Chapter 18

We get to the party and all I can think of is what Alex said. He was right when he said it was going to be big. It's huge. His house is giant and is filled with at least 200 tipsy people.

"Do you want a drink?" Jack shouts over the blasting music.

"Yeah sure"

"Wait here" he says and walks in the opposite direction. I look around at all the people here. Most of them I've seen in school but some of them I've never seen in my life. Everyone's dressed in dresses just covering their bums and boobs, and are all over the boys here. Jack and I must be late because everyone here is already drunk.

"The word must've got around" I hear a voice. I turn around to see Alex and he laughs.

"Possibly" I laugh.

"Well I don't remember inviting this many people"

"Maybe you're too drunk" I wink and Jack walks over to us. He hands me a cup of some sort of red substance.

"Thanks" I shout and drink it down in one go. I turn to my left and see Conor laughing with a girl on his knee.

She has bleach blonde hair that falls just past her shoulder, and is wearing a belly top with shorts that barely cover her bum. He looks over at me and smirks. He's doing this just to get me jealous... And it's working. I am beyond jealous. I'm fuming.

I walk away from Jack and Alex and make my way to where Jack came from with the drinks. I walk into the kitchen and fill a large cup with the stuff Jack gave me. It tastes like cherries. I take large mouthfuls of it until it's empty, then fill it back up and walk out to try and find Jack.

"Lucy!" I hear a voice shout. I turn around and see Leila.

"Hey" I smile.

"I thought you wouldn't turn up" she laughs.

"Why?"

"I don't know, I didn't see you as a drinker" she laughs and I just roll my eyes playfully. "You coming to play some games then?"

"Um..."

"Come on" she says, grabbing my hand. She leads me into his living room where everyone's sat around in a circle. We sit down and close the gap in the circle. I see Conor in the big circle, sat next to the girl he was with before. I take a mouthful of my drink and look in the opposite direction. I see Jack, Alex, Ben and Mike sat in the circle too.

"Who's go is it?" Alex asks.

"Mine" Mike shouts.

"Ok I dare you to get off with Leila" he says. He shrugs his shoulders and starts making out with her for a good 10 seconds and smiles at his achievement.

"I dare Conor to um, get off with Emily" he says.

Please don't do it Conor. Please don’t do it.

He rolls his eyes and starts snogging the girl, feeling her body in the action. My eyes flood at what I'm looking at and it takes all my effort not to storm out of the house. I look away and take another mouthful of my drink, feeling myself getting more and more drunk.

I look at Jack who gives me an 'are you ok' look so I just nod. The game goes on for what feels like for ages and I haven't been dared to do anything yet. I'm getting bored and I'm more drunk than ever. I can't bring myself to pay attention to the game until I hear my name.

"Lucy?" Sam shouts. I turn my head to look at him.

"I dare you to kiss Ben" I don't even think about it and grab Ben and start fiercely kissing him. I release him and we both start panting. He smirks at me so I just smile and sit back in my place. I look at Conor and see him grinding his teeth. Serves him right...

The game continues for ages and I'm just about to leave when I hear someone make a dare.

"I dare Conor to do seven minutes in heaven with someone of your choice" someone says. Conor nods at Emily, holds her hand and walks out of the room with her. I storm out of the room and out of the house, hearing footsteps behind me.

"Lucy wait!" he shouts. Jack...

"No Jack. I'm sick of him, I can't stand this anymore. This week has been fucking hell" I yell.

"Please just stay another half an hour. You can't go home like this" he sighs. He’s right.

"Fine, but I'm not going anywhere near him"

"Ok, come on" he smiles and walks me inside. We sit in the back garden where it's a bit quieter and we have a little chat about everything that's been going on. I'm telling Jack all my feelings because I'm so drunk.

We decide to call it a night at 1am and start to walk out of the garden until I see the person I've been praying not to see ever again walk in the garden... Snogging Emily. I storm straight past him, almost crying my eyes out until he sees me. He stops kissing her and his eyes grow at the sight of me.

"Lucy wait" he sighs and quickly grabs my wrist. Without thinking, I grab Jack by the shirt and start kissing him. Conor stands there with his jaw on the floor and Jack tries to pull away but I hold him closer. I finally release him and start panting. I feel sick and dizzy until I black out.