Nine

The party was enormous, gigantic, it had people all over the stairs, the living room was choc a block with people dancing and chatting away with drinks in their hands, I don't think I had ever experienced something to this extent, obviously there were parties that I went to when I was clear of cancer but those were like normal school house parties, this one looked like their parents wouldn't be back for years at a time.

"Hi!" Libby slurred as we entered the house and she was there draped over some guy that definitely wasn't Aaron which wasn't weird or unusual, Libby was a friendly and respectful drunk and Aaron had no insecurities that she would cheat on him so, she would just make friends and friends until it was home time and then she would always find her drunk-self back with Aaron, and that's where he would swoop in and be her saviour and aid her back to health with an excessive amount of water and a drive thru McDonalds.

As we walked over to her I guess Zack saw some of the people he knows and called out to us saying he would meet us back at the door when the party was over.

Zack wasn't the smartest tool in the shed, so when he said he would pick us up we did get picked up by an uber, and his excuse for not driving "I wanted to drink and have a good time" which was something that should have come to his mind straight away, but you know...he's slow.

"come on let's get you guys a drink and we can do a shot in celebration of you finally allowing your cancer to not stop you" Libby said reasonably loud, Helena slapped her around the shoulder and I frowned, "can you not say that too loud" Helena added through greeted teeth, I nodded in agreement with Helena and Libby shot her hands up dropping her empty cup in the process "sorry, my lips are zipped" she said as she made the zip gesture with her fingers and threw away the imaginary key then proceeded to get us a drink.

While she was gone I couldn't help but notice Helena's gaze flutter off to where Zack was standing with his friends, laughing along to what they were saying to him, "you know you can leave me with Libby and go enjoy yourself with Mr over there" I whispered to her, she snapped her head back to look at me and rolled her eyes "don't be silly I am here with you, we are enjoying this together" She added as I shook my head and sighed "it's okay to let someone in even if there is a 50/50 chance, just think of the fact that you could be a survivor second time around, go for it, if he doesn't understand then he is a bigger idiot then he already is" I added as she shook her head with a smile "whatever" she said as Libby came back with two cups and a tray of shots.

After downing our shots Helena took my advice and went over to Zack and his friends to strike up conversation between them, I was looking over at her like the proudest mother I could possible feel like, that relationship if it were to be one would be my creation, my baby.

As for me, I was still with Libby who was talking my ear off about some kind of thing she had been up to recently, and how she got to meet Aarons friends that she hadn't met yet, I wasn't really into the conversation too much seen as I was just looking around at people's faces and just the atmosphere.

My eyes wandered back to Helena and Zack who were now on their own just talking and laughing with each other, I mean come on why wouldn't I be completely obsessed with my two friends hitting it off, they both looked amazing! I mean Zack doesn't really know how to dress so his apparel was very much a long sleeve turtle neck with a band T-Shirt over the top, some ripped black jeans and some kinda skate shoes like vans or something, he was very skater boy and he lets everyone know it in his look, style and everything about him, I mean he has the fluffiest brown hair ever! and he still decides to put a hat on over it every. Single. Day.

Compared to Helena who has a style of someone that can't decide if she likes the masculine life or the feminine life, this night she chose to be more feminine with a PVC looking black skirt and matching fishnets with a pair of Doc Martins on, it wouldn't be Helena if there wasn't an element of WTF to her wardrobe, so to perfectly match her dark outfit she paired her skirt with a white T-Shirt with Sponge bob as the centre piece, which has no correlation to the outfit, or even made sense with the outfit but oh well, topped off with a black jacket just to make sure people knew dark colours were her thing, she never looked like she wore makeup, which I know she did but it was just so minimal it hurt sometimes to see how she was so naturally pretty, God definitely has favourites.

They were just getting along so well and that's when I came back to reality and Libby had completely disappeared on me and my drink, nowhere to be seen not even a cup in my hand which was odd because I definitely had some drink left.

I walked into the Kitchen and grabbed myself a drink as quickly as I could from the fridge that people were leaning up against making out, it grosses me out every single time when some does that, like get a room there are bedrooms upstairs, I walked through the crowd of people on the dance floor and right through to the garden which was drop dead gorgeous, it had a big pool right in the middle of it and then a view of the whole city that was cut off by some fence to I guess stop people from jumping to their deaths, I walked out and all the way to the fence leaning on it looking out at the city and all the mountain or whatever this house was made on, just a bunch of rocks that lead to a road down below.

the scenery was beautiful, I mean my house was a decent house especially as my dad used to be a lawyer and once he passed we gained his money and what was left of his parent's money which was super sad, but also the house was paid for, we had a massive pool and a work hut still that was not ever in use and hasn't been used since dad passed, it had a massive kitchen and rooms, it was perfect for our family but I also appreciated that compared to my place this would knock mine out of the park.

"You like the view" A familiar voice said as I took a deep breath and signed as the presence got closer until it was right beside me, I looked over and there he was the man that I hadn't seen in a while, the man that I wasn't practically thinking of "if it isn't Mr teen heartthrob" I said as he laughed a little and I rolled my eyes "didn't think in a million years that you would come to such a party?" he said as I rolled my eyes again and just focused on not looking over at him "what brings you here? friends with someone here? where is your mob of girls?" I asked as he leant on the fence looking out at the view as well "I mean I live here so more like my friends came to visit me and the mob is under control plus my friends are here no paps or fans" he added as I laughed "your door is unlocked people can just walk in" I said as he shrugged "paps and fans know not to come in and to respect my privacy, plus everyone is having a good time right?" he said looking over at me as I finally broke my gaze on the city and looked over at him and shrugged "maybe I mean the host is kinda lame, not really doing his job is he?" I asked as he frowned his eyebrows "what do you mean not doing my job?" he asked as I shrugged and broke away from the fence and walked back into the house.

It wasn't long until Vincent was hot on my heels following me into the kitchen where I had found a passed-out Libby sleeping on the table "Libby!" I shouted as she stirred around on the table "Libby you need to sleep somewhere appropriate" I said as I got nothing but mutters and slurs "look she can sleep in my room, it's locked but at least she can be left to sleep peacefully" Vincent added as I looked behind me where he was standing leaning on the fridge, I looked between him and Libby and just gave in, she needs to sleep off some of the alcohol so might as well "fine, Thank you" and just like that I stepped aside so that Vincent could lift her up and I followed him all the way to his bedroom.

"reach in my pocket and get the door key please" Vincent asked as we got outside his bedroom door and he spun around she that he was facing me "ew no thank you, that requires touching too close for comfort" I laced my words with disgust as he rolled his eyes "well then I'll drop her right here and she can sleep out here on the floor" he said as I huffed and looked at him and he smiled willingly "it's in the right pocket" he added as I nodded and went for his right pocket, the silence that grew from reaching into his pocket, in that moment I was confused where I should look, I can't look down because I was way too close to that and I couldn't look at him because I didn't want to die of embarrassment, so I decided to look at his door and just wish for the best.

I unlocked his door and allowed Vincent to walk in with a very knocked out Libby, he rested her on the bed while I got a good look at his room "wow" I spoke as he covered her up and turned to face me "I know isn't she a beauty when she's sleeping" he sarcastically said as I frowned my eyes and then he raised his hands up in defence "sorry, I guess we weren't talking about Libby" he said as I shook my head and gestured with my index finger that his room was what I had said wow to, "your room is practically empty" I said as I looked around at his little gamer station and his little fluffy cushion bed thing that his cat was sleeping very peacefully in "how adorable" I added as he looked over at his cat and smiled then looked back at me "that's Phoenix, it's a rescue cat" he said as I nodded and then went to sit down in his gamer chair and put on his head set "hi guys this is Vinnie, I'm gonna need some back up in here they are coming from all angles, I repeat all angles" I quietly imitated what I thought he sounded like and he chuckled then came over to me and took the headset off my head "Vinnie? real funny Lilah can we please leave your friend to sleep in peace" he said as I shrugged, got up and then walked out his room with no further questions.