*well here is the party chapter! Been toying with ideas for this, decided to keep it simple and a little bit less dramatic than most people would be expecting from me. I've been loving the reception I'm getting from you guys lately, it means the world to me to find out what you think and to see that you're loving this story. Going to be a long chapter today! Probably the longest one yet! Please keep reviewing!*

Jesse POV

Well it's safe to say I was a little bit nervous for the party tonight. I'd not seen many of the people from school for well over a year. It sounds bad but I tried to avoid them as much as possible. They reminded me of who I used to be, I was in the popular crowd in high school, I could be a pretty big dick to some of the other kids at times. Now I was a different person, I would be classed as a Nerd now seeing that I was in a singing club. I didn't care though, I preferred who I was now I was a much nicer person than I was at high school plus I had the most beautiful girl I could ever dream of.

I was sat in the family room in my swim shorts and blue Rip Curl t-shirt. I'd already loaded the car with the drinks and bags now I was just waiting for Beca, Amber and the boys to get down here. I heard footsteps come running down the stairs, I looked towards the doorway hoping it was Beca. I was thoroughly disappointed to see Glen and James walking through the door. I sighed and the disappointment must of shown on my face.

"Oh nice to know your happy to see us," James snapped at me as I glared at them. I just shook my head, sometimes they could be such knobs. I got up and paced around the room. This wasn't like me, normally I never got nervous about a party I was normally the life and soul of a party! I paced around trying to calm my nerves when I heard more footsteps; I turned round to see Amber and Beca walking through the door. Beca was dressed in a white lacy shirt and a small pair of denim hot pants. I could see purple through her shirt and guessed that must be her bikini, I'd not seen it yet but this was making me excited to see it. She looked stunning, her hair was in loose waves and she had little make up on.

"Wow, you look stunning," I whispered to her and I wrapped my arms around her waist and kissed her on the forehead.

"Thank you," she giggled in a girly voice. Keeping one arm round her waist I turned to my siblings.

"Okay then let's go party!" I announced as I grabbed my keys from the table and headed out to my car.

20 minutes later as I pulled into Sticky's street I was faced with a new dilemma. Where the fuck do I park? I looked around and decided to just dump my car on the side of the road. We climbed out of the car, James and Glen went off to find their own friends while Beca, Amber and I grabbed our drinks and bags from the car.

"So Amber you staying with us or heading off to find Harriet and Jen?" I asked her, she seemed to be tagging along with us more than usual.

"Erm I think I might stay with you guys for a while if that's okay?" she answered.

"Yeah sure we don't mind do we babe?" Beca told her. Well even if I wanted her around I didn't have much of a choice now did I? I was glad that the girls were getting on now. It was strange to think they'd only met yesterday; they were acting like sisters now! I followed closely behind them as we entered the crowds of the party. I glanced around, I recognised most of the people here since they were from my year. We headed into the bar room. I knew Sticky's house well. Him, Mason and I were good friends in high school. Beca grabbed a beer from the bar, I reached out and took one just as Amber went for one aswell.

"Oi you aren't allowed to drink? Your only 16!" I warned.

"Well I do and I am, I don't care what you say1" she snapped as she snatched my beer from me. "I'm going to find Harriet now that you've pissed me off." She waltzed off and disappeared in the crowd. I saw Beca glaring at me.

"She's too young to drink!" I said defending myself.

"yeah because I'm sure you followed all the rules when you were her age!" I had no reply to that because I hadn't followed the rules when I was younger. Luckily though, before I was pressed for an answer we were interrupted by Sticky.

"Hey Jess! It's so good to see you man! I'm stoked you could make it!" He greeted, shaking my hand and smiling at me.

"Hey man! Good to see you too!" I smiled back. He hadn't changed a bit, his blonde hair was still messy and he had the same brown olive skin. "Beca, this is Sticky, Stick, this is my girlfriend Beca."

Beca held out her hand for him to shake. He seemed to look her up and down before accepting her hand and shaking it.

"Nice to meet you Beca, glad to have you here, please enjoy yourself and feel free to get in the pool or hot tub anytime," he told her. His tone sounded suggestive and I didn't like it. What was with my mates hitting on my girl?

"Erm thanks," is all Beca could say. She felt uncomfortable talking to random guys, especially when they tried it on with her. Sticky walked off into the crowds as me and Beca headed out towards the pool. I glanced around outside to see my James making out with some girl. I laughed to myself, he was exactly like I was at that age. I turned back to Beca to see her striping off her shirt.

"Wow some warning next time baby, your quite a hottie and you're catching everyone's attention" I said to her as she shoved the shirt into the bag. I glanced down her body, I caught sight on the cuts on her skin. The ones on her arms and legs had healed better and weren't as noticeable as the two on her stomach. They were still red, but had scabbed over. It was noticeable and I was sure she would feel self-conscious about it. I stopped myself from looking at it and pulled her in for a kiss. She would be hard to resist tonight, not just for me, but for every guy here. She was already turning heads. I would need to keep a careful eye on her tonight, I needed to protect her.

Amber POV

After I'd left my brother I headed out to the pool. I could see the twins chatting up a group of girls, they could be such players at times. I looked around for my friends but I couldn't see them anywhere. I decided to head over to the twins. I always felt a bit out of place at these types of party, I didn't have many friends and I wasn't part of the popular crowd unlike my brothers even though I was a cheerleader I was still the outcast.

"Hey little brother," I said punching Glen playfully on the arm.

"Hey Am, how's it going?" He was always the more protective brother out of the twins. James would normally just brush me off. Although all 3 of my brothers could be protective at times, sometimes even a little over protective.

"Meh it's alright, can't find Harriet or Jen anywhere!" I told him.

"They're behind you," he laughed. I spun round to see my two friends right behind me.

"Oh my god, I've been looking everywhere for you!" Harriet squealed, her red curly hair was pulled back into a messy bun and she was wearing a yellow bikini.

"I looked for you but you weren't here so I headed out to see my brothers!" I told her, giving her a hug.

"We only just got here, we couldn't find a place to park!" Jen explained giving me a hug as well. I said goodbye to Glen and headed off towards the pool. I stripped off my little pink dress that I'd chosen to wear and shoved it in my bag. We hid our bags behind a wall and climbed into the pool. The water was a nice luke warm temperature. Sticky's pool was shallow around the edges and then deeper in the middle, it had a bench built around the edge so that people were able to sit in the water. It was an unusual design but it made a great party pool. We found some empty seats and sat down and started talking. We were normal teenage girls which meant that our conversations consisted of bitching about people and checking out the hot guys at the party. One guy in particular caught my attention, he was with two other guys across the pool from us. He was very toned and had an impressive six pack. I couldn't take my eyes off him and I was barely paying attention to what the girls were saying to me. He kept glancing over at me so I was sure he'd caught me staring. Then suddenly he swam over to us. I turned away from him, he was probably coming to talk to Jen, she was always pulling the boys. To my surprise it was me who he tapped on the shoulder. I tried to act cool as I turned around.

"Hey, I was wondering if you'd like to come get a drink with me?" He asked, offering his hand. I looked at the girl who were smiling eagerly, practically pushing me off my stool with their eyes.

"Yeah sure" I said eventually, taking his hand and climbing out the pool. I grabbed my towel from behind the wall and quickly dried myself before putting on the pair of denim shorts I brought with me. I followed him indoors to the bar, I looked around, hoping that I didn't bump into one of my brothers. Luckily though they were nowhere to be seen. I grabbed a cocktail from the person behind the bar. I knew I shouldn't be mixing my drinks but girls drinking beer wasn't attractive, plus I preferred cocktails.

We found a quieter corner of the house and I leant against the wall sipping my drink. I suddenly realized I didn't even know his name.

"So now that I'm having a drink with you I should probably know your name," I said in a flirty voice.

"Yeah you probably should, I'm Trent Sloane. I should probably know your name aswell," he replied winking at me.

"I'm Amber Swanson," I introduced, holding out my hand for him to shake. He just laughed and took my hand and kissed the back of it.

"You must be Jesse's sister then?" he said as he downed his beer. I was surprised at the fact he knew who I was already.

"Erm yeah, you know my brother?" I asked nervously. Suddenly I didn't feel completely comfortable with him. My brother had a few enemies around the town because he had been a dick during high school, I just hoped Trent wasn't one of them.

"We were in the same year at high school, but other than that I don't know him too well." He told me, "do you want another drink?" I just nodded my head and handed my glass back to him. He headed off to get us another drink. A couple of minutes later he returned with another cocktail for me. I took a sip of it, it tasted different. I decided that it was just a different cocktail, it didn't taste too bad after all. I carried on drinking it, but about half way through my drink I started to feel very tipsy, which was unlike me I was normally really good with my drinks. I stopped paying attention to whatever Trent was saying and began listening to the music. I could hear music but I couldn't make out what as being played because we weren't in the exact room the DJ was so it as quieter.

"I'm going to listen to moosic," I slurred as I stumbled through to the main room. Trent followed closely, a smile across his face as we reached the dance floor. I downed the rest of my drink, before I started to dance. I was completely and utterly drunk. I began singing loudly at the top of my voice and dancing badly in the middle of the crowd. Trent done nothing to help me he just stood by and watched. Before I knew what I was doing I'd climbed up onto the platform in the middle of the dance room and I as singing and dancing. Suddenly there were two people picking me up by my arms and carrying me through the crowds. Once we were outside I was put back on the floor. Standing in front of me now were Glen and Jesse. They looked pissed at me.

"I'm sorry!" I cried, I started to cry for no reason. Jesse just shook his head and picked me up in a fireman style hold. I was carried to the car and placed in the back seat. The twins climbed in either side of me and Beca got into the front. I screamed and sang the whole journey home, much to the annoyance of everyone in the car.

Eventually we reached home and I became very quiet. I stumbled out of the car and into the arms of Jesse. He hadn't said a word to me the whole ride home, I knew I had upset him. I was helped into the house and up to my room. I hoped my parents were out or in bed and that they wouldn't find me. I was thrown down on the bed and Beca came in to take my shorts off and get me into a night shirt. As I covered myself with my duvet I looked at the door just in time to see Jesse look back and shake his head at me. After that everything was black.

*very very long chapter, sorry about that guys! It was very dramatic but there is more to come in the next chapter!*