Chapter 16

Elliot's Party (Part 1)

Alex and Casey came up on the final block that separated them from the townhouse. Alex took in a few deeps breaths the closer they got.

"This is it, Lex," Casey said, grabbing her hand. "God I hope there's some cute boys here."

Alex chuckled. "Casey, you know there will be. What about Trevor?"

"We aren't official or anything, so I'd like to keep my options open."

Alex shook her head as they walked up the steps in front of the door. They could hear music already blaring inside. "Do we knock, or go in?"

"I don't know. Probably just go in. I doubt they would be able to hear any knocking," Casey laughed as she looked at Alex, who wasn't moving.

"Okay, I'll do it." Casey turned the doorknob and went into the house, immediately met with the smell of marijuana.

"Is that… weed?" Casey whispered to Alex, who immediately looked uneasy. "We don't have to do any of that, Lex. It's okay." Casey gave Alex's arm a squeeze in an attempt to quell her nerves.

"Blondie! Red!" Elliot came jogging over and pulled both of them into a strong hug. "Glad you came!"

"Happy birthday, Elliot!" Casey said.

"Happy birthday, Muscles," Alex said.

Elliot laughed and gave her a high five. "Nickname, I like it!"

"Hey you guys!" Kathy said, giving them both a hug. "Glad to see you again!"

"You too," both Alex and Casey agreed.

Alex began looking around for signs of Olivia, but couldn't see her. There were about 6 other people she didn't recognize in the townhouse.

"She's upstairs," Kathy said. "Want me to take you to her?"

Alex swallowed and looked over to Casey. "Girl, I'll be fine. Go see Olivia." She patted Alex on the back, who smiled and nodded at Kathy.

"Sweet, follow me!" Kathy motioned for Alex to follow her as she led her up the stairs. But instead of leading her to Olivia's room, she led her out a set of double doors down the hallway that led out to the balcony. "See you two later," Kathy whispered to Alex as she turned to go back downstairs.

"Hey," Alex said, breaking Olivia out of her trance on the lawn chair sitting on the balcony.

"Oh my God, Alex! Hey!" Olivia practically shot up out of the chair and ran over to Alex, picking her up and spinning her around, making Alex squeal and laugh. She finally put her down, but still had her hands around her waist as she looked up into her eyes for a moment.

"You, uh… wanna come sit with me?" Olivia nervously rubbed the back of her neck.

"I'd love to," Alex said with a smile as she took the seat next to Olivia.

Looking over, Olivia leaned back in the chair as she brought a cigarette up to her mouth and lit it, blowing out a puff of smoke.

"You know," Alex said. "Those are bad for you."

Olivia turned to her and smiled before taking another drag of the cigarette. "Why do I feel like we've had this conversation before?"

Alex chuckled. "Because we have. This habit though, I think is worse than the Red Bulls."

Olivia nodded, blowing out more smoke. "Don't worry. I don't do this all the time. Just at parties." She grabbed the pack and held one over to Alex. "Can I persuade you to try one too?"

Alex raised her eyebrows at Olivia. "Uhh. I don't know. I don't know how to smoke."

"I can teach you," Olivia said with a smile.

"There's a lot of things you want to teach me," Alex teased.

Olivia looked down at her lap and smiled, taking another drag. "You aren't lying, Alex. You look really hot, by the way." Olivia let her eyes rake down to Alex's flat exposed stomach before traveling lower down her legs.

Alex returned the gesture, raking her eyes over Olivia's toned skin on her chest and legs. She was wearing another tank top that exposed just a hint of her abdomen, with a pair of black tattered jean shorts.

"As do you." Alex smiled before grabbing the cigarette and examining it. "So, how does this work?"

Olivia took the cigarette and placed it back in the box. Instead, she held up her already lit cigarette that was only halfway gone. "You take it up to your mouth, suck the smoke into your mouth like you would a straw, and then inhale the smoke in your lungs. Like this." Olivia demonstrated what to do.

Alex nodded her head.

"Or, you could shotgun it." Olivia had a smirk on her face.

"What is that?" Alex asked, eyebrows furrowed.

"Want me to show you?"

Alex nodded her head.

Olivia got up from her chair and knelt down next to Alex's. In her lowest voice she said, "I'll take it in my mouth, and then I'll blow it into yours."

Alex immediately felt her heart rate increase. She nodded her head lightly as she watched Olivia's lips.

"Ready?"

Alex only smiled as she leaned down closer to Olivia.

Olivia brought the cigarette to her mouth once more, taking a drag and sucking in the smoke before she lightly grabbed Alex's face and leaned up to put her lips just inches away from Alex's. She carefully and slowly blew out the smoke, which traveled into Alex's mouth as she inhaled it. Olivia leaned back and watched as Alex blew out the smoke, lightly coughing afterwards since she wasn't used to the harshness.

"Well?" Olivia asked.

Alex looked at Olivia and smiled as she began blushing. "That was hot."

Olivia smirked before taking the last drag of her cigarette and flicking it off the balcony. "I figured it would be."

Without warning, Olivia leaned in and gave Alex a kiss on the cheek. "Wanna head downstairs?"

Alex looked at Olivia's eyes before quickly dropping her eyes to her lips, swallowing in the process. "In a minute," she whispered, bringing her eyes back up to Olivia's.

Olivia dropped her eyes to Alex's lips, licking her lips in the process. "Do you want me to –" Olivia was cut off as she felt a soft pair of lips against hers. She immediately returned the kiss, closing her eyes as she grabbed both sides of Alex's face.

Alex's heart was beating fast and loud, echoing in her ears as she pressed her lips firmly to Olivia's. All Alex could focus on was how soft and sweet Olivia's lips felt against hers. It was heavenly – better than anything she had read about how a first kiss felt. She even loved the faint taste of the cigarette on her mouth; a taste that she would now always associate with Olivia.

They broke apart barely, Olivia still holding Alex's face as she leaned in to press their lips together once more. Olivia carefully parted Alex's lips, placing her bottom lip between both of hers as she kissed her. She repeated this a few more times, until they were interrupted by some whistles and hollers from the street below.

Olivia broke apart and looked down, noticing a couple of guys watching them kiss. Alex immediately covered her mouth with her hands and started laughing.

"Hey, don't stop on our account!" One guy yelled.

"Yeah, keep going!" Another guy added.

Olivia sighed and flipped them off. "You wish, perverts."

"Come on, kiss her again!" The first guy added.

"I will, in my bedroom." Olivia smirked down at the guys who gave a few more whistles after her words.

Alex, still laughing and red as a tomato, stood up and grabbed Olivia's face, kissing her one more time before whispering, "Come on, let's go down to the party."

"Hey, what'd she say?" The second guy asked.

"That she's ready to go inside, away from the perverts," Olivia yelled with a smile, grabbing Alex's hand and leading them back inside.

Once inside, Alex started laughing again, Olivia watching her. God, she's perfect.

"What?" Olivia asked with a smile.

"That was… amazing. Thanks for my first kiss, Olivia." Alex leaned down and pressed her lips to Olivia's once more.

"Of course," Olivia said blushing. "Was it okay?"

Alex looked into Olivia's eyes smiling as she took her hands in hers. "More than okay."