I decide to wear something formal so l'm currently wearing a grey shirt with a Misfits sweater and dark grey skinny jeans. Even if it was a dressy party, l don't own any of those kinda clothes. It’s already 6:45 so I start to head out, I got thinking. Who has a party on a Monday? I walk towards the direction of Pete’s house when I see someone walking across the street towards me, I recognize that hair anywhere. It’s Ray.

"Hey!" He shouted and l smiled and waved. We were not too far from the party, but at least Ray would keep me company.

“I was just walking towards your house. So you ready for the night?” He asks walking next to me.

“Umm…I guess so, I've never been to a party and everyone is going to be talking to one another while I’ll probably be sitting down alone. I've never even had a drink before, What if they think I’m some loser?”

"Hey, don't worry about the party. Everyone that you met really likes you and won't leave you out. Just relax! It's a party! You don't have to drink or anything; l'm not.'' Ray soothes and l let go of my nerves.

“Cool you listen to The Misfits too?” He points to my sweater. I grin because whenever someone mentions music I like, I just really excited

“Yes, I love them so much” I respond staring at my sweater design.

“I love them too; I’m actually learning one of the guitar parts to their songs.”

“That’s cool, I’ve always wanted to play guitar but I never got around to it” I shrug my shoulders. We walk for a couple moments before Ray turns to me.

“I could teach you…I mean if you want?” He asks.

“Sure, that sounds like fun” I smile at him and he grins back.

We enter the front door of Pete's house and a few people are already here. I see Oli, Mikey, Gerard, and Frank in a circle talking to each other while a few unrecognizable people are scattered around the place. Luckily it looks like I was dressed perfectly. Ray and l head over to our group of friends and they all tease him by calling him Fro Fro. We all giggle, Mikey having a slight smile on his face.

“Hey glad you made it Christa” Oli says. I smile at him, He’s glad I’m here? Well that’s a first in my life.

“Thanks, so what are you guys talking about?” I ask trying to join the conversation.

“We were actually talking about Brendon, He said he will be here tonight and you can meet him” Oli replies.

“I thought Brendon was out sick?” Ray questioned.

“That’s what we thought, but this is Brendon were talking about. We all know he would do something like this.”

Ray shakes his head and rolls his eyes. I take a look around and more people have shown up, the living room is crowded and at that moment music started playing. Great it was techno music. I roll my eyes, nice choice Pete.

“I’ll be right back” Mikey says, we all nod and he walks off a different direction. Gerard turns to me, “So this is your first party?” I nod at him.

“How do you like it so far?” Frank asks.

“It’s actually pretty good so far, I’m here with you guys so that makes it better” I reply, they all grin at me. I mean it is actually really better having them here. For some reason I don’t feel so nervous when their around; Not like I was last year.

Suddenly, a hand grasps my shoulder and l flinch. It's Jack and Alex is clutching onto him while rubbing Jack's thigh.

"Sorry we’re late, Alex was being slow. Hey Christa you made it!" Jack exclaims. I feel wanted and important. Like, these guys actually remembered my name and are excited to have me here. I'm about to reply but some guy stumbles onto me, spilling his beer all over me and l gasp.

"Sssorry..." He mumbles before drunkenly walking away whilst tripping on his own feet.

"Fuck! Are you alright?!" Ray loudly questions, l stare up at him and slowly nod.

"Where's the restroom so I can go clean up?" I ask.

Ray points to a closed door at the end of the hall and I quickly walk over there. I probably should have seen this coming. Teens with beer, not a good match. I knock on the door but no one replies, I open it and maybe I should have knocked louder!

---

There against the wall was Pete furiously making out with somebody with dirty blonde hair. When their heads turn to see who was at the door it was...Mikey?

"Sorry, I should have knocked louder" I frantically say. I close the door and turned around ready to walk back out to the party...I stopped in my tracks and opened the door again.

"Pete! Aren't you dating Patrick?" Pete grabs me by the wrist and pulls me inside the small restroom closing the door.

"Shush, Just let me explain" Pete is looking at me, I glance at Mikey who is looking super embarrassed, he averts my gaze and stares at the floor. "I've been meaning to break if off with Patrick for a week now, It's your first day so i'll try to explain it as quick as I can." I nod gesturing him to continue .

"Me and Patrick have been dating for about two months now, The first month was awesome and all but now we just started to drift away, I Just don't have feelings for Patrick like I did before. I've been hanging with Mikey for the past 3 weeks and we've gotten closer and I have stronger feelings for Mikey. I didn't want to tell Patrick because I know he will get mad."

He stops right there so i'm guessing his story is done. I sigh thinking my next words.

"Well obviously you don't want me telling anyone" They both nod. "I won't, But you need to talk to Patrick soon okay?" Pete sighs and nods again. I turn to Mikey who is still looking at the ground "Mikey?" He quickly looks up, "Does Gerard know, You're really close with him?"

"No, I don't want him to know. He will probably get mad at me." I nod telling him I won't say anything. After a couple awkward silences they both leave the restroom unnoticed and I do what I originally planned to do, clean up the smell of beer that lingers on my jacket.

After i'm done I head back out to the group where their standing around talking. I have my jacket folded in my hands while my grey shirt luckily didn't get wet with it; Pete and Mikey are nowhere to be seen again.

"I didn't believe women took that long in the restroom till you showed up" Joked Gerard; I roll my eyes at him and look around, I see Oli talking to someone who's back is facing me.

"Who's that?" I ask Ray nodding my head towards the stranger.

"Oh, one sec" He taps on the strangers back and he turns around facing us smiling. He has dark brown hair that is styled with hair jell, "Brendon this is Christa, She was new to school today and she's all our friends now" Brandon smiles towards me and goes to hug me, I tense for a second but Ray nods saying it's okay. I relax and hug Brandon back.

"Sorry Christa, I like hugging" he says apologetically. I grin at him, "It's okay Brendon" He smiles.

I talk with the group for a couple minutes about music and how school sucks before two of my friends come stumbling over.

"WHOOO, LET'S PARTY!!" Shouts Jack who is obviously drunk, "C-calm down honey" Alex slurs. Jack leans close and grabs Alex's face and start making out with him.

"Go get a room you two!" Brendon jokes. They pull away and smile at each other.

"Okay" Jack replies. He grabs Alex's hand and lead him across the room; We all watch him as he pulls open a door, looks inside, and proceeds to push Alex in closing the door behind him.

"Well Pete is going to be pissed if he walks in there, That's his bedroom" We all start laughing at the drunk actions of Jack and Alex. At that moment Mikey comes walking back to the group.

"Hey bro, Where have you been, You missed the fun" Gerard asks while smiling

"Oh I've just been walking around, talking to people"

Mikey looks me in the eye and I give back a 'I won't tell' look. We all carry on talking when of course the host comes around to greet his party guests

"Hey you guys" Pete calls, We all give a 'hey' back. "Have any of you seen Patrick?" We all shake our heads, He looks at me the way Mikey did and I give him the same look. Pete takes out his phone and looks at it, I guess checking for any messages. Frank leans in.

"You guys want to see something hilarious?" We nod eagerly. "Hey Pete, Jack and Alex are having sex in your bedroom" Frank blurts out.

Pete's head snaps up "What! I'm going to kill them" He rushes to his bedroom and we all stare at him. He slams open the door and stops "BARAKAT, GET THE FUCK OUT OF MY ROOM AND PUT ON SOME FUCKING PANTS. YOU TOO GASKARTH"

We all start laughing uncontrollably, I swear this is the most fun I've had in months and this is only my first day. I can't wait for the rest of the school year.
Jack comes stumbling out of Pete's room shirtless, his pants luckily on. After him comes Alex with the same attire. We are still laughing as Jack comes over and places his hand on my shoulder balancing himself.

"I see someone is having fun" He looks at me, I giggle and nod.

"I think you had fun too" I joke,

"A lot of fun" He winks and I roll my eyes playfully. "Well, I have to say Christa that you have officially joined our gang...Lets see who we have?" He starts going down a list of nicknames.

"We have Mr. Sassy Pants"
"Thank you" Gerard says.

"Shorty"
"Hey" Frank objects.

"Poker Face"
Mikey says nothing.

"British guy"
"And the best" Oli says

"Mr. Hugs to much"
"I can't help it" Brendon jokes

"That asshole"
He points to Pete who is against the wall on his phone.

"Mr. Nice Guy...Wherever Patrick is?"

"My awesome boyfriend"
Alex grins and blushes.

"Your truly"
He points to himself.

"Last but not least, Fro Fro...Stick with him, He's innocent and won't get you in trouble"
I look towards Ray who is smiling at me, I smile back. It seems like I can trust everyone here. Since Ray is in all my classes i'll have someone to talk to every period.

"Welcome to the gang" Jack finishes, Everyone cheers. It feels refreshing, I'm finally accepted somewhere; I'm not that weird girl who has no friends and no life. That girl who doesn't know anything about her future or what will come her way. I grin at everyone while their clapping dies down.

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"Oh Shit, I have to get home" Looking at my watch it's already 10:30 Pm, Not that my parents would care but I still had a bunch of homework to do.

"Did you want me to walk you back?" Ray questions, I look up at him.

"You don't have to, You're having fun here" I respond

"Well if you looked around, This place is dying" I take a look and he was right, about 85% of the people were gone. There was a couple drunk people making out in the corner, a person passed out on the couch and the occasional murmurs from what was left of the gang. Frank, Gerard, Mikey, Jack, Alex, and Brendon all went home. Ray said he came with Oli.

"Okay, If you want" I say, He smiles and we began walking to the door. "Bye Oli, See you tomorrow"

"See ya Christa" He calls back smiling.

We began walking down the street to my house; It is silent, but it's a relaxing silence. About half way there we strike up a conversation about music and our favorite bands, We actually like a lot of the same one's. Then when were about 20 feet way from my door I remembered something.

I smack my hand against my forehead "Shit, I forgot my jacket"

Ray chuckles "When I get back, I'll get it and wash it. That thing must reek of beer" I nod and giggle.

"Thank's Ray"
"Anytime Christa" I think I blush. Shit, I hope he doesn't notice.

We are now at my door and I pull out my house key ready to go inside

"Thanks for walking me Ray, I had a real nice time at the party"

"No problem...I guess I'll see you tomorrow then?"

"Yep, I totally forgot about my homework" I giggle and Ray smiles

"Me too, Okay see you then. Goodnight Christa"

"Goodnight Fro Fro, Be careful on the walk back" Ray laughs at the name.

"We need to get a nickname for you" He says, I roll my eyes and open my door, I slowly walk in and close it behind me. I wait until I hear footsteps retreating down the porch until I let out a sigh.

I walk in the living room where my parents are sitting,
"I'm home"

They look at me and turn back to there, oh so important show.
I didn't tell them I was leaving, I didn't leave a note or text message. Like I said, Just disappeared. I let out a huge groan of frustration and head to my room. Screw it, I don't feel like doing homework after the best day ever. I get in my PJ's and lay down; I think over the day. it was my first day of school and I joined a 'gang'. I giggled to myself, A gang of weirdos...Just like me.

I close my eyes and hope tomorrow will be just as good.

Notes

Pretty long but most of it is just dialogue. :/

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