After the goth girl and her friend join the party, he'd shake himself off to see where she went walking around for a bit searching for the two until finally finding them, with her friend sitting on a log, feeling a bit confident Samson would check his breath before going in. Not wanting to seem desperate, he'd start off with a small conversation.
"Are you and your friend from Tins Haven?" the cat would look up at him and respond a little coldly
"we're actually from Possums Springs"
"I see, didn't they open up a taco place there or something?"
"Yeah about two years ago"
"Oh dope, love me some tacos"
"Me too"
There'd be a small pause before he'd blurt out something else, "...I'm deeply sorry about that Casey guy"
"Well thatCaseyguywas actually my friend" as a soft gut punch to his self esteem hits him he'd remain silent while the cat would eye the racoon up and down
"You know, you're pretty tall aren't you? Like a skyscraper"
"Oh, well I do get comments about my height. However, I never got called a skyscraper before" the raccoon would let out a small nervous chuckle.
"I think your eyes are pretty cool" remaining silent, she'd slightly perk up. With her ear twitching constantly. Growing a soft smile as she'd stares at the racoon
"You seem kinda cool, What's your name?"
"Samson, Samson Wallace, I sometimes go by Sam too."
"Mae, Mae Borowski I sometimes go by Mayday"
"Cool, so... what brought you out here to the UFO Party?"
"My friend told me about this place before and I just wanted to see it myself, hopefully to find some aliens."
"Yeah unfortunately I don't think these aliens will touch down soon"
"I see, just curious why is it called an UFO party?" looking up at the raccoon again with her eyes that glowed in the dark
"Well in this forest specifically, there was a sighting reported in this very spot"
"Oh really?"
"It was about I think in the late 80s, this one astronomer named Francis Haas was doing some late night studies of the meteor showers at the time. Whilst studying the patterns he did notice one of the said meteors was acting strangely to the other ones, as if it would be conscious."
"So he did find a UFO"
"Yep, though he got brushed off he still believed what he saw was real until he mysteriously disappeared"
"What happened to him?"
"No one really knows, it could've been aliens, taking his own life, the mob-"
"The Mob?"
"Yes, he had a very bad gambling addiction later in life"
"How do you know about this?"
"Listened to a podcast about it"
"I see"
"Years later, I think in 1992 there'd be another report that a UFO had touched down in this forest over there somewhere." He'd point the direction but it would be very dark for the two to see, the cat would nod, listening to him and Samson knowing a bit about the area he'd follow up to his previous statement, "I can show you where it is if you'd like".
Mae would get up from her stump, looking at him suspiciously giving the decision some thought. Her face became neutral, turning to her friend "Hey Bea, i'm going with this guy to see where this supposed crashed UFO is." saying it loud enough for both her friend and everyone to hear. Her friend would nod, before Mae would turn back to the raccoon he'd be confused before it hit him, "Oh, it's because she thinks I might do some illegal things to her. I get that..."
"Ok! Let's go" Mae would say wanting to see this thing herself. He'd then lead her out to the forest, but before the two would get going, he get some cheers from his knuckleheaded friends
"Yeah Samson, get that girl bro! One window closes another opens" Now being the center of attention he'd hastily hurried him and her out of the forest.
The sound of the party would become more faint, as they walked away from it more and more. The sound of crunching twigs as the two would continue to walk to their destination. Samson would focus on leading while Mae tried to converse with him,
"So... is this something you do with all the random girls you meet at parties?"
"What do you mean?"
"You know, take a random girl you know absolutely nothing about away from a party. Take them to your weird private area to do stuff with them? How do you know I'm not a serial killer?"
In his best flat and snarky response, he'd responded with
"Eh, I'm not too sure about that. I mean what are the chances of two of them meeting up at a party like this?" Catching onto his joke, she'd reply in a similar manner to him
"Oh? are you gonna try to kill and eat me?"
The raccoon would let out a flirty laugh, "I might"
"Bet you've been wanting to know what I taste like ever since you started talking to me"
"I can't tell if that's supposed to be about making out or biting"
"Maybe a little of both, hopefully you won't try anything before"
"Of course not, I always treat a woman with respect."
"A polite serial killer, eh? you don't see those a lot now" both would continue to lightly flirt with one another until they'd reached the cliff, there'd be a broken down tree where a log was set,
"ah here it is!" as he'd start to reach into his pocket for something. The cat would be intrigued expecting him to pull out a weapon to attack as she'd be ready to take him on, "Whatcha looking for?"
"Oh, I'm actually looking for a flashlight. I'm pretty sure i left them in these pants" reaching in his pocket to grab it and pull it out "Here we go" Samson turns it on as a flash would emit from it. "Holy shit! that's bright" Mae exclaims.
"You're telling me, I guess he was right about this brand" referring to the janitor before him. His light would flash down off the cliff and shine onto a specific area of the forest, "Ok you see that area where the trees are kinda awkwardly grown in?"
"Yeah I see it" looking down at the area that the light was faintly touching
"That's where the said UFO crash happened, it was roughly around 1992 this couple had claimed they saw one that looked like that of a steel blimp as it emitted this faint droning noise."
"Did they find any kind of life forms from it?"
"Unfortunately they did not, though they said they found an abundant amount of hardened sulfur around it, bet you could've imagined the smell of it." He'd go sit down on the log, "My legs are killing me a little bit, sorry"
"It's ok" the cat would join him as they sat down, as the two would stare up at the stars admiring the beauty of it all as the moon would shine on them. Samson would hear the sounds of scribbling overhearing Mae write in the journal she brought, "whatcha doin?" being intrigued by the journal she was writing in.
"Oh it's nothing."
"Oh I see..." Not wanting to be nosy, he left it at that as he looked back up at the sky, there'd be another brief moment of silence as she scribbled into her journal,
Sam would then look at her, gazing upon her cute demeanor and beautiful eyes as he didn't want to waste this chance with her, cutting to a random question for her to answer after another moment of silence, "So do you think aliens exist?"
"What?"
"Well you know I did drag you out here to show you the crash site, I just wanted to know if you believed in them?"
"Well yeah, I kinda do. I just kinda hoped I'd see one"
"Like just knock on your door and just 'bleep bloop blop, I'm an alien. Bleep bloop' and you go have pizza or something"
She'd let out a small chuckle about that, "Maybe, it takes me to their leader so can punch them in the face and then become their new queen."
"What would they call you? Mayday, Queen of the aliens?"
"Something like that" the two would have a laugh before, making eye contact with one another, it was as if the passage of time slowed for Samson while having a conversation with Mae, she would then continue
"What about you? Do you believe"
"I believe there to be life on other planets because I've witnessed a study about it, but i really also do somewhat believe that there could be a possibility that there exists a life we have yet to encounter if that makes sense" she'd nod along listening to him again, there'd be another brief pause as they looked into each others eyes, with some sort of tension between them rising.
"Hey, can I ask you something?"
"Shoot"
"Why are you at this party? "
"What do you mean?"
"Well, you really don't seem like the type of person to go to parties like this"
"I mean I occasionally went to parties at least when I was younger, I was a bit of a stoner back in the day, at least when I was like nineteen."
"Ok"
"But I guess truthfully, I kinda came to the party since it was something to get my mind off of my previous relationship. That ended on a sour note" being a bit vague not wanting to open old wounds as he would explain to her.
"How bad was it exactly? She didn't try to attack you or something, did she?" the cat asked, being a bit more snarky
"No, it was way worse than that..." He'd take a deep breath, being a bit vulnerable to her "S-she cheated on me, and did so for a few months after dating for a year." The raccoon would look away from her just in case, he'd almost tear up in front of her. Continuing to look away, he'd feel two arms wrapped around him looking down to see the petite cat giving him a comforting hug,
"Th-thanks"
"You feel so warm... bet you're a giant teddy bear huh?"
"I don't know, can a teddy bear do this?" as he'd playfully wrapped his arms around her in response with the two trying who could hug the other the best, before they'd tumble off the log and onto the ground, as the two would laugh a little as said tension would be at a boiling point. The racoon would be on top of her, his heart beating rapidly as he gazed into her cute but creepy eyes. The two would remain silent staring at each other, the two wanting one or the other to make the first move. It finally would come down to Samson, slowly closing his eyes, lowering his face to her to kiss her lips. Mae wouldn't fight back against him, pulling him into the kiss in response as she'd place a hand on the back of his head. He'd one up the ante, placing a hand on the back of her head to pull her closer holding her straight up as he stood before pinning her against the tree. She'd pull him more into the kiss, enjoying the feeling of being manhandled by the raccoon. Her legs would wrap around his waist, tongues intertwining with one another as the two would have their passionate and albeit sloppy make-out session.
Samson would break the kiss as Mae was confused, "What's wrong? Did I accidentally bite you?"
"No, I think I hear police sirens. They sound really close" his ears perking up as the noises came closer
"Maybe they're going after someone else"
"True, true..." Samson would get back with locking lips with her a little bit more with the sirens growing more closer as he'd pull away again
"I don't want to ruin the mood but do you think we should head back over there?" Samson would ask looking over to the cat
"Maybe, probably see what's going on" with that the raccoon would place the cat on her feet. She'd then point at his thigh with a small smirk on the cat's face, "Looks like your friend wanted to say hello" gesturing at the hard on in the raccoon's pants, he'd slightly tuck it away out of embarrassment trying to play it cool.
"What can I say? The little guy likes to meet new people, and really got a kick out of you" letting out a nervous chuckle seeing if he could play it off.
Mae would laugh at his response lightly teasing him, "Simp" she'd continue to chuckle as the two would walk back. Samson would be a bit more stiff as he'd walk trying to get his hard on to go down. Noticing this Mae would turn back to him, "Hey are you coming?"
"Excuse me I'm trying to get this thing to go down" responding to her comment as he'd try to make more large steps while he walked, the two would continue to walk the path they did before to the party and after a few seconds of walking Mae would look back to see Samson still take giant steps. She would smirk again,
"I bet I'm one of the best kissers you ever had?"
"What about me, was I one of the best kissers to you?" flirting back with her with a chuckle
"Out of the four I've kiss you're probably up there"
"four?"
"Yeah, I've kissed four people. What about you?"
"I uh... prefer not to say"
"Ehehe, bet I was your only one"
"Nah, you're more like my tenth"
"hopefully I'm in the top five"
"You're more like in the top 3"
"Aww, I'm honored to be part of your top 3"
"I'm honored to be part of your top 4" the two would continue to chat before coming back to a vacant party space. It seemed to be vacant, with cups and bottles all over the ground and a fire that seemed to be going out with the glowing embers left in its wake.
"Oh no, did everyone get abducted?" Samson would say to himself for Mae to hear before the raccoon would be on his phone trying to call and see what would happen as his two attempts with Dex and Isaac didn't work.
Finally, his last try would be with Felix. He would pick up, "Oh hey Sam, how's it going?" It sounded like he was in a crowded area like a bar or something as Samson would ask about the party his friends were at as Felix would head into the restroom to explain what happened to the party via phone, "Ok sorry, after the party got shut down I headed to a sports bar for some drinks, anyway."
"Why?"
"Nights still young my guy! Anyway..."
Felix would go on to explain what happened earlier via the phone while Samson nodded as he explained, "Really, uh huh, uh huh, uh huh, he pulled out a what, who got called!?"
"What? What happened?"
"A fight apparently broke out, someone had pulled out a knife and the park ranger got called. Party got shut down"
"That sucks! So we got left here?"
"Maybe" reaching into one of his hoodie pockets he'd remember that he had the car keys to Dex's car "wait..." as he pressed the button to the keys the car would light and emit a noise
"Ok, we have a car. I think it might be a little late to get you back home. Do you mind if you crash at my place?"
"As long as you don't try anything weird like cuff me to your bed and do things to me, I know people like doing that"
"Oh don't worry I wouldn't do that to you. you know, not without your consent of course."
"Ok"
"I think the car just needs some gas before we return it"
"Are you trying to say we're stealing this car?"
"What? No, we're just borrowing since I was supposed to be the designated driver tonight."
"Alright, I call shotgun"
"I.. was gonna dri- never mind" The two would hop in the car as they drove back to the raccoon's place, turning on the radio to hear some music it'd be on but faint for them to talk to each other there'd be more of a brief silence. Samson would break the silence, "sorry about what happened to the the party..."
"It's not your fault, parties get shut down." She'd look at the clock as it would be ten 'til 10:00, "I really didn't expect how late it got"
"Well, it was a long drive to get to the forest, probably a longer one to get out" The two would remain silent until they'd see some buildings, Mae would be looking out the window to see the various stores, shops, and restaurants.
"Wow you guys got a lot of stuff here."
"Yeah, we do; tons of thrift stores, restaurants, a comic book shop, a café, heck we got an arcade recently."
"Oh, that's kinda cool. The only entertainment we had was that Mini-golf place and that got shut down because of a flood." getting a small flash back, she'd start to have a small panic attack.
Noticing her sporadic breathing, Samson pulled over on the road to check on her, "Are you ok?" Mae wouldn't respond, her eyes would be dilated as the cat would begin to breathe sporadically.
"Oh shit, she's having a panic attack!"Thinking to himself as he jumped out of the car and pulled her out of her seat, getting her some fresh air on the side of the road
"Just take some deep breaths, slowly" trying to get her to calm down as she was shaken taken his advice slowly calming down, he'd place a hand on her shoulder from her panic attack as her breath would slowly go back to normal, her pupils will slowly return to their normal form as she took deep breaths before she started to have more regular breaths. With a hand on her shoulder he'd stare back to her to reassure her current status,
"Are you ok?"
"Y-Yeah I'm ok" he'd get her back into the car as they got off the shoulder and drove into the town, taking a left on a few streets and then taking a right into the parking of his apartment complex. Helping her out of the car, the two would be silent as she got out of the car and walked with him.
"You had me worried for a second there"
"S-sorry"
"It's ok, I just wanted to make sure that you're doing alright. " He'd take off his hoodie and place it on her shoulders, going up the steps as he would pull out his key and let her inside the apartment. Opening it up would be a small kitchen, a hall with two rooms and a living room with a brown sofa. "You know, you can take the bed, I can sleep here if-" before he could finish Mae would respond
"oh no I can sleep here, it's ok!" she'd still have his hoodie on, feeling the comforting warmth of it as she nestled one of the larger sleeves tighter like a blanket. Samson would head to the other room to get her a pillow and blanket for her. Coming back to see she was already sound asleep. Placing them down next to her, he would lock the front door and go back before looking back at the sleeping girl on his couch, "good night" saying to her before heading to his room and then bed before going to sleep. Dozing off from a wonderful night.