The Journal of Racetrack Higgins Ch 19 – Prom Weekend
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6/7/04
This weekend was friggin' awesome. I had a blast.
After Prom ended, the six guys and the four girls piled back into the limo and drove to Skitt's Seaside beach house. We had the house to ourselves, since his dad was away on business. The house is amazing. It's literally right on the beach, and the boardwalk is just a few blocks away.
By the time we got there, it was almost one am, but no one was going to bed. I mean, come on. What's a prom without an after-prom party? And of course, no after-prom party is complete without a little, um, ahem, a lot of beer. Within an hour, we were all totally smashed.
Ya know, I just realized the last time I was drunk was New Year's… and that day changed my life, for the better!
Ahem. Back to the story…
As per the normal for drunkenness, crazy things were bound to happen. Nothing really exciting from the girls- they basically were just dancing their asses off to the music we blasted.
The guys on the other hand… I guess we all have bad tolerance or something, because we got really crazy. Skitts was running around his house screaming at the top of his lungs, Mush was singing 'This is the song that never ends' loudly over and over again, and Blink was yelling at him to stop. Jack was just grinding with Curley. Spot and I? Standing on the couch, having pillow fights. Now that was fun.
The night went on in its drunken glory, leading way to all of us passing out. You can bet we woke up with one hell of a hangover.
At like two o'clock, I woke up, the first out of all of us. I was sprawled out on the couch, and Spot was next to me, snoring loudly, with an arm and a leg hanging over the couch. I gently nudged him awake. He opened his eyes, squinted against the light and covered his eyes with his hands.
"Ah, Race, why'd ya wake me up?"
"Ya gotta get up sometime."
"But I have a headache…" He moaned, holding his head.
"Aww, poor baby."
"Shut up." He uncovered his eyes to his me, but immediately winced and covered them again. "Damn you hangovers!"
I laughed, but proceeded to wince myself, for I too had a humongous headache.
Eventually, everyone woke up, feeling the same symptoms as Spot and I. Once everyone was hangover free (which wasn't until seven o'clock-ish), we took to the Boardwalk for pizza and just plain 'ole fun.
Boardwalk pizza is delicious, especially The Sawmill's pizza, which, of course, is why we when there. They have the best pizza on the shore.
After pizza, we started walking the boardwalk to get to Casino Pier. Halfway there, I wanted to crawl up and die from embarrassment when this happened.
"Under the boardwalk… Down by the sea…"
Yup, that's right. Braids and Crosser started singing at the top of their lungs. People were staring at us like we were crazy as we passed them. Finally, Skittery and Blink shut their girlfriends up, thank god. I truly feel sorry for Skitts… Braids can be really annoying sometimes…
::shudders:: ok, I gonna stop thinking 'bout that now…
Once we got to Casino Pier, we started playing game after game. Everyone won at least one thing, well, except for me. I suck at arcade games. Seriously, I can never win. Oh well… Spot won a huge stuffed animal of Puss in Boots and gave it to me, so I don't care.
Overall, the boardwalk was fun. We got back to Skitts's house around one-thirty. Someone suggested more beer, but everyone agreed to not drink anymore… None of us wanted the hangover again, especially since we were going to the beach the next day.
We decided to put on a movie instead. Van Wilder was picked to watch. Now that's a funny movie. Disgusting at times, but funny. Most of us feel asleep during it. Come to think of it, everyone but Spot and I did.
So there we were, lying on the couch, my head in his lap, talking quietly as to not wake anyone up. We talked for what seemed like hours.
What did we talk about? Everything. Prom, graduation, summer, college… you name it, we mentioned it. The hardest part was talking about college. We both told all about our fears for next year, and it was basically the same thoughts… Would we last?Spot said that out loud, and it lingered in the air for a while, for neither of us knew what to say.
But lying there, staring up into his eyes, I knew I would do whatever I could to make our long-distance relationship work during college. And I told him that. He smiled, and bent down to kiss me, saying he knew I would.
Eventually, we both drifted off to sleep. The next morning was beach day.
Ah, Jersey. Gotta love the beach. But gotta hate the benny's. You know, the annoying tourists coming from northern Jersey or Pennsylvania just to go to the beach? Yeah, them. They crowd up the beach so much!
Anyway, back to the beach. As soon as we found a spot, we dropped our stuff, and the guys made a mad dash for the water. The girls opted to just sit and tan. Oh well… their loss.
The ocean was freezing, but we're used to it, for freezing water is the normal for June. We were rowdy as ever in the water, dunking each other over and over.
After swimming for a while, we got out and went to our stuff, only to find the girls sound asleep. Blink had a great idea.
"Hey guys, let's wake them up with some water!"
We all agreed. We took a few empty water bottles, filled them with the freezing ocean water, and dumped them on the sleeping girls. The shrieks that followed left a ringing in my ears for a while. Braids, of course, was the worst.
"AHHH!" She screamed, jumping up from her chair, soaking wet. "Skitts, I'm gonna KILL you!" With that, she started chasing him. She eventually caught up with him and dumped handfuls of sand in his hair. He's still trying to get all the sand out.
Eventually, they calmed down, and Spot suggested volleyball, for the net had just been vacated. We jumped at the chance. And of course, I was openly staring at Spot, in all his wet, shirtless glory playing volleyball. But I have a reason this time. No longer did I have to worry about someone catching me stare.
…Actually, not true. Jack did catch me staring at him, and all the guys jokingly made fun of me. Oh, how I love my friends. Luckily, this time, the ball didn't smack me in the head.
We stayed on the beach all day, and into the night.
My favorite moment? Kissing Spot as the sun was setting. I forgot all my apprehensions about college and graduation, and was lost in his kiss. I know I'm gonna miss him next year.
All in all, it was a great weekend. Two weeks until graduation. And finals are coming up too. What fun! Oh well… Later!
-Racetrack.
A/N: WOOHOO! I got over my writer's block! And it ain't that bad either! Hehe…
Sorry for the lack of update-age. I had a really bad bit of writer's block, plus I didn't have time at all to write. Hope ya like it!
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