Well I hope that you do the same, aww sugar...

Suddenly his brother smiled. She handed the plastic bag with her stuff.

-Well, I came to give you the things you forgot AAAAAANDDD I have an art gallery at the tattoo shop this Friday, someone will pick you up if you wanna go.

Max was a tattoo artist an awesome one actually, He was the owner a famous tattoo shop in SoHo and since a lot of people loved his artwork, he would do occasional art galleries and he knew how much Alice enjoyed them, they were always full of interesting art and people.

-Of course I'll go!- beamed, Alice.

-Excellent! I'll tell Kyle to pick you up at 5, How's that?

-Can't wait!

Alice almost counted the minutes until Friday came. On Thursday night when they were about to sleep Dallas spoke to everyone.

-So giiiirls, as you already know tomorrow is my birthday party.- Oh shit, Alice had forgot about that. Dallas did a birthday party at the school's high terrace almost every year. She had send the invitations 1 month ago, so they could all go. This year they were the older ones, so they had permission to stay until really late and Dallas made sure that they invited the typical oh-I'm so-young-and-cool teacher in the school (Mr. Craig) as a chaperon, so they could also sneak alcohol. It was going to be crazy.
They spent an hour talking about the details and getting excited, Alice had to tell Dallas that she was going to her brother's gallery and that she wasn't going to be able to go, but she had a better idea.

-Dallas, can I talk to you for a sec in the bathroom?- asked Alice

-Sure!

They went in the bathroom and Alice negotiate with Dallas.

-Okay, okay fine! you can arrive late. But not too late, okay? we need you there, girlie! specially Linda, remember she just broke up with her boyfriend!- said Dallas with a hand on her waist looking sassy.

-I know... I'll be there I promise...you're the greatest, Dallas!





So Friday afternoon finally arrived and everyone was at the dorms getting ready for Dallas's party. Alice tried to dress as casual and original as she could, she brushed her hair down and applied a pretty purple lipstick.

Her cellphone rang, it was time to go. She said goodbye to everyone and promise again to Dallas that she was not going to return late.

She went out of her dorm and started walking towards the elevator. She saw Gerard passing by and turned the other way, she could almost feel his eyes staring at her back when the elevator door opened and revealed Kyle.

-Hey! ready to go? You look fabulous!

-Thank you!- said Alice blushing

She entered the elevator and turn around only to see Gerard open-mouthed looking at them, if he only knew that Kyle was gay... haha!
Alice took the opportunity and smirked at him before the door closed. The poor bastard now thought she was sleeping with two guys. She was enjoying this after all.

It was already dark although it was just 6pm, the trendy lights from SoHo greeted her, the cold Autumn breeze filled her lungs and freshed her face when she opened the car window.

Her brother's presentation was a complete success the art pieces where beautiful and she felt so proud when everyone started clapping after Max finished explaining his inspiration.

Alice went to every single one of the paintings, photos and drawings on the wall, that portrayed her brother's art. She smiled as everyone was already making a long line to get a tattoo from the new collection. Alice grabbed a martini from one of the waiters and started sipping it. It was delicious she was sure going to have a couple of this.

3 hours had passed and Alice finally called Kyle so he could take her to the school again.

-Sure darling! just let me get my keys... I'll be right back, baby- He said now to his boyfriend before pecking him on the lips.

When she arrived it was just 10 pm and the place was insanely crowded and already smelled like cigarettes and alcohol although they were in the terrace. The guys were getting stubborn and the girls were getting easier. She was trying to find her friends and every other guy would try to place his hands on her. She was freaking out and was already giving up and finding her friends when suddenly a familiar voice called her.

-Alice, Alice!- Linda called, she was sitting with more people in a circle. there was a bottle in the middle.- come play with us!.- She could tell she was already drunk, after all the breakup with her boyfriend had really affected her.

-It's your turn to kiss Jared, Linda!.- some dumb girl said

And Linda kissed Jared. Dallas and Camille dragged her to the circle and seated her, she was not happy, she hated that game... why didn't everybody just started making out with each other and stopped the nonsense.

Linda spin the bottle and it was the turn of Dallas and Chaz to kiss, the pig's cousin, he didn't even attend to that school. Anyways everyone gasped because they knew Dallas had a thing for him. They kissed. At this point Alice was just trying to convince at least one of her friends to get out of there with her. but it wasn't working.

Dallas spin the bottle away and it pointed again to her, but the other end was pointing now at her worst nightmare: Sterling.

-I'm sorry, girl! You know the rules.- said Camille, teasing Dallas.

-Alice is right, this game is stupid.- she said before getting up to kiss Sterling.
Suddenly Sterling's girlfriend appeared and took him away shouting at him.

-Not an ounce of manners.- said Maddy getting out of nowhere.

-Are you playing bottle?.- said Gerard getting out of nowhere too, of course if Maddy was close it meant that she was close too. She stalked him all the time.- isn't that a little childish, cousin?- He said to Chaz.

-If you don't wanna play then leave... but you're missing a lot of fun here.- Chaz answered.

-I wanna spin the bottle.- said Maddy, of course, she wanted to kiss Gerard and any guy for that matter. Maddy spin the bottle and when it stopped and pointed to Alice on one end, she didn't have to look up to the other end to know why everyone gasped.

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