"mal! finally!" hazel grabbed onto my arm , taking me over to sage and annalise.

"hey mal." sage smiled at me , as anna just waved , downing a shot.

"you're already taking shots?" i asked her , i don't exactly know when the party started but it couldn't have been going on that long.

"it's been two hours!"

or maybe it could.

i just smiled at her , as she poured another shot and handed it to me.

"cmon! shots!" she talked loud , so i could hear her over the music.

she waited for sage and hazel to grab their shot glasses , before we all drank them.

"cheers!"

and then she laughed , watching mine and sages faces turn from normal to sour.

if there was one thing annalise loved most , it was partys.

"okay! let's dance!" she said , tapping my shoulder before running off to where other teenagers were dancing.

"jeez." i mumbled , following behind hazel and sage.

we all danced together , smiling and laughing at how poorly we danced.

soon enough , i had downed three shots , while hazel , sage and annalise.. i lost count.

"be right back!" anna said , waving as she made her way towards the bathroom.

"i'm gonna go with her." hazel laughed , following behind anna.

"and i'm gonna sit down." sage pointed at me , and then to the couch that was a little far away.

i started the follow her , having a hold on her hand so i didn't get lost in the group of intoxicated teenagers dancing around.

for a party a freshman threw.. this was a lot more people than i expected.

running into someone , i let go of sages hand on accident.

"oh- i'm sorry." i smiled , meeting eyes with miles.

"you're good.. hey , i was looking for you." he smiled.

i felt nervous , like i didn't know the right words to say. "i was with my friends."

i remembered sage , and looked beside him.
"speaking of.. she's waiting for me."

he turned to look at sage , and as he did she waved me off , giving me a smile and a thumbs up before walking to the couch.

"never mind.." i spoke , making him laugh and turn back to me.

"hey.. wanna go talk somewhere else? it's loud right here." he asked me , turning to look in the direction of the stairs.

"yeah." i nodded , grabbing onto his hand as he lead me up the stairs.

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mean while , sage was making her way to hazel and annalise to tell them about her friend , and ashtray had just been distracted from dealing , watching her walk away with his.. friend?

ashtray would never admit it , but he didn't hate malani as much as he made it out to seem. he actually thought she was funny , and really pretty.

but due to his brothers "rule" of her and him not dating or anything similar to that , his crush on her was soon covered up by "hate"

tho malani never knew that. for as long as she could remember , ashtray hated her. and she hated him. it's just always been way.
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"when'd you get here?" miles asked me , sitting right next to me on the stairs.

"uh.. like an hour ago? i don't really remember." i shrugged.

"mm. i didn't see you when i got here , so i was just wondering." he nodded , maintaining eye contact.

"did you come with anyone?" he asked me , and i knew he was referring to a guy.

"my brother." i told him , looking down to see fezco sitting on a couch by himself.

i thought of fezco as my brother , but not ashtray. it was weird an complicated.. but i just didn't see ashtray that way.

he nodded , turning to look at people around us.

i was thinking of what to say , but i couldn't think of anything.

"you look good tonight , malani." he took me out of my thoughts , and i felt my cheeks heat up.

"thank you." i smiled , turning my body to face him.

"no problem." he smiled back , turning his body to me also.

he stared in my eyes , like he was waiting to do something.

and before i could ask if he wanted to dance or something , he put his hand on my face and leaned in.

it caught me off guard , but nonetheless i kissed him back.

maybe he will be more than just a hallways crush..

hearing cheers , we pulled away and looked down to see my three friends looking up at us.

i laughed , soon followed by him laughing with me.

"wanna dance?" he stood up , putting his hand out for me to grab.

"sure." i took it , standing up and following him down the stairs and back to where i had been dancing not long ago.

"yeah mal!" anna cheered , making me get embarrassed at how people turned to look at me.

he laughed , putting his hands on my waist as we danced together.

as i turned around , being spun by miles. i ran into someone , again.

"shit- oh." i looked up , seeing ashtray there.

"we're leaving." he told me , glancing at miles before looking at me again.

"what? why?" i asked , watching miles come stand next to me.

he rolled his eyes , "because we're going home malani."

"hey ash." miles put his hand out , ready to dab ashtray up. but ashtray just nodded and started walking to the door.

"i have to go." i told miles , turning to him.

he squinted his eyes , "you're leaving with ashtray?"

oh my god. this looks bad.

should i call ashtray my brother? i don't see him as a brother though.. shit. think fast.

"i live with him.. he's my ride home." i nodded , looking at the door which no one was standing at , meaning he already walked out.

"oh.. alright." miles nodded , pulling me into a hug before saying bye.

i waved at hazel , sage and annalise who were behind miles , and just as i turned around i heard gasps which made me turn around again , seeing nate on the ground with fezco on top of him , repeatedly punching him.

"holy shit." i pulled my phone out , recording it.

so this is why i needed to go outside. im glad i didn't miss this.

nate's face was bloody as he was laying there taking every punch fez was giving him.

maddy and cassie were trying to get fezco off of him , but he didn't budge until some guy pulled him off.

he gave lexi one last look before grabbing his sweater and pointing at me and then the door , meaning for me to go outside.

i rushed over to the door , and to the car before he could get a chance to yell at me for not leaving sooner.. if he would yell at me.

"holy.shit." i mumbled , re-watching the fight video.

AUTHORS NOTES:

that's so cute 😭😭

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