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Dakota laughed along with Steven as the teens sat together. Since Milo's performance he had had a lot more to drink. As he joked around with the others, Liz passes by the group. Belly seemed to be the only one to notice.

"Liz. Liz, come here." Belly calls out as Liz tries to pass by

"Hey, sis. Sis, sis, check it out, check it out, check it out." Dakota says. His idea was to shotgun, so he takes his beer and pokes a hole in it. Unfortunately, the can exploded and spilled all over and the majority of it landed on Liz.

"Oh!" Belly says

"Oh, my God." Taylor laughs wiping her hands on her pants, "I can't believe you did that."

"This party sucks." Liz complains

"Dude, it's beer. It'll dry. Chill." Dakota laughs

"I'm leaving, okay?"

"Wait, wait, did something happen?" Belly says

"No, nothing happened. Whatever. Dakota, can you just get Steven to drive you home, please?"

"Steven? No, Steven-Steven is drunk. You-you promised to be my sober ride tonight."

"Okay, well, I'm ready to go now."

"Okay, well, I'm not." He scoffs

"Great. Then can you just call an Uber or something?"

"Why are you being such a buzzkill right now?"

"Oh, I'm sorry, am I ruining your fun night?" Liz chuckles humorlessly

"Kinda, yeah."

"Okay, well, in case you forgot, which it clearly seems like you did, Susannah just died, so I'm a little bit sad. But please, don't let that stop you from having the time of your life." Liz spits

Anger flares through Dakota as he stares back at his sister, "Fuck you. You know, I lost Susannah, too. Okay? You don't think I'm sad about that?"

"Oh, what, were you shotgunning the pain away? My apologies." She says sarcastically

"No, you should apologize. You screwed up, and now everything is weird with Conrad. I mean, he won't even text me back anymore because of you."

"Okay, guys, listen..." Belly tries

"That is not my fault." Liz says

"Isn't it? Hmm?" He exclaims, "We should be celebrating with the both of them tonight, but they wouldn't come because you made things messy. You just had to have Conrad, huh?" He scoffs, "God, you are so fucking selfish."

"Dakota!" Belly says

"What?" He yells back

"Are you serious?"

"I had to have Conrad?" Liz scoffs, "Are you kidding? I was in love, Dakota. Like out of my mind in love. What was I supposed to do?"

Dakota stops as he watches tears fill her eyes, "Liz." She ignores him as she walks off, "Liz."

"Dakota." Taylor says as she and Belly follow Liz. Dakota sighs as he turns back toward Steven. Steven looked back at him with a wince.

"I fucked up, didn't I?" He sighs

"Just a little bit." Steven shrugs. Before walking over and taking the beer from Dakota, "How about no more of these? Alright?"

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The teens stayed at the party for a few more hours before eventually leaving. Truthfully, when Liz left, no one found the party fun anymore. Taylor left with Milo while Belly drove herself and the boys home.

Dakota's buzz had worn off fairly quickly as he thought over the night. He did feel extremely bad for blowing up on Liz. While he was somewhat angry at her, he shouldn't have done that to her. Especially in front of everyone. It was silent in the car aside from the music playing softly from the radio.

"You alright, Dakota?" Steven asks from the front seat

"Fine." He mutters

"You know that was really fucked up right?" Belly says turning the corner

Dakota sighs, "I get it."

"Do you?" Belly scoffs, "Or are you just upset that your buzz got killed?"

"Belly." Steven tries

"No." She says as she stops at a red light. She stares at Dakota in the rearview mirror, "That was really fucked up, Dakota. We all lost Susannah and are grieving, but you don't get to just toss her and Conrad's relationship in her face when you're upset at her. If Conrad wanted to talk, he would. That's not her fault and you don't get to keep blaming her. It's not fair."

"We all need each other right now and blaming one another for what we can't control isn't gonna help. So, just-" Belly sighs, "Stop being a dick to her."

Dakota deflates as he looks out of the window. Belly rolls her eyes as she looks out at the road. Dakota runs his hands through his hair as Belly steps on the gas.

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