The Party Winds Down

Brian and Kailyn both made their way out of the library, "Are you sure, Bry? We can do one more quick-" Kailyn lightly asked as her hand moved to his hand,

"Ah, Kai, C'mon, you know that's not a good idea." Brian easily replied as he gave her a little nudge with his elbow. The blonde teen had all but shocked Kailyn when he turned her down for a second round in the library. Brian, having his head cleared from the first session, immediately began to think of his friends. Not only did he just leave the party, which his sister was acting out in, but he basically handed Anna to Eric and, worst of all, he fucked JJ's sister. Brian always had perfect vision in hindsight, and he tried his best to cut off something bad for once, not wanting JJ to catch the pair and more than likely kill him.

Kailyn shook her head softly, trying to gather her mind, "Yeah...shit, you're right Brian, JJ's got to be wondering where I am by now." She softly agreed with a smirking at the teen, "Still...I wish I had known about you when we were younger," Kailyn whispered out before pushing up and softly planting her lips on Brian's for a moment, "Thanks again, I really needed that,"

"Thank Rachel," Brian chuckled causing Kailyn to look surprised, "She thought you could use a little...stress relief," Brian explained with a shrug, "Guess she was right,"

"Apparently," Kailyn nodded back with a little narrow in her eyes, not completely thrilled that her younger friend was going around trying to hook her up. Yet, Kailyn couldn't be all mad, regardless of what Rachel did, everything worked out well, and Kailyn did feel more relaxed than she had in months.

The pair slipped back into the den and were a bit confused only to see Zoey, Anna and Eric left in the room, the trio seemed so locked in conversation they didn't even seem to notice they were the only ones left in the room, "Well...looks like were weren't the only ones to sneak off, fucking Nikki, Rachel and JJ are gone," Brian grumbled out, immediately thinking of his sister, wondering where and what she was doing.

"Huh, Kenny and Mindy are gone too," Kailyn pointed out as she made a quick spin, checking the room over, "Wonder where they all got off to,"

"I'm right here." Nicole's irritable voice said as she entered the room and immediately made a dead walk right to the liquor table,

"That's one...wait, where's Rachel? Is she with Kenny? I swear to-" Brian sharply said,

"Oh Kenny's not with your sister, I can tell you that much," Nicole grumbled out as she poured herself a shot, "Who wants a drink?" Nicole asked as she lifted her bottle up,

"Um...I'm good, thanks," Kailyn awkwardly replied, stepping away from the clearly hostile girl,

"Brian?" Nicole asked, holding the bottle out at him expectantly,

"Sure," He shrugged while grabbing the bottle and taking a swig, "So where's JJ then?"

"Hell if I know," Nicole replied, "Actually let me correct myself, I don't give a shit,"

"Wow, someone's in a mood, what the fuck happened?" Brian asked with a raised brow,

"Nothing!" Nicole barked back, "I'm fucking peachy,"

"Clearly..." Brian sarcastically mumbled back,

Before Nicole could even respond to Brian's sarcasm, Anna came walking over to the trio, "Hey, um, Eric, Zoey and I are getting pretty tired. Our drinks aren't sitting that well," Anna explained, her eyes actually looking a little glossy,

Brian let out a nod, understanding as a lightweight, straight liquor would easily affect those three. Nicole, on the other hand, let out an almost disgusted scoff, "Fucking lightweights, way to kill the party, Anna,"

Anna lazily glanced over at her friend, used to these type of tongue-lashings when Nicole was angry, "What's wrong Nikki?" She calmly asked back,

"Nothing! Why does everyone keep fucking asking me that!?" Nicole yelled back before roughly grabbing her liquor bottle back from Brian and taking a long, heavy drink. Anna let out a small sigh, she hadn't seen Nicole like this many times, but she already knew Nicole needed a simmering time before even attempting to talk to her,

"Okay, so the thing is, what's the sleeping arrangements?" Anna asked while JJ walked back into the room,

"What's going on?" The jock asked with a curious look,

"Anna's killing the party!" Nicole exclaimed before shaking her head and walking away from the group,

"Uh...okay?" JJ mumbled back,

"Don't mind her, she's pissed off about something else, just don't know what yet," Anna explained, "We were trying to figure out where everyone was sleeping."

"I got my own room," Rachel suddenly interjected with a smile, "Anyone want to bunk?" She smirked while eyeing JJ in particular,

"No, no one is bunking with my sister," Brian sharply said while eyeing JJ as well,

"I wasn't! I'm taking the couch, man," JJ defensively replied,

"Well with Mindy and Kenny passed out in the wreck room, looks like their beds have opened spots," Rachel pointed out with a slightly annoyed sigh, glaring at Brian for a moment,

"Well, maybe we could shift around, so Eric and Zoey-" Kailyn started to say only for Anna to go wide-eyed,

"Zoey, you can share with me tonight! Eric, grab a couch!" Anna quickly shouted out, wanting to make sure Eric was sleeping with no one, whether that be Nicole, Zoey or Rachel,

"Sounds good!" Eric called back,

"Thanks, Anna, that's very sweet of you!" Zoey tacked on while standing up and walking over, "Um, do you think I could borrow some clothes or something though?" She lowly asked the blonde,

"Sure, my room's upstairs, first door on the right," Anna said with a small smile,

"Thanks," Zoey said once again before quickly leaving the room,

"There settled, let's just head to bed. I have a feeling this morning is going to be rough for a lot of you," Anna said while looking around at the others who mostly nodded in agreement.