The room was embedded with a thick, ominous silence that had seemed to strangle everyone's need to talk- except Jackie who was already in a deep sleep. The curtains were not yet drawn, even though it was almost 11:00pm, as they had all been downstairs at the party. The moon was half obscured by a thin layer or black cloud, making the room almost pitch black. Christy could suddenly hear the music from below, as if a switch was turned on, bringing her back into reality. The floor was pulsing slightly.

Christy and John felt like intruders upon this scene, but they either couldn't or wouldn't move. Joy was staring out the window, while Dave was still hiding in his hands.

"There, I told you," she said, her voice croaking in-between sobs. She walked quickly to the door and headed out along the corridor.

"Uh…" John said, breaking the dramatic silence. He tugged at Christy's arm, and they both headed out the door, shutting it behind them. Dave was best to recollect himself on his own. They spotted Joy turning the corner along the left corridor. She wasn't going back to the party.

John and Christy walked in a stiff silence back down to the common room. They found that Lita was surprisingly still looking after Shelton who was still asleep. Christy thought that Lita would've left him by now. Torrie was sitting, drinking a coke. They had all moved to a different area in the back, away from Jackie's couch. All the students were avoiding that area.

"Where's Jackie?" She asked in an irritating tone when they sat down.

"She's…" Christy was not thinking about Jackie, but about what she and John had just seen. "She's upstairs asleep."

Torrie sighed. "I told her…but oh no, she still has to…why cant she…"

Torrie stopped there, and gulped the rest of her coke. John and Christy avoided looking at each other. Christy thought it was best not to blab what happened. She assumed John was thinking along the same lines.

The rest of the night passed in a blur for Christy, even though the students were beginning to have more and more fun. Shelton finally woke up. As he had not sculled as much as the others, he only felt dizzy for a few minutes. He would be worse in the morning though. Some others had moved the couches to create a big space in the middle for a dancing competition. The music had blazed louder, making the glasses on their table rattle.

Christy simply watched as Lita stirred her drink, making the blue liquor swirl around the glass.

"Yo, yo, yo!" She heard a guy say from the middle of the room. "If yall wanna rap battle its on right here right now."

John had a glint in his eyes, and stood up.

"You guys wanna come?"

Christy and Shelton decided to go with him. Torrie wasn't interested and Lita was falling asleep.

They made their way to the groups of students and found a couch near the front. John had out-rapped all other students competing. Christy and Shelton cheered from where they sat.

They headed back to their seats. Torrie headed up to the dorm at 1:36am.

The students had become more rowdier and some were even trying to trash the place. They were tipping over tables, and smashing bottles. Most of them, Christy had seen at the sculling competition.

A senior staggered over to where they say, and lay his head on Christy's lap.

"Heyy you," he drawled, alcohol lacing his breath. "Wanna get jiggy with it?" He started laughing irritatingly halfway through this sentence. She pushed him off, as John dragged the giggling person out of the way.

2:00am came and went, as the party slowly died down. Groups of students left the party, most of them singing loud, crude songs. Some of the drunken guys were trying to chase the girls outside the room. Christy yawned loudly, and thought she better get to sleep.

"Im going to bed guys…night"

"I'll come with you," said John. It ended up that the other two wanted to get out of here as well, so they made their way to the doors and headed along the corridor.

AUTHORS NOTE---- R and R plz guys!