Chapter 2
7:00 Saturday
Allison was putting the finishing touches on her makeup while Sarah adjusted the thick band on her strapless jaguar print dress and clip on her silver strapped heels. Allison was in a red strapless dress with a black velvet band and a pair of black stiletto pumps. She pulls on a black pea coat and Sarah pulls on a denim jacket that matches the band on her dress. They walk down to where Jack was waiting with Shawn and David.
"Bye Ma we'll be back before midnight." Jack yells. Mansion is silent Jack rolls his eyes and walks out slamming door harder than needed. They clamber into the BMW and Jack pulls out the wheels squealing as he does.
At the party Sarah checks her makeup in more time.
"Ready to break Tony's heart." she asks Allison who shrugs staring at the house. Jack wraps his arm around Sarah and wanders up the steps nonchalantly entering the large white mansion. Allison carefully picks her way up the stairs. When she enters she combs the room for Anthony. When she spots him behind the bar her heart starts pounding. A man in a suit checks her coat and she walks across the room to the bar.
"Hey Tony!" Allison says
"Hey Kelly!" he says holding out a flask "Want some?"
"What is it?"
"Cranberry and vodka" Allison takes the flask
"Really? Most girls can't even get vodka down."
"Well I'm not most girls." Allison says taking the drink from him. She shoots the drink.
"Whoa." Tony says "I normal have whiskey or rum they go down more smoothly." Allison holds the flask a little longer. Jack sees her put the flask down and walks over
"Hey cowboy! Wanna drink?" Tony says happily gesturing to the bar.
"No thanks. Allison come back over with us." Jack says coolly
"Don't even try to protect her dude the soda and punch are spiked." Tony says knowingly
"Fine but take it slow Allison" Jack says and he walks back to Sarah and David
Allison laughs and turns back to Anthony.
"So..." she says awkwardly
"You're friends with Sarah right?"
"Yea…" Allison raises her eyebrow
"She knows a lot of gossip." It wasn't exactly a question
"Yea…"
"Is Rosie cheating on me with Declan?" He blurs out
"Umm…"
"I knew it!"
"Why are you dating her? If you knew why didn't you break up with her?" Allison exclaims
"It's-" Anthony starts
"Complicated?" Allison asks
"If I was smart I would have gone for you when I had the chance." Anthony says glaring at Rosie
"What?" Allison blurts out
"Remember in 10th grade at Cassidy Ann's Halloween party we had to do 7 minutes in Heaven?" he reminds her
"Oh yea I remember that now" Allison even though it was a moment she remembered perfectly "Jack was off making out with Cassidy because he and Sarah had just broken up again."
"And I literally ran into you, then we talked and somehow ended up in the middle of Spin the Bottle." Tony chuckles
"Then I got you 3 times so Sammy Henderson pulled us up and pushed us into the cabana bathroom."
"I was so scared that I almost missed your lips."
"Um Anthony…" Allison laughs "You did miss my lips."
"Yea well, we made out for like 5 minutes and then you started banging on the sink so that my friends wouldn't make fun of me for being too sweet. You always looked out for me." Tony says setting his hand on Allison. "You wanna go somewhere more private?"
Allison nods and Tony brings her to a bedroom; they end up talking and joking for an hour. They hear a slow song
"Wanna dance?" Tony asks; Alison nods smiling. Tony takes her hand and sways with her.
"Allison can I confess something?" Tony asks
She nods again her head on his chest
"I don't know how much I really loved Rosie."
"Why?" Allison chokes out
"Because if you fall in love with a second person then you weren't to in love with the first." Tony says "I love you Allison. I have since that night in the 10th grade."
Allison takes a sip of Tony's wine spiked punch on the table "I love you…" she tries to say but the glass falls from her hand, hits the floor and shatters. She faints; crumpling to the floor.
"Allison!"
At the sound of his sister's name audible over the soft melody of the music; Jack takes off toward the bedroom Sarah, David and Shawn following close behind him. As a precaution Allison and Tony had locked the door. Jack kicks the door revealing Tony holding Allison who was unconscious lying in the shattered glass and puddle of punch spiked with wine on the floor. Jack skids into the room panicking. Rosie runs into the room
"Tony! Why are you in here with her?" she says
"Really Rosie that's what you're worried about?" Shawn says from where he's kneeling on the floor
"Yes he's-"
"Jack I have 911 on the phone." David says
"Tony! What the hell happened?" Jack asks
"She was dancing with me and took a sip of my punch and passed out."
"That's not enough to give her alcohol poisoning." Shawn says.
"David don't call 911 if the police no I had another party with underage drinking I'll be arrested!"
"Well you should have thought of that before spiking every drink here." Jack growls
"But it makes it more fun!" Rosie sobs
"The paramedics are on the way." Sarah says. David kneels next to the other two.
"She'll be okay right?" He asks his voice shaky
"She didn't drink that much" Tony whispers "A sip from my flask which was mainly cranberry juice and lime and a sip of the punch unless…" he looks at Rosie "Was there something stronger in the drink then you told me?"
"I didn't think the wine you told me to add would be enough!" Rosie cries "So I added more tequila afterwards but I thought I diluted it enough!"
The sound of sirens breaks through the air. Everyone moves outside to give paramedics room. They lift Allison onto the gurney.
"Who's a blood relative?" one asks
"I am" Jack says looking at his sister's helpless form.
"You'll need to come what about parents?" The paramedic says
"My mother is in Mahopac visiting my aunt and our father is out of the picture." Jack says
"My parents have been looking in on them." Sarah says
"Can we… can we come too?" David asks
"Yes"
"Jack I'll take your car meet you up there?" Shawn asks
In response Jack tosses him the keys to the BMW.
"Tony you uh you wanna come?" Jack asks
"No he doesn't he wants to take the fall and say he spiked the drinks." Rosie says stomping her foot
"No not this time Rosie."
"Tony!"
"We are over, done with! You cheat on me with pretty boy Declan and then ask me
to take the fall? Yea right see ya!" he runs after Jack.