[Open] When We Drink We Do It Right

[Kyle Jeremy Jergens]

Kyle brought the bottle of beer to his lips before he took another quick drink. Considering it was his idea to have a party, he felt pretty terrible that he had been a little late to it. Not to mention when Claire had found a speck of blood above his eyebrow from his latest hit, he had to come up with yet another excuse. But she always just stared at him before blinking and walking away. Maybe being around Shane gave her life weirder things to accept. Quick shirt change and grabbing a beer and he had finally found Anthony. Hell of a good roommate. Kyle looked over his shoulder, taking in who all was at the party before he spotted Carrie making her way over towards them. “ I think that’s my cue to leave,” he said before giving Anthony a quick fist bump. He smiled politely to Carrie as she made her way over, patting her on the arm as he made his way past her. Just in time, too, it seemed since Bailey had just walked in with that guy he’d seen on the posters for their new movie. “ Hey hun,” he said as he walked over to her, wrapping his arms around her shoulders as he gave her a quick hug. “ I’m glad you could make it,” he said genuinely before he looked over at the guy next to her. “ It’s nice to meet you man, Bailey’s been doing some talking about you..” he said as he trailed off quietly. Which was sort of why he wondered he was standing there with Bailey. Didn’t she hate this guy? Kyle smiled tightly before reaching to the side and grabbing a beer from one of the ice buckets and held it out to the guy. Well they were all here, might as well have a little bit of fun.

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[Carrie Anne Price]

Carrie lifted the red plastic cup to her lips slowly as Cody leaned down to whisper in her ear. The smile came across her lips slowly before she tilted the cup upwards to take a drink. “ Maybe later,” she said before placing a kiss on his cheek. “ I think I saw Shane here somewhere, why don’t you go say hello?” she questioned with a smile before standing on the tips of her toes to place a kiss against his lips quickly. Carrie pushed the hair from her face as she made a quick route to the kitchen, making another vodka coke before she tried to find her way towards Anthony. Which wouldn’t be too hard, he was probably with either Kyle, Stefan or Ethan. She smiled as she spotted Kyle, who apparently saw her making her way over and made his escape. “ I thought you might need a refill,” she said quietly, holding the cup up lazily by the rim. “ Come with me,” she said, lowering her hand to his before she pulled him towards the hallway and to his room. Once she went inside, she leaned over setting his drink on the dresser before she wrapped her arms around his neck, reaching up to shut the door behind him before pressing him against it and kissing him.

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[Ethan John Fox]

Ethan took a bottle of water out of the fridge before walking back towards the counter where he stood behind Natalia, leaning from behind her to place the bottle of water in front of her. Keeping his arms around her he leaned down to kiss the side of her cheek as he quickly put together a drink from himself. After he was finished he stood up straight, letting his left arm dangle around her shoulders before he took a long drink. Anthony was around here somewhere. Probably doing something stupid. “ Hey mate,” he shouted over to Stefan as him and Hillary walked into the kitchen. “ I feel like Talia and I should be holding up cameras and taking your pictures. You beautiful pieces of shit, get over here,” he said before taking a small step away from Talia. “ Hey sweetheart,” he said to Hillary, giving her a loose hug, patting his hand on her lower back before he leaned over to give Stefan a quick pat on the back. “ We got out save the date,” Ethan said, placing his arm around Talia’s shoulders again. Ethan looked at Stefan, lifting his eyebrows with an almost scared smile. “ Holy fuckin shit mate, listen to what we’re talking about,” he said before giving a short laugh and lifting the cup to his lips for another drink.

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[Hillary Rachelle Jones]

The last party Hillary had gone too she had made a complete fool of herself. It wasn’t like she let her hair down often. School had gotten to her, tequila tasted good, and all the sudden she was singing ‘Sexy and I Know It’ during karaoke. But tonight? Back to quiet Hillary. Everyone else was so outgoing, it always made her feel even more reserved. Hillary kept her hand tightened around Stefan’s, leaning into his side as they walked through the crowd, letting him say hello to everyone he knew. She smiled politely, waved, though stayed quiet. How many homework assignments was she skipping right now to be out doing this? Hillary reached up, placing her hair behind her ear as Stefan led her into the kitchen where they were quickly greeted by Ethan, who seemed to be a few drinks in already. “ Oh,” Hillary said as Ethan hugged her quickly before offering him a smile. She probably seemed nervous even around their friends. “ Hi Talia,” she said quietly before she dropped her hands in front of herself, looking at the three of them as they talked amongst themselves.

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[Anthony Marcus Owen]

Anthony took another sip from his cup as he laughed along with Kyle about some joke he had made. Parties were their thing, but they all hadn’t been to one since Dalton’s Halloween party, what was happening? Kyle had the great idea of throwing one, so here it was at their place, but he was late. Luckily Anthony was the way he was. He didn’t mind starting it off, and he had done a pretty damn good job at it. Anthony caught a glimpse of Carrie as she was walking towards him and he winked at her. God she was gorgeous. “Aight bro.” he gave Kyle a fist bump and excused himself from the people he was with. Anthony took Carrie’s hand and followed her down the hallway and into his room. Before the door was even closed all the way, he had his hands on her hips, pulling her closer to him. He broke the kiss just to get out a few words, “I can’t wait until we don’t have to hide anymore.” Anthony spun both of them around, now pressing Carrie up against the door. He kissed her once again, letting his hands rub up and down her sides slowly.

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[Noah Rylan Renner]

Noah brought the back of his knuckle up to his eyebrow, scratching it habitually before he lowered his hands against the counter and drummed them quickly. It wasn’t really like Noah to have a girlfriend; and Kristen wasn’t exactly pushing for it. But he had spent a lot more time with her than a lot of girls as of late. He smiled as he thought of her earlier, laying on his floor with the oversized earphones covering the entirety of her head as she listened to some of his old Clash albums. Noah took in a deep breath, puffing out his cheeks as he looked up at the large group of people that seemed to enter the kitchen. Time to make the drinks and head out. Noah took out two cups, making two strongly mixed drinks – though he did his best to make Kristen’s a little girlier before he headed back out to the living room to look for her with her drink in hand.

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[Natalia Anne Richmond]

Natalia smiled as Ethan brought her over a bottle of water, “Thanks babe.” Maybe one day she’d join the drinking crowd, but right now she didn’t want to. She saw what alcohol did to people, it made them stupid and the hangovers after? There were too many stories she heard about them. Why did people put themselves through that just for a few hours of ’fun’ for the night. You could have fun without drinking. At least she could. Natalia turned as Stefan and Hillary came strolling in. Talia smiled at what Ethan said, those were a gorgeous looking couple. Their babies will very attractive someday. “I really can’t wait for y’all wedding.” she said as she continued the hugs and then took her place right back next to Ethan’s side again, putting her arm around his back. "Funny, huh? Didn't think you guys would ever be in this position did you?" she asked with a laugh. Talia looked over at Hillary, she seemed off tonight, definitely different than the last party. “Hey, is everything okay?”

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[Claire Jayne Madden]

Claire looked in the mirror, adjusting her hair before she looked over at Shane. “Love you,” she said, taking hold of his chin with one hand before she stood on her toes to give him another kiss. Claire left her jacket on the bathroom counter, figuring she would come back for it later before she stepped out of the bathroom, doing her best to adjust her skirt at her hips before she turned down the hall and headed to the kitchen. “ What’s up party bitches,” she said as she found everyone in their group, aside from Anthony and whoever he was hooking up with that week, in the kitchen. She looked between Ethan and Stefan as they talked about getting married. “ That’s so 2012,” she said sarcastically with a dry tone before she reached over, taking Stefan’s cup from him before she took a drink. “ Hm,” she said, giving a small nod of approval at the drink mixture. “ Yo, Claire” she heard someone call out before looking over her shoulder. “ Cody, hey,” she said with a small smile before she turned to her group, giving a small wave before she escaped away with Stefan’s drink. “Hey hun, how’ve you been?” she asked as she gave him a hug. “ Pretty good. Shane here?” he asked and Claire gave a nod, looking around at everyone around. “ Somewhere…” she trailed off before giving a lethargic shrug of her shoulders.

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[Faith Olivia Drake]

“You better not ditch me.” Faith said as her and Kristen made their way through the apartment. “Sometimes I hate feeling like the third wheel. It’s like I’m that awkward forever single friend that’s always with her best friend’s and their boyfriends.” she scoffed. “You’re not single though.” “I know that. I’m happily engaged,” she said as she picked up her left hand and looked at the ring, “It’s just how that seems because that’s how it is.” “Not true, Shayla doesn’t have a boyfriend.” Faith stopped in her tracks and just stared at Kristen, “Shayla? Seriously? That’s your example. Shayla bats for both teams, she doesn’t count.” Faith rolled her eyes and Kristen laughed. It really did suck not having Justin around to spend time with, but she understood why he couldn’t be here. She knew what she was getting into when she started. Faith loved him and nothing would ever change that. He’d be back in New York soon enough. Faith looked up to see Noah making his way towards them, with two cups. “I guess I should go get my own drink..” she said as she walked away from Kristen and into the kitchen, waving behind her as Kristen called out to her.

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[Cody Jensen Cavanaugh]

Cody watched as Carrie disappeared, saying something about how she had spotted Shane. Meaning Claire was here too. “ Yeah,” he said absentmindedly, looking over his shoulder. He spotted Claire making her way into the kitchen with slightly disheveled hair. Cody narrowed his eyebrows slightly as he watched her move through the crowd before he moved into action. “ Yo, Claire!” he called out , moving towards her as she gave a departure to her friends and made her way over to him. Cody smiled as he watched her. She’d changed a lot in the past year. Clearly being with Shane had done that to hear, made her more confident it seemed. It worked. “ Is Shane around?” he asked with a lift of his eyebrow. It was sort of weird how they operated. Either down each others’ throats or completely clueless to where the other was. “ Somewhere..” she dragged off. Cody opened his mouth to tell her she looked nice before he was interrupted. “ Cody ?Hi I’m Bailey.. We need to talk,” someone said with determination in their voice before he looked over. Oh right. Anthony’s ex. “ Sure..” he said hesitantly, watching as Claire waved to both of them before walking away. “ What’s up?” Cody asked as he placed his hands in his front pockets and looked over at Bailey.

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[Kristen Renee Thomas]

“Now who’s ditching who?” Kristen said with a smile as she watched Faith walk into the kitchen. “Hey, thanks.” Kristen said as she took the cup from Noah. “What is it?” she asked as she smelled it and then took a sip. Whatever it was, it was good. She could taste the alcohol though, definitely a strong one. Things were weird lately. She spent a lot of time with Noah and not as much time with Elijah. He had to know something was wrong. Kristen just didn’t know what was going on with her right now. Elijah was the love of her life, but why was Noah always on her mind? How could he make her feel happier than Elijah did? “So I’m going to need you to let me borrow some of those albums you let me listen to. Need some new music on my iPOD.” she said with a smile as she brought the cup up to her lips to take another sip.

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[Destiny Anne Drake]

Destiny reached up, gathering her hair off of her neck and putting it into a slick ponytail before she crossed her arms as she looked around. Parties used to be complete socializing, flirting her way through just about every male specimen under the roof. But Vinny was here. And it wasn’t that she felt like she couldn’t be herself.. It’s just that other guys in comparison just seemed…mediocre. She smiled as she watched him across the room. He’d been so infuriating when they first met, insisting that she was worth more than she actually was. Destiny smiled as she saw Faith come in. “ Hey kid,” she said happily, taking her hand and pulling her into the kitchen. “ You look thirsty,” she said, placing her cheek against Faith’s shoulder as they went in. “ I know what you want,” Destiny said, going over to the ingredients as she started to put everything together to make Faith a ‘princess’ cocktail that she’d mastered over the years. Pink, delicious and girly. Destiny took a sip of it to test it herself before she handed it out. It was strange, knowing who she was going home with already. Destiny cleared her throat uncomfortably as she looked around before looking at Faith. “ So what do people fucking do at parties when they’re already dating someone? Like… what’s the fucking point?” she asked with a bewildered expression as she watched her sister, looking towards the entrance of the kitchen just to check if Vinny was sauntering through the apartment.

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[Bailey Grace Prestley]

“ Just put on a smile, and deal with it.” Bailey said under her breath through gritted teeth as she looked over at Liam. “ Relax, the moment the movie is in the theaters, you and I no longer have to pretend to tolerate each other.” she said before she looked straight ahead. “ Your cologne is overwhelming, you look out of place, and you’re face looks li- heeyy!”Bailey said with a bright smile as Kyle greeted them. “ Kyle this is Liam, Liam this is Kyle,” she said, introducing them before Kyle offered a beer out to Liam. “ You know what.. you guys catch up. I gotta go grab Cody.” she said, placing her hand on Liam’s arm. “ You good hun?” she asked sweetly with a smile on her lips before she stood on her toes to kiss his cheek and made her way away from them. She waited until Claire left before she smiled at Cody. “ There’s something you should know about your girlfriend,” Bailey started off. It wasn’t that she wanted to throw Anthony under the bus. No one was honest with her. Bailey was an honest person – blunt, to the point. It had caused a few problems with Gabe and Zoe. She took in a deep breath as she watched Cody tense, “ Anthony and Carrie have been hooking up for a while now,.. it’s a thing. He and I ended up breaking up over it,” she said as she watched him. But she didn’t expect him to turn and move instantly. “ CODY!” she yelled out uselessly as he went on a one man mission to find her.

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[Liam Edward Bradford]

Liam walked in with Bailey, sure as hell not understanding why he was at this college party with a bunch of kids. Okay he wasn't that old... but he felt old. He felt like an tired 80 year old man who'd had a long tiresome life. Not 80. Just been through a war and back. Liam looked straight ahead, smiling blandly as Bailey said they could stop pretending soon enough, "Oh, I look forward to it." He wasn't even sure what irked him about Bailey, probably just the fact that she was always purposely trying to irk him. They'd gotten off to a bad start, who even knows how things could have been had then gotten off better at the beginning. Liam looked around at the number of people and took a deep breath. They're just kids, he reminded himself. But it didn't help much. Didn't change the fact that there were too many people to mentally keep track of, too much going on to keep tabs. His ever growing anxiety was already plaguing him as always in situations with large crowds where eh didn't have control over anything. He even mentally lectured himself for looking around at escape routes. He was always looking for a way out. not that it mattered. the one time he needed to get out safely, he'd failed someone important to him. Nothing was going to change that.

Liam's thoughts were interrupted by a guy named Kyle who handed him a beer, "Oh, thank you, nice to meet you as well." Liam responded as Bailey kissed his cheek and asked if he was 'good'. "Better now, thank you," he said flatly as she walked away. He was sure Bailey had said some lovely things about him. "So, Kyle," Liam started off, not really up for having social hour, but he was at a party and it wouldn't kill him to be a normal civilian for once in his life, "This your party?"

[Stefan Michael Thomas]

Stefan laughed when Ethan said him and Talia should be taking pictures of them, “We are pretty gorgeous, aren’t we?” he asked as he lightly nudged Hillary to try to get her more comfortable. Ever since the Halloween party, she has been so closed off and quiet when they’re around people. When they’re alone though, she has nothing to hold back. He wanted her to be able to feel comfortable enough to be like that around other people as well, but he wasn’t going to push her. “I know. Ethan, Anthony and I always said we were never getting married. Ethan and I are engaged to two beautiful women and I wouldn’t change it for anything in the world.” he kissed Hillary’s head. Just then Claire said getting married was so 2012 and Stefan laughed, “Yeah way to keep us in the dark, jerk. Hurt my feelings.“ he said as he wiped away fake tears. Stefan put his arm back around Hillary’s shoulders and then looked down at her, “Babe do you want something to drink?” Whatever she wanted, she’d have.

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