I basically had to sell my life over to get will not to rat me out to dal never in my life have I ever felt this shitty i told dally it was Al's birthday and the boys were throwing him a party at the beach he believed me like it was nothing

I took a deep breath after stepping off the curb approaching the loud disco music feeling like absolute crap I made my way over to the drinks and food I needed something to numb this pain in my chest and drinking was the way to go I was feeling pretty confident since i knew how to hold my liquor at least I think I do I kept walking further down until Jewels spotted me and instantly came darting towards me Bill !! Hey Jewels you made it yeah I uh did no dal or Q nah they didn't feel like coming oh well that's too bad I shrugged starting to get a little nauseous you o- but before he could finish i puked all down my white dress oh my god bill he gasped rushing to my side oh god I burped which I'm sure got in his face I'm sorry

Your apologising for throwing up ? I guess I don't know oh I frowned looking down at my messed up dress I have some extra clothes at our place just up that hill over there I turned my head in his direction you mean that huge beach house up there ? Yeah come on he smiled extending his hand i hesitated for a minute but then I remembered my dress and went with him almost immediately we walked up the steep hill passing by dancing drunk people until we reached the house the inside was gorgeous covered with all sorts of expensive looking furniture and a big fountain in the middle and a huge chandelier hanging from the ceiling he lead me over to the spiralling stair case until we reached a long narrow hallway covered in tan wallpaper this is my mom's room I nodded sitting on the bed he handed me a pair of shorts and a short sleeve shirt out of the drawer here these should fit they'res a bathroom over there I'll be downstairs if you need me thank you he nodded shutting the door I scrunched up my nose undressing out of my nasty clothes and rinsed myself off in the shower my haziness started to calm down a little bit enough for me to think I walked down the narrow hallway until I found Jewels sitting by himself on the couch I sighed getting closer tapping his shoulder oh let me take care of that he smiled grabbing my dirty clothes

So uh do you guys live here all alone ? Sometimes in the summers but I stay with my mother mostly I nodded taking a look around it's like these guys are rich it's gorgeous thanks you want a Pepsi or a coke or something ? uh a coke please he tossed me one while he slid open the screen door leading to a huge a backyard the size of a football field this is incredible wait til you see the pool he grinned turning on the lights that switched from red to green then orange then blue again so what'll you say how bout a dip in this bad boy ? ah I chuckled I can't swim really at all ? At all well I uh would be happy to teach you I mean that's if you wanna learn you don't have to if you don't want that'd be great I smiled making him blush we kept walking in silence which felt uncomfortable so He decided to break the ice so have you always been an only child ? Yeah both of my parents died when I was real young so I live with my foster mom cece

Does Quincy live with you to ? Quincy ? No way I chuckled she'd kill us ha kind of reminds me of me and the boys how'd you guys meet ? Our parents mainly they all used to be friends and we were almost always around each other like brothers so like me and Quincy I guess you could say that so uh how'd you meet Dallas ? The very start of June he stumbled into daddy's one night and it was love at first sight I smiled but felt incredibly guilty afterwards I had know idea how close jewels was until our lips were only inches apart I um I don't know if i told you yet but you have incredibly beautiful eyes thank you and just after that his lips were on mine it happened so fast I was to drunk to figure out what was happening but then it hit me like a bomb I pushed him away swiftly grabbing my purse shit I'm sorry I-it's ok I think I should be getting home now you sure ? Yeah it's pretty late and cece's probably going mad wondering where I am oh well let me drive you

No that's alright you've done enough already and besides I know a cabbie alright well goodnight I waved him off running to the cab as fast as I could hey bi- good lord you alright ? Just drive I exhaled he said nothing speeding off I staid up most of the ride only half falling asleep on and off as soon as I got out my head was spinning like a spin top all the lights were off which meant cece had gone to sleep I dragged my feet up the stairs making light clinking noises with my heels and kicked them off hopping into my bed not caring to change into my pajamas and fell fast asleep

June 23,1972

Bill was acting real weird tonight after I left said she was going to fatso's 50th birthday party which her and I know she would never be caught dead at

But she went anyways will took her of course but they left so fast I didn't even get the chance to kiss her goodbye hope she's alright

- Dal

So how'd it go ? Huh ? Uh oh looks like someone's on cloud 9 so I take it worked worked is an understatement my friend so what was it like ? Well we were talking at first then she puked all over herself dude Rex chuckled I glared at him until he stopped so I brought her here to change you show her the pool ? Yeah I smirked I offered her a swim but she said no we kept talking and laughing and her eyes man sheesh put me in a trance then I leaned in and bam bam what ?she pushed me away and said she had to go home everyone started bursting out laughing and falling off the couch it's not funny I frowned awe I'm sorry man I thought for sure it would work yeah well you were wrong awe don't get upset buddy just means we have to try a little harder what do you mean ? You'll see man it's all coming to plan