Chapter Twelve

A Strange Invite To An After Party

SAM

So, after that incident, we just went back to the game and had fun. Freddie and I shared a cheese filed pretzel and it was actually good. The halftime cheerleaders was as some would call sexy, I just found it weird. Carly actually had fun with Gibby, and Ridgeway won 17-14. After it was over, we all got up and threw our trash away. But as we were trying to find the nearest exit, we ran into some trouble. And by trouble, I mean Valarie. "Hey guys!" she says and flips her hair, "I actually have something to ask you."

"Make it quick." I say and we all wait for her to tell us.

"Do you guys wanna come to the after party in the gym? The staff lets us have one and it's totally private. No teachers, just all the kids."

"It sounds fun, but..."

"Carly, you can come. You can just stay for a few minutes if you want. It's not that bad."

We all think about it and agree. I, being curious about this party thing.

We follow her into the gym, which is already filled with the football team, all the cheerleaders and various others. Music is blasting from the speakers in the gym, and there's punch and food. "Wow, so this is what you people do after a game?" Carly says.

"Yep, and it's 100% private. You need an invite to get in this. Yours being me." Valarie says, and eyes the quarterback, "Well, gotta go. But you can stay if you want. It's pretty fun." she says and notices he's walking away, "Oh! Justin!" she says and he stops and talks to her.

"We should go, I don't think this is a good idea." Freddie says.

"You know, we actually should stay. It's a party for God sakes! Why can't we have some fun?"

"Carly, you know they are up to no good. And there's no way there wouldn't be a teacher in her without them locking them in the locker room showers."

"But now that I think about it, I have nothing to lose. Plus, when are we going to get into this again?"

Freddie's eyes widen. "Sam, have you lost your mind? There's..."

"Dude, just go with it." Gibby says, and we all nod in agreement.

"Fine. I'll stay. But if my mom loses it..."

"You're mom will be fine!" I say and we all walk around and get some punch.

...

Not that long later, Valarie finds us. She has a glass of punch in her hand, and is smiling happily. "Hey! You guys decided to stay!"

"Yep. And it's actually fun." Carly says and we all nod and sip some more punch.

"Who made this punch, it's freaking amazing!" Freddie says and we all take another sip.

"Justin, I think. OMG, he's so cute! Anyway, have fun. I have to go show Justin the hidden soda machine. Justin!"

And with that, she runs off and finds him. I read between the lines for a second and say, "If I'm correct, that was code for: 'I need to get with this dude.'"

"Yep."

"Uh-uh."

"Positive." Gibby says and we all nod in agreement.

"Want some more punch?"

"Oh yeah." we all say and get some more.

CARLY

After a while of dancing, punch drinking, and occasional kissing, the clock reads ten. But no one leaves. Gibby finds himself in a line to go waz, so I decide to walk around. I pass by some of my other friends, who appear to be tired. But, aren't we all? So, after five minutes, I decide to find Sam and Freddie. But as I walk around, everything becomes blurred. But it takes forever and they appear to have left. But then I realize that I didn't check the gym bleachers. So I walk over there and no one's there. I pull out my phone and try to text Gibby, but I can't read it very well, so I give up.

I walk to the girls locker room, my last resort to finding them before assuming they left. I find the door wide open, so someone has to of been in here. I enter and find the locker area empty. I walk over to the bathrooms and check each stall, but no one. One place left, the showers. I walk down the hall to the showers and freeze.

I found them. But not at a good time. All I see through the fog is Sam and Freddie kissing, and Sam in the bra I bought her form build-a-bra on her birthday last month. She sill has her jeans on, but I'm almost dead when Freddie starts kissing her neck. I feel a freezing feeling down my back and I snap back to reality. I slowly turn away and walk back to the gym. But I keep one eye on Sam, not believing what I just saw.