The room spins around me. I sway lightly as I walk through the blurred lights... as I push through the laughing people. I laugh at their jokes, while I can't even hear the joke— I laugh loudly, probably too loudly.

But nobody cares, because that's the whole point of the aftermath of drinking a lot. Nobody cares.

I stumble to the side of the drink. Half of my drink spills on my shirt as I take my phone.

Mango

I blink.

Since when does my dog have a phone number?

I raise a fist to rub my eyelid, phone still in my other hand, and then go for my second eye.

Minho

Ah, there it is.

Dide
Wgere are yu

Literally at home
Where are YOU

I donr wven know

Are you high

5'10"

Definitely

I drank

I can tell.
So proud of you, though!!! x

Sjut ip

You're distracting me from cooking
I've got to go
I think my burgers are on fire

Sunce when do yu xook

Bye Thomas

I seriously have no idea where I am. How did I get here again? What did I drink?

I groan to myself, pressing a hand against my forehead. Maybe that helps to recall my memories.

It actually did. Tes. I got here with Tes, a few hours ago, and she went to get us more drinks. How long was that ago? I look at the clock.

Since when are those triangle shaped.

I rub my eyes again. The circle becomes clear. It's currently... I don't know.

"Hi, Tom," her beautiful voice mirrors against my ears. She presses a red cup in my hands and throws the other one away. I gladly take the new drink, grinning, and gulp it down at the same time as she drinks hers.

I wipe my mouth with my sleeve. Moving my head this much feels kind of funny. Thousands of earthquakes around me, but they don't harm. Hm.

My vision blurs further by the time. I feel a rush of warmth and dizziness when I get up, stumbling straight into her. She steadies me with a gentle hand.

"You're absolutely wasted," this time, her voice wraps around me. Echoes so many times I keep hearing it. I don't mind; it's soothing.

Again, I take my phone. I hold it so tightly that it has no chance of slipping away, yet it still feels like it will.

SAUCE

What— for a third time, I rub my eyes.

SAGE

I'm lirellay swo deunj rifjt niw

I can tell. Where r u?

Ubjder yr bwed

You're not under my bed, Thomas
Do I need to come get you??

Noooooooooooooookjjkjjjhdusixisiskxi

Yeahhhhhhhhhhhhhaidjehdienfkdiejd
Who's with you?

Tessssssssssssssssssssssss

Ohhhhhhh!!!!!
How surprising
Can she take you home?

I look up at Tessssssssssssssssssssssss. "Can you take me home?" I ask... or something like that.

"Yeah, sure," she says. "Let's go."

She ssys sureeeeaaaa

Okay
I'll see you tmrw
Good night
ILY

How dare she.

I hwave a guelftiend
But good nighțťțťțtttt

Teresa takes my phone after I've fumbled to lock it and slips it in her bag for safekeeping. I watch, dazed, as she guides my arm into the bag, too. My fingers, hand— all of it.

She laughs softly. "Tom, come on. And close your mouth." Her hard tug at my arm snaps me out of my state. I glance down only to realize my arm isn't in the bag at all. Luckily.

"Let's go home," she says. Together, we start stumbling towards the exit of the... wherever we are again.

She loops my arm around her shoulder, and hers around my waist. I feel absolutely weightless like this. Maybe because I'm leaning on her, heavily and clumsy. We weave through the crowd of dancing people. The people we bump into just give us amused looks.

The music and lights blur behind us by the time we're outside. Cool night air blows against my hot skin. I shiver and blink at it. Teresa leads me down the steps I swear weren't there before. Then, soon, we're at the car we came with.

"In you go." She forces me onto the passenger seat and buckles me in, a smile coaxing her lips. So nice pink and plump— I place a kiss on there. The smile brightens.

Quickly, she moves around to the driver's seat. She starts the engine, and we drive off, leaving the crazy things behind.

For a while, there's just blackness.

"Thomas," her voice returns. Another earthquake takes place, but in my body. I groan. "Thomas."

My eyes open after getting used to the light that is not there. She's shaking my arm. Stops once she sees my open eyes.

"We've arrived. Let's go."

In the same way we entered the car and exited the party, we exit the car and enter my house.