Casey walked down the stairs as she watched Sally talking to the boy who stopped her from re-spinning the bottle. Casey felt very awkward. She started looking between Marissa and Sally, wondering what really happened that night.
Then she noticed that there wasn't any game supplies in the room, and she became suspicious of why there was a break between games. "Change in plans," Sally explained. "Alex doesn't have everything we needed for my idea, so we are open to suggestions."
"Casey, what types of games do people play at your parties?" Larry asked while walking over to her.
"Oh, just the usual." Casey said uncomfortably. "At sleepovers my friend Emily and I play a lot of 'would you rather'."
"Anything else?" He asked like he was bored.
"Poker." She said. "But not for money because I hate gambling."
"We can do poker." Alex said in a nice tone. It was obvious he wanted to make Casey feel welcome to the group of people at the party. "I'll go get cards."
After Alex was gone Marissa chimed in "Can we at least play strip poker?"
"Why do you always have to make things so inappropriate and awkward?" Sally asked.
"It's what I'm good at." She replied.
"Well I'm pretty good at poker, so I'm ok with that." Casey said sheepishly.
"Casey," Marissa turned to her. "You're awesome." This brought a smile to Casey's face.
Alex returned with a deck of cards and the night continued. Everybody laughed and talked throughout the various hands. Casey took a single sip of beer the "know what it tastes like" but stopped after that. She felt awkward knowing the new information about Sally.
After another 45 minutes the gang decided to call it a night. The way it ended was Casey without her shirt or pants, Sally without her pants, shirt, or bra, Alex shirtless, Larry without pants, and Marissa missing her bra and panties but still wearing her shirt and skirt. The other people in the group either left during the break or didn't want to play.
Casey and Sally convinced other people to give them their clothes back and headed back home. During the car ride they gushed to eachother about how things went with Larry and how much fun they had.
"So you didn't get his number?" Sally asked.
"Not this time, but I don't know if I'd want to even go out with him." Casey explained.
"Ok, did we like freak you out or make you uncomfortable or anything?"
"Maybe a little, no offense." Casey tried to be gentle. "I'm just not a party person."
"Derek told me about your not so sweet 16 and how you would've reacted to his party." Sally told her.
"Yep. But everybody seems really nice."
Sally laughed a little. "You can tell me, my friends are freaks, I know."
"No they're cool. Maybe a little perverted but cool."
"Even Marissa?"
"Yep, she said she would facebook me."
"She does like her facebook."
The girls laughed and listened to some cds for the rest of the ride. Casey was pondering how she would be able to share her bed with Sally after hearing about her dreams.
