"It is awfully easy to be hard-boiled about everything in the daytime, but at night it is another thing." The Sun Also Rises

I swiped another layer of lipstick on before racing out of the car. I didn't want to be late. Not that I had a good reason to be late to start with. Telenovelas were not a good reason to stay up late doing homework regardless of how addicting the could be. Honestly I would look for any excuse to not do homework. It bored me. I'd rather cleaned than do math.

The school was pretty small compared to my old school, and I was pretty sure it was the only high school around. That freaked me out. this really was a small town. Which meant that everyone knew each other, and their parents probably knew each other. But it was okay because I had already made some friends. Olivia had invited me to sit with her and occasionally Bonnie. It was mostly the two of us, but we had grown close, so it didn't even matter that with didn't have twenty friends. Bonnie was apparently had been more or less avoiding her old friends. She came and went between our groups, always having some good advice to never told us why, but it wasn't my problem, so I didn't bother her about it.

"Are you going to the dance," Bonnie asked as I sat down just as the bell rang. Mr. Saltsman gave me his usually look. He was used to me being late, but I did well in class, so whatever.

I shrugged, "I might. I'm in serious need of something to do."

She laughed, "I kind of like how peaceful it's been."

"Damn, I missed out on all the crazy stuff," I replied.

Her smiled fell, "trust me, it's for the best." She glanced over at her old friends, sighing.

"Well we should go then, be seniors and do all the school stuff," I told her, "maybe someone will spike the punch," I said winking.

She rolled her eyes and took out her notebook. "Well it's tonight, so you better hurry up and find a dress."

"I'm sure i can find something," I said shrugging.

"Miss Darr, I'm sure whatever it is your talking about with Miss Bennet is important, but your in my class right now. It can wait," Mr Saltsman stated.

Bonnie apologized, but I couldn't help but smirk.

The rest of the day flew by quickly. It had taken far too long to convince Olivia to come to the dance with us, but she eventually gave in. Dances should be attended in groups, they were just more fun that way. We all bought our tickets, along with Bonnie's other friends.

Caroline seemed nice. She was obviously the typical cheerleader, but I'd learned not to believe all the teen movies by now. Elena was more distant. She always seemed preoccupied with other stuff, making sure that neither Olivia or I was listening when she whispered to Bonnie or Caroline. It was sort of annoying how she did it right in front of us.

Just as I'm getting ready to leave the house, all ready to go, vodka in my handbag, Bonnie texts me to say she can't make it. I groan. I still have Olivia. Time to be a bad influence on my new friend. Then Olivia texted me to tell me that the party ended up being moved to Tyler Lockwood's home. I remember Caroline mentioning him a few times, but I don't actually know the guy.

Olivia picked me up since my aunt has the car. I could drive but didn't have a car. What was the point? She had her makeup done for once, even her nails have been filed. The dress looked vintage, so she must have borrowed it from her mom's story, or it could have been a family thing seeing as all these families had been here for ages. She smiles,"you look so pretty Brett."

"So do you," I say, meaning it. If Olivia had a little more confidence, the boys at school would be all over her. I slid into the passenger door, and immediately start playing with the radio, "NPR is not an acceptable radio station to listen to before a homecoming dance. Well supposed Homecoming dance since it was move. Why was it moved?"

"The school's gym flooded," she replied shrugging.

"Drive faster," I complain. She drives like an old lady, hunched over the wheel, miles below the speed limit.

"Rather be safe than sorry," she tells me, not taking her sight off the road.

Once we finally do get there, I convince her to take a few sips of the vodka to loosen up before heading inside. I spot Caroline and go over to say hi.

She's with Matt. I try to remember if they're dating or not.

"Hey Caroline, you look really nice," I say smiling.

"So do you," she grins.

Olivia greats Matt and we chat for a while. Once Tyler Lockwood comes over, things get awkward so I drag Olivia to the makeshift dance floor. I prompt her to start dancing, dancing badly to the music. The DJ's okay, but Olivia seems to be enjoying herself, and we're far to busy laughing with each other to think too much.

We take more sips from my flask of vodka. It's the most fun I've had since I got here. All this night needs now is a cute boy and some bad decisions. I shake my head. No. That would mean ditching Olivia and I couldn't do that to her.

She's a happy drunk, giggling at whatever catches her eyes. Its adorable, and get me laughing as well. I wave to Elena as she walks in with a handsome man who I assume is her boyfriend. Dark hair, blue eyes. It makes for an attractive combination.

Hot and drunk, Olivia and I gravitate towards the kitchen, finding something cold to drink. I want punch, but even drunk, Olivia worries about safety and makes me get a closed can of beer for both of us. It's probably for the best since I don't know how well she can hold her liquor.

We sit down together on the back porch and ignore the sound of a fight breaking out at the front of the house. We talk about random things, and I start to open up to her. How it was hard moving here.

"But it's okay now since I've met you. Bonnie's cool too," I muse.

She smiles, laughing, "do you think aliens road trip through space?"

"Dude," I say patting her arm fervently, "that would be so cool. road trip through the stars, forget stupid corn fields. I want to see the stars."

"Maybe there's a alien out there complaining of the endless stars," Olivia mused, looking up at the sky. "wanting to be back down on the ground, thinking about how nice it would have been to just stay on that one planet instead of crossing a galaxy."

"Then that alien's stupid." Was stupidity more than just a human thing? Probably.

We dance outside to the music carried out from inside, watching the stars, until it abruptly stops. Olivia pouts, and I laugh at her expression. It makes her look like she tasted something rotten.

Tyler goes around announcing that the party's over. We hurry out, trying to avoid the crowds of other drunk teenagers. Olivia doesn't seem fit to drive, so I snatch the keys from her bag and drive us back to my house.

The light's are out, but the car's in the driveway. Junel's back from work, probably laying in bed on her phone. She had called and made a huge complaint, involving a lot of yelling, until the cable guy had installed our internet connection. We had pizza afterwords.

I led Olivia inside and we curled up on my be to watch old friends episodes. I keep shoving her to the side when it got too hot. Another person was just too much body heat to handle. I sent Bonnie a selfie of us, hoping she regret staying home. She was missing out on all the fun.

We fell asleep laughing. In that moment, I was glad we have moved here. It was boring enough to keep me from doing stupid things, but there were some great people. Senior year might just be as great as it was made out to be. I only had to get though college applications and I was set.

I woke up, annoyed at the sun. It was too bright. I wasn't truly hungover. I hadn't had that much to drink. Olivia was still asleep, so I went downstairs to get her some water and advil for when she woke up.

"How was the dance? See any cute boys," Junel asks while see eats cereal.

"Breakfast at noon," I ask her instead. Laughing at the offended look she gives me, mouth hanging open.

"Hey," she retorts, "you're the one just waking up. Nice bedhead. Now answer the question Brett."

"You're not supposed to encourage my scandalous behavior," I tell her, "but it was fun. Didn't see any interesting boy though." It's not like she would care about Elena's boyfriend. "Well, Elena, one of Bonnie's friends went with this older guy. He was hot," I shrug.

"So everything's good then," she asks seriously. Junel, probably the best legal guardian ever. I go over to hug her.

"I love you too Juny," I tell her.

"Ew go away and take a shower first before you go around hugging me."

I laugh heading back upstairs to shower.

Olivia takes one after me and then drives home. Juny offers to call her mom and clear anything up just in case she gets introuble, but only after helping her hide the most obvious signs of a hangover. Fucking lightweight.

She hugs me before leaving.

I spend most of the weekend doing homework or looking at colleges, eventually just watching TV and eating fruit. I always mean to be more productive than I am. At least I do the housework, so I'm not totally useless. The bad thing about a two story house is the more cleaning that goes into it, but exercise right.

Olivia does text me to tell me that she's not in too much trouble and Bonnie apologizes for missing a fun night out.

All in all not a bad way to spend the weekend.