No Pads… No Helmets… Just Memories!

"Sup bubble butt!" Jack chipped skipping into the living room with his usually smile plastered on his face, since Alex had been showing up to band practices more and more Jack was slowly returning to his old, radiant self.

"I don't have a bubble butt!" I puffed fighting the smile threatening to break on my lips.

"Your right," he bowed lifting my feet and sitting on the couch cushion they had occupied before placing them back in his lap and speaking up again, "you’re probably the boniest ass I know!"

"Shut your lips!" I laughed tossing a throw pillow from behind my back at him with a smile. "My ass is fine!"

"Oh I know!" He whistled causing my jaw to drop.

"RIGHT HERE JACK!" Rian’s voice bellowed from the kitchen before his figure appeared in the doorway.

"Sorry..." He mumbled before wiggling his eye brows my way causing me to fake a gag.

"Jack!" Rian piped, "What did I say?"

"No harassing Jasey while you’re around..." He recited as if he’d done it a thousand times.

"Atta-boy!" He laughed and tossed his friend a small bag of chips to be caught.

"So what are you guys doing for next week?" Zack appeared beside Rian, sending me a soft smile before heading to the love seat.

The boys had all come over when Alex gave them his word in promise of his presence but after two hours they had given up and migrated upwards. Although Alex had been coming to band practice, he had come late the other four days of the week and this being Friday didn't show the same.

"I don't know, Jasey doesn't want a huge party even though dad and Julie will be visiting grandma all next weekend!" Rian dragged, dropping his weight into a chair.

"You have to do something big!" Jack bellowed wrapping an arm around the back of the couch.

"Whys that?" I quipped.

"First off, it’s your first birthday back, second off we missed your big 16th so your 17th should be banging!" He laughed.

"Banging?"

"Don't question him..." Zack shook his head with a light laugh.

"Were throwing like the most boss rager Baltimore has ever seen for the Dawson twins 17th birthday I don't care!" Jack laughed throwing his hands out in front of him as he spoke.

"Aren’t you forgetting one thing?" I muttered looking up at Jack as he ripped the bag of chips open.

"Oh right..." He sighed fiddling a chip between his lips as he thought, "THERES A PARTY AT DUNCAN'S TONIGHT GO PUT ON SOMETHING SEXY!"

"JACK!" Rian snapped.

"Fine..." Jack sighed, "put on something fun!"

"What does a party have to do with anything?" I questioned with a slight annoyance to my tone.

"You’re just being pissy because you haven’t been to a real house party all year!" Jack chuckled after swallowing, "and no one throws a house party quite like Duncan, his parents are divorced so his mom lives in Cali, and his dad owns like a crazy amount of computer software companies or some shit, basically the kids loaded and his dad goes on business trips for days on end leaving him alone with a huge ass house and booze up the ass!"

"He has like the perfect party house and since his moms not around there’s no vases or important paintings, the place is practically party proof." Zack added lofting his brows as he spoke.

"It’s not quite Jack proof so we always have to go with him," Rian shook his head, "they're always rad though Jase!"

"That’s not exactly what I meant Jack..." I sighed at the avoided topic of another birthday next week.

"You know Jase it might help, to just loosen up a bit!" Rian shrugged.

"IT’S SETTLED WERE GONNA PARTY!" Jack yelled clapping his hands together getting to his feet.

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"COME ON JASEY FUCKING DANCE!" Jack howled with a laugh as I struggled to hear his yell over the blaring music.

The boys had truly underestimated the entire being of this Duncan's party. His "house" was a mansion to say the least and this "party" was an absolute rager. I couldn't hear myself think let alone anyone else talking to me, well more like yelling but you get the point.

Parties in high school were always the same. The same shitty set up, the same crowded "dance floor" the same crappy pop music on their parents stereo, same shitty booze, same smoky haze bubbling from a bong in some corner of the house, same old same old... But this, this was something else. The boys looked nice, all the girls were wearing tight black dresses as opposed to booty shorts and a crop top. It was like a classed up booze fest if there’s ever been one.

"Jack no!" I laughed shaking my head before taking a much needed drink of the beer shoved into my hands.

"Jasey, I took you out tonight to have fun and that’s what you’re going to do!" He yelled as smiled eyeing up at him.

"Should have thought of that before you stuffed me in this short ass dress!" I pointed to the fabric clinging to my small figure, "if I a much as shimmy my ass will fall out!"

"Yeah but your boobs look great!" He smiled with slurred words.

"You’re ridiculous!" I rolled dismissing his comment knowing Jack was so far gone he’d be blushing like a fool had he known what he just said.

"Then what’s to lose!" He yelled, "Lets fucking dance!"

Before I could even open my mouth jack grabbed my arm, seeing as if he took my hand id be lost in the crowd a foot later. Pushing through the crowded hall and into the once spacious cream living room where the music was loudest. Jack grasped my hips beginning to drunkenly dance to the beat as I rested my hands on his biceps. We danced for a while till we were eventually chest to chest thanks to the grinding pairs pooling into the already crowded and vibrating room, but Jack didn't seem to mind in his drunken state and I couldn't have cared less with my too fuzzy mind.

"YOU FUCKING PRICK!" A voice shrilled causing me to pull from jack as much as the moving bodies would allow to stare at a brown haired girl whose face was flushed crimson.

"KARLIE!" Jack called as I gripped his side knowing he was too far gone to know she did not want the same thing he did.

"YOU LEAD ME ON THEN GRIND UP ON THIS SKANK!" She screeched over the blasting vibrations, "I CANT BELIEVE YOU!" She screeched again turning to me now, "YOU!" She yelled pointing a finger my way, "THINK YOU CAN SLEEP WITH MY MAN AND GET AWAY WITH IT!" She screeched one last time before her drink was being splashed in my face.

"KARLIE!" A feminine voice called as a pale set of arms snaked around the girl, pulling her back as I wiped the cold liquid from my eyes hoping none had slipped in. "IM SO SORRY SHES DRUNK!" The voice called pulling Karlie back into the crowd as she bitched me out. I puffed shaking the drink from my fingertips as a hand clasped over my shoulder.

I grunted turning, preparing to bitch jack out myself for whatever he did that landed me coated in booze but was instead met by a warm set of green eyes. "Hey uhm need some help?" He asked flashing a set of pearly whites like my brothers.

"You got a dress in your back pocket I could borrow?" I laughed tilting my head to ring my hair out as if I had just ran a marathon, which in Heinz site was partially my fault, who wears their hair down to a party like this?

"Sorry just gave my last one to my boy Kevin!" He sighed dramatically even though he was still yelling over the music, "but I can offer a hand in cleaning up?"

I smiled at his sweet offer, he was the first guy to be genuine all night, and he was truly a diamond in the rust seeing he approached cupping my shoulder and not my ass like every other dick wad id passed in this massive joint. After agreeing to his offer I was pulled upstairs and into a private bathroom through a bedroom that had been occupied to say the least.

The kind boy sat me up on the counter as he reached into a cabinet on the wall, pulling out a wash cloth.

"How do you know where everything is?" I questioned at how he seemed a little buzzed but was so at ease with navigating this labyrinth of a house. I scrunched my brow as he laughed at my question. "Right I’m probably the only one here who doesn't know this Duncan!" I rolled realizing he was probably the host's friend.

"Well nice to meet you!" He laughed extending a hand out to me with a smile as my eyes blew wide. He laughed again shaking his head, "don't feel bad, I don't know 99% of the people down there, you got a name?"

"Just the one my parents gave me when I graced the earth with my presence!" I laughed as he turned the sink on with a chuckle running the wash cloth under it, "Jasey"

"Duncan" he smiled back pushing the hair off my shoulders to brush the beer sticking to my forehead, "sorry about Karlie she’s a little, well nuts, I don't even know how she got it!"

"Not like she could slip in unnoticed or anything!" I rolled my eyes sarcastically.

"She’s ridiculous."

"I don't know what’s more ridiculous," I sighed as Duncan dabbed the wash cloth over my cheeks with a smile, "the fact she dumped her drink on me, or that she thought I would want to sleep with Jack!"

"I know!" He scoffed mocking me, "how dare she just waste alcohol like that!"

I let out a laugh as he did the same and handed me the cloth, "for your dress, I’m not like that!" He laughed holding his hands up as I took it.

"Real gentleman eh?" I smiled dabbing my dress.

"Whatever you sa-"

Duncan was cut off as the door swung open and two bodies crashed to the floor.

"Fuck!" A voice muttered and my eyes blew wide, it may have been a while but I knew that voice anywhere. I looked down as a blonde head shot up catching mine. Her blue eyes narrowing as a knowing smirk crept onto her lips. "Alex lets go to another room this one’s already taken."

"Whatever let’s just do this" Alex's voice slurred as she pulled him from the floor, connecting their lips right away as they stumbled from the door.


"Wow, wait you okay?" Duncan asked pulling my attention from the scene I just witnessed.


"Duncan I’m so sorry I h-have to g-go!" I spilled darting for the door.

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