Disclaimer: I do not own any of the characters from Stand by me. I do own Danni and everybody else, which you don't recognise. Enjoy!

Oh and sorry for the short chapter!

"Wow, its real beautiful Dan." Raquel said grabbing Danni's hand to get a closer look at the ring on her finger

"I know. But I didn't want to take it."

"Well thank god you did. How could you refuse that?"

"I suppose your right. So where's Jo?"

"She went into the bedroom with Teddy a good half hour ago and I haven't seen her since. I think that she's you knowing."

"She's what?" Danni yelped

Raquel giggled as everyone looked at Danni for a second then turned away.

"She's not in there doing…you know, doing…it, is she?"

Raquel nodded

"In your parent's bed? That's disgusting." Danni replied

"So how did it go with Chris?" Raquel asked changing the subject.

"What do you mean? How did you know I came here with Chris? You set me up didn't you? Oh Raquel…well if you must know, it went terrible. I felt like I real idiot when he turned up at the house. I didn't know what to say to him. He…He carried my bag for me though."

Raquel grinned and let out a loud squeal as she threw her arms around Danni's neck "Raquel, he only carried my bag, it was nothing really."

"That is so cute. He carried your bag. Oh god. I wish he would carry my bag for me."

Danni smiled and started to laugh as Raquel giggled uncontrollably. Maybe it was something to do with the fact that she was quite drunk, or maybe something that Danni had said, Danni wasn't really sure why Raquel was laughing. Their laughter was however soon interrupted by the table being thrown across the room, and the drink going everywhere by Chris holding Teddy back as Joanna cowered behind a tall dark haired boy.

"Get the hell off of me Chris. I'm gonna kill him." Teddy yelled

"Come on man, relax, just leave it."

"No, you little whore, you told me you was only with me, you told me you wanted me!"

Danni watched, her eyes constantly switching from Chris to Joanna. The whole room had gone silent by this time although Raquel was still giggling to herself. Danni would've laughed had the circumstances been different, but Joanna had done something wrong, something to hurt Teddy.

"We weren't even going out Teddy! We went on one date. It was nothing serious." Joanna called from behind the boy

"Bullshit. You're just a whore."

"I am not. I felt sorry for you. No wonder you're so mad, what with your father, a loony for a dad."

Danni's jaw literally dropped at that, never had she thought anyone, let alone Joanna would say something like that to Teddy. Danni looked over to Chris who was holding back a screaming Teddy then ran over to Joanna and pulled her outside quickly.

"What the hell was all that about Joanna?" Danni asked

"We went on one date Dan and he's all set like I love him and all that stuff. I don't want a boyfriend. I just want to have fun. Alls we did was make out for a few minutes then I told him that I didn't want to be with him and I liked someone else and he just went wild."

"Joanna, you lead him on. You can't do that to people."

"Yeah well you do it. I saw you earlier leading on Chris. I told you I liked him. You can't do stuff like that. You're my friend!"

"Hold it a minute. I was not leading him on. And we hardly did anything. We walked here together. Big deal."

"So it's true then? You're together?"

"No. I wouldn't do that to you Joanna."

"Right. I believe you. I'm going home now. Say bye to Kel for me." Joanna said sarcastically as she walked off towards home.

Danni sighed and sat down on the steps of the porch fiddling with the new ring on her finger. She looked up at the sky, it was starting to get quite late and a lot of people had left the party already. Raquel was inside puking up and Chris, Teddy and Vern were sitting in a corner talking. Danni sat back and looked down at her feet. Her shoes were dirty. She shrugged her shoulders and stood up and went inside to find only the three boys left. Everybody else must've walked past her without her noticing.

"Where's Raquel?" Danni asked as she stepped over the table, that had yet been picked up.

"She's in the bathroom, barfing." Teddy answered

Danni nodded and walked over to the bathroom door, tapping on it lightly.

"Raquel, are you ok?" She called

"She was just sitting there and she looked like she was gonna throw up so we got her to the bathroom and left her to it. She's fucking out of it." Chris explained

Danni looked at Chris, shocked at the words he'd used but remained silent.

"Sorry." Chris said quickly

Danni smiled uneasily and looked at her feet.

"Do you think I should go in?" Danni asked as she knocked on the door once more.

"If you wanna go in."

Danni nodded and opened the door to find Raquel slumped down on the floor, one arm on the toilet seat and the other hanging by her side. Danni rushed over and pulled her to her feet. "Kel, are you alright?"

Raquel made a strange sound almost like a muffled yes as Danni tired her best to carry her out of the bathroom. Chris looked to Teddy and Vern and upon realising that neither of them was going to help them he decided to do so. Once they'd managed to get Raquel upstairs, Chris left Danni to help her get Raquel changed.

"So what's going on with you two Chambers?" Teddy asked impatiently

"Nothing. She's a nice girl. She's not interested in someone like me."

"Well get Gordie to talk to her when he gets back, they're sort of like each other." Vern suggested

Chris shook his head "I can't do that. I should try and talk to her properly myself. I'm not a baby."

"Well you do that then." Teddy sighed

"No. I've tried and she's not interested. She's too nice a girl."

"Chris. She obviously likes you man. Otherwise why would she have come here, if she's so nice?" Teddy asked

Chris seemed a bit baffled by this question. "Because…I'm here."

"Exactly. So go talk to her. She likes you, you like her. GO!" Teddy said pushing Chris towards the stairs.

With a sigh Chris made his way up stairs, he sure hoped that Teddy was right.