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The van that was Eva's sister's car, parked its license plate first at the house just in case the cops were searching for them. Noah nonchalantly hopped out the driver seat knowing very well Duncan would spread the news around that he makes a great getaway driver but he still needed to drive the what was soon to be drunk idiots home. He just knew that only two people in that crew weren't going to be drunk and complaining over a hangover in their group chats Tomorrow. He looked over at Trent who just climbed out of the passenger seat. "Ready to babysit these dumbasses?" Trent gave a soft sigh and nod. "If only we had child harnesses for 'em"
Trent didn't realize how wrong Noah was that 2 of them would be sober. How could no one expect the punch not to be spiked. Of course there weren't any non-alcoholic drinks. Trent found Gwen cheering on Duncan as he chugged an entire keg of trashy beer. He checked the time and noticed it was 3 in the morning and he would need some excuses for why the others wouldn't be home, had begun worrying him. He was lucky enough his dad was on a trip that he could let them crash at his place but how was he gonna wrangle six drunk teens out of a herd of them.
Meanwhile two teens were sitting on the staircase across from the room Trent was in
Noah and Cody were practically hysterical. Anything one said got the other to snort like a pig out of laughter. They were bathed in a colorful flashing light dancing across the house. At this point Cody couldn't stop messing with Noah. Both had a hand in each other's hair; they grew silent, the songs that were shuffling through a shitty Playlist Geoff always played at his parties looming in the background. They shared sweet smiles. "Noah you're such a himbo." Noah’s smile grew wrinkling the skin around his eyes. "What's that supposed to mean you think I'm pretty?" The two chuckled. "I'll be honest when I first met you I thought you were a girl." Noah gave an offended gasp. "What?! It's not like you have a super masculine look! You have a big chest and your hair is super long." The red vest nerd turned his nose up quite literally. "That's very sexist Cody, how dare you." Now it was Cody's turn to gasp in an offended manner. He lightly shoved the other and for a while they went back and forth before someone came charging down the stairs knocking the two down. Cody landed on top of Noah. "See big chest!" They laughed a little bit. And neither could register anything else they pressed their faces together in a failed and horrible kiss. They looked at eachother confused. "How do people kiss?" They tried again, eventually succeeding and by the time Trent found them he really wasn't surprised. He rubbed the bridge of his nose as he had Owen before them and he was actually quite a responsible drunk. "Noah you fucking Himbo." They looked up at him like the two very, very homosexual toddlers they were with wide eyes and grabby hands to which Gwen obliged. She happily dragged Noah on the floor which Cody was using him like a platform as she followed Trent around like a lost puppy. Izzy was trying to start some sort of cult where they found her and Eva was actually holding her like they were that couple from that one boat movie.
By the time he was able to properly get everyone inside the back of the van and lock the doors after Duncan thought he was being arrested and tried to run off. He called Courtney as the others sang what sounded like shanties in the back. He really wished this car had one of those Limo windows to block the passengers from the driver.
"Trent what is it? It's 2 in the morning." He sighed out of relief that she answered then looked into the back of the van. Eva was sleeping in Izzy's lap as she told odd tales to a mesmerized Owen, Gwen was silently waiting for him to get off call, Duncan was also sitting behind him listening to Courtney and of course the two nerds were sucking face and telling each other random facts about themselves. "I need some help."
Trent waited patiently by the entrance of his house when he heard a knock and eagerly answered it. He let a tired smile appear. "They're in the living room. I turned on Bluey and Suddenly about everyone but Gwen and Dunca weren't interested." He led her to the living room around the corner. Gwen ran over to Trent nibbling on chicken nuggets that he bought specifically for her because she was the only one behaving on the ride back. "Noah said you lied and these were alive before." She looked like she was about to cry. "It's okay Gwen, those chickens wanted to make you happy. So now their chicken nuggets." Her bottom lip trembled as her tears from crying over Owen eating a tortilla earlier and not saying sorry to it still stain her cheeks black from her makeup. She wandered back mumbling sorry before taking a bite of another nugget. Courtney looked back at Trent in disbelief. "Don't tell me they're that drunk off their asses." The musician nodded slowly. "Come on, where's your medicine cabinet?" They left to get a few glasses of water (it wasn't actual glass cups for obvious reasons) and ibuprofen.
"Two minutes. We were gone for two minutes." The two responsible ones stared into the living room where the first thing they could see was Duncan holding a cardboard shank, Owen cowering underneath said shank, Izzy standing on the coffee table with a blanket robe, Noah and Cody chanting 'Sacrifice', and Gwen still eating her nuggets. Courtney almost sounded like a mom. "DUNCAN, SHANK. GIVE IT TO ME NOW. IZZY OFF THE TABLE, NOAH AND CODY SHUT UP." She breathed in as Duncan who seemed much less erratic wandered over handed the weapon over then rested his head on her shoulder mumbling sorry. Courtney was actually concerned just what was in that punch. "I'm calling Geoff to find out what the fuck he put in those drinks."
It was now 4 AM and the group had just settled down into a comfortable silence. Owen and Eva (who had to be dragged inside since she was still asleep and they forgot her earlier) were sound asleep as Izzy watched the movie on the TV. Trent found out the new way to shut up his drunk friends was to put on a few horror movies for them to binge with a small bowl of popcorn and strictly water. It had been about 30 minutes since not only was his bathroom vomited all over but his kitchen sink and everyone finally simmered into peace. He sat in a recliner as Courtney had a giant leech named Duncan asleep on her lap in the middle of the drunk crowd. Noah and Cody just needed a few comics and now they weren't predicting movie scenarios or making out for hours on end. Trent covered his face with his hands. "Geoff owes me so much money." Courtney hummed. "Sierra owes me a whopping hundred." Trent snickered. "We are only a week into Spring break and they're wasted. "I look forward to some hungover texts and photos tomorrow." The two sober said in unison.