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Inside the large house music thick with base reverberated enough that Aaron could feel it as he stepped in the front door. A frat party was something that was iconic and he expected to find standing room only with kegs setup for consumption, someone doing a handstand as they drank. What he saw wasn’t a surprise, but it wasn’t what he envisioned either. Coming inside there were stairs in front of him, a small hallway leading further in past them and a room to both his right and left. The room to his left where he would expect to find a dining room was a DJ type rig with a large speaker, a flat panel tv hung on the wall that was strobing different colors and a pair of couches. It wasn’t jammed packed like he thought it would be, mostly just a few different people sitting on the couches drinking from red plastic cups. The room to the right had similar couches, but had a pingpong table looking like it was set up to start playing beer pong, something Aaron figured he shouldn’t have expected to see.

Eve looked around, she knew her first destination was going to be to the kitchen to find a drink, but wanted her brother to get a feel for what he was in for before pressing him further. ‘Poor thing looks like a deer stuck in headlights.’ She thought with a laugh. She was about to take his hand and move past the stairs when she saw the familiar curled blonde hair boy they had met earlier approaching.

“HEY.” Cody said, yelling over the music. “GLAD YOU BOTH CAME!” With a big smile on his face the excited twenty three year old looked the two over.

‘Smile and flirt, smile and flirt and get the night done… you can do this.’ The feminized boy told himself. “HEY YOURSELF!” Aaron yelled back over the music, waving his hand in a hello type motion with his fingers wiggling in the air, making him feel like an idiot.

“CAN I GET YOU LOVELY LADIES A DRINK?” Cody said, looking between the girls. He was happy to see the girl who knew who he was, figuring he had a better shot with her than the sister that either forgot his name or chose to use the wrong one, but the night was just starting and he wasn’t going to ruin his shot by ignoring either of them.

“What?!” Aaron said, turning his head and pushing some of the wigs' hair behind his ear, exposing the red garnet stud earring as he tried to hear what the six foot tall boy had said over the music.

Looking over to his side Cody glared at one of his frat brothers who swore he knew what he was doing and wished he would just turn it down so they had some nice background music instead of whatever the hell it was he was trying to do. “DRINKS!”

With a nudge from his sister Aaron found himself following the college ball player down the hall and into the kitchen. His feet were complaining, the heels weren’t made for walking in for hours and he briefly wondered why he hadn’t taken them off when he got in the car when he had a chance earlier, but for he just had to literally grin and bear it as he moved deeper into the house where the walls did a better job than he expected at muffling the music. Taking the offered cheap plastic cup Aaron took a drink of the beer. He did his best to hide the sour expression on his face. At home Aaron had tried beer with his dad, and wasn’t sure why he expected it to be better here, but still he took another drink. The second sip turned into a third that was much deeper, empting the glass half way. ‘Just drink it down, it is what college kids do, drink it down and be done with it.’

“Careful now little sis.” While having some understanding as to why her brother would want to get drunk, she didn’t need him throwing up everywhere either. Drunk was okay, blitzed was too much.

“Thirsty girl, I get it.” Cody said filling both of the ladies drinks up again. “We got a beer pong game going to start soon, some folks chilling outside, we got like an entire living room setup out there with a projector. Not sure what they are watching, but we could check that out or maybe do some dancing.”

Looking at his cup, now full again, Aaron gave a weak smile, wanting very much to get off his feet. “The projector sounds cool.” he offered and soon found himself being escorted through the house. While his sister trailed behind, Aaron felt the larger man’s hand on his lower back that only made the sense of dread he felt within grow.

Feeling nervous Cody moved his hand to Erin’s back, sliding it lower as they came closer to the back sliding glass back door. “So, you are a baseball fan huh?”

“Aaaahh, yeah Daddy and I watch it together all the time, both of us think you could go pro.” Things weren’t just a little uncomfortable, the entire world felt uncomfortable. The wig was too hot, the glasses were digging into his nose, the bra was cutting into his shoulders and squeezing him too tight and the heels… oh the heels! That was all before he was having to deal with Cody Barlow, someone he would love to meet on any day but today. ‘Daddy? Where the heck did that come from?’ He asked internally while letting out a nervous giggle.

“Yeah? Well I can get you some tickets to our next home game, so close you will almost be able to reach out and touch us. I love the idea of you watching me, but tonight, my attention is all for you Erin, how does that sound?”

Putting one hand over her mouth Eve watched what was going down and true to her command, her brother was flirting and it was magical.

“The tickets sound good, I will hold you to it, but being with you sounds like a wonderful night.” The sweet words left Aaron’s mouth making him feel sick. Good tickets to the college game sounded great, but not at the price he was going to pay for them.

Stopping before getting to their destination Cody turned the girl he had his arm on so he could look her in the eye. She was just slightly shorter than him in her sexy heels and he wanted to kiss her more than anything after that perfect setup she left him. “You hold me to that, and I will hold you to me.” Cody said, hoping that sounded as smooth in his head as it did outloud.

The atmosphere outside was one much more laid back, the projector played one of the first Marvel movies and out here in the back the heavy music from inside had been muffled to almost nothing. It amused Aaron to see living room furniture setup outdoors, it wasn’t something that could live there, but still it was a comfortable oddity. Cody had guided his sister and himself to one of the couches that faced more off into the small spattering of woods behind the house instead of the projector screen. Anyone on it could still see the movie playing, but it wasn’t the intent of the couch’s position. It left Aaron sitting at the end of the couch, with Cody between himself and his sister.

With the temperature outside after dark being what it was Aaron wasn’t keen on sitting there, but he also didn’t want to be anywhere near this party. ‘What do I do? Flirt… you have to flirt. Can I just ask him if I can suck him off? God I don’t want to do this…’ Putting his full cup of beer to his lips Aaron tipped it back and chugged it down. The bitter off putting taste filled his mouth, a taste he wasn’t sure why anyone enjoyed, but he thought getting drunk would make what he had to do better, or at least easier. When a cool breeze blew up his skirt Aaron and a shudder ran through his body, he felt the taller boy’s arm wrap around him and pull him closer.

“Little chilly out tonight.” He said looking at the now empty cup in the girl's hand. ‘Looks like Erin likes to party.’

“Ahh, yeah.” Aaron’s cheeks felt like they were on fire with the blush that came to them as he found himself pressed tightly to what he found to be Cody’s warm body. “Thanks, you are all warm and… and…” Trying to think about how girls flirt, Aaron gave a small squeeze to the curly haired boy’s biceps before running his fingers over his chest. “You feel so strong.”

When Evelyn had sat down she left more space between herself and casanova, allowing her a chance to avoid his other arm when he grabbed Aaron. When the arm came she slid forward in her seat to put her cup down on the floor by her feet. Seeing the position her brother was in was just about exactly what she wanted to see tonight, she gave him a wink. “Might want to slow down with those drinks little sis.”

“Actually, ahhh, could I get another!?” The skirt wearing boy said, holding up the red cup in front of the boy’s face that held him.

“Sure, I can get that.” Cody said, taking the cup before glancing at the purple dress wearing girls' refreshment. It looked mostly full and not in her hand he had a feeling she wasn’t the fun one of the two. “I will be right back, let me see if I can find Mathrew, I know you wanted to talk with you.”

Soon as his admirer left Aaron reached out and took one of his sister's hands between his own. “Can we go please? I flirted with him, you saw that. Come on, we saw the party, I drank, we listened to music…”

The first reply Aaron got was genuine laughter from Eve that caused her to snort. “You do seem to be doing okay with flirting. Save some for his brother though.” She laughed again when she saw the uneasy look on her siblings face. “Don’t be like that, remember Erin, this is a party, smile, have fun and flirt. You know you aren’t done yet, but you might want to slow down on the beer and honestly you shouldn’t drink anything you don’t see poured yourself.”

Internally Aaron cringed, he knew he wasn’t done. She was making him give blow jobs and he wanted to hate her for it and part of him did, but he wouldn’t be sitting here right now freezing his ass off if he hadn’t fired his shot and missed. “It's a college party.” He said with a big fake smile. “Drinking is what you are supposed to do, right? Besides, I'm not some girl that gets drunk off two glasses of wine.” He had heard his stepmom say more than once she was a cheap date with how quickly a glass of wine hit her. He already had almost two cups of beer, it didn’t taste good but he wasn’t feeling anything.

“Suit yourself, I’m going to go see someone I saw out front.” Eve said, making a motion with her hand, pinching her thumb and index finger together with the others spread as she brought her hand to her lips to indicate smoking. “Don’t do anything I wouldn’t do little sister.”

When she walked away Aaron looked over to the movie that was playing, wondering if he could get away with sitting in front of one of the other couches to just watch the movie and hide. It wouldn’t solve his problems, it would just put them off, but if he didn’t do it the consequences would be dire. The small fantasy of just keeping his head down till things blew over when Cody returned with another cup of beer. “Thanks…” The word drew out when his fingers lightly touched Cody’s when the cup was exchanged. Sitting while Cody stood only made Aaron feel smaller. With nowhere to go and those green eyes boring into him Aaron tried to give a smile as he brought the drink up to his lips once more. ‘Think, think Aaron.’ The only parties he had been to were family gatherings and kid parties when he was in elementary school, let alone been on a date before, leaving him not really sure how to proceed. “It is pretty cold out, maybe sit back down and help keep me warm?”

Not needing to be asked twice Cody sat down on the couch close enough for his jean covered leg to touch the pretty girls as he put his arm around her. ‘And Mattew says I don’t have game.’ Congratulating himself he put down his own beer before using both his hands to help keep the pretty brunette warm. Holding her close with one arm while his other ran gently from the top of her orange stockinged leg and up to her exposed thigh. “I know a few ways we can keep warm.”

“Mmmeee.” Aaron made the sound with his mouth closed, having an idea or two about what the older boy was thinking. ‘A blanket, you could offer me a blanket.’ He thought as he drank down more of the alcoholic beverage, not considering its effects on himself with an empty stomach. Aaron’s attentions much more focused on the warm body pressed into his own and the hands on him. When he felt the hand on his leg he almost jerked it away, a boy’s hands touching his leg like that caused his skin to crawl and goosebumps forming on his skin and yet the warmth radiating from the hand, pushing away the cold felt great at the same time. All of that combined added to his feelings of vulnerability.

“Soooo…” Cody said, drawing out the word as he tried to think what to say or if he should say anything in the situation. “I haven’t seen you around campus before, I think I would remember seeing a pretty brunette like you around. Have some obscure major that has kept a beautiful girl like you hidden away?”

‘Beautiful!?’ Aaron’s mouth opened, but not a sound came out as his cheeks once more became rosy. ‘He thinks I’m bea… shit no he thinks I’m in college, think… think… what is Eve’s major? Major, major.. How does he think I’m beautiful?’ To try and buy more time Aaron drank again from his cup till it was empty. “School, ahh well… my major, ahh, well this is actually a wig, I have short blonde hair so, yeah that might be why.” Aaron wasn’t sure why he didn’t just say he didn’t go to college here or college at all, he didn’t really, he was a senior in high school, but his thoughts felt befuddled with the situation he was in and the start of the effects of rapid **** consumption on an empty stomach and no built up tolerance. “I umm I don’t really wanna talk about school.”

Leaning closer to the girl, Cody peered through her glasses and into her deep brown eyes that he thought he could get lost in. “Yeah, I don’t really wanna talk either.” Tightening the muscles in the arm that was around the Erin, he pulled the girl closer as he leaned in. This close he could smell the beer on her breath, but that was mingled in with the crisp smell of the cool autumn air and her perfume. That first kiss you did with a girl was the foundation for everything moving forward or so Cody believed, so when he stopped, their lips less than an inch apart he just held her there, breathing her scent in and building anticipation for a few heartbeats, but before he pressed his lips to hers he felt Erin wrap her arms around his neck and press her own face to his. Feeling Erin’s creamy lipstick covered lips press against his own, her body growing stiff from what he believed was excitement after adding a little suspense, he could only imagine her toes were curling in her sexy red heels as he held her their against him, his head turning slightly as he moved his lip, slightly opening his own mouth before closing it and pressing his lips forward into her own.

‘No, no, no, no, nooooo!’ Aaron though as he was pulled closer, knowing what was about to happen. Realizing in that second he had never even kissed a girl, his first kiss was going to go to freaky Cody Barlow a college baseball player five years his senior and there was nothing he could do about it because if he didn’t do that and much, much more than his life would completely fall apart. When the kiss didn’t come, their lips so close together there was a small sense of relief, followed by panic. ‘Does he not want to kiss me? I don’t want to kiss him but… I have to!’ His stomach rolling from the thought, and head feeling like it was swimming, Aaron tossed his arms around Cody, pulling himself the rest of the way and diving into the kiss head first. The empty cheap red cup fell from Aaron’s hand, forgotten in the embrace. That being the end of Aaron’s bold plan his body stiffed at the reality that he had just willingly kissed another boy. Out of seemingly nowhere Aaron felt himself being lifted up, Aaron feeling like he was going to fall clung harder to the only thing he could and quickly found himself sitting in the curly blonde haired boy’s lap as the kissing continued.