Taylor

Walking into the party, I exhale slowly. I'm sure no one will notice me. Arriving in a tight black dress isn't going to suddenly change my lack of status. I follow the others towards the kitchen and breath a sigh of relief, no one does notice me. I'm still a nobody.

Ariel is chatting to Kayla while Sydney is looking around, probably to suss out where Gage is. I don't know why she's interested. She's looking for serious and he only wants to mess around. The few girls he has dated, he's cheated on. Sydney deserves better than that. A lot better.

Arms wrap around me and someone nuzzles into my neck. "You look sexy tonight. I'm not sure I'm happy with you wearing that outfit, every guy is currently staring at you right now and getting hard."

Miles's comment is meant to be flattering however I find it insulting. One, since when does he get a say over what I wear. Two, his comment suggests I never look sexy. Three, why would I not wear an outfit just because some guys get turned on by literally anything with legs and a vagina.

"You smell so good." Miles kisses my neck while his hands move down my waist and around to my butt which he squeezes.

Stepping away, I can feel eyes on us. I don't enjoy PDAs not since he became Mr Basketball Heartthrob which means everything he does is watched.

"Hey. I didn't realise you were here already," I say.

"Sorry, I meant to message when I arrived but I lost track of time. You really do look so hot right now." His pupils are slightly dilated and there's a slight sheen on his forehead. He's taken some sort of stimulant, probably what he usually takes in the week, just a higher dose.

His hands grab my waist and his mouth dips down to my ear. "Why don't we find a room upstairs? We could finish what we started this morning."

I grit my teeth. "Yeah, let's finish our conversation on you allowing Teresa to hump you daily and why you keep taking stuff."

Miles huffs and his grip tightens on me. "I'm not getting into that now, I want to have fun and relax. It's been a stressful week, can't we just-"

"Have sex while you're off you're face? No. Our first time is not going to be at a party while you're high off whatever you've taken," I hiss, pushing him away.

"Why are you being such a bitch?" Miles growls.

"I'm not-"

"Yes, you are. Teresa's right, you are boring and frigid. Lighten the fuck up and have some fun-"

"Fuck you!" I shout. Stepping back, I glare at Miles. "If Teresa's so right, you're welcome to her. I'm sure she'll be able to show you some fun. I wouldn't want to bore you."

Spinning round, I'm stopped from leaving by Miles grabbing my arm. "Tay-"

"Get off me, Miles," I snap

"No-"

"Get your hands off me now," I scream.

Miles let's go and steps back.

I glance around at the crowd of people staring. This is exactly what I've been trying to avoid. I'd love to blame it on the dress however it was all down to me. I didn't hide my anger and swallow it down like I usually do.

Teresa steps next to Miles and rests her hand on his shoulder. "Miles, what's the matter? Don't let this-"

Before she can finish, I spin around and push pass Ariel, Kayla and Sydney. I will punch Teresa in the face if I hear the end of her sentence; I've already drawn enough attention for tonight. Luckily, the night is early; they'll be plenty of gossip worthy antics which will be more interesting than a stupid argument. And next weekend will be a new party with new gossip and people will forget about me screaming at Miles. Whereas, if I punch Teresa, I'll never be able to stop the fall back from that, and no amount of other people doing stupid shit would let me return to girl unknown.

I dart into the kitchen, grab a shot from the table and sling it back in one go. The burn sets my insides alight, I'd forgotten how bad alcohol tastes although I remember the fact it can block out everything.

"Tay, are you alright?" Kayla says from behind me.

"Miles was being a dick back there," Sydney adds.

"He's a fucking idiot. After your mouthful boob comment, I know for certain there's no way you're boring. You'd be fucking amazing in bed," Ariel says. "Ouch! Why'd you kick me?"

I take another shot and swivel to face them. Ariel, Sydney and Kayla look at me with sympathetic expressions.

"Let's go home," Sydney suggests. Kayla and Ariel nod in agreement.

I want to say yes however this was meant to be their night. I shake my head. "No, I want to get drunk with you two."

Kayla looks at Sydney and Ariel warily. "I don't think-".

"You can join me or watch, up to you." I grab several shots from behind me and offer them around. Kayla and Sydney hesitantly accept them, Ariel refuses while a bunch of guys, who I've never seen before, join us.

"Here's to a night of being boring!" I swallow the shot and grab another.

A cheer goes around the group of guys. I shouldn't get drunk. A drunken night is the reason behind my family moving to the otherside of the country. The churning in my stomach, however, makes me grab another. Right now, I don't care about tomorrow, I only care about getting rid of the uncomfortable feeling growing in my stomach. Alcohol will numb it. For tonight.