A bet worth waiting on 5

the car ride to the party took only about 5 minutes and in those five minutes i had explained to erik why my brother and chris were chasing me out of the house. he laughed and smiled the whole time telling me i was brave to stand up to my older brother and how much of a good time we were going to have.

around here it starts to get dark around six o'clock so about time we pulled up to the party it was dark outside and the party was in full swing the house seemed to already be pretty packed and people were still arriving. as we walked up the path way to the house erik took my hand in his smiling down at me, it made me go all gooy inside. with his free hand he was issueing high fives to people as we went. holding my hand he made his way through the door and the massive crowd pulling me along until we reached the kichen wich wasnt that crowded at all. there were 3 kegs on the counter and two guys manning the one that was already taped. erik made his way over asking for two, one guy filled up the two cups while the other looked on around the room.

"here" erik said presenting me with an overflowing cup of beer, now in any other circumstance like this i wouldnt have taken it but right now i felt shitty about my brother so i took it and down it all in one shot.

"give me another" i said handing the cup back to erik

he raised both eyebrows taking the cup from me and turning back to the guy " you heard the lady she wants abother one"

this got the attention of the other guy that was scanning the room before him his gaze rested on me looking me up and down when he spoke

"your-"

"tom bristoles little sister yes i think i know that already thank you" i said before he could finish, taking the cup erik held out for me.

"nice" he said nodding his head for approval. yet again i downed the cup of beer and handed it back to erik for another

"you dont waste any time do you " he said still surprised

"heyy jack why dont you get this one something stronger see how she can handle that" the guy that was scanning the room said to the guy that poured the beer.

the guy in charge of the beer eyed me for a second then smiled as he turnt to his right where a cupboard was mounted on the wall and he pulled down a bottle of somthing and filled my cup with it and handed it back to me " take it easy on this shit it could kill ya" i took a sip to see what it was and it was so horrid my face contorted as i tried to swallow and it burnt on its way down. after chocking a bit i asked

"what the hell is this stuff?"

"tequila" the guy jack smirked

"dude that shit could really kill her " erik spat his voice angery

"it's okay erik im fine i just wont done the stuff" i said smiling taking another sip

thats when five or six guys filled into the room all greeting erik and the two guys at the keg i just sat to the side and drank my tequila and after awhile the taste and the burning subsided and it became relaxing. 5 minutes later i felt the full effect giggling like a blonde on blow, erik looked down at me and fully understood what was going on. he gave me such a sympathetic look and wrapped his arms around pulling me close to his chest turning to his friends

" she's obliterated" for some reason that made me laugh harder.

taking his hand swaying a bit " lets dance"i said pulling him towards the living room downing the last contents of the tequila.

we danced for about half an hour bumping and grinding, it was as though i was on ecstacy. he pulled back first

"come on i need a break" he grabbed my hand and led me to the nearest couch that was empty, after we sat down he slid his arm around my shoulder pulling me closer.

i noticed that he was nursing the same beer that he had from when we first got here so i grabbed it from him and downed that too.now with his free hand he took my right hand into his and started twirling my ring around, the ring my mother left me when she died, it felt as though i got punched in the stomach when i thought of this. and all at the same moment was when i spotted tom enter the kitchen with his arm around the chick cindy. he was too busy greeting people to notice me. erik seemed to have seen him to.

"shit" he muttered under his breath

"im going, i have to get out of here" i said frantically as i jumped up of the couch and made my way through the dinning room and to the foyer and out the front door.

im surprised i could walk but at that i was stumbling. ugh i was so frustrated how was i supposed to get home like this i couldt let tom catch me like this. my vision was blurry as i pushed past people on the front steps and out onto the lawn. everything started to spin like crazy and my stomach turnt as i felt the hot bile rise to my throught. i was quickly on the ground near a bush throwing up what felt like my insides. i hadnt heard or felt someone come up behind me stroking my back and holding back my hair. as soon as my stomach stoped churning and the world stoped spinning i closed my eyes and leaned back into the solid figure that was trying to help me as i cryed.than i heard someone else approach.

"is she okay?" that was deffiantly erik's voice, then who the hell was holding me?!please please dont be tom

"yeah, she'll be fine im gunna take her home" chris , his voice made me relax "i'll deal with you later" his voice got hard and angery as he put a hand behind my back and his other around my legs and carried me to a car.i wrapped my arms around his neck as he opened the door to put me in the passenger seat and let go after he buckled my seat belt and closed the door. i huddled my legs up into my chest and drifted off to sleep knowing i was safe. after we arrived home chris brought me to the bathroom to throw up agian then telling me to get in the shower and that he'd be right back. a couple minutes later i was sitting in the tub fully clothed to drunk to move when he came back in he was wearing a pair of sweatpants and nothing else.

"jesus tay can you screw up any worse" he said turning on the shower cold, i just layed there and let the cold water wake me up as i cryed.

after a couple of minutes he reached over and turned the shower off " come on we need to get you out of those cloths" he said while helping me out of the tub wrapping a towel around me. we made our way to my bedroom where he rummaged through my draws and pulled out pajama pants and a large tshirt and handed them to me while walking out. i got changed quickly sitting back down on my bed swaying when he knocked on the door and anounced he was coming in. he came in holding a glass of water and came over to sit down next to me making me drink the water, the last thing i wanted was to drink anything. after i finished the water he took it from and a placed in on my dresser

"come on get into bed you need some sleep" he pulled back my covers as he helped me slide into them

"im sorry, i just hate living like this, without my mommy" i said tears springing to my eyes

he pulled the blankets up over me " i know tay i remeber how it felt when my mom first died, but the pain goes away sometime" he said turning to get up, i reahced for his hand and pulled him back down.

"dont leave me chris i really dont want to be alone" i said still trying to hold back my tears , he looked around the room and then sighed before climbing into bed next to me.

"im here tay now close your eyes and go to sleep" he said wrapping his arms around me.

and i did i feel asleep warm, comfortable, and safe.