Chapter 2 Invitation to the party.

"Hey Sugar" Chloe said as she walked up to meet Alex. "Hey, Salt" Alex replied and grinned. "Or better still Lemon, because you're always bitter" He said laughing as Chloe kicked him. "Ouch, Have I told you you look cute when you're mad, your nose is so red" He said still laughing. Chloe laughed too. "You're mean" She told him. "Where are your girls?" He asked her. "Somewhere around here, Whatcha doing?" She asked him. "I was just going to the cafeteria to get something, I've got an art project to submit in thirty minutes". He replied.

"That's nice, Don't forget you're to make a portrait of me" She reminded. "Oh no, you're so fat, the canvas won't be enough to draw one of you" he told her. "Hmmph" She mumbled and left with Alex chuckling behind her. "Nice to meet you again, darling". She heard and saw Steve the meanest guy in the whole school, he had asked her out before and she had politely declined but he didn't let her have peace. "Uhh..hi Steve". She said wishing Sandy was with her. "What's up baby girl? Party, Friday night,by 9pm, dress nice, I'll text you the address, don't turn me down." He said to her and left her standing perplexed. "I'm never showing up" she said to herself. After school, Sandy, Mandy and Chloe hung out at Chloe's house again. "Guess what guys" Chloe said. "You got a singing deal with a big shot?" Mandy asked enthusiastically. "You got someone for me to beat up?" Sandy asked. "Nooo, Steve wants me to go with him to a party". She said. "Well, I wasn't expecting that, so what did you tell him?" Mandy asked. "He didn't give me a chance to reply" She replied. "It's like a command kind of thing, like I really must be there" she said. "Well, I was right, someone needs some really good beating" Sandy said.

"No Sandy, no violence" Mandy said and Sandy rolled her eyes. "I actually don't know what to do, I think I should go" Chloe said. "You definitely should" Mandy said. A loud thud was heard from the building sharing a fence with Chloe's house. "You think we should check?" Chloe asked. "Yeahhh" Sandy said and went to the window. "I think Someone is moving in, because that's really a lot of stuff" She said. "Really? New neighbors?"Chloe said excitedly and went to the window too. "Let's go meet them" She said and Sandy rolled her eyes again. "Neighbours are boring especially new ones, you'd definitely meet them, except you want to join them arrange stuff" Sandy said. "Yeah, she's right" said Mandy. "Oh.. okay, I'm just glad I've got new neighbors. Sandy don't even think of rolling those eyes or I'll pluck them out" Chloe said and Sandy chuckled.

"Text me the address of the party Chloe, I'll be there and be really careful, it's not safe out there and more dangerous with Steve" Said Sandy. "Okay Mummy" Chloe said smiling.

It was 9pm on Friday.

Chloe was at the venue of the party and to make things worse it was a masked party. Steve had given her a mask to put on. She wondered how she was going to locate Sandy in the huge hall. "Fuck! Sandy, where in the world are you?" She muttered to herself. She sat beside Steve watching the party and she wasn't enjoying it one bit. A glass of wine was passed to her and she gulped it to the amusement of others sitting at the table. "You so thirsty, huh?" A guy asked. "Who gulps down a drink in such a manner! So local." Another said laughing. She expected Steve to stand up for her but he laughed too. Her cheeks turned red from the embarrassment. She wanted to leave but she couldn't, she didn't know the way out of the huge hall, she still needed Steve's help and where the hell was Sandy.

Sandy walked into the party wearing a black dress and a brown long wig, she looked odd yet beautiful and she felt stupid all dressed like that. Mandy had made her dress like this. "You're doing this for our friend" Mandy had said. Sandy rolled her eyes and tried searching for Chloe but couldn't find her. "Stupid masks! Stupid party! Stupid Sandy" She said to herself. "Do you care for a dance, beautiful?" She heard and turned to see a blonde haired guy. "What the heck? Do I look like pretty Cinderella coming to a ball?" She asked. "No beautiful, You look like a lost pretty princess" The blonde guy replied. "Sorry honey, I don't care about those compliments and I don't dance" She said and walked away. "You didn't even..." The guy said but she didn't care. Owen was his name. He chuckled to himself,this was the first time a girl had turned him down. He always charmed the ladies with his looks and flattering words but this girl seems to be different, he found her interesting and swore to get her.

Chloe still sat watching the party and looked at how all the couples were in hot romance and unmasking themselves. She caught sight of Alex kissing a girl and she laughed to herself, she almost screamed when Steve tried to kiss her and she pushed him away. "Are you fucking crazy?"She asked totally offended. "Hey, it's just a kiss" Steve explained and she gave him a resounding slap. "It's just a slap" she said and walked out leaving Steve and his friends stunned. She regretted coming to the party. "I wanna go home" She said to herself. She went to the bar and sat there alone. She brought out her phone and rang Sandy but she wasn't picking up.

"Would you like something ma'am?" The Barman asked. "Yeah, just give me one shot." She said and the Barman did as he was told. She gulped it down in one go. "Give me another" She said and he did just that.

In two minutes she had gulped down 4 shots. "