My senses were overloaded.
The floor was vibrating along with the people inside while an array of disco balls flashed around the room. People were close together, dancing to the beat. Alice looked at me excitedly before shaking her body along with the song. I joined her as we walked and dance towards the center of the room. We danced along with the crowd, shaking our asses and moving our shoulders. I've never danced in such a colorful room with a huge crowd, I felt excitement like I've never had before. People in front of me kept colliding with me, while I kept accidentally shaking on those behind me. It was true mayhem in room. After being whacked the third time by the girl in front of me with the long curly hair, I decided to move a few inches to the right. I was dancing more now after I got more space to at least breathe.
As soon as I made eye contact with Alice, she pointed at the other side of the room. Red, glowing letters spelled out BAR. My eyes lit up instantly, I was in the mood to be on the same level as the drunks around me. Alice grabbed my hand to ensure we'll stay together and pushed our way through the chaotic crowd.
The bar was glowing blue under the counter, making the area look mystical with the surrounding fog. A few people were chatting around the bar, laughing into their red plastic cups. Alice pushed our way to the very front, peeking at the menu once before asking the bartender for four shots of Vodka. "Gosh Alice, more vodka?" I whined, feeling my stomach tense. "Like we didn't have enough in your room."
"Trust me, vodka is exactly what we need now for this party. You'll thank me later." Alice told me and I rolled my eyes. Yeah, I'll thank her tomorrow when I have a massive hangover.
The bartender was a chubby blonde who was obviously very drunk himself, stumbling around the small area before turning around to us with a massive Grey Goose bottle. He lined up four small cups and poured in the clear poison. The blonde flashed us a smile "Hard liquor for such small girls." was what he said before pushing the cups toward us.
Alice grabbed a cup and downed it instantly, slamming her cup back down on the counter "I drink it like it's water," she told him without missing a beat. The bartender gave Alice a thumbs up, looking impressed.
I was also impressed because I personally couldn't stand much for the taste of Vodka. It tastes exactly how I imagined drinking nail polish remover would. I cringed internally at another shot but knew I couldn't be a coward after Alice's move. "Get me some actual water," I told the bartender because I knew I'd need to wash this flavor off ASAP.
Once he left, I grabbed the first shot and downed it myself. The burning taste gave my body shivers. "Yas, Bella!" Alice cheered next to me, slamming her hands on the table twice. I smiled at her the same moment the bartender came with a cup of water. Helloo, there mi agua.
I grabbed the water, laughing at my inner thoughts. Oh yeah, I drank a few sips of the heavenly water I'm past tipsy. Alice grabbed one of the remaining shots "Bella, let's take a selfie now!" She already had her phone out and opened to Snapchat.
"Of course," I say as I grabbed the last shot. I hope my Ex sees that photo since I know Alice still had him as a contact. She loved exaggerating our days out so he could see what he was missing. We posed with our drinks in front of the bar to get the blue light to tint our face. I gave a full-on smile when she snapped a photo of us. "Perfect!" I sang, looking at the photo. We even had people dancing and disco lights in the background. The photo made it seem like we were having the time of our lives, which we were.
"Send me that," I tell Alice. Suddenly, the crowd was yelling "Aye! Aye! Aye!"
"I will but first..." Alice looked pointedly at our cups before saying "1...2...3!" and down went magical liquid.
"AYE! AYE! AYE!" was the noise that wrapped itself around my brain as I finished the shot. "Ugh, I hate you!" I slurred, cringing at the taste in my mouth but Alice was focused on the commotion.
I turned around and saw a circle being formed by the crowd in the center of the room. Like a fly is drawn to the light, I was drawn to the dance floor. The excitement was contagious. Alice grabbed my hand and pushed through the crowd, peering around people to see that in the middle of the circle was a boy with a white shirt dancing fire moves. Almost everyone around me had one hand fist pumping while cheering at the boy who flew the floor and spun around on knees, twisting his body to the beat. As soon as Alice and I saw the guys crazy dancing, we made an amazed face at each other then joined the crowd, jumping and fist bumping. The world seemed like it was lagging as I moved up and down, round and round.
Suddenly, the dancer stood up and slid back out of the circle, while another tall boy with dark skin jumped in the center. My eyes stayed on the guy that just left the circle because of his glowing white basketball jersey, which seemed to be in contrast with the dark room. The disco ball made the white turn multi-colored. I loved staring at it as I jumped around, my hair fanning all around me. I soon focused on the jersey number and I gasped.
#18
Edward Masen's number.
I was given a burst of energy in my dancing, maybe it was the happiness of being in the same party as the most popular guy in school. Edward was the co-captain of the basketball team, and he was the most handsome, charming guy in our school. Every girl completely fawns over him and I hate to admit it, but he even has me admiring him from afar. Edward Masen was by far the most beautiful guy I have ever seen. Chiseled pale skin, full lips, eyes that glowed bright green and to top it off, he had a tall, ripped body. Of course, he'd be at Lauren Mallory's party.
My heart melted at the sight of Edward sliding forward confidently back into the circle when it seemed like no one else was brave enough to go. He danced, and riled up the crowd "Let me see your hands up!" He shouted above the music and everyone instantly obeyed. He smiled and rocked out to everyone surrounding him with cheers.
Maybe it was his dazzling smile or the confidence of my new makeover that made me do it. Because I suddenly found myself pushing towards the center of crowd till I made it in the middle. I was at the line, still technically in the crowd but right in front of Edward. He hadn't looked at me yet, so I started swaying side to side sexily instead of jumping with the others. I was testing out my moves before the chorus of the song "Turn Down For What" really jolted my bones. At the moment I slid forward, rocking my hips directly in front of Edward Masen, was when I realized I was mostly doing this because of all the vodka in my system.
I found myself for a split second thanking my mother in my head for putting me in hip-hop classes when I was younger, so tonight I could do this.
I rolled my arms and shook my ass with a smile directly at Edward Cullen, who seemed to enjoy my entrance. The crowd shouted "OH!" at the newest edition in the circle. It was truly intoxicating the way Edward's gorgeous face was fully focused, and hypnotized by me. He changed his dance style to match my fast hip-hop moves and together we tore up the dance floor to a song that was specifically meant for parties like this. Dancing in the middle of a circle of a party is one I'll never be too drunk to forget. All around me were just as intoxicated teens, who had an ecstatic face and cheering us on.
The bridge of the song picked up speed which I directed it towards my ass. I turned around to give Edward a full view of the show and was pleasantly surprised when I felt Edwards arms caress around me and grinded with me. I was trying not to go into shock as the Edward was completely wrapped around me. The crowd went wild, and when the dramatic "Turn down for what" line came up, I brought Edward and myself lower and lower till the final burst of the song came on, I jumped away from Edward and gave it my all.
My hands and arms were moving to their accord. My hair was dancing along around my head till the song finished and quickly moved to the new Cardi B song. I was shaking my hips to the beat before casting Edward a look. He winked when he met my eyes before turning to the crowd and yelling "Yeah! That's how we PARTAY!"
I slipped back into the crowd, ducking from wild hands shooting up at Edwards words. My intoxicated mind kept replacing my last moments and I just left wondering if this was all real or was it just a dream?
It was the hands clamping my shoulder, high fives and random people telling me how good I danced that reassured me yes, I just danced like crazy in front of a crowd of my classmates. I felt a hand on my shoulder tug me back, and I whipped around to see Alices face for one second before being pulled into a hug "I can't believe what I just saw! You're crazy!" She laughed into my ear. I pulled back, my cheeks heated with embarrassment.
"I can't believe I just did that," I sighed, looking down.
Alice was suddenly next to my face again "I can't hear you, let's go to the bathroom to talk!" She said loudly and turned to the left. I grabbed her hand again as we went through the crowd to a black hallway and stood in front of the only door with light peeking from the floor.
Alice turned to me immediately, I've never seen my friend looking so amazed at me. "Edward Masen! What is HAPPENING?!" She screeched, shaking her hands dramatically to the sky "I was wondering where you went and then next thing I know I see you grinding with Edward fucking Masen in the middle of the dance floor Oh! You're such a party animal!" She accused teasingly "I never knew you had it in you!"
"I can't believe I did that, oh god." I hid my hands in my face, I'll never be able to live this down.
Alice was laughing like a maniac "I got it on Snapchat, too!"
"No!" I stared at her in horror. "Give me your phone, let me see!" I demanded, nearly grabbing her phone from her pocket.
Suddenly, the bathroom door opens up and we saw three girls huddled inside. Each with a different expression as the first one blankly walks out. The blonde girl in the middle looked furious and I saw in between her fingers was a small baggie with white powder inside. The third girl in the back with strawberry blonde hair was staring directly at us in shock "You got to least wait till I put it away!" the blonde hissed, grabbing the first girl back inside and slamming the bathroom door shut again.
Alice and I turned to each other, gaping. "Was that...?"
"Rosalie Hale?" I finish her sentence in shock.
"Tanya from our math class last year was in there too and she saw us! I don't know if Rosalie did too but like I swear to god Bella, Rosalie had like cocaine or something in her hand! Did you see that?" she whispered quickly to me "Oh my god!"
"Yeah I-" The bathroom door re-opened, and the three girls walked out. The first girl looked straight down with a grimace, followed by Rosalie and Tanya giving us a dark look.
Alice and I went into the bathroom soon after and locked the door. "They probably did lines right here," Alice said with excitement, touching the bathroom sink then went to stand in front of the toilet. "Don't mind me," Alice giggled.
"Already done," I told her. I glanced at myself in the mirror and was relieved my hair wasn't as messy as I thought it would be "How do you know it was exactly coke in the bag?" I asked her absentmindedly while de-tangling some strands. My hair felt weird, so silky to my drunk hands.
"Simple. Rosalie's a model and models do cocaine. Helps keep 'em skinny." Alice flushed the toilet then slid right next to me so we'd share the mirror and fix our smudging makeup.
"Wow, I would have never guessed that Ms. Perfect would be doing cocaine on the down low," I said with disgust. Drugs were for idiots.
Alice turned to me and grabbed my hands excitedly "I know, right! This party is crazy! First, you getting dirty with Edward and now seeing Rosalie Hale with cocaine in her hand! And the party just started!" Alice was jumping now with my hands.
Her words reminded me of the snap she took of me"Oh god, let me see that video you took of me, please?" I was worried that I looked like a drunk idiot dancing, I don't need more people seeing that.
"Here,"Alice handed me her phone with the video already playing. Turn Down For What blasted through the speaker. The video showed Alice jumping along with the crowd that surrounded me grinding with Edward Cullen, shaking our bodies to the ground before the jump, where I did perfect moves with the beat, my hair looked amazing with the lights.
I still felt my cheeks red even though I was prideful of my dance moves. This night will for sure be the highlight of my teenage life. "Okay," I said in relief "Not so bad." I just hoped everyone thought the same.
"You were on fire!" Alice slurred "I don't know what possessed you to do that, but please do it again." I laughed along with Alice
"No way," I told her, unlocking the door. Alice grabbed my hand gleefully.
"More shots!" She went past me now, guiding me to the bar. I felt like I could handle another shot, as long as it wasn't anymore vodka. But as we turned the corner, bright circular lights caught my attention.
"Ooh!" I cheered. Alice looked to where my finger was pointing. Light up hula-hoops! Alice changed direction immediately and joined my cheering. Five hula hoops were just taken out of the closet. Two girls in crop tops already walked away with one glowing hoop each. We made it in time before the crowd and grabbed the last two hula hoops.
"The night just got better!" Alice exclaimed as we found enough space to start twirling. Wild Thoughts from Rihanna was playing, which I thought was the absolute best song for this moment. The hula hoop was swinging gently, and beautifully around my waist.
I suddenly felt my body heat up, as if being watched. I glanced up and saw that Edward was a few inches away from me, his eyes were admiring. I looked down quickly, feeling flushed because his face looked so hauntingly beautiful in the dim light. Usually, it was me that always stared at Edward in the halls, but tonight, it's finally Edward doing the staring. I saw it in his eyes just now, that he was interested. My heart raced at the thought that a guy so perfect like him was looking at me with lust. I knew that if I had his attention now, I had to keep it before he wonders for someone more interesting.
Rihanna sang the chorus wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, thoughts and I shimmied my hips lower with the song, staring into Edwards' eyes. He smiled a crooked smile at me, I bit my lips and smiled back. Hopefully, he thought that was sexy.
"Oww!" A male voice rang out next to me. I looked to my left to see Alice stopped shaking her hoop and went to the guy next to us, who was holding his hand in pain. I heard her apologize once before lecturing him as to why you don't do drugs. I barely understood her with the music and voices of other people, so I just looked away and chuckled at the what I just saw.
I made eye contact with Edward again, and he looked back to me with amusement. We both laughed again, he must have seen what happened, too. A tap on my shoulder made me turn away. Jessica Stanley was now standing next to me and pointed at my glowing hula hoop "It's my turn!" She said loudly with a smile.
I gave her the hoop right away, she was Lauren Mallory's best friend and I wanted her to have a good opinion of me so I can get another invitation. I looked for Alice and saw that she gave away her hoop, too because she was now walking away, talking to the cute blonde guy she hit just now. I turned to go to the bar instead so she could have some alone time, it's not like we had to be glued to each other's sides all night.
When I heard the intro to the song "Shots" by LMFAO, I knew I came to the bar at the perfect time. The beat was just picking up when I told the bartender to give me a shot of tequila. My cup was in my hand when the chorus dropped. I shook my head, dancing with my cup while screaming along to "Shots! Shots! Shots( x13)!" then swallowed the harsh drink. "Everybody!" I sang the lyric afterward.
I told the bartender in front of me to get another shot. "Make that two!" a smooth voice shouted next to me. I jumped slightly and looked up to see Edward Masen standing right next to me, holding up two fingers for the bartender. He then turned to me "I need a couple shots when this song plays," he coolly said while nodding his head to the music.
"I agree," I smiled at him. When our drinks appeared, Edward asked the bartender for four more shots and slid the man some cash. My eyes widen "That's a couple shots to you?" I asked warily. Dude must be an alcoholic, not cute.
He laughed "Two for me, two for you." Nevermind that thought, he's too cute.
I laughed too, dryly though "Oh boy," I shook my head, which was already feeling heavy to me. I was gonna die tonight, I felt it. The song started singing Shots! Shots! Shots! and we both took it as an invitation to drink the shots sitting in front of us. The liquid pulsed through my veins quickly and I was rocking out to the song in front of the bar.
If you ain't getting drunk get the fuck out the club!
I didn't even notice the bartender putting our shots in front of us. Edward had to grab my flying hand to get my attention, which he gained instantly, of course, because I felt such a spark enter through my hand when he touched me as if Cupid just shot an arrow at me.
If you ain't taking SHOTS get the fuck out the club!
I grabbed my drink from his hand and we both downed our drinks.
If you ain't come to party get the fuck out the club!
We bumped our last shot together with a smile and an intense, lustful stare before bringing them to our mouths.
Now where my alcoholics, let me see your hands up!
The shots hit me all at once, turning my legs into jello and my brain into a mindless, dancing machine. The world was a blur as moved along with Edward Cullen under the disco ball lights. We were moving together in perfect synchronization, dancing as if tonight was our only night. The more shots we drank, the closer we got till all the sexual tension just came crashing down on our lips.
AN: Finally, here's CH2! Hope I transported your mind to this wild, wild party. Comment on what you're favorite part was!
The whole book is OOC here because this story is taking place in Port Angeles, 2017. All the events that happened in this chapter I have either be apart of or witnessed. These next chapters might take a little bit longer because my parents have now gone out of town for two know what that means... I'm gonna PARTY PARTAYY