The House of Angels

The party

After about fifteen minutes they arrived at the party. There were college students everywhere, chatting, drinking and playing games. Some of them in bathing suits, swimming and racing on jet skis, others were setting up a bonfire for the evening, two huge speakers were blasting d&b music while a crowd of drunk and high students shook their body and cheered at the dj. There were three tables in different spots full of alcoholics and Josh led Moon toward one of them.

"What would you like Moon?" Josh said smiling at her.

"What about tequila?" She asked looking at the variety of alcoholics before her.

"Don't you think it's a little strong at 5 p.m.? Have you ever drank it before?" He chuckled in shock.

"How do you think we Cheetas celebrate after a winning a match?" She winked at him, pouring tequila for the two of them.

"I must say, the more I know you, the more I like you!" He toasted before emptying the shot at the same time as her. "So it's your team name... Cheetas?" He asked amused.

"Yes, it is. We are fast and lethal." She smirked roaring, which made Josh lick his lips in a hungry way.

They took two more shots before joining the dancing crowd. Josh wrapped his arms around her from behind and started swaying his hips to the beat of the music, making Moon, who felt lightheaded from the shots, start dancing wildly, matching his rhythm.

"You are so beautiful, Moon..." she heard him say near her ear. She shivered and inhaled his enveloping spicy scent, and closing her eyes in pure bliss she snuggled further into his arms.

She could swear she heard a low throaty groan as her hips rubbed slightly against his strong thighs.

"Baby you're so good at dancing..." he purred, tightening his grip around her waist while her right hand gripped the back of his strong neck as they kept dancing in a sensual way.

And that's when she saw him, coming out from a bunch of trees with a girl beside him. He was smoking and held a bottle of Jack Daniels in his hand. He was so hot in his black, tight 'Slayer' t-shirt, grey ripped jeans and black sneakers, leather and steel bracelets on his wrists.

His eyes landed immediately on hers and they slightly widened for a second before narrowing.

"Josh..." Moon whispered.

"Yes, babe?" He asked softly.

"Were you looking for Daniel?" She asked while still keeping eye contact with him. He was staring back, ignoring the attempts of the girl beside him to get his attention.

"Yes... why?" Josh asked Moon.

"Beacuse he's right in front of us and he's staring at us..." she muttered.

Josh stilled and searched the crowd with his eyes before spotting his best friend's gray ones.

"Let's go greet him, Moon." Josh said grabbing her hand and dragging her toward Daniel.

"Hi D." Josh smiled at him, taking the bottle from his hand and swallowing some of his contents.

"What is she doing here?" Daniel asked, as he kept staring at her approaching.

"Hello to you too, Daniel." She rolled her eyes, accepting the bottle of Jack that Josh was offering her.

"Hello, little brat. Why are you drinking Jack dressed like that? If you'd bend down I could literally see your guts." He said snatching the bottle from her hands as the burning liquid descended her throat.

"Who are you, my father?" She scoffed.

"I brought her here Daniel, she'll be ok with me." Josh cut short, reaching for the bottle of tequila on the nearby table.

"Yeah, and yet you were the one grinding against her just moments ago..." he said in a mocking tone taking a long sip of Jack.

"What's the problem, Dan, are you jealous?" Josh teased him.

"Daniel?! I'm going to find my friends. See you later?" The brunette beside Daniel chirped with a loud annoying voice. Daniel flinched and looked down at her as if he just remembered she was right there. She seemed pissed by Josh's joke, and kept glaring at Moon, obviously jealous. Not that he cared, he wasn't thinking about seeing her again anyway.

"Yeah, you should go." He simply said, returning his attention to Josh and Moon immediately.

"So, shall we get the party started?" He finally asked clapping his hands together in a cospirational way.

'Oh God, I'm f**ked' Moon thought when Daniel pulled out a bag of w**d.

It was now evening and the party was even wilder than before, a lot more people had joined and it all had turned into a mess of sweaty bodies, people doing all sorts of dr*gs, n*ked girls being f**ked behind the trees and even a few fights over nothing.

As for Moon, she was now drunk yet was lucid enough to look after herself. Not that she needed it, since Josh and Daniel were taking good care of her, despite all the drugs and alcohol circulating in their bodies.

"Let me tell you this, man, Thor is a pain in the ass. I prefer Loki. He is f*****g funny and evil. How can anyone not love him?" Daniel slurred while sipping his Jack. He was at his second bottle, yet he was ok. Moon attributed it to the white powder that he and Josh took from one of their friends, and inhaled. They seemed to recover from the hangover thanks to it and she asked them some, but they were adamant that she stayed away from that sh*t.

They were currently seated on a blanket placed under a tree, Moon between them.

"Sure you love Loki. He's your comic version. 'The God of Mischief'... it suits you so well!" Josh burst out laughing almost choking on his own saliva.

"And you, Moon? Who do you prefer?" Josh asked leaning back on his elbows.

"I like Iron Man." She chuckled.

"Oh come on, be serious. He doesen't even have superpowers..." Daniel scoffed.

"Money is a superpower." She said arching a brow.

"Touché." He smiled at her.

"Daniel St Vincent?! Is it really you??" A female voice suddenly caught their attention. There was a girl standing in front of them, with a shocked smile on her face. She was pretty beautiful, with long, wavy blond hair and hazel eyes, she was wearing a lot of make up and a sleeveless red short dress that highlighted her florid curves.

"Vera...?" He asked in confusion.

She jumped on him, eagerly kissing his lips in a seductive way.

Moon's eyes widened and she looked away embarassed. Josh caught her uneasiness and chuckled lowly.

"Well, I think we'll leave you two to your business, D. See you later man." He said standing up and offering his hand to Moon to help her do the same.

"You don't even bother to greet me properly, Josh?" The girl said with a smug grin.

Josh just scoffed as she started kissing Daniel again.

"Wait, J!" Daniel separating his lips from Vera's.

"What's wrong man?" Josh frowned, his hand still on Moon's one who was now standing beside him.

"Where are you going? You're my ride." Daniel said, trying to move Vera who was now straddling his lap.

"Don't worry we'll be around here... I'm taking Moon for a walk so I can sober up before drive us back. We'll be back later. In the meantime don't disappear and don't do anything stupid." Josh said walking away hand in hand with Moon.

"I'm sorry for Vera. She's one of Daniel's exes. She jumps on him everytime she is able to meet him. I hate her." He muttered, while leading Moon through a narrow path of rocks and leaves, lighted by the fullmoon. It was magic.

"Why do you hate each other? It was obvious that your feelings were mutual." She giggled.

"She's not good for him. She's older and has a bad influence... she makes him do whatever she wants."

"But he was with another girl earlier... it doesen't look like he is so committed..." she frowned in confusion.

"Oh, the only thing she never managed to do is to make him stop fu**ing around." He grinned evilly.

"I would never kiss a guy knowing he kissed another girl." She said in disgust.

"That's why I like you..." Josh smiled gently at her, and then the vegetation thinned out and behind him appeared a stretch of lake hidden from view by large rocks on either side, the shore covered with white flowers, the moon reflected on the water.

"Oh my God, Josh... it is so beautiful!" Moon gasped, taking in all the beautiness in front of her.

"I knew you would like it... like yesterday evening..." he said, blushing slightly.

"What about yesterday?" She asked confused.

"I was smoking in the rear garden and I saw you on your balcony, looking at the moon... you looked so melancholy, but at the same time fascinated and dreamy." He said while leading her toward the water.

"I..." Moon didn't know what to say. "I don't know what to say..." she blushed.

"I didn't mean to spy on you." He said lying down with her.

"It's ok... you are so kind to me. Thank you for being so attentive and understanding, even when I don't deserve it."

"Moon I know it is hard for you. It was for me." He sighed, turning to the side to look at her.

"Let's swim naked!" Moon said, jumping on her feet, obviously trying to change the subject. Josh sighed defeated. But he didn't want to push his luck, so he let it slide.

"Fine! Let's do it." He said standing on his feet and taking off his shirt, before unbottoning his jeans.

"Ok, turn around so I can undress myself!" She giggled, tripping over her own feet and falling down on her ass.

"Hey, are you ok?" Josh asked bending down to check on her, laughing like a hyena.

"I hurt my ass!" She cried out, realizing she was really drunk. More than she thought.

"Oww poor baby, let me kiss it better..." he said huskily. He was now on top of her, wearing only his thight briefs, sending shivers down Moon's body. He was looking intently at her, with lust filled eyes, their faces only few inches away.

"Josh..." she murmured "what are you doing?" She asked as she felt him sliding her skirt down gently.

"I'm helping you undress..."