Peggy nervously shimmied out of her window and onto the roof. Her sisters, Angelica and Eliza, were waiting on the ground for her. The girls were sneaking out to go to a party that their father had forbidden them from attending.

"Daddy said that we can't go. We should respect that and just not go to the party guys..." Peggy anxiously suggested. She hated breaking the rules and sneaking out. Partly because it was wrong, and mostly because she always took the fall for her sisters. Of course, they didn't care about that. They just wanted to party without consequences while in their youth.

Angelica rolled her eyes at her youngest sister's antics and called up to her with annoyance, "Peggy quit being a pussy and just jump!" Eliza nodded in agreement and glared up at Peggy alongside her older sister.

    "Hurry the fuck up or we're leaving without you. We don't have all night Pegs," Eliza whined up to her younger sister. Peggy glanced between her two angry sisters and jumped down, giving in to the peer pressure.

     Eliza and Angie hugged Peggy before walking off to Peggy's car. They always took her pale yellow beetle-bug downtown when they snuck out.

Peggy and Angelica sat in the front, Peggy in the driver's seat, Angelica in the passenger's seat and Eliza in the back. Peggy started up her car and pulled out of their driveway. Angelica pulled up directions on her phone and handed it to Peggy so she could navigate. Peggy glanced down at the phone then back at the road as she drove away from their house, the elegant marble mansion fading slowly from view until it was nothing but a pinprick in the distance.

The drive to the party was uneventful and drowned in silence. After a thirty minute drive of awkward silence, Peggy pulled up to a house that obviously held a party. There were bright lights flashing through the windows and music so loud Peggy could hear it from inside her car as she parked alongside the road near the house. The lawn was strewn with drunk and high teenagers, red solo cups littered everywhere. Peggy watched her sisters as they left her car and melted into the tangle of partygoers.

With a sigh, she powered down her car and exited it, locking it as she closed her door. She put her keys in her pocket before following her sisters' actions and going into the house. As soon as she walked in she was hit with the overwhelming smell of alcohol, weed, and sweat. She pinched her nose and tried to find her sisters amidst the crowds and under the low lighting. Parties were definitely not Peggy's scene. She hated the close proximity of countless strangers and how there was no way to avoid being touched in the crowded space.

Seeing no signs of her older sisters she pushed her way through the crowd of dancing, sweating, grinding, humping bodies; she was set on finding wherever the alcohol was. She knew her sisters would probably be near.

    After a minute or two of being shoved around and pushing her way through the crowd, she finally found her sisters. They were both talking to a man Peggy didn't know. From where she stood, Peggy could already tell that her sisters were drunk and the man they were talking to was not intoxicated. At least, not noticeably intoxicated like her sisters.

Peggy started walking towards them, the goal of dragging them away in her mind when she felt an arm wrap around her waist and pull her away. She turned around to face the person who had dragged her away and almost gasped. She was GORGEOUS. Peggy stared at her as she danced, taking in all of her features. She was a tad bit taller than Peggy with curly brunette hair cascading down her back. She was wearing a deep red dress with an intricate rose design across the bodice.

The girl smiled at Peggy and began dancing closer to her. "Come on! Dance, don't just stand there," she urged in the most angelic voice Peggy had ever heard. It was like listening to the prettiest songbirds that heaven had to offer. Peggy began dancing with the girl to make her happy, and her heart almost DIED when she saw her smiling down at her.

The two danced together, the stranger getting closer and closer to Peggy until they were dancing face to face. Peggy felt her face heat up at their close proximity. She got closer, and closer to Peggy's face, closing her eyes as she got closer. Peggy closed her eyes, as the mysterious and angelic stranger kissed her. Peggy gasped slightly into the very expected kiss, giving the stranger access to her mouth. As soon as that happened, a series of things occurred.
1. Peggy tasted alcohol from the stranger's mouth.
2. She pushed the gorgeous girl away.
3. She ran back to where she'd left her sisters.

Peggy felt ashamed for being tricked by that pretty drunk girl. She couldn't waste her time hooking up with pretty girls she met at high school parties. Her only business with these events was watching her sisters and making sure they didn't do stupid things they'd regret.

She looked around the area her sisters had been and saw that Eliza and the boy she was talking to were gone. Angelica was standing alone at the snack table drinking red solo cup after red solo cup of fruit punch that was most likely spiked. Peggy grabbed her sister's arm and turned her so that they were face to face. Angelica was undoubtedly wasted with a lost expression on her face. Peggy ignored her sister's drunk face and interrogated her. "Where is Eliza?"

"She and 'xander went to talk somewhere quiet. Pretty sure the bedrooms," Angelica slurred, hiccuping on almost every word. Peggy stared at her older sister in shock before dragging her through the crowd of teenagers. They looked around for a minute before finding the bedrooms. Peggy opened the door to the first room she saw and almost screamed at the sight she saw. There were two pairs of clothes scattered around the room and her sister, Eliza, was naked in bed with the guy she'd seen her sisters talking to earlier.

After a minute of just staring at the scene she marched over and dragged her sister out of the bed. This seemed to wake Eliza as she opened her eyes to look around before she noticed that she was naked. She looked around the room confused for a second before she remembered what she'd just done. She began sobbing as she collected her clothes and redressed herself. Peggy patted her on the back supportingly, feeling bad for her sister. Once Eliza was ready, Peggy led her two older sisters out of the party and back to her car.

The three sisters wordlessly got back in the car, the wasted Angelica passed out in the passenger seat, Eliza was sobbing in the back seat, and Peggy somberly sat in the front. The drive back to their house was devoid of all noise, other than Eliza's sobbing. Peggy silently parked her car back in their driveway and powered it down.

"Ok Eliza, we're home... you gotta stop crying or daddy will catch us while we're sneaking back in..." Peggy gently whispered to Eliza as she tried to shake Angelica awake. Eliza nodded and wiped her tear-filled eyes, she forced herself to be quiet and joined Peggy in waking Angelica up.

It took about two minutes, but they woke Angelica up and were now exiting the car. Peggy locked her car and they all snuck back to Peggy's still-open window. Angelica was the first one to climb up, then Eliza, Peggy was almost up when she heard a sharp voice from behind her. "Margarita Schuyler!" Peggy turned around guiltily to face her father, who was standing behind her with his arms crossed over his chest. His expression was furious and Peggy knew that there was no way she could worm her way out of this one.

"Daddy I can explain-"

"Don't. I'm not gonna let you off this time young lady. You are grounded, understand? You are not to leave this house except for school and no phone or electronics for a month. Do I make myself clear?"

"Yes daddy..." Peggy murmured, following after her dad as he walked back into the house through the actual front door. Peggy gave her phone to her dad and went up to her room where she got ready for bed and went to sleep.

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