"You don't need any man." Jessica slurred, raising her glass into the air, "You want to know why? Because none of us need men, okay? We are two beautiful, independent, young looking girls, and we are a fucking catch."

30 minutes ago Aiden pretty much told me to move on. To simply just get over it. So I came up with the brilliant plan to drink the bottle Jessica brought. We poured some into our glass cups mixed with punch and before we knew it, we were drunk.

I listened to her words and couldn't help but cheer for them.

"You are so wise." I said, and we both laughed. This party is becoming a lot more fun by the minute. I was trying to not think about how my 'relationship' with Aiden was over, I can cry about that later. Tonight, I'm drinking to it.

"Hey, have any of you guys seen Tristian?" A voice says behind me. I turn around and see Natalie. She was wearing a short tight fit nude colored dress with a black frayed mask, and nude colored heels. She looked beautiful, as always.

"Nope," I said, popping the 'P'. I took another sip of the punch and watched as Natalie's face dropped.

"You guys are seriously drunk?!" She whispered, walking in closer to us.

"Shhh," Jessica said, putting up a finger to Natalie's lips as a way to silence her.

Me and Jessica both laughed, throwing our heads back in amusement. I put my hands to my mouth to try and stop them, but fail. The thing I love about being drunk is that it takes your mind off everything, and simply puts you in a good mood. Remind me to do it more often.

"I don't have time for this. I have to find Tristian. He's supposed to take pictures with me before the auction starts." I can see the worried look on her face so I try to calm myself down a bit. I'm starting to feel a bit guilty, I need to compose myself.

"You haven't seen him at all?" I ask.

"He said he'd be by the punch. That was twenty minutes ago." She unlocks her phone and tries calling Tristian again, but there was no answer.

"Well, he's not by the punch." Jessica states the obvious since we were standing right by it. Natalie rolls her eyes and tries calling him again.

"We'll tell you if we find him." I reassured her.

"Thank you." Natalie says to me and then goes off into the crowd to continue to look for him.

I take some more sips of my drink before placing the cup on the table beside me. I couldn't help but feel bad that we're drunk at this party. Natalie organized the whole thing, I could tell it is important to her and here we are embarrassing her.

"Elle, look." Jessica nudges me with her elbow and points to some guy in the corner. His eyes continue to stay on Jessica, which is no surprise to me. She can get any guy in here.

"Now tell me he isn't hot." She says, waving her hand and smiling at him. I look back at him and squint my eyes to focus, fuck this alcohol is getting to me.

"How can you tell? He has a mask on."

"Oh I can tell." She replies. "I'm going to go for it." She seems confident in her words and I shake my head at how brave she is.

"What?" She couldn't be serious. I could never have the guts to walk up to some stranger and immediately start to flirt. I wouldn't even know how to start. I've never been the first to introduce myself to some guy, which is probably why my body count is a lot less than both Natalie and Jessica's. If only I were brave like them.

"Why not? Our faces are covered, this is the perfect place to. It'll be quick and easy."

"Careful Jess, you're starting to sound like Mason." I say, and it's true. Only Mason would think of something like that. Quick and easy.

"Well that's because he knows how to have fun." She replies before walking over to the stranger at the opposite side of the room. I watch as she leans in and whispers something into his ear. She's always been so confident, I envy that.

Maybe she's right, I mean it's not like many people from our class are here, and our faces are covered. Maybe a quick make out will make me feel a little better about myself.

I look around the room but can't find anyone who is standing alone. Everyone is dancing to the low music. Of course for Jessica it would be easy, she's beautiful- even with her face covered you can just tell.

"Are you looking for someone?" I hear someone ask beside me and I turn around to face them. He was wearing a black suit and tie, along with a Joker masquerade mask. I could tell he was cute, but didn't look recognizable so he was the perfect guy.

"I have a feeling I just found him." I said awkwardly, leaning in a bit closer. I have no idea what I'm doing. All I know is that I need to get my mind off Aiden.

"Oh yeah? Must be my lucky day." I smiled at his response. "You're very beautiful."

His fingers start to slowly graze my arm, and I find myself enjoying it. I can't help the way alcohol makes me feel, whenever I drink it bad ideas always seem to sound so good.

I don't care what you do. As long as you leave me out of it.

Aiden's words replay in my mind. He doesn't care what I do, so why is a part of me still concerned about how he'll react? My heart wants to go find Aiden in the crowd, but my brain knows how that will go. He's done with me. He wants me to leave him out of it so I will.

"How about we go somewhere a little quieter?" I whisper in his ear. He looks at me and nods, eyes looking eager to get this moving. I know I might be doing this a little too fast but that's not so bad is it? Quick and easy, just like what Jessica said.

He takes my hand and leads me into the bathroom. Of course there would only be one. I turn around and notice there's no lock on the door. I feel a bit relieved because I wasn't planning on having sex anyways. I just need a distraction.

"There's no lock." I say as he starts to kiss along my neck. It doesn't feel as good as I would like it to but I let him continue.

"Better make this quick then."

"We're not having sex." I say, and couldn't help but let out a small moan. Be brave.

"Uhuh," He agrees. He brings his lip up to mine and kisses me over and over again, each kiss getting slippier than the next. I could tell it wasn't just me that needed a distraction, it seemed like he was in a hurry too. He pushed me up against the counter and slipped his tongue into my mouth. I could taste the alcohol on his breath, and tried to ignore it. This is what I want, right? I don't need to feel anything, I just need to forget. I could feel him start to take off his jacket as he continued to kiss me.

"Let's leave our masks' on." He says and I nod. If I know who he is it could get messy, just as it got with Mason and I don't need that right now. I just need him to get my mind off Aiden, and I don't care what it is.

We are not having sex.

We are not having sex.

I wrap my legs around his torso as I am pushed back, his body leaning over mine as he kisses me harder and harder. There's no passion in anything we're doing, only drive. I can feel his bulge in between my legs and suddenly the thought of having sex doesn't sound so bad.

No. Not again.

My subconscious reminds me. I can't get down and dirty at another party. My mind starts racing. God, what am I thinking?

We are not having sex.

We are not having sex.

But

Are we?

My thoughts are interrupted by the bathroom door opening. I quickly push him off and close my legs. I can feel my cheeks start to redden from the sudden embarrassment. I can't help but feel a bit relieved that we were interrupted, because if we weren't I know it would have escalated.

"Oh sorry, I didn't-" Natalie walked into the room and froze, her mouth open in shock. I get my hair out of my face and catch my breath. My chest rising up and down from the lack of oxygen I was getting only moments before.

I couldn't help but feel a bit ashamed, this is not how I wanted my quick and easy hookup to go. Natalie and him look at each other, their bodies going still. I opened my mouth to speak up and break the silence, but Natalie beat me to it.

"Tristian?"