I stood there, on the roof panels outside my window, admiring the fall from my window. Note the sarcasm. Did I ever mentioned that I was afraid of heights? But I am not that afraid to not even go in a lift, but enough to not ride a roller coaster.

"You seriously want me to jump from up here?" I asked Kash, who was already down in the garden, waiting for me.

"No, I want you to fall all the way down here," he said looking up at me.

I sigh at his not-so-coherent-compliment, and get back at staring the ground, as if the hard-solid ground would turn to liquid by just me staring at it. Wish if it could really happen.

"Are you ever going to come down?" He asked in a irritated tone.

"Maybe..."

"Wait- is that your mom standing behind you? Oh, yes she is... Good evening Mrs. Brooke!" I gasped in fear, laced with shock. I turned around and saw no one, he was just joking. I didn't get to shout at him as, I lost my balance, slipped from the roof and started to fall backwards, the practical example of my middle name being clumsy.

I thought this was the end. The end of another clumsy human being. I thought this was the time to say goodbye to the world. I squeezed my eyes shut and waited for me to hit the ground, but I didn't have a rough landing as I supposed, instead Kash caught me, just inches above the ground.

The erratic beating of my heart stopped as I processed everything. I slowly opened my eyes and thankfully I was still in one piece.

"Ahem..." I indicated Kash to put me down, and as you all know how a gentleman he is, he dropped me onto the ground.

I let out a cry in pain as I got back up on my feet.

"What's your problem?" I demanded. But as an answer I got ignored. I sighed and moved towards Kiara's car, which has been waiting for me since an eternity.

"Hey guys!" I said as I got inside the car.

"What took you so long?" Alex asked from the back seat.

"Nothing and everything."

***

I entered the house a bit anxiously. Z said that I would have to do whatever he says in the party if I wanted the video. But I still had got no instructions.

"Hey!" Someone squeaked from behind me. I turned around and found Kiara standing in front of me. "Do you want a drink?" She asked offering the beer in her hand.

"I think I'll pass," I said being considerate as one of us three had not to be drunk in order to reach home. And also, I don't want to lose control of myself.

It was only seven and a half, and I couldn't believe what was already going on at the party. Illegal liquor was being passed down to everyone in the house, and a group of people were smoking marijuana, or weed, in the bedroom. A couple of people were playing beer pong on the couches, some were already drunk and throwing up in the bathroom and in some very common cases on the outfits of other people.

"This party is lit!" Alex screamed overpowering the loud music and the shouting kids.

"Thank you," Jacob said joining us. "We were just going to start play spin the bottle. Do you guys want to join us?" He asked.

And at once, without taking our second opinion, Kiara answered, "yes! We would love to."

***

"The rules are pretty simple- whoever spins the bottle has to kiss the person it lands for ten seconds. You can break the kiss only for two seconds. And if you break any rules, you would have to run around the house naked," Jacob told the rules, which everyone already knew.

Everyone was seated in a circle on the marble floor. Some were grinning with excitement while some, sophomores I suppose, were nervous. And very unexpectedly Kash was also there.

A guy from my chemistry class, spinned the bottle first. It landed on Alex, they did thier thing, and Alex sat next to me like nothing ever happened.

Well, this is going to be interesting...

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Hey everyone!

Sorry for not updating for a while.

But now here it is anothher chapter of Off the Map. Let me know if you liked this chapter in the comments.