A/N: Story updated after 18 months. Whatever writing skills I had are gone lol

Chapter 3

Davis drove towards the house in his red Ford station wagon.

"Yo yo yo, wass happenin, yo!" he shouted to the people on the sidewalk. They laughed and walked on.

Gotta make a grand entrance, he thought to himself with a smile. Let these peeps know what a pimpin ride I've got.

He kept driving around the neighborhood, making a general ass of himself, until he finally decided to make his move. Unfortunately, there wasn't any more space on the street near the house, so he had to park on the front lawn.

As he got out of his car, this one girl ran up to him.

"Hey, you can't park your car here! Move it!"

"What, like you own the place?" Davis sneered sarcastically.

"Yes!" she replied. "I live here. This is my party."

Davis scoffed. "Screw you, bitch, I ain't movin shit. I got beer to drink and chicks to screw."

With that, Davis locked his car and went inside, not noticing the girl puncturing all his tires with a hunting knife.

A few minutes later…

"Hey baby, how you doin?" Davis asked.

The girl just gave him a weird look and walked away with her friend, both of them rolling their eyes.

"Sluts!" Davis called after them.

Then, he saw someone he knew. "Hey Joanna K, what's up?"

Joanna turned to him wearily. "Oh, hey Davis."

"You havin a good time?"

"Uh …yeah," she replied.

After a few minutes of awkward silence, Davis blurted out, "So, remember that time in freshman English when I put that piece of gum I was chewing into your hair, and you kept screaming at me and wouldn't stop? Damn, that was funny shit!" he laughed.

"Hilarious," she replied, gritting her teeth. "I had to shave my head because of that."

"Oh yeah!" He laughed even harder. "Everyone called you 'Baldy.' Ah, good times, good times."

"I've gotta go," she said suddenly, turning and walking away from him quickly.

"Hey, don't you wanna stay and reminisce some more…?" he called after her, but she was gone.

Damn, he thought, getting chicks is harder than I expectorated.

TK walked into the party, feeling decidedly out of place in the middle of all the people. Most of them were giving him surprised looks, as if they never expected to see him there.

After awhile, he finally spotted Tai's friend and fellow tormentor, Brad. He put on the toughest face he could manage, which was about as tough-looking as a stuffed tiger, and walked over to Brad.

"Hey, Jerk," he said in his toughest-sounding voice.

"Yo, Four-Eyes, why the fuck are you here? Shouldn't you be studying or playing RPGs with your faggot friends?" The other guys laughed and high-fived Brad.

"I'm looking for your STUPID friend, Tai. Where is he?"

"Who knows? Why the fuck would he want to see you?" Brad replied. TK didn't answer. "You better get out of here before I pound you," Brad said, shoving TK to the floor.

TK got up, brushed himself off, and walked away amidst murmuring from the crowds, his face bright red. Now thoroughly depressed, he stumbled into the kitchen and leaned up absentmindedly against a big silver keg.

"Hey man," some guy said, "you look kinda down. What's wrong?"

"Everything." TK paused. "Hey, you don't happen to know where - "

"You know what you need?" the guy interrupted. "A drink. That'll cheer you up."

"Oh, I don't know about that. I've never tried that stuff and am not even of legal drinking age - "

"Fuck that, man. Come on, live a little." He poured TK a cup.

TK sighed. "Fine," he said and took the cup.

He raised it to his lips and took a sip. He swished it around in his mouth before swallowing. And took another sip. And then a gulp. He smiled.

"Hey, this stuff's good!"

Matt spotted Sora in the crowd. "Hey Sora, you made it," he said, smiling.

"Yeah, I came to keep Mimi company," she replied. "She's been down lately about the whole Tai business."

"Ah, I see. Where is she now?"

"I don't know. She said she was coming, so probably soon. Why, are you eager or something?" she asked with a smile, nudging Matt.

"Kinda," he replied with a smirk. "Kinda nervous, too."

"Trust me, Matt, you know I want the best for you, but Mimi's just recovering. I don't think she's ready for another relationship so soon. If you approach her, she'll be way too surprised to even seriously consider you. You're setting yourself up for disappointment, man."

"It's either now or never," Matt replied, his jaw set.

At that moment, all the noise around them died down. Matt and Sora moved to see what was happening, and saw that it was because Mimi had just walked through the front door. Everyone was silent for a few seconds. Then, just as suddenly, the conversations resumed. Mimi kept walking, keeping her eyes on the ground.

Matt looked at Sora, who shook her head vigorously at him, and then started to walk towards Mimi.

However, just before he got to her, a familiar resounding voice stopped him in his tracks. "Hey!"

He turned. It was Tai.

To Be Continued