(𝙤𝙛𝙛𝙞𝙘𝙞𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙮 𝙚𝙙𝙞𝙩𝙚𝙙)

I met up with Effy, Katie, and Panda on the way to Pandora's house. Panda was having a pajama party and really wanted us to go. Pajamas parties weren't my thing, but Effy was going, and I had nothing better to do, so I knuckled under and went.

"Mum sent the signal! So now everyone knows where my party is!" Panda said excitedly, looking at the pink balloons tied to her mailbox.

"How many people did you invite?" Katie asked.

"Um, five. You, Eff, Bri, Emily, and Naomi," Panda said.

"Naomi?? Why'd you invite her?" Katie scoffed.

"Em says I have to, or she won't come," Panda said.

"Oh. How sweet," Effy said.

"Come on, we can do brownies and nick our balls out!" Panda said as she ran inside her house.

The three of us looked at each other and laughed, "Do you think she knows that she sounds filthy half the time?"

"Most likely not," I said as we walked in.

"MUUUUUUUUUUUUUM!!!" Pandora yelled, making me almost cover my ears.

"Fiddlesticks! Panda, we have spoken about shouting like a goat in the house!" Panda's mom said, visibly shaken.

"Sorry. Look mum, friends!"

"Still shouting, Panda. Calm down, please."

The two of them did these breathing exercises, making Effy and Katie and I look at each other.

The hell was this?

After we introduced ourselves, her mom brought us into the kitchen to help with the brownies. As we were all singing London's Burning, Katie mixed in some MDMA with the batter. When the brownies were in the oven, Emily and Naomi arrived. Katie and Pandora went upstairs with Emily and Naomi while Panda's mom wanted to test the Brownies with Effy and me. They weren't quite done yet, so the two of us went upstairs.

Panda threw us some hideous-looking pajamas that the other girls were already wearing. So I faced the window and undressed. As I was undressing, Cook somehow got on the rooftop and got a full shot of my tits. I smiled at him and let him stare, he looked almost like a little boy who just got a new toy, it was cute to watch.

Panda's mom came in with the brownies. Everyone except Pandora took one, and we all started tripping and dancing to Bon Jovi's Living on a Prayer. After a while, Katie and I heard Panda yelling at Effy for ruining her party.

"Panda! Come on!" Effy said, pounding on the bathroom door.

"Eff, she's upset," Katie said softly.

"Do I ever get to be upset? Do I ever get to be anyone but me?" Effy said as she walked into the other bathroom.

"Come on, Katie. Let's leave them alone. Effy's being too melodramatic right now," I said, not knowing Effy's other reason for why she was upset. It was not like I was there with her and Pandora when they found out Anthea was cheating on Jim.

"How long have you and Effy been friends?" Katie asked me as we walked downstairs.

"Since we were nine years old. For a long time, she wasn't that much of a talker, but then her brother, Tony, got hit by a bus, and she started talking a lot more. She was the only one besides my brother who was there for me when my dad died of a heart attack last year," I said.

"Oh. I'm sorry about that Bri. I had no idea," she said sympathetically.

"Yea, shit sucks," I said. I had just grabbed an apple from the counter when I saw Naomi and Emily in the bouncy house, "Hey Katie, come here."

She came over, and we watched them as they kissed in the bouncy house.

"What the fuck?" I said. Just then, the doorbell rang. Katie answered the door, and it was her boyfriend, Danny.

Doesn't he play for the Bristol Rovers?

"Hey, babe. Whoa, nice tits," he said, looking at me, causing me to cover my breasts with my arms. A bunch of people piled into the house and all hell broke loose. About an hour later, I got a call from Freddie. I was able to get out of the house and away from all the loud noises when I saw him standing outside.

"Hey, Freds. What's wrong?" I said.

"I need to find JJ. Can you please help me?" he said.

"Wait, JJ's here? When did he get here?" I said, confused.

"Earlier," he said. After a minute of searching, we found JJ in a corner. He looked really upset and scared. We helped him out and walked him outside.

"C-cook. I didn't wanna leave him," JJ said.

"Fuck him, JJ!" I said.

"Freddie! You came, cool," I heard Effy say. I turned around as she started running towards us.

"You have to look after JJ. He gets locked on," Freddie said.

"But I thought Cook was. Cook's his friend, right?" Effy said.

"You think Cook's your friend?" Freddie lowered his eyes, "Where's Pandora?"

Effy didn't respond.

"Eff, don't tell me she's still crying her eyeballs out in the bathroom," I said.

"You won't believe what happened.

Pandora's mom-"

"I'm leaving, Eff," Freddie said.

We both ran after Freddie, "I'm sorry. I didn't mean to fuck everything up. My parents are splitting up."

What? She didn't tell me that.

"I'm sorry. It's shit," Freddie said before he drove away. I saw a tear fall from Effy's cheek.

"Eff, why didn't you tell me?" I said.

"I was going to, it's just," she started crying harder, harder than I had ever seen her cry.

"Hey, it's ok," I hugged her and kissed her head. She sniffled and said she had to go home. So we both went back to our houses, and when I opened the door, I heard someone call my name.

"Bri? Is that you?"