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“When I asked what you guys do for fun around here, this is not at all what I expected.”

“But it’s like ten times better right?” Veronica says standing in front of the mirror and analyzing her raven colored outfit.

She had come to my room to get ready since both our rooms were right beside each other.

“So what’s the plan exactly?” I slip on my black fitted long-sleeved gown which reaches mid-thigh.

“Well, as you know there are seven floors. We’re on the third, and Rhea’s on the second. The guys are also on the second.” She chooses to make her hair a little wavy at the ends while I straighten mine.

“There’s one guard per floor and lucky for us, the third and second floor guards are the sleepiest. Which means we just need to slip past them and the ground floor guard. After that, we slip out the back and give some money to one of the main gate guards. Then freedom.”

I apply perfume and strap on my black heels. “That seems easy enough. I’m surprised you don’t do this every night.”

“We don’t want to draw attention to ourselves too much. Sneaking in at five in the morning draws attention. We also don’t want to risk detention.”

Looking at the time which reads exactly 9 pm, she opens the door and leads me past the guard who is sleeping deeply. We tiptoe down the stairs and sneak past the ground-floor guard, meeting the rest outside the back door.

“Took you guys long enough.” Levi finally says looking at Veronica who walked out the door first.

“You don’t rush perfection.” I flip my hair back and he immediately looks away from me.

What’s up with him?

“Okay, I’ve called two ubers and they should be outside in ten minutes?” Caleb says.

“You do know we could get caught in ten minutes right?” Connor taps the side of his head.

“Well, what was I supposed to do? It’s 9 pm! I was the one who even brought up the idea of stealing the guard’s phone.”

Trying to prevent them from arguing and drawing attention, I grab the phone from Caleb and dial a number.

“Hey Justin, I need a ride.”

*

“A Behavioral Management School? Of all the places they could put you.” He shakes his head with a smirk.

Although I didn’t trust anyone, Justin was one of my few friends.

“I was also insanely shocked when I heard. It’s not that bad though, it's kind of nice to take a break from it all.”

Dropping the six of us off at 5th Avenue, I bid him goodbye and found myself staring at a massive club.

Definitely.

*

Tonight, my motto was to drink all my dark thoughts away and nothing was going to stand in my way.

I drank shot after shot, not caring about anything. I needed this and I was going to make the most out of it.

Calling Rhea and Veronica to join me in a toast, I poured three shots and passed it to them.

“To freedom!” we all cheered and drank.

The song ‘Up’ by Cardi B came on and we felt the urge to dance. Nodding to ourselves, Veronica grabbed Connor who gladly came with her while Rhea grabbed a random blonde-haired guy.

Since Levi was nowhere to be found, I slipped in between Caleb’s conversation with an unknown girl.

“Wanna dance? Cuz….I wanna dance.” I slurred a bit.

“I’ll catch you later.” He winked at the girl and I found myself rolling my eyes.

We walked to the middle and almost immediately, his hands made their way to my waist with my back to him.

The three of us started twerking to the rhythm of the music with the guys staring at us in awe. I could feel the alcohol taking effect which just made me not care about anything else.

By the time the third song came along, we were full-on grinding on each other and I could feel something poking my ass. Until all of a sudden, I didn’t feel Caleb anymore and instead felt a pair of rough hands grab me.

“You can’t have all this to yourself. What’s the saying again, sharing is caring.”

“Keep….y-your filthy hands..off me..” I tried to move away but his grip was too strong and I was far too drunk.

“Hey, get your hands off —“ Before Caleb could finish, the pedophile was on the floor; instantly unconscious, with Levi standing above him.

Damn, he could throw a punch.

Three of the pervert’s friends then began to defend him trying to start a fight with Levi, and Levi took the bait. Before I knew it, multiple fists were being thrown across the room.

Like instinct, I crouched down and dug my nails into my knees, closing my eyes. The sound of the punches passed through me, resounding in my ears. Memories came flooding back.

Somewhere down the line, I felt myself being carried but couldn’t focus with the amount of punches I was hearing. I didn’t even realize when I was brought into a room and only came to my senses when the door was shut, sounds being left outside.

“Hey, are you okay?” Caleb held my chin making me look up at him. That’s when I realized he had emerald green eyes.

“Yeah, I don’t know, maybe the alcohol got to me.” I blink multiple times trying to cover up my vulnerability as fast as I can.

“That didn’t look like tequila effects to me, more like a reaction from the fight maybe? Hey, you can tell me anything.”

That was the thing. I couldn’t trust anyone. If there’s anything my entire life has taught me, it’s that everyone has a hidden agenda.

I staggered a little on my heels but Caleb caught me and helped me unstrap them. I was still very drunk.

I spotted a tequila bottle on the bedside table and took a swig. Then I passed it to Caleb who shaked his head. I pouted my lips and asked him to take just one.

One turned to six and ten minutes later, he was half as drunk as me.

“How…How was the d-dance I gave you?” I’m on his lap now.

“It was amazing…”

“Yeah, I could feel how amazing it was. Your dick pressed against my ass was a great feeling.” I hiccuped.

“Okay, maybe…not that amazing…” he chuckled.

“Oh really?” I rolled my hips against him watching his lips part.

“Ava…you really shouldn’t do that…” His soft hands crawled up the sides of my thighs. My dress had bunched up giving him a view of my black underwear.

“I r-really shouldn’t do what…? This?” I did it again, faster this time.

I could feel him growing and that only intrigued me more. I kept going until I felt him poking through his jeans on the inside of my thigh. He was big, not that I expected anything lesser, for the biggest playboy in the school.

“Ava…I warned you.” His eyes darkened under the dim lighting of the room.

“I don’t know what you’re talking about.” I crashed my lips down on his. I couldn’t take it anymore.

“Fucking hell” He muttered when I pulled away only to connect his lips to mine once again.

My hands found their way to his shirt starting to unbutton it while his hands found their way into my hair pulling it while I let out a moan into his mouth.

Once his shirt was off, he unzipped my dress and I slipped it off while he took his time analyzing the curves of my body and my little tattoos.

I became impatient though and went back to straddling him bringing our lips together again.

I didn’t know when time passed and he was moving my underwear to the side filling me completely.

Well, this was a really eventful first day.