Maddox and I hang out for the majority of the time at the party, talking about nothing in particular. At eleven o'clock, we both exit the house and go to a quieter area so I can call my aunt, who speaks for a few moments before hanging up. We then walk side by side back into the house. We sit in a quiet, empty room alone and try not to get involved in the activities of the people around us. We mostly play games on our phones and listen to the stupid conversations of drunken people through the door. It's when I have to run downstairs to go to the bathroom that things get bad.
I run into Winona and Cassidy, who are tipsy and insist that I do a shot. I figure, 'why not?' because I'm stupid. Why not? Well, probably because I'm here in Harrington to escape my old lifestyle. I also have someone
