New chapter! I tried to get it finished last weekend, but I couldn't. But here it is now! I finished typing it when I was supposed to be doing homework. :)

Conveniently, Jeff's parents' anniversary was placed towards the end of the school year, right at the last week of school. They usually went out, but this year, they were going out of town to tour around Chicago.

Why is this convenient? The Warblers party, that's why. Tyler had already volunteered their house, and it was lucky for them that their parents would be gone for the next three days to give them the chance to throw it.

And it gave Jeff enough of a chance to cleanup afterwards.

The party was tonight, and Tyler kicked Jeff out of the house so he could prepare with the council. Jeff went to Nick's house to wait for the time of the party, which was 8 pm.

Jeff found himself reminiscing about last year's party. Or maybe regretting? It was a little of both.

For Jeff, he'd drunk so much that he ended up hungover for two days. Not to mention the fact that he had to clean the whole house. He didn't remember much from the party itself; only a few details. For example, he made a fool of himself singing bad karaoke, which was a Warbler party tradition. Without karaoke or singing, it wouldn't be a Warbler's party. But a lot of Warblers ended up drunk, singing embarrassing songs and dancing like an idiot. Even for Jeff, dancing was hard to do while drunk.

As for Nick, last year had been his first time drinking. The alcohol hit him pretty hard, and he'd actually gotten even drunker than Jeff. He said he hardly remembered anything at all from that party. He'd done some pretty embarrassing things drunk and vowed to never drink again.

Like, for example, he had his very first kiss at that party. …With Jeff.

It was a hazy memory for Jeff and Nick claimed that he couldn't remember it at all. Their clarification was from other Warblers who swore that Nick had, indeed, kissed Jeff. It had been a completely random act. Towards the end of the party, Nick just came up to Jeff and, out of the blue, planted one on him, right on the lips.

So, their first kiss ever had been in sophomore year. Jeff couldn't remember what he'd felt about the kiss, being drunk and all, but he ended up teasing Nick about it for months after the party.

Now it was a new year and a new party, with new drunken mistakes to make and new embarrassing songs to sing.

Bring on the party!

…

At 8 pm, Jeff and Nick were the first ones to arrive, having been in the house just behind Jeff's.

The house was decorated with streamers and ribbons hanging from the walls, matching the colors of their Dalton uniforms. Every room was dark and flashing with colorful strobe lights and sparking confetti dusted the floors. Over the hallway entryway, there was a large banner that read "WARBLER PARTY!"

In the kitchen, there was a table set up with a huge assortment of snacks and several varieties of alcoholic drinks.

Set up in the living room—which was cleared of most furniture—was an impressive stereo system attached to massive speakers and a monitor. Beside it was a makeshift stage, complete with three sets of microphones.

"Looks like you're prepared for some karaoke," Jeff commented to Tyler, who stood at the monitor.

"You bet! It wouldn't be a party without some music," he said. "Wanna start off the karaoke?" he offered to Jeff.

"I'll pass," Jeff said. "Besides, there's hardly anyone here yet…"

Tyler just shrugged. "What do you guys think of the place? Awesome, huh? David and Thad brought the decorations. Wes brought the snacks. I, of course, am providing the alcohol." He grinned at that like it was some sort of accomplishment. Which for him, it probably seemed like it. He had a fake ID since he wasn't 21 yet and every time he successfully bought alcohol, it was like a new victory for him.

"Yeah, the place looks pretty awesome," Jeff agreed. Not looking forward to cleaning it all up afterwards, though…

He shook away the negativity. Right now it was party time. He could worry about the consequences later.

…

First things first: saying goodbye to the seniors and electing a new council. David, Wes, and Thad took their place in the front of the room to begin their final Warblers meeting.

"As you all know," Wes began clearly, "David and I are seniors and will be graduating from Dalton in the next few days. It is with a heavy heart that we say goodbye, and we wish you all the best of luck in future Warblers performances."

"It was an honor to work with all of you," David put in.

There was a quiet murmur around the room before Wes spoke up again. "Now to address the new council." He looked to David. "Who do you wish to elect for next year's council?"

David cleared his throat and glanced around the room until his eyes met Jeff's. "I elect Warbler Jeff Griffin," he announced, smiling in Jeff's direction.

Jeff blinked in surprise, sitting up. "Me?" he said incredulously. Someone thought that he was council material? Whoa.

Wes nodded. "All of those in agreement?" he asked the room. Everyone raised their hand without hesitation. "Opposed?" Wes asked. All the hands went down. Wes smiled and rapped his gavel once against the sound block. "Alright, it's decided. Warbler Jeff shall take David's place on the council table next school year."

Applause filled the room and Nick nudged Jeff's shoulder. "Congratulations!" he said enthusiastically, leaning over to hug him tightly. Still dazed, Jeff hugged Nick back, feeling a vague case of déjà vu at the whole thing.

Wes called for order after a moment with his gavel. He turned to Thad. "Thad, who do you wish to elect?" he asked.

Thad smiled. "Well, call it a coincidence, because I had no clue who David was going to choose…But I elect Warbler Nick Romano," he announced. He grinned warmly at Nick.

Now it was Nick's turn to be shocked, eyes wide and mouth dropped open. Wes sort of chuckled and said, "Alright. All of those in favor?" he asked the room. Again, everyone raised their hands. "Opposed?" All hands went down again. "Then it's decided. Warbler Nick Romano shall take Thad's place on the council table next year." Once again, Wes rapped his gavel.

Jeff applauded instantly and everyone else joined in just as fast. "Congrats, Nick!" he exclaimed happily. He hugged him again, giving him a quick kiss before pulling away. "Don't look so surprised. You're totally council material. I should be the one who's flabbergasted…" Jeff said. Who knows what David was thinking!

Wes called for order once again, speaking once the room quieted down. "As for me, I wish to reelect Junior Warbler Thad to take my place at the council table next year," he said clearly. Thad glanced in Wes's direction, breaking into a grin. "All of those in favor?" Everyone, including Jeff and Nick, raised their hands in unanimous agreement. "Opposed?" Every hand went down, as expected. Wes smiled vaguely. "Then it's decided. Thad shall take my place at the council table next year." He rapped his gavel once, and then turned to face Thad. "And with that, I now hand my gavel over to you," he said quietly. Resting his gavel in both hands, he held it out to Thad. "I trust that you will take good care of it."

Wes actually looked pretty sad to be saying goodbye to his gavel. He reluctantly placed it in Thad's hands and released a long breath once he let go of it. "Don't worry," Thad assured. "It's in good hands."

Wes nodded. "Of course," he said.

"And it's an honor that you decided to let me take your place," Thad went on. "I hope I can live up to your expectations, Wes. Thank you," he said sincerely, dipping his head.

Another longer round of applause swept through the room. All together, they raised their glasses in a toast for the seniors.

And thus, the real party began.

…

Karaoke started off pretty calm and 'normal' at first. Blaine kicked it off since he was this past year's top soloist. (Or ONLY soloist…) He sang Get This Party Started by Pink.

Shocker, right? Blaine Anderson singing a Pink song? That never happens!

But the song successfully got the party started. The real drinking kicked off and the games began. The main game they played was a shot game where if the song currently being sung had certain words in it, you had to take a shot. Favorite words were 'party,' 'rock,' 'dance,' 'kiss,' 'baby,' 'love,' and so on. Everyone got to pick a word, and the person who took the most shots by the end of a certain song wins.

Yeah, it was pretty stupid, but it was also pretty fun. When Blaine finished up his first song, four of the Warblers began this special drinking game by picking their words.

Thad chose the word 'kiss.'

Jeff chose the word 'dance.'

Tyler chose the word 'party.'

Blaine chose the word 'music.'

Unluckily for both Tyler and Blaine, the song ended up being Last Friday Night by Katy Perry. Jeff and Thad each got three shots while Tyler only got one, and Blaine got none.

"That's not fair," Tyler complained. "The whole song is about a party. Can't that count for something?"

"Nope!" Jeff said boastfully. "It has to say the word." He was already feeling really dizzy from the shots he'd already taken and his speech was already slurring slightly.

Nick, who wasn't drinking, rolled his eyes at Jeff. "You are going to wind up getting so drunk…" he sighed.

"Yeah, well…I think I'm done with this game," Jeff mumbled.

"Good idea," Nick said.

The two of them retreated to the side to watch the game continue with the next few songs. It was pretty entertaining actually. Some Warblers quickly got drunk while others just completely failed at the game.

When it was over, the drunken Warblers took it upon themselves to start off a game of Truth or Dare. Jeff joined the group mostly out of amused curiosity. What kind of truths or dares would there be?

They played it like a game of spin the bottle, taking turns on giving out truths or dares. Thad spun first, and it landed on Blaine. "Hah…Truth or Dare, Anderson?" he asked.

"Dare," Blaine decided.

Thad seemed to stop and think about it before smirking. "I dare you…" he began mischievously, "to refer to Kurt as 'sexy beast' for the rest of the night."

That provoked a decent amount of laughter and hooting from the Warblers gathered around. Blaine's face went a little pale, and Kurt, who was seated at a sofa, perked up. "What? Don't drag me into this!" he complained.

"Sorry, Kurt—" Blaine began to apologize, but Thad interrupted him.

"Ah! The dare, remember?" He looked at Blaine expectantly.

"Er…" Blaine shuffled uncomfortable. "Sorry…um…sexy beast."

Everyone laughed at that and Blaine's face flushed red. Kurt just rolled his eyes, looking more annoyed than amused.

"My turn to spin, then," Blaine announced, leaning forward to spin the bottle. It stopped on David this time. "Truth or dare?" Blaine asked.

"Dare," David decided without hesitating. None of the Warblers picked truth, like by picking dare they were proving something. At least everyone got a good laugh out of most of them.

Blaine smirked. "Then I dare you to kiss Wes," Blaine began, "for at least five seconds!"

The whole room cracked up as soon as the words were out of Blaine's mouth. David's jaw dropped and he stared at Blaine in disbelief. "What…?"

"Wait! Don't I get a say in this?" Wes protested. "I'm not kissing David!"

"Oh, come on. It's a dare," Blaine said. "If you do it, then you can get out of your next truth or dare, Wes."

"No thank you," he said.

"Aw, don't be such a prick, Wes!" Tyler said. "Go on, David! Kiss him!"

"Uh…I have a girlfriend, actually," David mumbled.

"So? It's just truth or dare."

"I've already said no to this dare," Wes reminded them.

"Why? Afraid you'll like it or something?" Blaine taunted.

"Do it! Do it!" Jeff chanted.

Several Warblers joined in until everyone was chanting. "Do it! Do it! Do it! Do it!"

David groaned and looked over at Wes, like, 'what am I supposed to do?'

Wes sighed in defeat and suddenly turned towards David, gripping the front of his shirt and pulling him in for the kiss. Half the room cheered and whooped while the others started counting.

"One…"

"Two…"

"Three…"

Four…"

Four lingered for a moment before everyone finally said, "Five!"

So really, the kiss was like 6 or 7 seconds. Wes broke the kiss and lightly shoved David back before swiping a sleeve over his mouth. "Happy now?" he said to everyone.

In response, the room cheered and applauded. David took his place back and said, "My turn!" He reached for the bottle and spun it. It spun around several times, eventually slowing and stopping on Jeff.

"Ahah! Revenge!" David laughed evilly. "Which will it be then, Jeff? Truth or dare?"

"Um…" Either way, he was in for a challenge, coming from a vengeful David. "Dare," he decided. He didn't want to appear scared by choosing truth.

David smirked, rubbing his hands together vindictively. "Okay, Jeff. I dare you to…" he paused to think before continuing, "sing Adam Lambert's For Your Entertainment to Nick!"

Jeff felt the color drain from his face. Of all songs, did it have to be that one?

Yeah, it had to be. That's what you get from a vengeful David. "Can't it be any other song?" Jeff pleaded.

"Nope, that's the song that you've gotta sing," David said, smirking victoriously.

"What if I said I didn't know the lyrics?"

"It's karaoke. The lyrics are on the screen."

Drat. Although he did know the lyrics. He was a pretty big fan of Adam Lambert.

"Oh, no," Nick mumbled. "Don't do it, Jeff. I'm embarrassed just thinking about it."

"You're embarrassed? I'm the one who has to sing it!" Jeff groaned.

Tyler was already at the Karaoke machine. "Come on, little bro, times a wastin'!" he teased. "The song's all ready for ya." He held out a microphone.

"This isn't happening," Nick muttered.

Jeff sighed and stood up. "Hey, it's a good song…Just ignore the overall message, and it'll be fine," he tried to assure himself as much as Nick.

"Like that's possible."

"Well, time to get this over with," Jeff mumbled, taking the microphone.

Maybe truth or dare wasn't such a good idea after all.

Note: Yeah, I decided to make Thad a Junior. Why? Cause I felt like it :) And I love Thad! I wanted to keep him around for Senior year! (Plus, Juniors are considered upperclassmen too :D)

Also, this chapter turned out pretty long. I'm thinking of extending the party into two seperate chapters. What do you guys think? If not, then I'll just cut it off here. And sorry for not typing out the lyrics, if you were disappointed about that. But there were too many songs! Plus, I don't really write song fics ^^'

PS. I love reviews! (Hint hint ;))