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Chapter 8 – Rumspringa

I walked back into the room where all the people were. The population of the group had tripled in less than fifteen minutes. I tried to count how many people there were and I reckoned that there were at least sixty here in the lounge, let alone up stairs. I suddenly remembered the basement, and I rushed to lock the door. No one but my family and Taylor were getting in there. When I locked the door, I decided to go look for Taylor. I searched up stairs and down, but couldn't find her, until I found her by the keg of beer that had come out of no where. I rushed over to her and pulled her away from the surrounding boys. I wouldn't mind letting her have her fun, except for that the boys were at least four years older than us and that she had a boyfriend. I took her drink from her and threw it over my shoulder.

"Oi, that was mmmmean" Taylor seemed to have trouble to get that word out. She grabbed my bottle of water that I was holding and chugged it, then spit the water out, looking back at me.

"That was horridible!" she almost fell over as she stamped her foot.

"That was water" I told her, holding her shoulders.

"Oh" it seemed like she was trying to figure out what water was.

"Why'd you give me water?" she slurred the words as she poked my chest.

"Because I am your best friend, and it's my duty to take care of you. Now why are you drunk?" I asked her.

"You said doodee!" she snickered, ignoring my question.

"Hey everyone! Ell said doodee!" Taylor leaned away from me to shout out to the surrounding crowd. Lots of people laughed to loudly, some 'whooted' and someone even yelled 'huzaar!'

I dragged her away and sat her down on a chair.

"Now, why are you drunk?" I asked her again.

"Well, I saw Roy" she started

"You mean Ray" I corrected her

"What ever, they're all bastards" she waved her hand dismissively.

"Anyway, Rick was sitting on this chair, but it wasn't a chair, it was a girl! And I told her to 'get off my boyfriend', and she turns around and she's like, 'I know right?' and I'm like 'Whoa, your Chase's summer and she's like, 'damn you.' So here I am." I stared at her in amazement.

"Um, so are you two over?" I asked.

"Noooooooo, we broke up, dumb ass" she eyed me like I was the drunken one.

"Gah, this is hopeless!" I let go of her shoulders and she fell.

"Ow" Taylor rubbed her head though she didn't hit it.

I saw someone walk pass with a small glass of wine or something, and I picked it up and skulled it down. It gave me an odd thrill, a shiver down my spine and I suddenly felt more aware, though alcohol is supposed to have the opposite effect.

"Careful there Elysia" I heard Felix behind me. I turned to meet his wary gaze with a cold glare.

"Go away! No one even likes you" I slurred the words a little at the end. Felix seemed really hurt by this, not the fake offence he was doing earlier, but genuine hurt.

"Then I won't bother you" I Felix turned around to leave, and my feelings got the better of me.

"Fluffy, wait" I put a hand on his shoulder. He shrugged it off.

"No, your right. I'd better go spend time with people who actually like my presence" he stalked off and I grabbed another drink. Suddenly, a girl-ish scream rang through the air above the music and my thoughts turned to Jade. I raced through the crowd to get outside, where the scream had come from, only to see my brother twitching around as many blonde and/or skinny girls in bikinis and shorts tickled him. He screamed again, but a little more like a guy this time.

"Chase? What the hell are you doing?" I stared at him.

"We're having a sexy party!" he yelled out and then all the girls started running around as the boys chased them.

"How in the hell do they do that fast forward thing?" I asked myself.

"Beats me" A voice next to me commented. I jumped at the sound, but it was probably more the alcohol than the surprise.

I turned around to see Dean staring at all the girls, trying to find Jade. I knew he wouldn't. Jade would never hang out with the bimbos Chase finds. When he seemed to give up he sighed and hung his head a little.

"Hey, I'm gonna go find Jade. You coming?" I asked and he nodd ed slightly. We headed up stairs and I decided were we should look.

"You look in the bathroom; I'll check the bed room." Dean nodded but otherwise said nothing.

I walked up to her door and listened in. It was apparent that she was with another boy. She giggled. I busted down the door – well I didn't break it down, merely shoved my shoulder really hard against the door as someone opened it. I fell to the ground and sprang up; ready to pull Jade away from the boy she was with. Instead I didn't have to. I looked up to see Jade staring intently at a chessboard between her and a boy with shaggy blond hair. She looked up to see me and she grinned.

"We're playing checkers!" she yelled over the booming music.

"Chess baby. It's called chess" the boy in front of her corrected her. Before I could react, I heard Dean yell out my name. Jade's eyes widened and she attacked the boy. I was frozen in shock but suddenly realized that she was kissing him.

"Ell!" Dean came into the room. "I couldn't find-" he froze as he saw Jade on the random boy.

"What the hell?" he yelled out, and Jade sprang up.

"Excuse me. This is my room and you don't run my life. So goodbye" she stalked over and tried to push him out the door. He didn't move.

"At least I don't go off with random people I don't know and make out with them" he replied.

"I DO know him!" she argued like a little kid, still trying to push him.

"Really? Then what's his name?" Dean looked smug.

"Derik!" she yelled at him.

"My names Chad" he told her and she turned to glare daggers at him. I turned to run out of her room, not wanting to hear the argument they were going to get into. As I walked around, I passed the drinks table. The boys were making some kind of shots.

"Hey, Robins. You wanna take a shot?" Danny, one of Jakes friends asked me. Conner, who was next to him, rolled his eyes.

"Don't bother Danny. She wouldn't even drink a UDL" he mocked me. I scowled at him. I stepped forward, and before I knew what I was doing, I grabbed two shot glasses and took them in five seconds. I slammed them down on the table, taking a deep haggard breath. That was amazing! The odd sensation of defying people added with alcohol was thrilling! I turned to see Conner staring at me, his eyes wide.

"Wow Robins, didn't know we had so much in common" he looked me up and down.

"I have the capability think, which means we have nothing in common. Besides, I'm not your type. I'm not inflatable. Peace out, suckers!" I yelled as I danced away into the crowd.

I turned around and ran into someone, spilling drinks over my outfit. "Dammit" I muttered. "Thanks jerk" I glared down at my soaking front of my dress and looked up, to see Ray. His eyes seemed to be stuck on the alcohol that spilled on my chest. "Hey, Hue Hefner, my eyes are up here" I yelled to him over the music. He glanced up at me. "But your chest isn't. I've made my choice" Ray smirked and I scoffed.

"Why don't you just get out of here?" I gestured to the door with my free hand. He grabbed it and grinned. "Only if it's with you". I jerked my hand back and slapped him. "Ew" I stated. Ray looked back at me. "Don't play that" he smiled and advanced on me. "Back off" I told him.

"You have the nerve to cheat on my best friend, and then ditch you floozy for me?" I asked him incredulously. He laughed. "Of course. You've got curves" Ray ran his hand over my figure and I tried to push him away. "What is you problem?" I exclaimed to him.

"Right now? You" he said, and before I knew it, he leaned over and kissed me. There was five seconds before I heard a high-pitched wail.

"El! What are you doing?" Taylor yelled and I broke away.

"Tay, its not what you think!" I told her. Nice, like she's totally going to believe that. She shook her head and I saw tears slip down her cheeks as she started to leave. I started to run after her but Jake stopped me.

"Not now" he said, and although I knew we were friends, and he understood what I was trying to do, but he was Taylor's brother first. He would stop me from talking to her if that's what she wanted, even if that risked our friendship. I nodded and sighed. I didn't want this to end our friendship, but I could see that I really hurt her. Ray really hurt her. I turned around and glared at him.

"Jerk" I said and without warning, punched him, square in the jaw. He passed out and I smiled, stepping over him.

I walked into the front room, were everyone was jumping up and down, singing some Black Eyed Peas song. Suddenly I ran into Emily and Mel, both of them had two drinks in their hands.

I looked around, to scout out for Taylor, but instead I found Felix. He was hanging out with a girl from my Drama class, Skyler. He met my gaze for a few seconds. I rolled my eyes at him and pretended to throw up.

He pulled her closer and unexpectedly he grabbed her face and kissed her passionately. I turned away, back to Mel and Emily, and I didn't know why, but I grabbed Mel's drink and chugged it down.

They laughed at me and took a sip from their drinks two.

"Hey, do you know where Taylor is?" I yelled over the booming music. They shook their heads at me and then two boys whisked them away, spilling their drinks. I rolled my eyes.

Suddenly I heard a familiar voice yell out louder than the music.

"Rumspringa! Whooooo" I turned around in the tightly packed bodies to see Jade dancing on a table.

But no, it couldn't be just Jade.

Right beside her, Skyler was dancing with her, pumping her arms in and out from her chest.

I ran over to them, where I saw several boys hooting at them. Including Chase. I grabbed the beer from someone who was walking by me as I walked up to my sister and Taylor. That was the last thing I remember before everything blacked out.

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