17. DISCO

Jack walked into Lilly's room; the disco was in half an hour.

"Lilly quick or you won't make it…"

She opened the door. Lilly was wearing her Pj's and reading a girly magazine.

"What the? Why are you? Why aren't dressed? What is going on?" Jack asked.

"I don't have anyone to go with. It's as simple as that!" Lilly stated.

"Well, didn't Adam ask you?"

"I don't know! I can't remember."

"Well I'm sure Adam would want to go with you." Jack said.

"But…I don't know. I miss James and Adam's like ment to be my brother."

"So who cares,".

Then Adam walked in the door.

"Hey Lilly, lets… Why aren't you ready for the dance?" He asked.

"I don't have anyone to go with!" She replied.

"Yeah, you do! Remember, I asked you last night."

"Really! Oh my god! Shit I forgot! Out Adam, Jack help me get ready!" Lilly shouted.

Jack hurried Adam out of the room.

"You've got one hour. Have a quick shower. Then we'll get started on the hair!" Jack almost screamed.

Lilly was having second thoughts. She liked James, but she did like Adam and, it's not like she was cheating or anything. They hadn't even gone on their first date. Maybe she had to do this. She could find some information on Melissa.

Lilly walked silently over to her on-suit bathroom. There was a big spa-bath, and a normal bath, not to mention that everything was pure marble. She stripped of her clothes and turned the shower on. She had to make up her mind about James. She probably wouldn't see him for two months at least while she was here. Why not enjoy herself? While these questions were passing through her head, she didn't notice the time slip by. When finally Jack thundered on the door and yelled for her to get out. Lilly awoke from her daydreams and turned off the shower.

"Lilly, what took so long? You were in there for fifteen minutes! And it would've been longer if I hadn't got you out!" Jack protested.

"Yeah, okay whatever. I'm tired so..Yeah." Lilly replied.

As the next half an hour passed, Lilly was dressed in a pink silk dress which was curly at the end which came just below her knees. The top half was tight around her hips and had straps. She had her hair up and curled and her makeup made her look dashing.

She walked down the stairs. Adam was waiting for her. He had decided to take the liberty to put on a suit but with no tie.

"Tiger, I don't know what to say. You look beautiful!" Adam comented.

"Well, Jack choses the dress for me." She tried to avoid the topic of him thinking she was beautiful.

"Lets go then. I have a limo waiting outside."

"A limo, I didn't think this thing was that fany," said Lilly.

The two of them arrived at the disco with five minutes to spare. They dicided to try and find Peach. When they did, she was with a very tall boy with the signs of a moustashe.

"Hi Lilly! This is Damian, he's been my friend since we were young. We didn't have dates so we just went together." Peach seemed to like Damian, Lilly could tell easily.

"Hi Damian, I'm Lilly and this is my adopted brother Adam. I'm the one who's adopted." Lilly said.

"Nice to meet you." Damian replied.

Damians' voice was deep with the hint of a Russian acent.

"Are you coming to the after-party Lilly?" Peach asked.

"What after-party?" Lilly said puzzelled.

"The one after the disco. Silly."

"Okay, I'll come. Can Jack come to?" Lilly asked.

"Sure. Now let's go, it's starting!"

The two girls and two boys set off towards the school gym where the disco was being held. When Lilly walked inside, there were people everywhere. All dancing, no one was sitting on the side-lines talking like in most discos, people were moving to the beat of the song.

Everything went perfectally till the after party. Nearly everybody went to Peachs' house afterward. Everyone except the few exceptional people who had passed out after six hours dancing, was there. It was three in the morning when the party moved to Peaches' house. Everyone went inside and down to the basement. There were people sitting on couches pashing, people dancing like crazy and people just messing around.

Then Peach got up on a table.

"Everyone listen. My mum's away in France and she won't be coming back for another three days. And because she's not here, we can go crazy. So, like all good parties have. I got some drinks!"

What does she mean by 'drinks' Lilly thought, she already has coke and lemonade in the fridge.

And then it happened, Jack arrived at the wrong moment. As Jack was coming down the stairs, Peach produced a bottle of vodka. She through the lid off and downed half the bottle. She passed it down to the nearest person who happened to be Jack. Pear was next to her and decided to help her drink. Pear pinched Jacks nose to make her open her mouth and pored the contents of the bottle into her mouth closed it and made her swallow it.

Then Peach brought out about fifty six-packs of beer out of the bag and passed them around. Everyone in the room had one. Except Lilly, this was totally weird. It was crazy she didn't know what to do.

Jack was having fun, she felt light and hot. She wanted to pash the nearest boy. She had a can of beer in her hand. She was sitting on a couch with some boy she had only just met. He was also holding a can of beer. He was giving her a love bite on her neck. She didn't care, she was enjoying herself.

Meanwhile Lilly was frantically looking for Adam who had dissapered after the buisness with the Vodka. She wanted to make sure he wasn't drinking. Then she found him, he was in Pears room. She walked in and found him lying on Pears' bed pashing her. There were seven emty beer bottles on the floor.

"Adam! What the hell do you think you're doing? Anita will go mental!" Lilly shouted.

"Lilly you want to come and goin us?" Adam asked.

"Ew, gross!" she said as she left the room.

Lilly was to tired for this, she needed a drink to clear her head. She walked over to the fridge and helped herself to a lemonade.

Then Melissa Heart walked in.

"What the hell is going on here?" she asked, "Peach, why are there empty beer bottles on the floor?"

"Mum! I didn't bring them. I came home from the disco and everyone followed me and brought it!" Peach replied.

Melissa walked over to Pears room and saw Adam and Pear pashing. She walked in and grabbed them both by the ear.

"I told you, no party's when I'm away! And I warned you, no drinking!" She was yelling now. The room had gone silent.

"But mummy."

"Don't mummy me girls. Everyone go home. NOW!"

Everyone was in a rush to get away.

Jack woke up, she had no idea where she was or what had happened. She got off the couch she had passed out on and looked around. She was in Pears' house. She couldn't remember anything from the night before. She wondered around hoplessly looking for some one to help her. She had a massive headache and tasted vomit in her mouth. How much had she had to drink? She slowly made her way up the stairs and out of the house. In the corner of her eye, she saw something sparkle in the light. She bent down to see what it was. Then she remembered the mission breifing. 'necklace had an inscription; 31122005:7511720.'