning in a sea of people. They finally found a spot where the concentration of people was less. They could actually breathe.

"hey! There's JT!" Emma yelled, pointing into the kitchen. He was coming there way.

"Oh yay. The other half of the most annoying couple in the world is on it's way!" Emma and Sophia turned around to see who had said that.

Sean and Jay were leaning up against the wall.

"Mind your own business." Emma spat.

"Hey, good girls, why don't you try something new for a change?" Sean said. He held up a tiny Ziploc bag with two white tablets in it.

"Ecstasy?" Emma questioned, although she already knew the answer.

"Hey, the girl knows her drugs." Jay retorted.

"Whatever Jay, they wouldn't. they can't even bring themselves to look at it." Sean said, glaring at Sophia.

"Sean, why don't you go steal something, or get drunk, or high, or whatever it is you're good at." Sophia said back.

Sean took a step towards her. It was like a face off, and Jay and Emma were watching with much interest. JT wasn't there, he was having trouble fighting through the people.

"You know why I really hate you, Sophia?" He was all up in her face, words dripping with attitude.

"Because you think I'm a stuck up tight ass with no sense of fun?" She said, flatly.

Sean looked surprised. He wasn't sure how to reply.

"Well….yrah, that about covers it."

Sophia wasn't finished with him. She wanted to stick it to him. She continued.

"'Cause I can do anything I want, and instead I choose to pout and whine and feel the burden of teenage life? I mean, I could be rich. I could be famous. I could have anything. Anyone. Even you, Sean."

Sophia paused, giving a side ways look to Emma, letting her know the good stuff was coming. Sophia lowered her voice, so only Sean could hear.

"I could ride you at a gallop until your legs buckled and your eyes rolled up. I've got muscles you've never even dreamed of. I could squeeze you until you popped like warm champagne, and you would beg me to hurt you just a little bit more. And you know why I don't? (pauses) Because it's wrong."

Straightening up, she snatches the tiny bag from Sean's hand and stuffs it in her pocket, leaving Sean dazed and confused. Emma follows her and they meet up with JT. He looks past them to Sean and Jay.

"Were they bothering you?" He puts a protective arm around Sophia's waist. Sophia and Emma exchange looks, laughing.

"Nah." they say.

"Good. Now let's go party!" JT begins to pull Sophia with her, who in turn grabs Emma's arm and she gets pulled along, too.

Sophia had a blast dancing with Emma and JT. They all got along really well. Better than other pairings. After dancing for five songs straight, Sophia ran out of breath.

"I'm going to go get some water!" She yelled to them. They nodded, not wanting to use energy to yell.

She left the living room and made her way to the kitchen. She opened the fridge, and bent over to get a bottled water. She felt someone grab her butt so she striaghten and spun.

"Spinner, what the hell do you think you're doing?!" She yelled at him, slapping him in the chest.

He just smiled goofily. She was going to test out her right hook on his face, but Craig came just in time. He put a hand on Spinner's shoulder.

"My friend here has had a tiny bit too much to drink. Forgive him." He sent Spinner on his way and looked Sophia up and down.

"Who are you supposed to be, Avril Lavigne?"

"As if!" She said, offended. She stomped away and Craig ran after her.

"So how are you and JT?"

"Better. I'm surprised you care, seeing as how you loathe him so."

"I have to have some interest in your life!"

Craig followed her on to the dance floor and danced with her, JT, and Emma. It had turned out to be a pretty good party for all of them. It really gave JT and Sophia time to connect more, and at the same time, let other people know that they weren't completely self-involved, they still wanted to have friends, too. So far through out the party, they each had had a couple of shots here and there, maybe a tad bit intoxicated, but none of them were flat out drunk. The four of them had made their way up to an empty room upstairs, which must've been a family room or den or something. They sat around, laughing, making fun of each other, telling stories, just having a good time.

"I am SO thirsty!" Emma said, putting her hands around her throat.

"Me too!" Craig agreed.

"Me three!" JT and Sophia said, simultaneously.

"I'm going to go get some water and food. I need help." Emma suggested.

Craig stood.

"I'll help you. I am the strongest man here after all!" He said, puffing out his chest and widening his shoulders, he walked out of the room that way.

Without any conversation or warning, JT practically dove on to Sophia, forcing her down, kissing her passionately. She entangled her legs with his. He slowly slid his hand around on her bare back. Earlier in the night, they had agreed on a no sex policy for awhile. They knew it was way too early on in their relationship. Which is why Sophia was confused and broke the kiss when JT slid his other hand under her tutu.

"JT." She saif rimly.

"Sorry." He blushed.

"AHEM!"

Sophia practically through JT off of her. Emma and Craig were looking at them down on the floor.

"Did we interrupt?" Craig asked, knowing the answer.

"Of course not." JT said nervously.

"Yeah, no..no." Sophia mumbled.

Emma threw water bottles to JT and Sophia. She and Craig each had one. They had also brought up chips. For the rest of the party, the four of them sat in there, talking, and goofing off. They had a subconscious connection on an unreachable level. Craig even felt more comfortable around JT than he ever had before. No one was aware they were up there, so after the party had pretty much died out, Paige went up stairs, found them, and kicked them out at 12:45.

As Emma and Sophia loaded into Sophia's car, she blew a kiss to JT, who in turn acted to be blow away by it. Craig rolled his eyes and waved by to the girls. When they arrived back at Sophia's house, they tip-toed around, not wanting to make her mom. They went into Sophia's living room and gossiped the entire night away, not even thinking about school the next day.