xii. Senior party

                                    

                                          
I was hanging out by a desk in the little "hang out" spots for students during free period. I was listening to one of my mixtapes on my Walkman.
Somebody sat down next to me and took my headphones off and put it on listening to what was playing. "Ah Metallica, nice" he said giving me back my headphones as I put them over my neck and turned off the mixtape.
I looked at the two boys, they were twins and blonde. With very nice smiles. "What's your favorite song?" One of them asked.
"I don't think I have a favorite song from them. But I really like master of puppets".
"Cool!"
"Anyways, we're having a party tonight and we want you to come" The other one asked.
"Uh sure!"
"Alright" he grabbed my hand and took a pen and wrote their address on it and the time the party would start. "So you there sweetheart" he said winking at me and walking away with his brother.




"Two boys invited you to a party?"
"Yeah they were twins and had nice blonde hair".
I was walking down the hallway with Beverly and we were about to leave school.
"Uh Zack and Max?"
"I guess.. but which one is which?"
"Zach is older by 12 minutes and has a scar by his collar bone from a cat that attacked him and Max has a big birthmark on his left cheek. So are you going?"
"Yeah I think I will. You should come!"
"Me? Parties? No, hard pass"
"Oh come on Beverly, it could be fun!"
"When is it?"
"Tonight"
"Yeah no. My dad is gonna be home and he doesn't want me going to parties and even if I sneaked out he probably would find out".
"Alright fine. I guess I'll go by myself"





I put some earrings on and fixed my hair. I grabbed my bag and headed out the door. It was 3 o'clock and of course I'm guessing the party would end around 6 o'clock.
I arrived at a nice big house and looked at the address that was written on my hand. Making sure it was right. I clenched onto my bag and rang the doorbell. The door flung opened revealing Zack. "Hey! Come on in!" He said as he moved out of the way. I walked inside and he closed the door. Max then walked over. "Hey...."
"Jade!"
"Hey Jade! Welcome to our house"
"Yeah it's very lovely!"
"Thanks!"
"Well there's not so many people here yet. But make yourself comfortable, living rooms right over there"
I went to the living room and sat down on the couch. A few seconds later, a girl sat next to me.
"Your Jade, right?"
"Yeah"
"Nice to meet you, I'm Cindy" she said as we shook each others hand.
"You seem nervous. Have you ever been to a party before?"
"Yeah sometimes. Back in California. I guess it's different now since I'm in a new place"
"Well don't worry. Zack and Max are good party hosts".
"Thanks!"
She smiled at me. "Anyways I'll see you later, gotta go to the bathroom" Cindy said getting up from the couch and leaving. 
It was now almost five o'clock. I've talked to some people who recognized me. But they all left within a few minutes to go and do something else. I walked over to the kitchen to get something to drink.
"Hey"
"Oh hey Max"
"Enjoying the party?"
"Yeah it's not that bad"
"Glad you like it" he said smiling. "Do you want anything to drink?"
"Yeah. That's what I came to the kitchen for"
"Sit down, I'll get you something" I sat down by the counter as he skimmed through all the drinks he had. 
"What do you want to drink? I have alcohol, beer, f-
"Um some water will be fine"
"Ok!" 
He put some water in a red solo cup and handed it to me. "Thanks!"
"Your welcome"
"So Jade, tell me about yourself"
I took a sip of the water and put it down on the counter. "Well. I just moved here from California about a month ago. And... this water kinda has a funny taste to it"
"Really? I drank some earlier and it tasted fine to me. Probably your imagination" he said smiling. "Yeah, you're probably right".
Throughout the night I hanged out with Max getting to know him. And I've never drank more water in my life than today. And the more I drank, the more funnier it tasted. And the more weirder I felt after every sip. But like Max said, it was probably nothing and just my imagination.
"Ha. Oh my god, your so funny Max" I said laughing to a terrible joke he said. But I was so out of it and felt like I wasn't even in control of my body. I walked closer to him and almost tripped and fell but he caught me. "Woah you ok there" he asked with a big smile. 
"Yeah I'm fine" I looked at my watch. "Oh it's almost 7 o'clock. I need to go home."
"Why? The party's only starting"
"Duh, curfew. And my parents would be super pissed if I was home later than 7"
"You sure you ok Jade? Here, drink some more water" he said handing me my cup and I chugged whatever was left in there. "Ooo, I feel like dancing".
I said getting out of Max's grip and walking away. At this point, I was drinking every drink I saw in sight. As I walked around the house, it felt like my head was spinning. I lost my balance a couple of times but that didn't stop me. Unless...
I pushed people out of the way and ran outside the house. And vomited... yeah I know, gross. Extremely gross.
"Oh my god Jade are you ok?!" I heard Cindy call out from behind me. "Yeah I'm totally f-