Euphoria

CHAPTER 6

*FINN'S POV*

Friday night. The party. Red solo cups. Everywhere.

I couldn't remember the last time I went to one of these parties.

I made my way through the open door of Jax's house and the first thing I saw was the overturned couch. The house was a mess. Literally. There were red solo cups littering the floor and what I thought was the living room had turned into a makeshift dance floor. No wonder the couch was upended.

I stepped around a couple making out on the ground and looked around trying to find Jax. My searching eyes suddenly stopped on a girl. Her small, all too familiar figure made the rest of the party fade away. Tinsley. I stared at her back for a few more moments before I started seeing red.

This girl! Disappearing for a week then showing up at this party without even a text back!

I stalked towards Tinsley, not caring if the people around me were glared daggers at me. When I stopped behind her, I finally started getting my senses back. Tinsley had a red solo cup in her hand and she was already unbalanced on her feet.

"Tinsley." I said through gritted teeth. She turned around and seemd to finally noticed me. "Fiinnnnn!" She grinned up at me in her slightly drunken state. "What are y-you doing here?" She hiccuped and smiled up at me beneath her thick lashes. Damn she looked adorable.

Shaking my head, I grabbed her arms. I somehow didn’t notice before but there was a thick bandage wrapped around her right forearm. Her lace top barely covered anything. I wondered what happened?

"Where have you been?" I glared at her but she ignored me and whispered, "Dance with me."

Surprised, I let go of her arms, only to immediately grab them again when she almost fell and face planted into the floorboards.

"We should get you home." I said, pulling her close to me. Suddenly I felt her breath near my ear and I froze.

"You're ruining the fun. Come dance with me." She pulled away from me and started walking backwards towards the dance floor. I bit my lip and stared at Tinsley for a few more moments. s**t.

I shook my head and headed towards Tinsley. She saw me coming and grinned broadly at me.

"Yay! Come!" She grabbed my hands and started doing this weird butt shaking thing. I stared at her uncomfortably and after a while I started noticing that a bunch of guys in the room were staring at her in lust. Disgusted, I stepped closer and pulled Tinsley closer to me.

"What are you doing?" I looked down at her and realized that she was staring at me with this weird expression on her face.

"If we're not gonna dance then...." She trailed off and looked at me slyly. I stared at her lips, frozen and unsure.

Then before I knew it, she had my hand in hers and was tugging me away from the dance floor. I stumbled after her, feeling unsure. "Tinsley...."

We passed two people making out in the hallway and a couple of drunks throwing up. Tinsley had led us down a quiet hallway and was now staring at me. "Tinsley, what are we doing-" I was cut off as Tinsley suddenly placed her lips on mine.

The words I was about to say faded away and I found myself kissing her back. Her soft lips pressed against mine and I gently wrapped my arms around her small delicate waist. She ran her hand through my hair, slowly but surely.

When we pulled away from each other for air, Tinsley's cheeks were a rosy pink and her soft lips were wet with our spit. I felt like I was in a drunken state as I stared down at her.

Then we were kissing again, her legs wrapped around my waist and her back pressed against the wall. I pulled her against me and the kiss turned hot and hungry. Her hands tore through my hair and I trailed my hands along her waist. "Mmm. Finn." Her voice brought me out of my drunken stupor. Pulling away, I stared into her eyes.

"Tinsley...." She was looking at me with her big Bambi like eyes and just as she was about to say something to me, she went limp in my arms. Her eyes closed and that's when I realized she fell asleep.

Stunned I stared at her for a few more moments before I decided to go look for her friends. I wasn’t sure I had the guts to bring home today. Not after the kiss we just shared.

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I sat on the upended couch in Jax's house staring into the red solo cup that was in my hand. It was morning now. And thinking back, last night was a mess.

I kissed Tinsley! I buried my head into my hands. I couldn't believe I did it.

After she fell asleep, I brought her to her friend's car and they went home. Then Jax suddenly showed up (finally) with two drinks and after I chugged the first one, everything else got hazy. I got stupidly drunk and now my head was spinning like crazy.

Everything was a mess now. All I could hope was that Tinsley wouldn't remember anything tomorrow. Then maybe she wouldn’t find out how I was slowly falling for her.