sunday.

The tall porcelain girl sat at her vanity adding a hair tie to the end of her second dutch braid, double checking to make sure they looked alright. Amber picked up some eyeliner off her messy desk and put a bit on, as well as some mascara, and lipgloss. Amber pushed the chair back from her desk then walked over to her drawer, pulling out a black tank top, black nike pro shorts, white socks, and some black dunks from her shoe rack to top everything off. Amber didn’t go all out on her attire since number one, she wasn’t hosting so all eyes wouldnt be on her, and number two, it was a party so simply put everyone would be too drunk or high to notice that she didn’t go all out, plus her hookups only wanted to see her with her clothes off so it wasn’t a big deal.

as Amber changed she wondered who the lucky lady would be tonight, maybe, Jill Roberts, pretty dark haired girl with a cute little attitude and nice eyes, or maybe some blonde haired cheerleader she’d winked at a couple of times during her games, or Tara Carpenter, the shorter girl with the prettiest face hadn’t failed to amaze Amber since they were in elementary school, even with the other girls dislike for her she couldn’t keep her mind off the shorter girls cute face that was adorned by freckles and dimples, but Amber had a feeling Tara wasn’t someone she’d only want to hook up with once or play with. So Amber crossed Tara out from the equation for the night, once again.

Amber pulled herself from the thoughts and picked up her phone that she’d threw on the bed before changing. Amber scrolled through her contacts looking for “Mindy Maid” or Mindy to shoot her a quick text.

Mindy Maid

need any help with the party?

 can you bring some drinks and edibles? the store won’t let chad buy anymore alcohol..

course. will be there very very soon.

Amber clicked her phone off and searched her room for her black nike tech, finding it under her bed and putting it on. Ambers parents weren’t home so she was free to take whatever car she wanted. the tall girl had a mental debate on taking the range rover or the jeep, she chose the jeep since she practically took the range rover everywhere whenever she wasn’t skating. Amber grabbed the keys from the bowl sitting near the front door and locked up, heading to the garage.

-

Tara paced back and forth, looking at the car outside her house just in view to her bedroom window then back to Mindy, who sat on her bed scrolling through her phone and occasionally giving Tara suspicious looks.

“I thought i was here to help you pick out what to wear and then go get ready for the party, i didn’t sign up for a stress fest, little one.” Mindy sighed and eyed the car outside, it was Wes’ car.

“I just don’t wanna embarrass him again by blowing him off, even though i made it clear i was going to be busy on Friday.” Tara sighed and walked over to her closet, grabbing a red tee shirt with black butterflies on it, a white mesh top to go under, a pair of khaki pants with a black belt, and a pair of low red dunks to top the outfit off. it felt good to be not wearing a skirt every once in awhile so Tara treated herself to it whenever a party came around.

“He’s like a lovesick puppy.. i can have Chad tell him to lay back with all the dates and such, it’s even becoming too much for me when his plans clash with ours cause he doesn’t listen. Nice outfit.” Mindy said, laying back on the bed and looking at the ceiling. Mindy was wearing a green graphic tee and some black jean shorts.

“It’s fine, i just don’t want to drive with him cause he try’s to make moves and fails horribly.. last time we drove together he nearly crashed after trying to put his hand on my thigh.. how’s that even work..?” Tara questioned, more to herself than anything as she changed quickly, turning to Mindy after fixing herself up in the mirror.

“I’m gonna have Sam tell him to go away and that i’m not here, i’ll see him at the party. eventually..” Tara let out a sigh and picked up her phone from the desk, immediately seeing a text from Sam.

Sister:
“your boyfriend is outside..”

Tara let another puff of air out her mouth, opening her phone and texting back.

Sister

your boyfriend is outside..

please tell him i’m not here, i’m riding with Mindy to the party cus she wants me to help set up.

a party? you never told me you were going to a party tonight.. but sure i’ll tell him you’re not here, we’ll discuss the rest later.

thanks! love you.

Tara shoved her phone into her pocket, situating herself at her mirror and applying some red lipstick. Mindy had whistled at the shorter girl and laughed after.

“don’t make me tell Anika, Mindy.” Tara shot the girl a smile and laughed as she put her hands up and shook her head in surrender.

“Are you gonna make a move tonight, i personally think you should.. shot gun kiss, normal kiss, ask her out on a date, body shots, hookup..?” Tara twirled her chair around and raised her eyebrow at the girl in front of her.

“We already have a date, on Sunday so we’re not hung over. Even though i’d love to do something as stupid as any of your suggestions i can’t ruin my chance.” Mindy smiled and Tara thinks she saw sparkles in the girls eyes. Tara fake gagged and turned back to doing her makeup.

“gross, you’re head over heels..”

-

bottoms up blasted through the Meeks house as purple and red lights cascaded down into every crack and crevices of the house. the house had already filled up not too long after Tara and Mindy arrived and had set out snacks and all the drinks they had, which wasn’t a lot. Mindy had gone looking for Anika after making two drinks, while Chad and Liv had disappeared into the big crowd while dancing. Tara hadn’t seen her boyfriend at all even though she looked for him all over, not that she really cared to find him since they’d probably just end up making out which was something Tara definitely didn’t have on her to-do list for tonight.

Tara had somehow found her way back to the kitchen through the crowd of sweaty people in the hallways and made a stop at the fridge, grabbing a beer out and cracking it open. Tara took a sip of the beer swirled the rest around in her bottle, making her way back to the living room, trying to find a space to sit on a couch, or something. The short brunette could barely see where she was going and bumped into a taller girl by accident, making the girl drop the loads of alcohol in her hand.

“Fuck! i’m sorry. let me help yo—” Tara stopped herself fully after taking one glance up, noticing who she’d bumped into. Amber Freeman. Tara really disliked the girl because of her massive ego and snarky remarks she’s had and made since elementary school. Tara didn’t even finish her sentence, just hurriedly handed the girl her alcohol, trying to walk away but was grabbed by the shoulder, stopping her from moving.

Amber looked Tara up and down to make sure she hadn’t spilled anything on the girl, then let go of the girl.

“you’re good, shorty.” Amber flashed a near perfect smile while looking down at the girl in front of her licking her very pretty lips after inspecting Tara like she hadn’t just taken a jab at her height. The taller girl shot Tara a wink before walking away. Amber somehow made her way through the crowd of people and to the kitchen seemingly quick as Tara couldnt see anymore of her from where she was standing. Tara barely got a glimpse of the taller porcelain girl, only seeing the two neat dutch braids that went down the back of her head.

As if the night couldn’t get any worse Wes had swooped in right after, awkwardly scratching his neck, wearing a sheepish grin as he came from the upstairs portion of the house.

“that Amber chick giving you any trouble?” Wes stopped directly in front of Tara after seeing the girls from the top of the stairs before he’d fully made it down. Wes looked down at Tara, the bleach haired boy had a somewhat protective glint in his eyes.

“No, we just bumped into each other.. well more like i bumped into her, if anything i caused her trouble.” Tara let a sigh fall from her lips as she rambled on, mostly from how the beer was affecting her.. if it was any other day Tara wouldn’t have cared, at least that’s what she thought. Wes just nodded and wrapped his arms around Tara.

Tara eyed him as he took her and pulled them into the crowd of dancing people.

Tara felt a knot in her stomach just from knowing Amber had actually came. Tonight would either be the best or worst night of Taras life.

-

Later that night as people started to leave due to how intoxicated they were, some random ginger cheerleader that Tara has known as Quinn, called a small group of people into the middle of the living room declaring they’d play seven minutes in heaven. Tara stumbled in the room behind her boyfriend, the mix of weed and alcohol catching up to her slightly as they made their way through the more empty house. Tara sat on the floor as they formed a circle, eyeing everyone who was playing, which was Mindy, Anika, Chad, Liv, Wes, Quinn, Jill, and Amber.. Tara never thought she’d dread coming to a party and playing a party game ever, but tonight she did.. Tara pulled her knees to her chest and rested her head there, trying to fathom the idea she might have to be in a closet, alone, with Amber Freeman.

Quinn quickly stood up, stumbling a little while doing so, but still managing to somewhat keep her balance.

“i’m gonna make some rules, since it’s a small group and there’s like two couples here if you don’t want to go in the closet you can take a shot, it’s all up to you though since we’re not able to know what you’re even doing in the closet and just going based off assumptions you’ve made out.” Quinn gave a thumbs up and sat back down, taking the empty beer bottle from her brother Ethan who’d just popped up behind her and took a seat.

the first person to spin the bottle was Mindy, unfortunately for her the bottle had landed on Liv. Mindy quickly took a shot glass and downed the liquid inside the glass, making a face at the burning sensation. Mindy shot Liv a smile and thumbs up afterwards to let her know it was no offense to her. the second person to spin was Jill, landing on Quinn. both the girls stood up and ran to the nearest closet they could find, their giggles could be heard from all the way down the hall. While waiting the group had started a smoke sesh, to keep from getting too bored. the joint was passed around until the group sent someone to knock on the door and retrieve the two girls. the girls were covered in hickeys, lipstick marks and smudged lipstick all over.. they definitely enjoyed that!

after a couple more rounds which led to Chad and Liv totally disappearing and Wes taking about four shots, it was Ambers turn to spin. Tara couldn’t even look at the bottle as it spun, she only hoped that it didn’t even do a full spin, but unfortunately it did and it landed right on her. Tara was doomed. in any other case she’d take a shot, but Wes sudden appearance from upstairs made Tara suspicious so this was her payback.. plus she was already under the influence. Amber held a hand out for the shorter girl, smirking down at her while Wes shot daggers into the back of the porcelain girls head. Tara accepted the girls hand, it was soft unlike Wes who had rough hands.. Tara didn’t mind the change. Tara gave a smile to Wes who’d finally pulled his eyes off Amber and shot Tara a glare, not that it’d change her decision. Tara shrugged at Wes and let herself be pulled into the nearest closet.

Tara let go of the girls hand after they’d entered and closed the door, an automatic light switching on. the light hurt Tara’s eyes a bit since they’d been seeing purple and red all night, but it also allowed Tara to take in the older girls appearance. Tara took in the girls all black attire, noticing it was somewhat different from her usual band tee and jeans she wore some days. Tara might’ve paid a bit too much attention to the girl sometimes, but to be fair they had a lot of classes together plus Ambers locker was straight across from Tara’s. Amber was leaning back onto the wall behind her, her hands in her pockets, staring at Tara. Tara didn’t know what that look was but Amber looked hungry and like she was about to eat Tara. Tara couldn’t lie to herself any longer, the girl was attractive and the way she was looking at Tara right now made her ten times more attractive.

Amber didn’t say a word though, after awhile the tall girl got bored of the silence that filled the small closet. she decided to move herself off the wall, which put her in closer proximity to Tara being that the closet wasn’t the biggest space. Amber put her hand on the wall behind Tara, trapping her. Amber used her free hand to move Tara’s chin up since the girl had been looking down and picking her nails for quite awhile now. Ambers soft slender fingers guided Tara’s face to hers, her lips ghosting Tara’s.

“are you nervous?” Amber let it come out as more of a whisper, not wanting to embarrass the girl as her tan cheeks tinted a soft rosie color. Tara didn’t answer Amber, so, the taller girl looked at Tara for approval, waiting for a nod or some indication that she was allowed to move forward. the shorter girl just wrapped one of her arms around Ambers waist, pulling her closer, she couldn’t take just feeling the other girls breath on her lips anymore,
she wanted more, which Amber happily gave her.

the porcelain girl connected their lips, caressing Tara’s cheek with her thumb. Tara was a little shocked at herself, her lips not moving against the other girl’s for a bit. Once Tara’s lips actually started to move against the other girls she could just tell she’d fucked up.

Amber kissed like a fucking god, and Tara knew she’d never be able to let this go.