Going to the party

After an exhausting day at school, you finally decide to treat yourself with something special. Your classmates of course weren't too happy that you didn't join their beach trip, but you already paid your share for the hotel room anyway. There were no hard feelings.

Something that took a bit more planning was finding a way to leave the apartment so late in the evening without having your parents investigate. There's absolutely no way that they would give you permission to go to a party without an adult to supervise it all. Assuming there's any **** at all, you would be dragged right back home in an instant. Nope, gotta find something else... Janny texted you about the same issue, and the two of you eventually figure that it's much easier to lie to your parents and pretend staying at each others place for a while. Your parents will assume you are with Janny, and her parents will think she's with you! Genius.

The next hurdle came with your clothes -- you are a couch potato. The fanciest dress you ever owned was when you became a Disney princess for your fifth birthday. It's safe to assume you no longer fit into that one. All the other clothes you had looked either too boring, bland, basic, or dull. After contemplating it a little longer, you decide to go with the simplest solution and simply change into a fresh set of your school clothes! It looks good enough, right?

The fact that it wasn't a very creative thought becomes apparent when you meet up with Janny, who had the same exact idea as you. The two of you looked like a pair of girl scouts attempting to sell cookies as you stood there in front of Ryan's house. Gah, whatever. "What should we do now?" you ask. "Should we like, call him? Or ring the door bell? Should we just knock on the door and see what happens?"

Janny wasn't too sure either, and the way she nervously looked around made you awkwardly aware of the way it must be looking like the two of you were trying to rob the place... thankfully, the door simply swings open and you see Ryan staring at the two of you, slightly surprised to see you standing in the open instead of simply knocking. "... happy to see you made it!" he broke the silence. "Come on in," he stepped aside to make room, and with a dorky smile, you entered the house.

Loud rock music blared in the background, and you could immediately see a couple guys all right -- but most of them looked old enough to be in college! In addition, from the... half a dozen or so guys you could see, there was only one other girl. Then again, that was kind of a good thing! Less competition for you and Janny and a better chance to get to know Ryan a little better -- maybe even watch some TV while holding hands... ?

Oh.

Oh no.

Just as you entered the house and took a better look around, your eyes also met with someone you sure as heck didn't expect to see -- Janny's brother! With a glance towards her, you can tell that she already locked eyes with him too, and looked terrified by the looks of it! If he were to tell her parents that she's here, at a party, they would lock her up for the rest of her life! Ryan interjected upon noticing the two teenagers looking at each other like that. "What's up? Have you two met before?"

Her brother, Chris, took the initiative and nodded while approaching. "Of course! She's my si--" you interrupt him with an elbow to his hip and a determined glare. "She's my... girlfriend? Yeah." Such an idiot, if you hadn't stopped him from announcing that she's his sister, it would be easy for people to figure out who their parents are. That could've gone horribly wrong. Number one priority is to keep it a secret.

"I'm your what now?" Janny responded entirely perplexed, but the drunk guys in the background already heard enough to burst out in laughter.

It doesn't take long for them to comment on the situation, in a wash of mockery and teasing. "She's a feisty one!" "Hold on, Chris now has a girlfriend?" "Yeah, thought he's only in for the one night stands." "Go Chris!" "New girl every week eh?" You blush immediately upon hearing even half of it, sounds like Janny's brother is quite the... party boy. Still, the three of you begin to settle in. Your first party. Maybe it will be fun after all?