chapter 18

"Man, this party is awesome!" shouted Shane to Matt and Amy, as he checked out a busty blonde that had just passed him by.

"This is a party?" asked Amy indignantly, looking around at all the drunken college guys and girls, dancing on tables, consuming even more alcohol, and passing out on one another. "To me, it looks like a sorry excuse to get wasted. Watch, soon the gang rapes will be going on and people will start to get high. You guys," she said, looking back at her two road trip buddies. "I don't feel comfortable here. Can we go now, please? It's almost midnight, lets go find a cheap motel or something."

"Oh loosen up Amy." said Matt.

"Here, have a drink and go have fun. Get loose." said Shane, thrusting a beer into Amy's unwilling hand.

"I don't want a damn drink Shane! We're underage for crying out loud!" shrieked Amy as she threw down the drink, glass and liquid flying everywhere.

"Hey man, maybe we should go." said Matt speaking up. "It's getting a little too wild." he said, right before glass was heard everywhere.

"LOOK! Someone just got thrown out of a window for crying out loud Shane!" screamed Amy.

"Okay, okay!" said Shane frustrated, finishing off his drink. "Just hold on, I gotta piss. Meet me back outside." said Shane marching off in search of a toilet.

""Hey Amy, I'm gonna go check in with Jeff if I can find a phone, and then I'll call a cab, so why don't you just go outside and look for our stuff and I'll be out there as soon as I can, okay?"

"Whatever." said Amy shaking her head as she tried to move past the throng of people to get outside.

Matt sighed as he walked the opposite way, grabbing the phone that somehow was able to stay on the wall. "Hi, yellow cab people? Thank you." he said talking to the operator. "Hi, I need a cab at 112 Maple Drive. Thank you." he said hanging up the phone before dialing another number, hoping that Jeff would still be up so the phone wouldn't ring too many times, waking up the household.

"Hello?"

"Hey Jeff, it's me." said matt, slightly yelling over the music.

"Hey Matt!" said Jeff over the speaker phone.

"Why am I on speaker phone Jeff? You know I hate it." said Matt slightly annoyed.

"So I can talk to you too!" said a voice.

"Hey Shannon." said Matt sighing. "Anyways, I was just calling to say-"

"Can you make it short Matt? We got two hot chicks on the other line." cut in Shannon.

"Yeah Matt, they were just about to tell us what their biggest turn on is." said Jeff.

"I bet it's us!" boasted Shannon.

"Without a doubt." responded Jeff.

"Anyways, I was jus-" started Matt once again.

"Where are you anyways?" asked Jeff cutting Matt off.

"Yeah, it sounds loud." stated Shannon.

"Well if you would let me finish my fucking sentence, I could explain!" yelled Matt.

"Geese, someone's cranky." laughed the two boys.

"Anyways, we're all at a party. I called a cab, so now we're gonna go to a motel. Shane's stupid car broke down, so we're gonna have to try and fix that in the morning."

"You're at a party? WOW! Is there drinking there?" asked Jeff.

"Yes Jeff, people are drinking." stated Matt.

"Did you guys have a couple drinks?" asked Shannon.

"Shane had about five or six, and I've only had one or two... IF YOU GUYS TELL, I SWEAR I-" yelled Matt.

"Chill, we're not gonna tell." said Jeff. "What about Amy?" he asked.

"No, she refused everything."

"Good!" sighed both Jeff and Shannon.

"Why?" asked Matt, slightly confused.

"Well hello! You can't drink if you're pregnant!" stated Jeff aspirated.

"What! Amy's pregnant!"

"Way to go Jeff! We weren't supposed to tell anyone!" yelled Shannon.

"I didn't say she was pregnant! I was, I was mumbling something! Besides, Amy's not pregnant, so just chill Matt."

"Jeff, that's a total lie! Remember, we heard Amy tell that one chick that she was pregnant at the football game last month!" blurted Shannon.

"SHANNON!"

"Oooops." said Shannon covering his mouth.

"Amy ...is pregnant?" asked Matt slowly.

"Yes." said both boys ashamed.

"And you didn't tell anyone!"

"No. She doesn't know that we know." said Jeff defensively.

"Are you guys idiots! She can get really hurt, I mean she's stubborn as hell and you didn't think for one minute that she would quit cheerleading or go one a road trip if she was knocked up! You guys are unbelievable!" yelled Matt, disdain dripping like venom.

"Matt." said Shannon quietly.

"WHAT!"

"We head that it's Ricks'." said Jeff, just as quiet as Shannon was.

"Bye." said Matt sharply, before hanging up on the pair.

"We're gonna be in deeeeeeeeeeeep shit." stated Jeff.

"Yeah, we are. But hey, we still got the chicks on the other line!"

"ALRIGHT!" exclaimed Jeff as he clicked to the other line.

Matt slammed the phone on the counter, watching it fall apart, before pushing past all the people in his way abruptly.

"Hey Matt." smiled Shane walking up to Matt.

"Come on!" said Matt, grabbing his friend's arm, dragging him outside, unfortunately, that's where the party was migrating too, or maybe it was just growing.

"Amy!" yelled Matt, looking for the small red head.

"Matt!" she yelled. "HELP!" she screamed, causing Matt to look to his right, seeing the red head being pulled away from the crowd.

"Amy!" yelled Matt, as he grabbed Shane's drunk arm, both running off the porch and to Amy's aid.

"You stupid son of a bitch!" yelled Shane, sobering up automatically as he saw a big burly guy slap Amy.

"Help!" she screamed, crying, before the man that had her, dropped her and ran away as Matt chased him.

"Come here." said Shane picking up the sobbing mess, placing her in the backseat of the newly arrived cab, before meeting up with Matt again.

"Damn fucking asshole! I couldn't find him." said Matt out of breath.

"Don't worry about it, lets just get all of our shit in the cab."

"Hey, we need to talk later. Just you and me." said Matt taking Shane to the side. "It deals with Amy, the boys told me just a few minutes ago."

"Is it bad?" asked Shane worried.

"Yes, but uh, it can wait until later. Right now it would be smart if we all just got some rest." said Matt as they opened the cab doors.

"Oh, okay." said Shane uneasy as he sat next to the now sleeping Amy, just like Matt did.

"Driver, can you take us to the nearest motel?" asked Matt as the driver began to drive away from the party.

"Sure thing."

END OF CHAP 18, WHATCHA THINK?