The walk to the party was fairly quiet save for the kids that still roamed the streets.
When we were about a street away from the house, you could feel the bass. I knew immediately that I'd made a bad choice in wanting to come. I hate parties anyways, but Alice had talked me into it.
We got in through the unlocked front door, and I was engulfed in a cloud of smoke. Walking farther, the stench if alcohol was prominent, making me want to gag.
I would probably only last an hour, to if I got something to drink something stronger than a wine cooler.
Alice immediately ran off with her other group of friends, the more popular group. Though I lived her dearly and she always tried to have me get along with them, it just never worked out.
Making my way towards where all the music was, I was relieved to see my friend Gavin working the DJ station. He didn't look it, but he was a God with any type of music, DJ-ing was his specialty.
He may sometimes be flamboyant, with his flaming hair and flirty personality, but when he was with me and our friend Will, he was actually very shy and mousy...minus his obsessive flirting with Will, of course.
I found the table of drinks and fixed myself a mixture of vodka and juice. It may sound weird, but it tastes good, and with how I make it, it will not get you drunk. Buzzed maybe, but not drunk.
I found an unoccupied corner to stay in and remained there until my drink was empty, which was only about an hour later.
Looks like my prediction of only staying an hour was right.
I left my cup on a side table (the party's host can clean it up), and went to find Alice.
... And I found her with the two most popular twins In our school, Angela and Ash Malaikat. They creeped me our so much, but apparently I was the only one in the school who felt this way.
"Excuse me, may I borrow Alice for a second." I ask politely, not giving them a chance to answer as I drag Alice a little ways away from them.
"Hey, I'm gonna leave. This really isn't my scene, and I'm kinda uncomfortable just being a wallflower. Text me when you leave so I can unlock the library for you. Okay?" She didn't look too happy that I was going, but she sighed and nodded, before giving me a hug goodbye.
"Don't get ax-murderer on the way there!". She called as I reached the door.
"Only you have permission to kill me, sweetie!". People looked at me like I was insane, but I looked at Alice and she was laughing her ass off.
Rolling my eyes, I avoid the couple people making out on the porch, and am able to safely make it down the stairs without tripping on anybody... or my skirts.
An amazing feat on my part, seeing as I'm a major klutz, and can barely walk out of my doorway without tripping over my own two feet.
The library is only about a half-hour walk, so it's fairly short, made even shorter because I know a path that starts from the woods in the park, and ends at the library. Perfect for a person not wanting to be alone on a dark road.
Veering off said dark road, I enter the cheery children's park. Slides, jungle gyms, and swings painted in bright colors dominate the mowed lawn, but in the back are tables, benches, and a couple of grills for people who camp during the summer.
Behind my favorite bench, that is half-hidden by a Weeping Willow, is a trail.
Everybody says it's haunted, but nothing has ever happened to me when I walk it. I mean, occasionally it'll feel like someone's following me, and I'll look back and not see anything, but hey, isn't that the reaction you're supposed to have when walking in the supposed 'haunted' woods?
Avoiding the Willow's hanging branches, I peek around them and try to determine if I'd be able to walk through wearing what I am.
Deeming it safe, I pick up my skirts and start on the dirt path that leads directly to the library. It became increasingly more difficult the deeper into the trees I got. Mind you, I've walked this path a million and one times, but never in a full on Victorian styled gown.
The thickest part of the woods is the creepiest. Normally I'd stop and sit and relax because I think it's the best place in the world, buttonight it just makes me what to run.
You see, my town is literally a five minute walk from London. But we're still a fairly small town, with a lot of woods. And with all small towns, you have stupid little legends that are meant to keep kids in check.
The thing you hear about this slice of the woods is that a pair of demons haunt this place, luring in men and women with promises of whatever they wish. And once you've said 'yes' to them, you're never seen again.
I believe in a lot of things, but that's just ridiculous. But, with how dark it looks at this moment, I can see why people might make up such a tale.
Anyways, once the woods finally thin out again and I can see library, I take the keys out of my corset (the Victorian way to stash keys in your bra), and run across that street like the hounds of Hell are behind me.
Unlocking the door, I step inside and re-lock the door. Alice'll text me when she's outside.
Now. I'm in a library with all-access to everything in it and nobody to stop me. So what's a girl to do when she's bored?
This girl decided to sit on the floor and listen to music using her phone. Boring to most, but the funnest thing ever. (For me, at least.)
At about11:30 (I left the party around ten), Alice shot me text saying that she had way too much to drink, and asked if I would drop her things back at the party so she could stay there. Turns out the hosts were the Malaikat twins.
Not wanting to sound like a bitch, I agreed and told her I'd be there as soon as I could, and that if she needed anything at all while she was there, to text me immediately.
Grumbling around, I found all her stuff and put it in my dress bag, so everything would be easier to carry around.
I left and locked the library, sticking its skeleton key in my pocket. Swinging the bag over my shoulder, I set off to the evil twins home, once again taking the short-cut: through the woods.
(Hey, this is something I thought y'all might want to know: Malaikat means 'angel' in Indonesian. ~IAE)