[COMPLICATED] Welcome to my house party

[Cody Jensen Cavanaugh]

Cody ran his fingers tiredly over his eyes as he maneuvered his way through the crowd in the living room. ‘ Cody!!” he heard the familiar voice call out and turned to see Madeline dragging Rosie with her. ‘ Hey hun’ she said, wrapping her arms around Cody in a hug. She reserved ‘sweetheart’ for Ryan. “ Hey babe” he said, hugging her tightly before he turned and wrapped his arms around Rosie. ‘ You look tired.. how’s the move?’ Madeline asked but Cody just shook his head, “ No it’s… I’ve just been in the studio. Working on a song with Joel and Logan was letting me use his studio to record the vocals . Joels’ going to be doing his part on the road I guess,” he said, shrugging his shoulder. ‘ Oh cool..’ Madeline said before she looked over at Ethan and then back Cody, ‘ Is Tyson coming?”. Cody gave a nod, placing his hands in his front pocket. “ Yeah we were going to ride here together, but he’s doing some finishing touches on his album” he said, tossing a smile in Rosie’s direction. “ I’m going to grab a drink guys, I’ll see you around,” he said, placing a kiss on each of their cheeks before he made his way to the kitchen. Normally he wasn’t a house party type of guy, but he was starting over. New York. Working on new music. Single. Why not change things up a bit? Besides might as well start somewhere, and he heard Renner’s bonfires were pretty legendary. Cody gave a slight wave to Hillary before yelling over at Stefan as he made his way to the kitchen, “ Kick ass house, bro” he said, giving him a nod of approval as he made his way towards the alcohol.

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[Destiny Anne Drake]

Destiny adjusted her skirt against her legs and then focused on her tank top before she flipped her hair over her shoulder and looked up in the kitchen. “ Hi Faithy,” she said with a slight hint of boredom. “ Where’s the boyfriend?” she teased as she lifted her eyebrow playfully at her. “Honestly I don’t know how you do it.. dating ONE guy..Faith.. that’s the same guy.. every date..” she said, putting her hand out on Faith’s arm and spoke to her with a tone of concern, “ … Life doesn’t have to be that way,” she said with a solemn nod. “ You’re hot. Hot girls get life differently. It’s just a law of nature” she said, jerking her hand back towards Anthony. “ Take this guy for instance. You think either of us would actually want to go out on a DATE? Have a meal together? No. He’s great for a time in the sack, then you beat it. Same with Ethan.. I mean come on.. you went on a date with Ethan. What the eff is that? And Stefan is… well Stefan is the best in bed probably, but that’s beside the point. It doesn’t mean you want to get warm and fuzzy…”feelings” for people.. That’s just gross,” she said before she looked at Anthony. “ No offense, we’re cool. Do your thing homie” she said, giving him a quick fist bump before she took the drink out of his hand. “ Thanks babe,” she said, tossing him a wink before she made her way out of the kitchen and towards the living room. It was nice to be able to come out to a party and relax. She’d spent the entire day with Hope, able to get a mani and a pedi. Tearing her from her studies hadn’t been too terribly difficult. Seriously school was not that hard. Make sure all of your professors were male, sit in the front row and lean forward a lot. Or drop your things and turn around before you pick them up. Voi la. Straight A’s. Destiny ran her hand through her hair and took a sip of her drink as she maneuvered her way through the people in the living room.

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[Ethan John Fox]

Ethan twirled Hillary around, though she was pretty careful to not move to much. “ Hillary why would you wear a dress if you can’t dance in it?” he asked, shaking his head at her. ‘ Cause it looks good.. what do boys learn in school?” she asked before rolling her eyes playfully at him. He turned when Cody was talking to people around them. “ Oh hey man,” he said, giving him a loose hug where he patted him on the back. Poor dude. Getting dumped on national television. Not like he had it hard though.. people described his voice like vocal sex. Pretty much like they described Ryan O’Neil’s voice a lot too actually. He looked over at Natalia as she handed Hillary a drink and nodded. “ Yeah,” he said shortly. He could elaborate ‘ great party, good to see people, blah blah blah’. Nope. Short and sweet. “ Excuse me,” he said, moving away from everyone. He looked out of the corner of his eye, looking for Leila to see how she had busied herself, but she was in the corner talking to a few girls. She probably knew them from either school or.. maybe they were in the business, he wasn’t sure. Didn’t care. Ethan looked back over the crowd, not hard considering how tall he was and landed his eyes on Madeline and Rosie. Something was up with her. Ethan looked back over them. Natalia. Rosie. Leila. He turned and walked out of the living room, making his way upstairs just so he could get some fresh air, he made a slight face as he passed Kristen. “ Good god Kristen, put some clothes on,” he said, pulling his own shirt of and shoving it over her shoulders before he made his way upstairs to just get his thoughts in a group.

[Elijah James Hunt]

Elijah walked up the sidewalk, watching people just going in and out the front door. Clearly you didn’t have to necessarily knock. It felt weird.. coming to Stefan and Hillary’s house warming party. Not because he didn’t like them, he thought they were great. But him and Kristen were still hiding the fact that they were seeing each other and he was fairly confident Stefan could and would kick his ass. He walked inside, spotting Hillary first before he lifted the bag into the air. “ Happy housewarming,” he said with a grin, leaning down to kiss her cheek and give her a quick hug. “ Big step,” he said before making a ‘yikes’ face but just smiled at her as she nodded happily. ‘ I’m so glad you’re here. That girl from my class is here and I want you two to meet,”. Elijah blinked before taking a slight step back. “ Awesome. Couldn’t think of anything better,” he said before placing on a fake smile. “ I just need to make a quick phone call,” he said before looking past Hillary and giving a wave to Stefan.

Elijah had just left a meeting for work so he felt a bit over dressed before he spotted Kristen. Who was wearing a mens shirt awkwardly over her outfit as a shirtless Ethan was making his way upstairs. He let a small chuckle escape his lips as he looked at her. “ That’s an interesting choice of outfit…” he said as he looked down at her. At least she hadn’t covered her legs. That was his favorite part of her anyways. He placed his hands in his front pockets before he looked around. At least he could stand close to her to talk to her without drawing suspicion. The music was loud, if people were going to talk to one another they had to be close to do it. “ I sort of feel like we’re in uncharted territory here..” he said , trying to whisper to her so people couldn’t hear them but loud enough that she could. He made an awkward face, unsure of what they should do. They’d always been at his place. Or school. They’d never actually been at a party together before. Well, at the same party. It wasn’t like they could be there ‘together’.

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[Hillary Rachelle Jones]

Hillary hugged everyone happily. Who would have thought this many friends would show up just because her and Stefan were moving in together? Insane, right? She hugged them each tightly, just as happy to see each person as she was the next. “ Oh my gosh you guys seriously didn’t have to get us gifts,” she said, slightly overwhelmed at how generous everyone was. But she was most excited to see Elijah. Okay, so she was trying to be a matchmaker for a few people. Anthony needed someone and she hadn’t figured that out yet. Honestly she thought Anabelle and Dalton were some sort of Barbie and Ken collection dolls and she had the perfect girl for Elijah. Tonight was just as much about matchmaking as it was about kicking back and having fun. “ Thank you!!” she said out happily to Natalia as she took the drink from her. “ That’s okay,” she said, waving off the fact that he hadn’t said what it was. She took a drink and nodded. Yup. Something strong. Good boy, Anthony. Hillary tossed it back quickly. Screw it, everyone else was going to drink and have fun. With that she narrowed her eyes and scanned the crowd for Stefan who was only a few feet away from her. Ethan was gone so she no longer had anyone to dance with. She smiled as she curled her finger towards herself, gesturing for him to come dance with her. How lucky was she. Hot boyfriend. Beautiful home. Tons of friends coming to celebrate with them. You didn’t get much luckier than that.

[Mason Alexander Sutton]

Mason came into the party, looking around at everyone that was already drinking and dancing. Any excuse for a party, right? He took a drink as a girl who looked like she had already had one too many passed by him and yelled at him to start drinking. “ Sure,” he said, looking down at the red plastic cup and gave it a quick whiff. Safe enough. He took a drink making his way into the crowd. There were presents. Well shit. “ Dude I’m sorry I didn’t know gifts were a thing…” he said apologetically to Stefan, “ This house is borderline perfect though,” he said, giving him a quick pat on the back. Mason had gotten to know most of them due to the fact that he knew Anthony, and had tried to …’court’ Claire a time or two. Who would’ve guessed she would pick Shane Madden. Mason finished his drink before he made his way into the kitchen, watching as a girl walked away from Anthony before he gave him a head nod. “ What’s up man?” he asked, slapping his own hand against Anthony’s before he leaned in to give him a quick pat on the back. “ Who was that? Target for the night?” he chuckled before he went back to watching her walk out of the kitchen and towards the living room to dance probably. One thing he knew about the group of guys for certain was that Stefan, Ethan and Anthony had always been the ones to never settle down. Here Stefan was moving in with his girlfriend. Surely Ethan and Anthony weren’t on their way too changing too.

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[Roxy Jade D'Amato]

Roxy took her arm out from being looped through Giulia’s and made her way over to Hillary. “Hey gorgeous” she said, giving her a hug and a quick kiss on both cheeks. “ This place is phenomenal.. thank you so much for inviting me. I hope it’s okay I brought a friend,” she said, in all honesty, Giulia might even know them, she had no idea. ‘ The more the merrier!” Hillary said happily before hugging her tight. She talked to her for a few minutes before giving a wave to her and congratulating her on moving in with Stefan before she made her way back to Giulia. Destiny and Faith were both here. Maybe Hope would be later. She ran her hand over her arm before she looked at Giulia and smiled. “We only have to stay for a little bit.. but if you want to leave sooner that’s perfectly fine too,” she said before she bit the edge of her lip. Making appearances was important, at least that’s what she had learned so far from being an actress. Even if it was a house party. Connections were what got you places. Besides, look how happy Stefan and Hillary were. Who wouldn’t want to be around a happy couple like that? Her mind instantly went to Vinny. The worst relationship ever, they both sucked for each other. Which was why they were no longer seeing each other. Well.. not in that way. She took her phone out of her back pocket, already typing out a text to him and knew full well that it would make Giulia roll her eyes. “ I’m gonna go get us a drink,” she said , keeping her eyes on her phone as she turned on her heel and walked towards what appeared to be the kitchen. People were coming out of it with drinks in their hands anyways.

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[Tyson Jay Ritter]

Tyson grabbed the flower from his passenger seat before he came into the house quickly. He’d been friends with Hillary ever since Cody had introduced them. All of the angels were sort of just that, angels. Well except Anne. That bitch could rot in hell for what she did to his best friend. He walked into the house, looking around for one in particular. He just wanted to see her before he congratulated Hillary and Stefan. They probably had enough people coming up to them right now anyways, give em a breather. He smiled as he saw Rosie standing by Madeline. Those two… “ Hello ladies,” he said before coming up behind Rosie and wrapping his arms around her from behind, giving her a quick kiss on her neck before he walked in front of her. “ I’m sorry for being late,” he offered, holding the flower up to her. “ I kind of got lost in work,” he said, before taking a quick step to her and giving her a kiss. ‘ How’s the album coming?’ Madeline asked and Tyson moved away from Rosie, giving a nod. “ Really well actually. I need to set up a meeting with Logan to discuss tour options and things like that. I think he has a pretty good idea of what he wants us to do, so.. glad to hear it,” he said , wrapping his arm loosely around Rosie’s waist. He continued the small talk with Madeline before he leaned in to whisper to Rosie, “ You look stunning,” he said, kissing the side of her hair before he took a drink from Cody who was coming to join them. “ Hey man,” he said, giving him a small nod before he took a drink from his cup and then offered it to Rosie incase she wanted some.

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[Kristen Renee Thomas]

Kristen finished off the first drink Faith had given her and went back to Anthony to get another one. "I have no idea what was in it, I think she called it a pink panty dropper." Anthony laughed, "Well damn. Faith must want you to get wild." Kristen laughed. "I do not get wild. Just can you make something?" Anthony nodded "Of course." As Anthony made the drink Kristen looked around, trying to see if Elijah was there. Not yet. She sighed and then smiled when Anthony handed her the drink. She took a sip and smiled, "Tastes like juice." she knew those were that dangerous ones. "Thanks." she said as she walked into the Living room, passing Natalia. "Hey girl. I love those shorts." she said as she gave her a hug. "I'll catch up with you later." Kristen walked through the living room. Eventually making her way back to the front by the stairs. She stood there for a few moments before Ethan came by. She made a face and looked down at her shoulders when he put his shirt over her. "Really Ethan?" she said as he walked up the stairs. There was no way this was staying on. Just then she saw him, Elijah. She smiled as he came over to her. "I know, Ethan....nevermind." She put her glass down on the small table that was there and took the shirt off. Kristen picked her drink back up and hung Ethan's shirt over the railing. Kristen looked around as Elijah said they were in uncharted territory and then she looked back at him. "I know..I don't know what to do. I'm glad you're here though." she smiled and bit her and then looked around to make sure no one was looking. "You look very nice, by the way."

[Elijah James Hunt]

Elijah smiled as she started to explain it but then brushed it off. Ethan was good friends with her brother. It made sense, he would probably feel weird about seeing his siblings friends dressed like that too. Some sort of friend honor code or something. “ Oh,” he said, looking down at his outfit. “ I’m dressed like a dad at a party where everyone else looks like they walked off an MTV set” he said, giving a quiet laugh. “ I had a work meeting. We’re talking about the class trip and um.. they need teacher volunteers to go and .. watch over everyone next month. Apparently there were two teachers that dropped out due to a conflict in their schedules” he said before he looked down at the drink in her hand and gave a small tilt of his head. “ Let’s hope that no one takes a picture of me around a student with an alcoholic drink,” he said before he smiled down at her. Like that was the worst thing they’d ever done together. Still. His ass would be in big trouble. “ Hillary has someone here to meet me,” he said, lifting his eyebrow slightly as he looked over the crowd. “ I should…probably talk to her” he said, giving an uncertain look to Kristen.

[Audrey Nichole Fraitus]

Audrey quickly parked the car and shut if off. She grabbed the gift out of the passenger seat and rushed up to the house. She followed someone and smiled, "Thank you." she said when they closed the door behind her. She put the gift with the with the other ones and found Hillary and Stefan. "Gorgeous house, very gorgeous." her Brazilian accent very heavy. "I love it." She hugged Hillary and kissed both of her cheeks. "You look sexy momma." she took her hand and spun her in a slow circle to check our the dress. "I love it, so gorg." She hugged Stefan and gave him a kiss on the cheek. "I shall go mingle and leave you two." She smiled and then spotted Anthony in the kitchen. She smiled slyly to Hillary and then headed into the kitchen. He was talking to some guy, so she just slowly went up and stood next to him. She tapped on his shoulder, "Cant you see I'm f...Oh...uh..H--hi." Audrey smiled "I was just coming to say hello." She gave him a kiss on the cheek, "Carry on." Audrey saw Madeline and Rosie with Cody and Tyson, she decided to go over with people she actually knew. "Hey ladies." she said as she hugged Madeline and then Rosie. "You two look absolutely beautiful." She looked at the boys, "You guys don't look so bad yourself." she smiled and hugged Tyson and then Cody. "Good to see you." she said as she let go of him.

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[Stefan Michael Thomas]

There were so many people here. It was actually a little crazy, but Stefan liked it. They had all these great people to be here and celebrate with them. But it just meant a lot of people to get down on one knee in front of. He was positive Hillary would say yes, but there was still some doubt inside of him. He didn't want to made a fool of in front of all these people. Stefan finished off his 5th or maybe 6th beer and just relaxed his mind. No need to stress over it right now. He thanked everyone that complemented on the house and gave them gifts. He wasn't really expecting anything from people, but there were tons on the table. He kissed Hillary and watched as Audrey greeted Anthony, "She's so wrong for that." he said with a small laugh as he turned Hillary around so her back was against him. He moved his hips with the music and moved her hair to one side of her head. Stefan placed a few soft kisses on her neck and then whispered to her, "I love you..so much." he kissed her neck once more and continued to dance with her. Stefan looked around for Kristen and spotted her talking to Elijah. Not thinking anything of it, he smiled to her.

[Dalton James Fox]

Dalton wasn't going to be able to stay long, but he had to make an appearance. Stefan wasn't only a friend of Ethan's, he was a friend of Dalton's as well. Dalton, gift in hand, walked through the front door and over to the other gifts. He saw Stefan dancing with Hillary and decided he'd just catch up with him later. He just nodded his head to him and placed the gift down on the table. Dalton scanned the crowd and saw Kristen, he smiled and waved to her. My, my, my was she growing up. That's just one more "little sister" he had to look out for. Dalton made his way through the crowd, over to Anthony. "Hey Mate." he said as he patted him on the back and grabbed a cup. He filled it up at the keg. "Have you seen Ethan?" "He was down here. I don't know where he went." "Alright, thanks." Dalton decided to look for him.As he looked around, he saw Annabelle. Screw Ethan he thought. Ethan would understand. Dalton walked over to her and smiled. "Hi there." he hugged her lightly, not knowing if she'd be okay with it. "You look very nice tonight. Having fun?"

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[Rose Elliot Madison]

Rosie regrouped her thoughts and smoothed out her shirt. Nope, not caring. Not caring at all. Madeline asked her if she was okay, looking at her best friend, "Yeah, fine," she smiled. Her dad used to tell her her entire face lit up when she smiled as a kid, she needed it to be that convincing now. Rosie smiled at Madeline and laughed softly, "Right, I'll be needing one." Madeline went to get her a drink and Rosie looked around, there were actually a lot of people there, some of which she knew, some of which she didn't. Madeline came back and handed her a drink, and Rosie thanked her, laughing as she jokingly struck a few poses. Rosie looked back in the kitchen hearing people yelling about taking shots. Usually Rosie was all for getting shit faced but she'd take it slow today. It seemed like everyone was getting drunk, but she was totally into it today. At least Stefan had decided to put some music on, so that was always a plus. Rosie thought things felt normal a little bit, hanging out, dancing with Madeline, it'd been a while since they'd done that. Rosie could see that Natalia had shown up, coming over to herself and Madeline and hugging them, telling them they both looked great. Rosie smiled, confused, "Thank you... you look great too!" she said as Natalia walked away. Rosie looked at Madeline and shrugged, "I didn't know we were at that stage where hugging was acceptable. Madeline, I missed something." Rosie wasn't aware of ever really being close with Natalia, other then both having Ethan in their life, but hey as far as Rosie was concerned, hugs were hugs. She'd hug anybody who needed one. Just then Cody had walked in and greeted the pair of them with hugs. Madeline made small chit chat with him, asking about recording and whatnot and Cody added that Tyson had planned on coming. Well that was good, Rosie smiled at him before he went to get a drink, "Good to know." Ethan wasn't even with his date, but was dancing with Hillary which was fun. Rosie watched him leave the room and then finished her drink, finished with the whole caring thing. After all, Tyson was coming to the party which she was genuinely excited about.

Rosie felt someone behind her, saying hello and kissing her neck so she smiled, knowing it was Tyson, "Hi," she grinned when he came around in front of her and handed her the flower. She gasped, still smiling, tipping her head to the side, "That's okay, you didn't miss much unless you wanted a Jager bomb." She leaned up to kiss him, still holding the flower. Tyson was telling them about the tour they were planning, and about needing to have a meeting with Logan. it seemed like everyone was having meetings with Logan Renner these days, boy was a hot commodity. Rosie couldn't wipe the smile off her face when Tyson leaned down and kissed the side her hair, responding, "You look cute too," she grinned, leaning into him, but shook her head, "No thanks, I'm okay." Feeling like someone wanted you, and when someone went out of their way to make you feel special, she didn't want to be drunk. She was just going to enjoy being with Tyson.

[Giulia Rossella Ciaravino]

Giulia walked arm in arm with Roxy into the party, feeling like an outcast already. She didn't know anyone and if she were the talkative type that may not be a problem. But since she was a tad on the shy side quiet as a mouse, she had a difficult time 'fitting in' in social settings. She was just quiet. And shy. That was all. Nonna didn't call her 'topolina' for nothing. Giulia hadn't even been planning on doing anything tonight anyways, but when Roxy had invited her to a party and insisted she get out of the house, how could she say no? She couldn't, Roxy didn't give her a choice. Of course Nonna had put her foot down, saying 'an adult party with alcool is no place for mi topolina.' She was still a high school senior after all. But after Roxy convinced her that Giulia needed to be socialized, and when Vinny walked into the kitchen and heard party, Nonna had agreed Vinny could go and keep an eye on her. She'd rolled her eyes, thinking to herself, as if I need a babysitter... But that's how she ended up here. And Vinny said he'd be arriving shortly with a gift of alcohol for the couple who was throwing the party. It was only polite to bring a gift when showing up invited to a party for people who didn't know you. However, Roxy mentioned the Drake's being there, so Giulia had texted Hope, who said she was coming in a little while. That was good, someone she felt comfortable talking to. She followed Roxy to the house owners she assumed, brushing he long hair off her shoulders so it fell down her back. "Hi, I'm Giulia... your house is beautiful." she softly, giving a small smile. Roxy continued to talk to the young woman, Hillary, and Giulia went to see if she could find something to drink. All she found was alcohol, and she wasn't so sure she wanted any. Roxy came back, telling her she could leave whenever, "Oh no... I'll just mingle..." they both knew her mingling skills were close to nil, but she would try. Giulia was still trying to see if there was anyone there she knew, glancing over and seeing Roxy texting Vinny, which she promptly rolled her eyes but smiled. She had an odd 'family' and even people like Roxy who weren't technically related somehow just fit in like a glove, making a place for herself and everyone just accepted her as a regular sight to see around the house. She and Vinny weren't 'dating' anymore, though Giulia doubted that stopped them from hooking up, but even so. Roxy was still around like another part of the family. Guess it was true, once you were in, there wasn't getting out, whether you had a choice or not. Sometimes people just belonged. Roxy had gone to get them drinks, Giulia hoped it wasn't anything too strong.