june 1965
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claire anderson

        i still wore the blue dress i found boring, i was laying around in vada's bedroom while waiting for her to finish getting ready for dallas' party. i was skimming through pages of a magazine i picked up from her pile on her nightstand. vada knew she wouldn't be home tonight so she lied to her parents saying that she was staying over at my house, which she was but that's if she and dallas don't hit it off for tonight.

        vada finished putting on her party dress, it was a red floral mini dress with bell sleeves. she was all dressed up as if she was heading for the beach with a bunch of girlfriends or guy friends.

        "claire, your outfit is so boring, people are gonna get barf on that." vada complained.

        "i'm fine just the way i am, you look good." i shrugged, closing up the magazine.

        "no, i'm not going out with you looking like that." vada shook her head.

        vada then threw every little dress she had in her closet until she pulled out this one blue silk mini dress with a very deep v-neck.

        "this one, it's official." vada squealed, "put it on, we're late!"

        "okay, okay." i put my arms up, grabbing the dress from her.

i hid in her bathroom trying to get the dress on me, it was kind of big on me that i worried about flashing the men inside that party. usually, vada's clothes would fit fine on me but something about me changed to make it feel more loose.

the bathroom door swung open by me and vada's eyes widened when she saw her dress on me. she was excited to see that i ditched my boring graduation outfit for something made for a nightclub or yet, a hooker.

vada dug through her closet again, pulling out these silver heels that matched the dress. she begged me to wear it but i felt fine in my flats, she threw my flats at the wall and forced me to put on the heels. i eventually caved and did what was demanded, if i was being quite honest, i didn't dislike the outfit any bit. i felt like i was the star and spotlight of a disco party.

"see, i knew how to work my magic." vada smirked.

"oh shut it." i rolled my eyes while trying to reach for my purse.

"just say it, i did a very good job." vada brags.

"yes, you did do a great job." i said when stuffing lipstick into my purse.

vada puts on white ruffled socks with black platform heels, she was 10 times taller than her average heigh. vada stumbled to her mirror before balancing herself out, she was brushing out her short brown flowy hair.

vada turned off her bedroom lights, i followed her down the the stairs where she was kissing her parents goodbye. i said goodbye as well since i'm like vada's sister according to the family, we've been friends for way too long that we've adapted a new 2nd family.

we hopped in her car, driving off to buck's with the sunroof down. vada blasted the beach boys on our way. i snuck my white shades, put them on my face to look more cooler or at least hide my eyes from the sun.

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we made it to buck's where grown men were walking into the place, women in tight pants came in with their boyfriends or we assumed that they were boyfriend and girlfriend.

vada jumped out of the car while trying to fix up the bottom of her skirt that was held up against her butt. i walked out of the car, closing the door when my name was loudly called from the distance.

"claire!" soda says, abandoning his gang for me.

"long time no see." i smirked.

"ugh, i went bizarre without you!" he sarcastically says.

soda held his arm out, i went along with it and wrapped mine around his. we walked into buck's like the new couple in town as girls our age stared at him, jaw dropped with their drinks slammed against the counter. soda noticed it and moved us away from that group before they start a cat fight in here. i was aware this place was known for its many fights that break out.

i was brought to the other side of the bar where we couldn't see those girls, i could feel them trying to stare at me from the other side. a hand went on my bare back, i turned to see vada behind me with dallas' shoulder wrapped around her shoulder.

soda turned around with a beer only to snort and spill the beer.

"nice one, pretty-boy." dallas seemed annoyed, "now i gotta clean that up."

"don't have to." a voice said from behind the bar, buck.

"why's that?" dallas asks.

"you're off for tonight, i'll handle it all." buck informed him, "what can i get for you, fine lady?"

"oh just surprise me." i said.

they all looked at me as if i was crazy. the stares went in for so long that buck finished my drink, a peach pink margarita. dallas was even surprised by the delicious looking drink that he took his shades off just to get a better look at this.

"buck, you didn't tell me we had this sorta stuff." dallas says in shock.

"i just didn't want you to know." buck chuckled before attending the other guests.

        dallas forgot about it all after downing a few beers, vada also got drunk with him. i felt a little uneasy but not as bad as those two. soda was in the middle as he kept trying to get me to dance or at least let him lead me to the dance floor. his face blended in with the red lighting from the ceiling, it was either him blushing or how drunk he was.

        soda was already on his 4th beer. i gave up trying to get him to stop but instead, i agreed to it. soda held my hand while running to the dance floor, he puts on his dancing pants while crazy dancing to 'jailhouse rock'. i hopped my head to the beat but soda then twists me around, causing me to bump into other people around us.

        "yeah baby!" soda yells in the crowd.

i snorted in between my laughs, soda looked like he had admired it but i wish i hadn't done it. soda then wrapped his open arm around my waist, bringing me in closer to where our nose was almost touching.

i just wanted to kiss him right there.

soda leaned in until a large man bumped into us, i turned to face a middle aged man who looked like he was checking me out. i gave him a disgusted face when i realized he was smirking at my outfit, i smacked him hard where he fell into a couple of other people.

he angrily looked at me before getting up. his palm went up in the air until soda pushed me out of the way to get a good swing at him, i gasped at the sound of his fist colliding with the man's skin.

bystanders around us applauded soda but i just stood there, soda grabbed my hand to drag us out of there. vada and dallas were nowhere in the building, dallas must've taken her upstairs to his bedroom.

"did he hurt to or anything?" soda asks in a panic, looking at my arms.

"i'm totally fine, soda." i told him, "all he did was give me a pervy look."

soda looked at himself in the reflection of a window, he felt disgusted that he couldn't do anything beforehand.

"why don't we start over what you were about to do?" i smirked, he turned around.

"you're serious?" he stutters, i nodded. "a-are you sure?"

"shut up." i rolled my eyes and pressed his lips against mine.

soda held onto my hips outside of buck's, i ran my fingers through his messy hair...