Realistic or Modern Westbrook

[Moonshadow]

June
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She had stayed up-to-date on her blog and honestly felt accomplished because of it. Taking photos and writing all of her feelings and thoughts became a remedy in itself. Of course, this relaxed state of mind and heart shattered as soon as Grace opened her door. She was doing her homework and was shocked at the request. "Um... I..." Then she left. This party that everyone had talked about at school and Twitter. She was invited to. A small part of her was filled with thrill, but the other part was filled with dread. Quickly, forfeiting her homework, she got ready.

In the car, June was staring out the window, wondering where the hell they were going. She nervously pulled on her small brown belt that went around her white dress with birds on it. It wasn't the best outfit of all time. But, she considered it was pretty nice out of everything else. "I've made friends... The teachers are very nice." She admitted quietly. She didn't really make an effort to try to put herself out there. She felt like she was too late to do so. And when June was about to ask Grace why she even invited her, she saw the house and dread poured over her quickly. She's never seen such a house before. She always knew they existed, but never would she walk on that same floor. "Oh my god I'm to poor for this." She mumbled under her breath. She slowly got out of the car and followed Grace closely. "I can't believe you're friends are this rich..." She whispered before seeing her said friends as they entered.

She looked over and felt startled to see Ash and Kanen in person. There was always this divide between the people and their names for her. Therefore, they almost felt otherworldly for her. So, seeing them now made her stare a little to long. Luckily though, Grace had pulled her gaze away to her friends. Swayer seemed nice and introduced herself. June went for a sheepish smile to the both of them. "Ah, nice to meet you. I'm June—" She already introduced you, you idiot. "You both look very nice." She saw instantly that Swayer cared more about Grace. Instantly she understood, but didn't say anything. Only nodding to Ryan. "Hi, I think I've seen you somewhere. Maybe we have a class together?" They in fact had no classes together and she knew that. But, had no clue how to carry a conversation without school forcing its way in. She had to will herself to be involved in the group even as she grew nervous with the amount of alcoholic beverages and loud music that almost started to give her a headache.

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Before Kanen even really had time to decide what he would say, the phone was ringing. He took a moment to sigh before taking it from Ash's hand and raising it to his ear. "Hello, this is Mr. West, I'm Ash's dad. I'll be here all night checking up on them. I promise there will be no issues." He assured, doing his absolute best to keep his composure

 

[Dede]

[IMG='align:right;']https://i.imgur.com/03oIiJy.jpg[/IMG]To be honest Neck Tie didn’t know what he was doing at the party. He had walked into Drake in the hallway and the next thing he knew he was going to some beginning-of-term party. It wasn’t the same between them after what happened. They didn’t talk about Monday. Actually they didn’t speak to each other more than they had to.

Neck Tie hadn’t even seen Matt again since the debacle, so he got exactly what he wished for when he told her to leave him alone and that they weren’t friends anymore.

His first week of school was more tolerable than his first day. It wasn’t pleasant by any means. Every kid he came across was calling him Neck Tie, some endearingly, most not so endearingly. Thanks to the Westbrook Witness, the incident on the football pitch was now public knowledge and a lot of people were talking about him online and offline.

Neck Tie didn’t find this out by himself, of course. Some kid in his class had told him about it. He didn’t have his own online handle (and if he did it probably wouldn’t have been @NeckTie). He dabbled once or twice but didn’t go through with joining because he dreaded to read what others were saying about him.

The good news was he was back to having no ‘football’ friends, so he was able to focus on his classes more. He still wore the same neck tie to school. He never meant to wear it for so long, but at this point he was just making some kind of statement -- he wasn't quite sure what.

He didn’t wear the tie to the party, though. Nor did he give his outfit any thought. He just put on a T-shirt and his orange jacket and even his socks didn’t match.

It was awkward enough that he didn’t know Ash, whose party he was attending. Neck Tie was sure it was rude to show up at a stranger’s party empty-handed. If only he had thought of that before he arrived at the front steps. Whatever. He listened to the muffled noises from the inside. Finally he knocked on the door and waited for an answer.

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Royce would put an encouraging hand on her shoulder to catch her attention. “You should go...I think it’s a public party..” He suggests while Marilyn’s eyes lit up in interest. She knew Xenon was coming to the party, so it wouldn’t hurt for her to come along as well. Plus he said that he could get a whole lot of inspiration out of it, so what harm would there be is she joined the bandwagon?

Fifteen minutes later, Marilyn would be choosing her own outfit after Royce left her to her own devices. There are chances he might catch up much later if he could but the other three Chengs to sleep. So for now Marilyn chose a simple navy blue sweater and denim skirt paired with her worn out Dr. Martens black boots, she didn’t know what to expect in a party so she figured dressing party-casual(?) would be appropriate. Marilyn would then gather her long hair up and tie it into a high pony tail before putting on a very light powder on her face with a simple lip gloss to complete the look.

Marilyn felt ready as she texted Xenon that she would be on her way to the party. (Mention: KingofAesir ) Before she left, Royce ought to give her a rare old bottle of vodka that their parents gifted out of nowhere while overseas. He thought that it was time to put that bottle to good use as he guessed that there would be more seniors in the house. Marilyn doubted otherwise but felt like she was being rude if she we not to bring anything to the party, so she relucantly accepted it and left.

She had to take a couple bus rides nearest to the actual location before walking the rest towards a particularly large house that took her by surprise. She had to slow down just to take in the view, already seeing that a couple people have arrived by now as she slowly looks around and waits for her friend by stopping a few feet away from the entrance.

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[Jiyoon]

Rory Quinn

Rory heard bits and pieces of the conversation. Wait! Rory told his mom that she was going to talk to Ash's mom not her dad. Well, it shouldn't too much of a problem he thought. He took a deep breath as he tried his best not to get nervous. "So no alcohol will be there? Is it locked away properly? How many times will you be checking on them?". Great, she doesn't suspect that Ash's father is talking and not her mom but now whoever was talking had to go through all of the questions. He wondered who was pretending to be Ash's dad.

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"Excuse me? My children, and their friends, are good kids, not a bunch of alcoholics." Kanen spoke, acting as if he were offended. "The wine is in the cellar. Locked. I will check on hem frequently, and if things get a bit rowdy. I won't let them treat my home like a jungle gym." Kanen hoped he wouldn't have to keep the act up too much longer. Moms are annoying.

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[Dak]

Ryan had taken a little sip from his drink. "Nice to meet you. I'm Ryan. The resident sad boy." He said with a smile on his face and a drink in his hand. "So June, have you ever been to a party like this." He said trying to get June away from Sawyer and Grace. He was her wingman so he needed to get June away from there. "Why don't we head over and get you something to drink." He said taking a sip trying to lead her away. "I promise that'll be fine. I got your back." He said trying to get her to follow him.
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[Winona]

Ash was standing on her tiptoes, trying to listen in on the conversation. Jeez, Rory's mom asked a lot of questions, but maybe that was what moms did. It was strange to think that parents would be worried about sending their kids to some party seeing as how, well, her father had never bothered to ask. Not that he was typically there to stop her, anyway.

She gave Kanen a thumbs and mouthed "You're doing great." ... Until he got a little bit sassy talking about having the wine locked, not that she could blame him. Either way, it was nice of Kanen to do this for her.

Ash then turned away from Kanen, and started to pick through the alcohol while he waited. To be honest, she wasn't much of a drinker. Sure, she'd drink a little bit at parties, but she really had no idea what the difference was between the types of alcohol.

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[Rock And Roll Boy]

Angelina finished getting changed, wearing a blue skirt and blue silk shirt with a veil covering it. Putting on her favourite necklace, earrings and luxury-looking glasses, she took a few antihistamines she bought recently. She didn't want to have an allergy attack during the party. Slipping on a pair of blue high heels, she slung her purse on before heading outside to where her sister was waiting. Locking the front door, Angelina joined Samantha where they both complimented each other's outfits.

"So, what time does the bus get here"? Angelina asked her, adjusting her glasses. Samantha seemed to shake, a smile beaming on her face. She hasn't been this excited before.
"Rian's back! He's taking us to the party. I can't wait to see him. I've missed him so much". Angelina smiled also, glad to see Samantha so thrilled. Plus, herself and Rian got on rather well.

Within a few minutes, a Silver BMW 4 Series Coupe drove up and pulled up beside them. Samantha squeaked as Rian got out, dressed in the classic suit and tie. His slick, black hair gelled and spiked up.
"Hello, my lovely ladies. Need a ride"? He announced with a chuckle, Samantha squealing and hugging her boyfriend tight.
"I'm so glad you're back, babe"!

 

[Moonshadow]

June
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June was easily swayed to follow him. She laughed at his joke softly, seeing as this kind of humor was frequent everywhere and she always latched onto anyone who made her laugh. It's always been a bad habit. And when he asked a question, she panicked for a moment. She looked around and acted like she was thinking. The answer was a clear 'nope' but she started to walk with him over to drinks and said, "yeah. I mean, this is my first time having a Westbrook party I suppose."

The only party she had gone to in high school was her cousins party and she was in charge of serving. It wasn't exactly a movie-styled event. However, she wanted to act like she did. She didn't understand why, but she wanted to seamlessly integrate into this one party. If it meant lying to one person what harm would that be? He wouldn't know the truth anyways.

She headed to the drinks and looked over at Ryan. "Yeah, I know it'll be fine. Parties are great." She reached over and grabbed the nearest drink. She took a gulp before visibly wincing, but seeing people like Ash and Kanen as well as not wanting to embarrass Grace she waved it off. Although, she quickly put the cup down and slid it away. "Anyways," her voice slightly strained as she tried to play it off, "I'm still getting used to things. Just moved in two weeks ago. Don't really know the ins and outs of Westbrook yet."

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Grace

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Grace couldn’t help but redden at Sawyer’s compliment. Before she could answer June had said that they both look good. Grace raised her eyebrows in surprise. “Oh.” She didn’t know what to say, so she decided to compliment her back, “I..like your dress. It’s cute.” She gave a small smile at June, and turned her attention back to Sawyer. Barely listening to Ryan and June speak to each other, she pointed at her shirt. “It’s an old shirt i just..threw on.” It was a total lie, she took her time getting ready, But Sawyer didn’t have to know that. “But, thank you.” Taking a step closer to Sawyer she spoke again.

“Y’know, I wasn’t sure if you’d come tonight.” Grace said as Ryan and June passed them, she put her hands in her pockets. “It doesn’t seem like your kind of scene.” She realized it might’ve sounded like an insult. But she never noticed Sawyer at any other parties. She definitely would’ve if she had been there. “I don’t mean that in a bad way.” She shook her head, realizing that she might’ve babbled a bit much.

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[Rock And Roll Boy]

Tying her hair back into a ponytail, Wendy checked herself over in the mirror. She wasn't in the mood for a party. The only reason she was going was because her brother insisted on her going and having a good time and make friends. She only saw it as an excuse to pass the time, hoping her brother's treatments were effective enough. Forcing herself to smile, Wendy checked through her purse; not enough money for the bus. Scowling, she contemplated on throwing in the towel and just staying here; at home.

 

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Sawyer
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When Ryan ushered June away from them, Sawyer telepathically sent him a thank you and hoped that somehow he'd hear it. Now, down to business. Grace was currently rambling a bit about how she thought that partying wasn't Sawyer's scene and she was just content to sit back and smile at her. Sawyer laughed a little when Grace stopped herself with an assurance that she hadn't meant it as an insult.


"It's alright." She promised, "It really isn't my scene." Sawyer leaned back against the wall, beer bottle dangling from her fingers. "My teammates used to try and get me to come to parties and shit like that, but I've never really liked them at all." She looked thoughtful for a moment, "I guess you just interest me. I wouldn't be here if you didn't." Sawyer laughed again, "So, congratulations, Grace Jackson, you've successfully pulled me out of my hole. How does it feel?"

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[Jiyoon]

Rory Quinn

"Oh. Well, I supposed my son will be safe then", she said in defeat. Rory knew she was secretly hoping he wouldn't go but it seems that Ash's "father" was able to convince his mother. Rory took his phone. "Thanks for putting up with my mom. I'm impressed she isn't so easily convinced. See you at the party". He ran down the stairs before also running to the bus stop. He didn't have a car a probably would never get one but he honestly didn't care as long as he got to the party. He knocked the door waiting for someone to answer it.

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[Dak]

Ryan felt Sawyer send her mental thank you. He was her wingman and he knew that wingman 101was to get your wingman alone with their target. He watched as she took a hard swig of a drink and also when she winced right after it. "Damn girl, Calm down. We got all night. Start off slow." He said. It was always best to be slow when drinking hard liquor unless it was shots. Then yeah you needed to just down it like a man. Ryan had a lot of experience when it came to drinking. He thought about how he and Sawyer would just hang out at the garage and drink. "Where'd you move from?" He asked before taking a sip from his drink. Ryan hadn't really moved at all. He had stayed in one place all his life. "I've always wondered what it would be like to move around." He said before taking a sip.

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[Rock And Roll Boy]

Samantha and Rian exchanged sweet glances at each other during the drive to the party. They exchanged a few kisses, making Angelina repulse overdramatically. Pulling up outside Ash's house, Rian opened Samanth's door for her. Then Angelina's. He held Samantha's hand, stroking the back with his thumb, hearing her coo a little, kissing his cheek.

Walking inside, Samantha made sure everyone knew Rian was hers, gripping his hand tightly and resting her head against his shoulder. Angelina headed over to where the drinks were, downing a few and pouted as she realised it wasn't booze. Buzzkill. Luckily, for her, she dug through her purse and pulled out a flask, downing half of it within seconds. Angelina was an extreme lightweight. It barely took a bottle to get her inebriated. It didn't help that her flask contained a variety of alcohol all mixed together. Downing the rest of the flask, she was giggling and staggering a little. Bumping into a few people, she giggled out slurred apologies whilst stumbling around. Even when drunk, she could work those heels. She'd never fallen over whilst wearing them.

 

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Kanen was more than happy to hang up the phone when Roy's mother was satisfied. Ie her questions had gone any further, he probably would've just hung up anyways. Luckily, they didn't.

He set the phone on he counter, careful to set it away from the alcohol so it wouldn't get ruined. "That kid's mom sounds like a hard ass. Fuckin' chill lady." He said with a chuckle, grabbing himself a bottle and twisting off the cap. The smell of bourbon filled his nostrils as he raised the bottle to his lips, letting the liquid run across his tongue and down his throat. The alcohol burning down was mildly comforting, like an open fire place.

Without a word, Kanen walked away from the island bottle in hand. As happy as he was to drink liquor straight, he was sure not everyone would agree with him. "You got gingerale? Coke maybe?" He called out as he opened the fridge and practically stuck his head inside.

 

[Winona]

"Well, some parents worry about where their kids hangout." Ash pointed out. She picked up her phone and slipped it back into her pocket, before turning her attention back to the alcohol. "But thanks for faking that. Rory wanted me to pretend to be my mom, but..." She hesitated, unable to finish the sentence. "Anyway, thanks."

Ash picked up a simple bottle of vodka. She opened it up, hesitating, before she took a small sip of it. The taste made her cough, and made her throat burn. Horrible. Right, this was why she didn't usually drink except at parties. And nothing that was straight alcohol.

"No ginger ale, but there should be some pops in there." Ash said as she replaced the cap on the vodka, and set it down. "Coke, Pepsi, some juice." Finally, the heat from the vodka started to subside, and Ash felt like she could actually breathe. "Alcohol is horrible."

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June
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June nodded and tried to play it off once more. "Right, right. Slow." She didn't want to drink at all after taking in that one but, she didn't want to do nothing with her hands. However, when she looked at him she wondered if she was the only one over thinking it. "Stop over-thinking everything." Ruby said, gently hitting the top of June's head with a rolled up newspaper. "Relax your shoulders and look at what's in front of you." She smiled as June did just that.

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June relaxed her shoulders and finally looked at what was in front of her. A person. A human being who just wanted what she wanted. "I moved from Nells Spring. You probably don't know it or heard of it, like, ever. Which is okay because I never knew Westbrook existed as well. I don't normally move around much too. It's something my parents decided for me. But, I'm guessing you've never moved much by your statement... Mind telling me more about this place then?" She tilted her head at the end of the question to emphasis it. A small smile crept on her lips. That came so nicely. Maybe it was because of the drink, but she would like to think it was her own doing.

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Yeah, she was getting a hang of it.

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He had been wandering this stupid city for an hour now! It was cold outside, and Bjorn just wanted to go to a party. But NO. Whoever mapped out this stupid city, must've been a maze enthusiast. No matter where Bjorn went, he couldn't find the freaking party! How hard could it be to find a mansion full of teenagers and alcohol!?

Apparently pretty damn hard.

It took an embarrassing a mount of time before Bjorn realized he could just Google the address...After this marvelous discovery, Bjorn came to find out that he was just around the corner from the party.

He quickly made his way over, swinging open to front door and stepping inside. "American streets are stupid, and the air hurts my face!" Bjorn announced, closing the door behind him. "I want to have fun, I want to have the drinks, and I want popcorn! Have we got popcorn?!"

Bjorn wandered on over to the Island, snatching up a bottle of Tequila and popping the cap. He raised the bottle up and —

It was snatched away.

"Slow down, bud. You'll regret that shit in an hour." Kanen said, setting the Tequila down on the counter.

Bjorn opened his mouth to protest, but was silenced when Kanen shoved a cup of beer into his hands. Satisfied, Bjorn wandered off...
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Kanen returned back to the fridge, emerging with a few cans of Pepsi to mix with his bourbon. "Straight alcohol doesn't taste good." He agreed."But if you're drinking it straight, you're not drinking for taste..." He set to work mixing his bourbon and coke, taking a moment to grab on of the hard lemonades for Ash.

"Those aren't bad. You're probably not going to feel much of a buzz though." Kanen said.

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[Dak]

Ryan nodded. "Sure. Westbrook isn't that bad. There's obviously the high school that is a major drag. After that, there's the mall. Not bad if you're bored, or if you are looking for something. I usually don't go there." He took a sip from his drink. "There's also my garage. It's pretty cool." He came to have the place by way of his father. It was his old hangout. He wouldn't mind spending time there with his father. Working on his bike, and vehicles that his friends would bring. "Other than that a couple of small shops that are kinda hard to find places." He said taking another sip. He noticed that she wasn't drinking anything. "You alright? You know you don't have to drink if you don't want to." He said.
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[Jiyoon]

Rory Quinn

As he entered the party he looked around seeing all of the teenagers dancing, eating and stumbling around the mansion. He still couldn't believe he was at his first real party. All of those year his mother wouldn't even think about allowing him to go to a party. Sadie, his mother, was sure the parties she threw at the family home was more than enough. She put so much love into the decorations, cake, and presents and as much as Rory appreciated it he had outgrown most of the party traditions and for once wanted to be on his own. For the first time though he feels a bit nervous as he was no longer protected from his mom and while he felt free he felt vulnerable and small without her. Rory felt that the best way to start the night was a drink so he made his way to the kitchen or at least he tried to.

"Sorry!" he shouted after he bumped into the girl. "Are you alright?".

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Grace

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Grace listened as Sawyer spoke, she felt relief as Sawyer said to her that she wasn’t offended. Nodding, and listening intently. As she leaned against the wall. Her eyesbrows rose, when Sawyer told her she’s interesting. “I’m not very interesting.” Crossing her arms, giving a small shrug. “But I’m glad you came.” She smiled.

She thought for a second, once asked how she felt getting Sawyer out of her comfort zone. Grace grinned slyly, she looked around the party around her. Searching for any prying eyes, she dared to take a step closer to Sawyer, by now they were close enough it’d be deemed inappropriate if they were strangers. Which she didn’t consider Sawyer one, gently taking the beer bottle from her hands. Smiling, “I feel pretty special about it. Sawyer Andrews.” She stood there for a few moments not wanting to move. When the door near them opened, it was Bjorn, saying something about how Americans and streets.

She reluctantly took a few steps away from Sawyer. Taking a sip of the drink, Grace wasn’t out yet, being so close might’ve speeded up that process. She smiled teasingly. and waved the beer bottle. “Thanks for the drink.” Tilting her head towards the kitchen, indicating her to follow her to the rest of their friends.

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[Rock And Roll Boy]

Angelina giggled as she bumped into someone else, still keeping a small amount of her balance even with her high heels. At least she bumped into someone decently cute, in her eyes. "Yeah, I'm great! And what's your name? You look very cute. Is your name cutie"? Angelina's speech was slightly slurred and disjointed, sometimes she hiccuped halfway through her sentences. She put a hand on Rory's shoulder, balancing herself properly.

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[Winona]

"Hey, Bjorn!" Ash greeted as he came over, and Kanen handed him a drink. She watched as her new, fellow cheerleader wandered off before she looked back towards Kanen. "So what? Are you going to be like the bartender tonight?" She asked jokingly and leaned back against that counter.

She took the drink from him, eyeing it for a moment, before taking a sip. "Oh god, yeah, that's way better." Although "buzzed" wasn't exactly what she was hoping for tonight, it would do for now, at least.

"Grace! Sawyer!" Ash said as the two of them came walking over. "Ooh, this is perfect." She quickly sat down her drink and clapped her hands together. "I was thinking we could play, like, fun party games together, right? Like Truth or Dare and stuff. And with you two, and me, and Kanen, we just need a few more people and then we could totally play. Are you two in?"

Before anyone could answer, Ash turned back towards the party and cupped her hands around her mouth. "Hey! We're playing games if anyone wants to join in!" There, that was a proper invitation for everyone at the party, if they wanted to join.

However, there were some people that Ash wanted to play, no matter what. "Ryan, Cute Girl with Ryan, get over here. You two are definitely playing."

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