August 29th, 2012 It’s raining down again. Grace Ciotta stares the front doors of Mickle Ray High School. It’s high school now which means she gets a new start. Gone are the days where she would get bullied by all the other kids. The skies are dark, wet and gray. They’re full of gloom and sorrow and Grace isn’t sure she’ll get used to her new town. Her mother tells her that Washington isn’t all that bad. Grace hopes she doesn’t know better. So she’s nervous. Grace doesn’t know anyone and knows she’s socially awkward. She’s been that way all her life. So when her mother, Virginia, told Grace they were moving, Grace could’ve not been more relieved but anxious about it. It meant the end of the bullies and picking, but at the same time, …show more content…
They had agreed to go together after a few texts. Sara’s there too in Emily’s car. Sara’s a good friend, Elizabeth thinks when she greets her. She shouldn’t be like this, at least not like me. I wonder if Andrew knows....? Sara is Andrew’s twin sister. They’re both Juniors opposed to all their friends. Elizabeth likes them both. Sara is fun to be around and Andrew always has something to do. Like tonight, the first party of the year. It should be Elizabeth’s honor to throw it. After all, she’s one of the trophies of Mickle Ray High. The party she threw at the beginning of school last year was one to remember. It’s where she first met Andrew. Once she enters the party, she greets everyone she's supposed to greet. Andrew, Chris, Isaac, Megan, Connor, Lucas, and Carlos. She ignores Cody. She can’t speak to him after what happened a week before. She’s known Cody her entire life. They’ve gone to elementary school together but never really talked until middle school. He was her first, she was his, but their past didn’t stop them from becoming friends again after drifting apart. Cody is always so intense, but collective. It makes her feel good; …show more content…
There’s a couch surrounding a table where all the liquor is being held at. Emily and Sara are talking to each other, seeing that they’re best friends since Sara’s Freshman year. Andrew interrupts them, sitting between the two in the couch. He gives them the idea to take shots, increasing the amount by each person. Already faded, everyone agrees with laughs while Andrew goes inside to get all the shot glasses he has. Cody stares at Elizabeth, watching how she rolls her eyes towards the sky. He knows she too far gone now and there isn't a thing he can do about it. He then looks at Emily's childhood friend since kindergarten. She smiles at him but quickly looks away to rejoin her conversation with Sara. Emily feels the situation to be a bit awkward over a promise that happened a week ago between the two. Andrew comes back and lies out the shot glasses in the order of where everyone’s sitting. He gives Cody only one, Chris two, Emily three, Himself four, his sister Sara five, and Elizabeth six. He pours everyone blueberry tequila and when he finishes, Cody starts the chain of