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Krissy

Chapter 16

We began to ascend the stairs leading to Derrek's house when we were abruptly stopped by Candise. She stood on the top steps with Tiffany on one side of her and Sammy on the other. Candise had her arms crossed looking down at us with her annoying scrunched up face. She kind of reminded me of a ferret.

"And what do you looosers think you're doing here?" She asked us while Tiffany and Sammy mimicked her stuck-up facial expression.

"We're coming to the party Candise, so move." Karis jumped in before I could say anything.

"Ha! I don't think so. This is a senior's only kind of party."

"We were invited." Karis said mimicking their stuck-up tone.

"I don't care who invited you, you're not welcome here." Candise insisted.

"Derrek invited us and this is his house so get the hell out of the way Candise!" I finally jumped in as I took another step up. I was now standing face to face with Candise, staring at her with glaring eyes.

She looked at me with amusement, "Ohh look here girls, Shy-loner girl thinks she's tough." She laughed as Tiffany and Sammy joined in following anything Candise said like two obedient lap dogs. "Well, first of all little girl, Derrek would never be caught dead talking to a sophomore never mind inviting three of them to his party."

The front door opened as the noise from inside surrounded us, people's laughter, music, joyful yelling; all the sounds that indicated a teen party. We all looked over to the door and saw Derrek coming out of the house. He was wearing the same clothes he had worn at school today. Blue jeans with a Pittsburgh Steelers hooded sweat shirt on and even though I would have drowned in that sweater it was tight against his overly large muscles. At this point everyone sitting on the porch was now watching us closely.

"Your right, Candise." Derrek said in his deeply low voice. "I didn't invite those three sophomores here." He paused for dramatic effect.

"I knew it-" Candise began before Derrek caught her off.

"I invited Stasee here. Why the short-stuff and nerd boy came is beyond me." Derrek said while eyeing both Karis and Brandon.

"Derrek!" Candise said with amusement. "You know 'nerd boy' is Damen's brother!"

Just hearing his name brought a sharp pain into my stomach. Anxiously I looked around hoping he would just appear out of nowhere. I knew it was a tad psychotic, I mean I was supposed to be trying to get over him and yet he was the only thing I could think about. He was the only reason I even came to this party, wishing and hoping that maybe he would be here. Maybe I'd be able to at least see him if not anything else.

"I fucking don't care!" Derrek replied to Candise making her giggle.

"And you know we're standing right here!" Brandon announced angrily as both Candise and Derrek looked back down at Brandon with disgust. Seriously, those two were perfect for each other, both the most stuck-up, 'think they're the best' kids in McLennan.

"Whatever, we're leaving!" I said through gritted teeth. "Let's go guys."

"Wait!" Derrek called out. "You don't have to leave Stasee, I invited you!" He said it like it was a good thing, like I wanted to be there and would ditch my friends just to go to his 'party'.

God, the nerve of some people! I thought angrily.

I turned around to face him, "I'm sorry Derrek, but it's either all of us, or none of us."

He looked over at the seniors watching us and then at Candise who had the 'Yah-right-like-he'll-fall-for-that-one' look on her face. Derrek then looked back at me, "Fine, you guys can all come."

Candise's mouth dropped as she turned to look at Derrek, "But Derrrrekkkk..." She whined.

"Shut up Candise! Fuck you're annoying!"

I took one step toward the house before stopping and looking back up at Derrek. "And say you're sorry to my friends."

"What?!" He snapped back.

"Say you're sorry for calling Karis 'short stuff' and Brandon 'nerd boy', or to hell with it...We're leaving." I challenged him.

He rolled his eyes, "Fine." He looked at both of them and then muttered "I'msorryokay." Everyone around us gasped in surprise as they stared at Derrek. Though his words were all connected together making it hard to understand them properly I knew it was still a huge achievement to get Derrek to even remotely say it.

Candise stared at Derrek completely stunned before she threw her hands in the air and said, "Unbelievable!" She ran into the house, Tiffany and Sammy tagging along behind her.

"You know this is going to ruin my rep! " Derrek groaned.

"Well, I guess that's just a risk you're going to have to take." I smiled at him while waving Karis and Brandon to follow me. "Party time..." I said unenthusiastically.

"I'll show you guys around, follow me." Derrek said as he began to walk into the house. We all followed him as the door opened and once again we were drowned in the noise. "It's a pretty big house so try not to get lost!" Derrek yelled over the noise.

I knew it was pointless to try and respond to him, he would never hear me so I just nodded.

Derrek began to scream over the music again. "There are drinks in the kitchen, the bar downstairs, there's a keg in the dining room, some hard liquor in the cabinet in the first bedroom up the stairs. If you're planning on getting lucky tonight my bedroom and my parents are off limits. They are probably the only doors locked and if I find anyone in them, they'll get shit-kicked! Girl or boy." He finally stopped yelling as he turned around and looked at us. "Any questions?!" We all shook our heads. "I'll grab us some drinks, what do you want?!"

"I'll just have a cooler, maybe?!" I yelled back.

"Me too!" Karis added.

Derrek looked at Brandon waiting for him to answer, "I'm the D.D." Brandon finally responded.

"Okay? So beer it is!" Derrek disappeared before Brandon could correct him.

I finally took the time to look around and well, everyone was wasted. As my eyes peered around us when I realized I wasn't just checking out the party but actually looking for someone in particular. Every time I saw a tall brown haired boy excitement rose inside me, although I was quickly disappointed because it never turned out to be him. I wanted to forget about him so badly because the constant disappointment was becoming unbearable. I shook my head trying to get him out of my mind.

I tried to distract myself by concentrating on something else. At the top of the stairs I saw a couple boys putting a mattress down and looked about ready to ride it down the stairs; both boys had a bottle of hard liquor in their hands. At the bottom of the stairs was a group of teens (boys and girls) cheering and encouraging them. In the corner of the foyer was a chair that was occupied by a half naked girl giving some guy a horrible lap dance, her rhythm was completely off from the music and to any sober person she looked foolish and a tad pathetic.

I could slightly see into the dining room where a game of "Strip Poker" was being played. I turned to Karis and Brandon waving them closer to me so I didn't have to yell, "Is it just me or is this party a little..."

"X-rated?" Brandon finished the sentence for me.

"No, this is how parties normally are...aren't they?" Karis questioned. "I mean I see it in the movies all the time!"

I shook my head trying to keep my eyes averted from all the half naked girls, "Yah, that's just it Karis, you see it in movies! I don't think normal teen parties are actually this bad."

"Yah, but Stasee, this is McLennan. 90% of the girls here are sluts!"

Brandon nodded, "Karis does have a point."

"Well...It's still disgusting." They both nodded in agreement though it kind of looked like Brandon was enjoying the 'view'.

My head snapped up when I felt someone grab my ass as I quickly turned around to face a drunken guy. He was another senior, not the most popular of the guys but he was still a football player. He was a little chubby with reddish burnt coloured hair, freckles and these piercing green eyes. His eyes were so red and bleary from the vast quantities of alcohol he consumed.

"Excuse me!" I said pushing his hand away from me.

"Awwww, com' on sex...E " The boy slurred.

"I think there's a game of strip poker in the dining room. Umm,why don't you go join them."

"Nahhh!" He yelled before stumbling over and falling to the ground. The beer that was once in his hand smashed against the foyer floor. I could hear Karis and Brandon laughing behind me as I ignored them and tried to offer him my hand.

"Here, I'll help you up." I insisted.

"Orrr!" He yelled arrogantly again, "I'll -hicup- helps you'p downn!" He then grabbed my hand before I had a chance to respond and pulled me to the ground as I fell on top of him. Karis and Brandon's laughter roared out of control as the boy's arms wrapped around my body and squeezed me tightly against him as I struggled hard to get out of his grasp.

"Liam!" Derrek's voice echoed through the foyer as he marched toward us with his arms full of drinks. "What do you think you're doing with Stasee, let her go dude, she's mine!"

I'm his? I thought to myself, I'm definitely not 'his' nor am I anyone's, I'm a person not an object. I was going to start yelling at Derrek for saying that. When Liam quickly let go of me and crawled away mumbling apologies to Derrek, I decided to let it slide.

"No thank you?" Derrek said as he grabbed me by my waist and pulled me up to my feet.

"I'll think about," I replied before turning to Karis and Brandon. "Thanks by the way! My two best friends stand by and laugh at me as I get molested by Liam. I have to wait for the stuck-up asshole to come along and save me!"

Derrek chuckled, "Hey, I'm standing right here."

Brandon butted in, "Yah isn't it fun to be shit talked right in front of your face?"

"Whatever Dude, I'm wasted. I honestly don't give a shit." Derrek then handed me a red coloured cooler, then handed Karis the same kind and passed Brandon a beer.

"You're cocky like your brother, huh?" Brandon shrugged.

"Anyways..." Derrek started talking again. That's when I realized the music had calmed down a bit - we were actually able to talk without screaming at each other.

"I'm stealing Stasee for a bit, you two go enjoy yourself. Look around, get naked. I really don't fucking care."

I looked at Derrek like he was nutty, "Umm, don't I get a say on whether or not I want to come with you?"

Derrek then looked down at me as if debating, then finally he replied with one word "No." He wrapped his arm around my shoulders and pretty much dragged me along with him. We went through the dining room in which I really wish we hadn't almost everyone sitting around the table had next to nothing on except one guy you looked rather proud of himself. He must have been winning most the games because the only thing he wasn't wearing was his sweater whilst everyone else had piles of clothes beside them.

"Derrek, dude you got to get in on this!" The fully clothed boy called out. Derrek merely waved his hand dismissively to him as he brought me through a doorway that led to the kitchen. The kitchen was huge! It looked like it belonged in a restaurant rather than a home. All the appliances were made of stainless steel that matched perfectly to the black marble counter tops.

"Did you want another drink?" Derrek asked me as he walked up to one of the two fridges and opened it. The fridge was full of alcoholic beverages from top to bottom and nothing else.

I was going to say no when I looked down and realized my cooler had less than a sip left in it, so instead I said "Sure, same thing." He grabbed another red cooler from the fridge twisted off the cap before passing it to me. "So what, you guys don't eat around here?"

Derrek sneered, "Obviously we do." He replied snobby, "the food is in there." He pointed to the other fridge as he rolled his eyes at me.

"Stasee?!" A voice I recognized all too well pierced my ears as I turned around to be face to face with...my brother!

"Oh...Uh, hey Trent." I said nervously as I began to take giant nervous swigs from my cooler.

"What the hell do you think you're doing here?!" He yelled at me.

"Trent, calm down. She's with me."

Trent turned to look at Derrek with wide eyes, I could see the anger boiling up inside him as his hands began to clench.

"Trent, stop it!" I yelled out, "I'm sixteen years old!"

"Exactly Stasee, you're only sixteen years old! No sixteen year olds come to this party never mind my little sister!" He growled as I chugged the last bit of the drink down. "And what's that in your hand?!"

"It's nothing!"

"You're drinking?!" He ignored me.

"So what you drink all the time!"

"I'm eighteen."

"Yah and you drank when you were sixteen, too!"

"This is not like you Stasee, what has gotten into you!?" He demanded.

"Nothing has gotten into me, just leave me alone!" I yelled at him as loud as I could, I knew everyone was now staring at us. My cheeks began to redden with both anger and embarrassment as I ran out of the kitchen. I didn't know where I was going but I continued to run knocking already tipsy people to the floor as I passed.

I finally made it to a set of sliding glass doors as I opened them up and ran onto Derrek's lawn. I was guessing it was his back yard because I didn't recognize it from earlier. I continued to run down through the grass until I couldn't go any longer. I fell to my knees as tears began to burst out of my eyes - I felt so embarrassment and so angry at my brother. I was already depressed about everything going on between me and Damen. All my emotions exploded at that moment as I sat kneeling in the grass bawling my eyes out.

"Stasee...are you okay?"