The party had started just over an hour ago and Emma was well past drunk. She was unable to walk without something or someone to hold her up and all she could think of when Kieran would laugh, was how good his lips tasted.

Emma's face turned a deep red when Kieran caught her eye and cocked his eyebrow in a questioning manner in her direction, "Enjoying the view?"

Emma was too drunk to look away and act like she wasn't staring at him and just giggled, "You're not bad looking."

Kieran, who was also a little drunk, moved closer to her on the couch and placed his hand on hers, "Good to know."

Emma tried to ignore the urge she was getting to lean in and kiss him. But the heat from his hand on her leg and the feeling she was getting in her stomach was practically forcing her to lean in.

Kieran's other hand cupped Emma's cheek as his gaze switched between her eyes and her lips. His breath along with hers catching as their noses were two inches apart. Emma was getting impatient with how slow this was going and leaned forward, pressing her lips to his in a searing kiss. Emma wrapped her arms around his neck as she deepened the kiss.

Emma only pulled away when the familiar burning feeling her throat started and she got up quickly, turning on her heel and bolting for the nearest bathroom. She stumbled to the stairs to the bathroom and emptied her stomach into the toilet. Sitting back against the cold surface of the bath tub.

Audrey would've been lying if she said she wasn't enjoying the fact that it was just her and Brooke. The two were actually talking and Audrey remembered why she had a small crush on Brooke.

"Great." Brooke groaned at the sight of her ex, Jake Fitzgerald sitting across the pool with a blonde chick that resembled a Barbie doll. They were all over each other and Brooke wanted to shout at them that they weren't invited and to go have sex at someone else's grad party. "The cat dragged in the trash."

"He's just trying to make you jealous." Audrey said, fake gagging at the sight of the two. "Why don't we make him jealous?"

"Wait, me and you?" Brooke asked, "it'll never work, you're a girl and-"

"Guys get more jealous over a girl kissing a girl than a girl kissing a guy. Trust me. I mean, what can it hurt to just try it?" Audrey asked, giving Brooke a devious smile. She would also be lying if she said she wasn't trying to make up an excuse to kiss the blonde, so she mentally jumped for joy when Brooke shrugged and turned her body to Audrey. Audrey immediately felt butterflies in her stomach as Brooke connected their lips. Audrey had always wondered what her lips tasted like and didn't find it surprising that they tasted like sweet candy, probably the taste of the lipgloss she had on everyday.

The kiss ended seconds later, all the warmth leaving as Brooke pulled away with a satisfied smirk on her face, "I guess you were right." She stated as she stood up and held her hand out for Audrey, "Let's go get a drink."

Audrey and Brooke walked into the house, arm in arm, laughing at the look Jake had on his face after watching his ex girlfriend kiss one her best friends. Brooke came to a sudden stop, surprising and confusing Audrey, "Broo-"

Audrey followed Brooke's gaze to the couches where their other friends were sitting and where Emma and Kieran were locking lips. The two were so shocked that they didn't even fully register that Emma had suddenly bolted up the stairs, her hand over her mouth in the process.

Brooke was frozen in place, "You saw that too, right?"

Audrey had to pick her jaw off of the floor before she could reply, "Uh huh."

Emma woke up the next day with a pounding headache and a blurry memory of the night before. She got up from her spot on the floor amongst her friends and went upstairs to the bathroom. Her mind was racing as she went over the events of the night before. "I kissed my best friend" was all she could think. "And I want to do it again"

"I'm gonna assume you remember what happened last night?"

Emma buried her face in her hands as she leaned her elbows on the edge of the sink, "You saw that?"

Brooke walked up and leaned up against the sink next to Emma, "Everyone saw it."

"This is why I don't drink." Emma groaned.

"Why, because you realize you may have feelings for-"

"I do not have feelings for Kieran, Brooke. That's insane. We both just had a little too much to drink." Emma said, "That's all it was."

"Em, I'm your best friend. You don't have to hide things from me. I tell you everything." Brooke said, he expression softening. "Me and Audrey made out last night. To make Jake jealous."

Emma cocked her eyebrow at the blonde, "That's your excuse?"

Brooke rolled her eyes and narrowed her eyes at the taller girl, "You think I have a thing for Audrey? Are you serious?"

"I don't have a thing for Kieran and you don't have a thing for Audrey." Emma stated, reaching into the cabinet and grabbing the aspirin. "Now stop bugging me about it. But one quick question."

"Ask away."

"What am I supposed to say to him?"

Brooke smirked, "Tell him the truth." She said plainly. Slapping Emma's arm before turning on her heel and strutting out of the bathroom.

"She's no help." Emma muttered to herself, shaking her head lightly before also heading back downstairs. Kieran was still asleep on the floor when she got baxk downstairs and she visibly sighed with relief at this. Emma still hasn't figured out what to say and she could feel her lips tingle just at the thought of the kiss.

Meanwhile Audrey was outside by the pool, trying to convince herself that she felt absolutely nothing when kissing Brooke, that it was just the alcohol messing with her head. But all of that was starting to slip her mind as Brooke laughed next to her, talking about Emma and Kieran's make out session and how Emma was denying that she felt anything for her best friend.

Audrey loved Brooke's laugh and would pay money to hear it more often. Audrey and Brooke hadn't always been on great terms. In 7th grade, Brooke had practically bullied Audrey the entire year after Audrey had "stole" her "boyfriend". Audrey had just been hanging out with the guy Brooke had a crush on when he kissed her and Brooke saw. They became friends at the end of the year when Emma screamed at them both to stop being such children and to just get over it. And Brooke felt a little guilty for bullying Audrey. Now it was joked about routinely within the group.

"You really think Emma likes Kieran?" Audrey asked.

"You don't just kiss your best friend just because. The alcohol only heightens what's already there." Brooke said, acting as if she was the love and alcohol expert. "And Emma's just being stubborn and not admitting that she likes him."

"Maybe she's afraid of being rejected and making things awkward. It's happened before." Audrey said, watching as Brooke put on her cute questioning face before simply say,"That guy was a dick anyway."

"She probably dodged a bullet there."

Emma had never felt awkward around Kieran ever. They'd know each other through the awkward puberty stage and never felt awkward. Not even when Kieran had to her tampons during school because she didn't have any or a drivers license so she could go herself.

But now after one drunk miss, neither of them was sure what to say. Their friends had all made excuses about needing to get home so their parents didn't worry. Leaving Emma and Kieran in the living room with only Brooke and Audrey outside by the pool.

"It's normal for best friends to make out, right?" Kieran asked, trying his best to lighten the mood.

"I mean, maybe. We were both a little drunk and neither of us feel that way about each other so I guess we could just move past it. It's not that big of a deal." Emma said, watching nervously as Kieran thought.

"Yeah, I don't see why not." He agreed.