&Like a Ghost You'll Be Haunting My Dreams Tonight

[elliotdavis]

Elliot wandered throughout the house, saying hi to someone every once and awhile before ending up near what seemed to a whole lotta liquor. Did he want to drink? The thought crossed his mind. Was he even planning to stay long. The whole party scene didn’t seem to interest him as much as it could tonight, his appetite for getting shitfaced wasn’t exactly too high. However, he picked up a shot glass and filled it with vodka, and downed quickly, the liquid burning his throat as it went down. His eyes came up from the liquor and scanned the area, curious as too where anyone was. Then he saw Nikki. Placing the shot glass back down on the table he began to head over to where she was. Maybe he could get a dance or two in and later on, they could talk. However, he quickly noticed she wasn’t alone. She was with another guy, which was no big deal right? She was allowed to do whatever she wanted, he couldn’t stop her but still he wished it wasn’t true. Did he really wish she was just as alone and depressed and thinking about him as he was about her? In a perfect world she would be and then they would find each other, realize they belonged together and everything would be great.

Too bad nothings ever perfect.

He watched as the guy kissed her hand and a second of two later watched them dance. Damnit. Elliot turned back around and poured another shot. He downed it quickly and poured another and another. He shouldn’t be so upset over something as little as that. I mean a kiss and a dance barely meant anything. It just killed him that Elliot wasn’t the one there, his chance was gone. Cursing himself, he poured another. Why couldn’t he have gotten here earlier? Then maybe, just maybe, he’d be the one with Nikki.

[Anne Lévesque]

A beamer drunkenly made it's way down the street to the Summit's mansion including the gruesome twosome, Jason and Anne. But the car itself was very... eerily quiet. They hadn't had much to talk about recently ever since Jason went to homecoming with Anne's best friend and Anne had went with the biggest senior geek in the school. They had trespassed their own family laws. And all of these thoughts had been bouncing around in Jason's head as he found his way to an empty part of the sidewalk. They were late. Jason knew that. But the both of them were making their costumes and plans perfection. He eyed his sister protectively and shook his head. The little slut. He was going for a white paint ghostly make up job done by his mother's make up assistant and a thousand dollar black robe with dark leather gloves and black velvet moccasins. A fucking ghost pimp. His creations were getting more ridiculous every day. He opened the door for Anne, but tripped on his way. He was drunk. So was she. You could say they already got wasted on their way over there. Arm and arm, they entered the house and got ready for a wicked night.

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Anne was playing with her rope and was grinning drunkenly as she stared out the windshield to see them coming closer to the Summit mansion. She giggled silently as she twirled her finger through her dark brown hair that had been strung into ringlets by her hair stylist. Her cleavage was making it's appearance through the raunchy costume which consisted of boots, a wonder woman outfit that resembled almost perfectly and gave just enough visual for no denial. Her makeup was dark and made the whites of her eyes stand out more than ever. Along with it she had a lasso of truth, which she planned on using for many others that evening. But there was also something else tugging at her; the fact that one - she had accidentally told a person a secret about Bridget and now everyone seemed to know, and second - her brother. He'd been acting strange lately, but this whole 'feel bad for me' shit was getting annoying. As he opened the door for her, they made their way inside and she brushed it all off her head. Little does she know that she's not going to have the night she planned.

[faith]

Joey and Nikki walked out onto the dance floor. It was a slow song. 'Perfect" he thought, his thought was a sarcastic one though. Soon they were amongst a group of other teenagers their age, some of them were couples, some of them were friends, some of them were freinds with benifits, and the others, well they were just people dancing with eachother through lust. Right now, in the mood Joey was in, he looked down on them, he thought that it was evil that teenagers had sex on the first day that they met, but he wasnt one to talk, or at least before he met Amanda he wasnt one to speak of that. Before he met Amanda, the only thing he cared about was...well... sex. But now, now that he met her, he understanded love, and how it felt. Though, he still did like sex. Then that reminded him, where was Amanda?

Once they got out on the floor, Joey looked at nkii, she was beautiful. Her gentally tucked a stray peaice of hair behind her ear. His hand fell to his side and he became a bit nervouse, after all, he was in the presents of a beautiful girl, about to dance with her, and he knew for a fact that hje couldnt dance to save his life. Joey placed his hands on her waist and began to sway back asnd forth, getting used to the music. He was little bit happy that it was a slower song, that way he wouldnt embarrass himself as much.

As they danced Joey heard a voice, it sounded like Amandas, excitment shot through his body. But right after that, a bad feeling climbed up his spine and raced through his veins. He knew Amanda would be mad that he was dancing with Nikki. Joey looked to see where she was. Then his heart stopped. She was with Lance and she seemed to be touching his, rather sexually.

Joey then turned back to Nikki, and once Amanda looked at him and Nikki, Joey pulled Nikki in a bit closer, but in a romantic way. Now, their bodies were up against eachother, he knew this would tick Amanda off and make her come over to were he and Nikki were. Or so he thought.

[antonybastian]

Antony surveyed the crowd, looking at their drunken stupor.
As much as he disliked alchohol, he was tempted to try it.

"So, how'd you pick your costume?" He asked, moving his hands to her waist as he lost himself to the party.

This was one of his favorite holidays. He used to take a disposable camera around when he was six so he could get pictures of all the little kids. He's always found Halloween and it's pieces so wonderful. Getting to be something completely different from what you usually are.

It was a perfect holiday.
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[Reed Turner]

He stood in the entry way for about a couple of minutes, just waiting. For nothing in particular. He could go straight over to the place where is was overly crowded...the drinking section. Reed knew by the end of the night he would be drunk beyond belief, so he didn't see why he couldn't just jump-start it and get the show on the road?

Reed!"

Right as he turned his back he heard his name and turned back around to meet Alex. "Hey," he said and gave her the up/down. Real nice... "You look, great," he said with a smile as he kissed her on the cheek. She was dressed up as this airplane pilot. The dress was short and showed cleavage. "You just get here?" he asked her with a hand on her waist, steering her away from the roudy partiers that had just busted through the door.

ooc|| Shitteh -.-

[kylieanderson]

Kylie gently bit her bottom lip as she tried to recall just how she had picked out her costume. Hm. She couldn’t exactly remember because it had seemed like a rush the day that she had found it. So much stuff had been happening around that time, and now she couldn’t remember a simple detail because of the many things that she had accomplished in a short period of time.

“Oh!” she said, something coming back to her mind. “I had gone to the mall with my brother because he was leaving to go back home to his wife, so we decided to spend some time together. I mentioned the party to him because I knew it would give me a chance to relax, and Kaleb told me that we should go search for a costume.” Ky grinned. That fact that she had remembered that much about her day with her brother made her happy.

“And how did you pick yours?” she asked the boy that stood in front of her. After feeling a hand on her hip, she gently placed hers over his. Secretly she thought that she had the biggest hips in world, and Kylie absolutely hated them. She was quite self-conscious about some things. The girl’s face went from a smile to a bit of a disgusted look, but she wasn’t going to let Antony see that so she tried force a smile on again. It wasn’t working. She needed to go to the bathroom to check out how she looked, that would surely make her feel better. “I’ll be right back, I need to go to the bathroom,” Ky said as she leaned up to speak in the boy’s ear. Soon enough she was pushing through a crowd of people.

[skyehanson]

Lance looked up at a familiar voice. Then a smile came to his face when he saw who it was. "Well, if it isn't the most beautiful girl in the world, dressed in the sexiest costume I have ever seen." He laughed and wrapped her in a hug. "I've missed you, Amanda. You haven't talked to me in forever. And your costume is ten times better than mine, just so you know." His smile got wider, though he was kicking himself mentally. Why had he worn this costume? It made him appear unwilling to go with a girl. So unwilling, and he was completely willing.

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Skye smiled at Chase. "Oh, well, you look pretty good yourself. Let me guess... The phantom of Phantom of the Opera?" She was taking a wild guess, and most of it was based on rumors. She had never seen the movie, and she didn't know what that phantom looked like. But she didn't care. "Come on! They have vodka! It's my favorite!" She grabbed his hand and led him over to the table she had just been at. She poured herself a shot and drank it expertly.

[amanda]

Amanda blushed a little when Lance called her the "most beautiful girl in the world, dressed in the sexiest costume." Yes, that had been the point of the costume, and she was glad that he had noticed. "I know, I haven't seen in soo long, I've been doing things" her voice trailed off a little, "and with people" she looked back to Joey and Nikki dancing just in time to see him pull her closer. She almost gagged.Two can play at that game she thought to herself. She knew that Joey wasn't there and dancing with Nikki to make her jealous, so she didn't think of being with Lance as making him jealous. She was with him because he was a really hott guy and making Joey jealous was just a perk.

Looking back at him, she put a cute smile on her face, "well, it's all about you right now" her fingers wrapped around the zipper to his jacket, unzipping it and sliding it off of him. "It's a little hot in here, don't you think?" pretending that was the reason she took it off of him when they both knew it wasn't. "So, how has eveything been with you?" she took time with her words as to not come off as drunk as she really was. Stepping in closer to him so that their bodies were almost pressed together, she placed one of her hands on his chest, and tucked one of her fingers on the other hand in his pocket.

"You know you'd be a fool to try and reject me right now" she whispered to him seductively. Sure, they had only spoken a few words to eachother so far, but that's all she needed.


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Luke's eyes shifted around almost nervously before accepting the needle from the girl. "This better be good" he said winking at her before straitening his arm out before the injection. Due to all of the muscles on his arms, the veins were fairly easy to spot, with some even sticking out. Sober Luke would have never even considering doing something this big just to have fun, but one thing led to another, and there he was. Taking a deep breathe, he pressed the needle into his vein and tapped the top of it, injecting the substance into him. He jerked his body, pressing it up against the wall of the bathroom while it left the needle and entered his blood stream. Almost yelping in pain, or he thought it was pain, he removed the needle and tossed it on the sink.

"Oh, shit" he shook his arm and pressed his finger against the spot where the needle had been. It didn't necessarily 'hurt', it was just different. Way different than weed or alcohol, the few things that he had done before. After a few moments, he smiled, almost unaware that he was smiling "I feel like fucking Superman or some shit like that. Now I know why everybody wants to go out and get this shit" he mummbled looking around, his eyes meeting Lenas. "Thanks babe" he walked up to her kissing her and then nodded at Teddy. If he was going to be feeling this good there was no way he was going to spend the whole time in the bathroom. "I will definitely be seeing you two later" he winked at them and then left the bathroom heading towards the rest of the party.

As he walked or stumbled down the stairs to where the crowds of people were he saw Kylie. He looked extremely surprised to see her, almost giggling knowing that he couldn't tell her what he had just done. He was like a little kid with a secret. In addition, he noticed how good she looked. "Damn Kylie, you look good" with a lot of emphasis on 'good'. Slinging his arm around her shoulders, he looked around at the party. "Are you having fun, man, this party's fuckin' amazing" the same goofy smile he had earlier was planted on his face.

[skyehanson]

Lance smiled down at her. "I guess we all have been." He didn't elaborate, mostly because his "busy life" was centered around drinking the last few weeks. He wasn't proud of it, but that didn't mean he hadn't had a blast. And he wasn't willing to let on to Amanda what he had been doing when he was drunk... At least, not the parts that he remembered out of it.

He couldn't help but smile at her next few actions. Oh, this party was going to be one heck of a lot better than he had thought it would be. He now had on two more layers. Oh, yes, how stupid had he been. He had a short sleeve shirt over a long sleeve shirt, and he was all willing to take it all away for Amanda. "Everything has been great with me. But now it's even better." He smiled down at her and wrapped one arm around her waist.

Lance leaned closer to her so that his lips weren't even an inch from hers. "Which is why I am not going to even think about rejecting you." Was he telling the truth? Heck, yes! He was so close to getting what he wanted that he didn't feel the slightest temptation to get away from her. Anyone who ever felt that urge would have been crazy, in Lance's opinion.

[hannah]

[This is for Joey, not Hannah!]

He saw the look of digust on Amandas face as Joey pulled Nikki closer, and though it killed him inside to hurt her, he knew that he was doing a good job in making her jealous, and was proud of himself for that. Right after dancing with Nikki, he would probably have himself a victory shot. He wasnt normally the type of guy that would be happy when he got a girl upset, he was the type of guy who would suffer mentally for weeks if he hurt a girl mentally (Or physically, though he wouldnt even think about doing that). Joey looked back at Amanda again, just in the nik of time to see her slide off Lances Jcket then stick her fingers in his pockets.
Now. He was pissed.

Joey looked at Nikki. "Darling, you are beautiful, but I have to departure for a few seconds to go handle something" he whispered. He knew that at one point he would have to give up theat act with Nikki, because in the long run, it would end up hurting her even more if she found , that it was all a fake, a lie to get another female jealous. God, did he wish he never moved here. And then a thought came up in his head, if he never moved here, he would have never met Amanda. On that note, Joey turned around, rather quickly, on his heels and ran off, towards Amanda. Because of his track record, he got their just quick enough to see Lance so close to Amanda that they were just barley kissing. Joey turned pale, then it followed up with his face turning bright red, but it wasnt noticable, after all, he had face paint on.

Joey pushed Lance. Bad move.

"Dude" he scolded. "You know better than to mess with another guys girl" he nearly shouted. He wasnt going to blame Amanda for what just happened, no way, that would just hurt him to much, so he had no choice but to blame Lance.

[Min-Sook Park]

Nikki was having a great time...So far. She loved dancing with Joey, but he didn't seem to like it. Nikki though it was all in her mind and ignore the feeling. She danced a little with Joey, but stopped when he spoke. Before Nikki could say a word, Joey left. She followed him.

"You know better than to mess with another guys girl"

Nikki heard his words and didn't understand. Lance was dancing with Amanda, and Joey was with Nikki. What was happening? Nikki looked at Amanda and then at Joseph. "What are you talking about?" Nikki said, her voice cracking a little. Nikki had figure out what had happened, but wouldn't believe herself. She was hurt inside, but wouldn't let her tears come out.

[kylieanderson]

She giggled softly because of the way that Luke was speaking to her. Hah. It was pretty dang obvious that he had been drinking because of how he acted, but what really gave it away was the smell that came off of the boys breath. It was truly stained with the smell of alcohol. However, Kylie wasn’t going to tell Luke that because it was perfectly okay with her. She herself had been drunk many, many times before.

“Oh, Luke, how could I not be enjoying myself?” With another small frown, she ran a hand over one of her own hips. Ick. “I don’t look great, so there’s no reason to tell me that I do.” Ky would probably be one of the few who wasn’t slurring their speech that night.

Kylie turned her head to glanced around at all of the people who were still crowding into the house. It seemed like if too many more people came in the house would stretch like a rubber balloon then burst. Hah. That would be an amazing sight to see. Again, she gently bit her bottom lip. “Come on, let’s go to the bathroom. I need to fix my hair or something,” she said as she tried to pull Luke along with her. It was then that she realized she was walking in the direction she had come from. Through a crowd of people she could see Antony. Ky sure did feel bad for leaving him alone.

[amanda]

When she felt his arm wrap around her waist, all thoughts of Joey were swept out of her mind. Well, not all thoughts of course, that wouldv'e been impossible. The idea that he was dancing and having fun and would probably end up hooking up with her best friend that night-that was what left her mind. "Good" she breathed softly to him before she went in for the kiss. Unfortunetly, her attempts to kiss him were interrupted by Lance getting shoved, so she jerked back as to get in between things. "Joey?" she questioned practically shocked. "What? Another guys girl?" As happy as she was to finally hear him say that and get some recognition, she was still pissed at him and Nikki.

"You know what Joseph?" the tone of her voice was harsh and bitter, "I think it would be best right now if you and Nikki just went back to dancing and pretending that nothing happened between us becuase you were doing such a fucking great job of it before" she turned to Nikki, "and don't act all fucking innocent Nikki. You can just turn around an get out of my face because I don't feel like taking any of your bullshit right now"

She then started to use a voice as to imitate Nikki, "oh, I'm Nikki, I don't wear dresses and I'm sooo athletic and I'm soo sweet and I date other people's boyfriends" the last part she used an especially harsh tone. "Oh, excuse me, you guys were just friends. I keep forgetting about that! Were you fucking 'just friends' when you were out there dancing?" she looked from Nikki to Joey. "No? That's what I thought. So, like I said before, you both can get out of my face" her eyes met with Joeys as she finished up, "and stop lying to me"

Never in her life had she been so mean to her best friend, or anybody for that matter. It was amazing how she was able to go from getting intimate to bitching people out so easily. It was obviously a mixture of being hurt, alcohol running through her, and many bottled up emotions. Unfortunetly, it all had to come out infront of the two people, besides Luke, she cherished most :Joey and Nikki.

[Min-Sook Park]

EVerything was cleaar to her now. Joey had been 'hanging' out with Amanda, yet he asked Nikki to the party. Nikki now had mixed feelings. She felt so hurt. So betrayed. The worse part was, she had lost her best friends. "How could you?" Nikki said to Joseph, no longer could she hold in the tears. He had made Nikki lose her friend. Not any friend, but Amanda Summit. She didn't even listen to anything Joey said and just walked away.

Amanda was Nikki's best friend. Joseph came along, and both girls fell for him. Why couldn't he just stay with one? Yes, Nikki had many other best friends, but she had to admit, Amanda was the closest. Nikki thought nothing could ever ruin their relationship, but she was wrong. Of all the things, a boy ruin their friendship.

Tears now streamed down her face. Still hurt by Joey, Nikki was really crying because of what happened to her and her best friend.

[hannah]

"I cant act like nothing happened between us, because guess what Amanda, like to or not, things did happen between us, chemistry did happen between us. And you want to know that sad part about that, you are letting one stinking night throw it all away, you are ltting one dance throw that all away!" he hollered. His voice was loud, yet not harsh. SOmething very odd for Joey, seeing as when he was mad his voice was always rough and harsh, but he just couldnt be that way around Amanda, he wouldnt be that way around Amanda.

Now she went off to being mean to Nikki. "Amanda, she. didnt. do. an. effin. thing." he said, sayinf each word seperatly, that way he could hold back his fustration "Leave her the fuck alone" he whispered. "If you wanna be pissed at someone then be pissed at me, you two are to good of friends to let me come between you!" he siad, his voice was in a whisper, but the way his words were said, he might as well be shouting them.

"Yea, we were just friends when we were out there dancing! You cant tell me that I cant dance with a friend of mine, you cant tell me that I made a slow song come up, and you cant freakin tell me who I am friends with, who I am dating, or who I am in lust with!" he said. He didnt like it when people tried to control him. He had to put up with that kind of shit all his life, and I guess he had always hald in his anger, but now, he was letting it explode, it was sad that he had to unleah it on the girl he loved.

"Tell me when I lied to you" he shouted. Then he took a step back. "I want to know when I effin lied to you Amanda, please humor me!" he said with sarcasim in his voice. "And dont start that b.s with me telling me 'oh Joey your the only one' when you startto strip another guy and kiss another guy just becasue I start to dance with a friend when I cant fnd you!" he sighed.

"Amanda" he whispered, "Once I first moved here I was pissed because I had to move away from my friends, then I met you and that all changed...but now, I am really starting to consider dropping out of this school and moving back to texas" he finished