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Lily snorts another line, experiencing the feeling of ecstasy filling her body. She closes her eyes tightly, as she feels light-headed. She observes everyone around her, college students either drunk, high, or both. Flashing, red, blue, and pink lights appear all over, and she thinks her mind is going to explode. Everything is moving too fast, but way too slow. She can't exactly recall whose basement she's in. All she recalls is it's a friend of a friend of a friend's cousin, and so on and so on.
Remus swings around the couch sitting next to Lily with another bag contained with white powder. He shakes it side to side to show Lily, however currently she is in her own world. "Already on your 3rd? Unexpected Lil's, but not surprised." Remus smiles, popping out a credit card and making more lines on the glass coffee table. Lily giggles, laying back on the couch watching the ceiling become all kinds of shapes in colors ranging from dark blue to magenta. Hallucinations start preoccupying her head, and she could feel her sweaty; hands clammy, her heartbeat going a million miles per minute. Quickly sitting up she grabs the red plastic cup from the table taking a sip. It tastes strong like men's cologne making her scrunch her face in disgust. Regulus gave it to her, just before he went to go gloat in the corner. By gloating she means: Regulus and James got into an argument about God knows what.
"What's in there?" Remus takes the cup from her hand looking inside. "Wine watered down, but the bitter wine, the one Regulus is in love with." The two were attending a college party, and James and Regulus were holding it. It was their last semester before everyone graduated and left to move on with their lives. "Oh. Are he and James still not on talking terms?" Remus questions proceeding to put the card back in his wallet
"I guess so, he won't say anything, and neither is James, love them but not my problem." The two shrug, in defeat about the situation. Remus takes snorts a line, stimming for a second. Lily feels herself wanting to laugh at how quite frankly stupid Remus looked. "Goddamn that's strong, how'd you hit 3 already?"
"It's called tolerance my love." Lily smiles and Remus playfully hits her. "Oh, haha. Lily, you're really funny." People conversed loudly, constantly chit-chattering their life away. There were speakers in front of her playing music, the walls were white, and the room had many fake plants.
"I know I'm hilarious and amazing you don't have to keep constantly telling me that."
"I wouldn't say all that now my love."
"Oh bloody, shut up." The two crack up with giggles and grins. Lily was going to miss these parties, where everyone bugged out. Her favorite thing was to get high, one of the common things she shared with Remus. She wasn't an addict, she didn't want people to look at her differently because she did a few bad drugs, but what even defines a bad drug? She knows her limit, and if she wants to do it, she couldn't care less it's her body, her life. Life is short she constantly reminds herself; you have to live it big. Plus, if there is anything she loves more than writing, it's smoking a blunt, with steaming hot tea. With some honey too, and she calls it a dream.
"Remus," Sirius walks over to the brown-haired man, placing himself right next to Remus all cuddled up into his arm." I missed you." You can count on Sirius to be dramatic and act like he's in a movie, it hadn't even been 5 minutes since they separated. How revolting, Lily had thought.
"Are you guys going to go have hot steaming sex while I am here by myself?" Lily touches her forehead, and she can't tell if it's super hot, or super cold.
"Yes, I'm going to go have hot steaming sex with my boyfriend, and where's yours's oh right he's fucking," Remus points at Sirius "This one's little brother." Remus smiles sarcastically.
"Fuck off Remus we all knew you had this big fat crush on him back in grade school," Lily remarks, and Remus just puts the middle finger up and calls it a day. Holding hand and hand with Sirius who seems to not have a care in the world, and is very drunk. James and Lily dated for a month or two back in high school, but it didn't work out. Lily was still in love with her ex, and James was unaware but aware at the same time of his hopeless love obsession with Regulus. Even in the months of dating they kissed a few but never anything further than that. James is her best friend, and she mistakes platonic feelings for romantic feelings.
Lily stands up stumbling around as if she's a penguin waddling around. Walking around and through the big crowd of people blocking her way from the kitchen. She felt the need to snack on something, something rather tasteful, and savory. She was convinced she had the munchies. Finally making it to the kitchen she looks around to try and find something to eat. And on the other side of this huge kitchen in the basement, a particular girl strikes her eyes, it's Pandora Lovegood.
She held a blue plastic cup bringing it up to her lips. She had blonde dreads, with multi-colored butterfly clips. Her dark skin was glowing in the kitchen light. She wore a light blue jean skirt, a pastel pink crop top that had words imprinted on it, with a matching jean jacket. Topped off with brown Uggs and pink leg warmers. Not to mention she had jewelry on everything, neck, ears, fingers, wrist, waist.
A question appeared in her mind why would she be here? Most people know Pandora to not be into these kinds of events where everyone is practically shit-faced. Lily decides to approach her, she's craving social interaction, she's been here for 4 hours and about 30 minutes is how much she's talked to everyone she knows here in total. Lily's eyes widen as she catches Pandora's glance. A red tint spread on Lily's cheeks. Pandora was absolutely breath-taking as she smiled her dimple formed. Everyone thought this, she was just alluring, and everything she did make you want more.
"Hi, what are you doing here?" Lily says awkwardly. This social interaction might just sober her up. "Oh, I don't know, it's the last party before we all leave, I thought I'd see what the hype was about." The blonde says, taking another sip of her plastic blue cup. The two stand stiffly, swaying left to right waiting for the other to ignite the conversation. "Oh? You drink?"
"Mmmm yeah it's hardcore liquor mixed with lemon." Pandora smiles sweetly. "You're lying." Lily tries to look at the liquid, but Pandora moves it away from within her reach. "Take a sip without looking and you'll find out." She hands the cup to Lily. Lily takes it quickly taking a swing of the cup still staring at Pandora. Lily puts it down and starts coughing.
"It hit you hard, didn't it?" Pandora smiles, taking the cup back. "It's water you dipshit." Lily laughs with her.
"Hoped that answers your question." The two stare at each other, while the music and chit-chattering become background music. As if it's only the two in the world. No words could describe this moment of awkwardness, tension, and a beautiful connection forming between the two. Something was happening and Lily couldn't put her finger on it. This also made her extremely horny but that's beside the point she considered.
Pandora tucks Lily's fiery red hair behind her ear leaning into a whisper, "You're staring so hard at me." Lily instantly hides her face in her hands. Her heart stops, everything stops. So was she the only one thinking they had some sort of moment just occur? Lily thinks the more she hangs out with James and them, the more delusional she's becoming.
"Sorry, I didn't mean to make you feel embarrassed." She looks at Pandora who is also looking bushy, embarrassed, and awkward. Lily isn't even sure what's going on anymore, she's 24 turning 25 a grown woman who can relay her feelings to someone that she wants to fuck very much, badly at this point. "Do you-" Lily speaks, "Do you-" Pandora speaks. The two laughs at this, which helps drop the tension to friendlier levels. Pandora smiles and put's her blue cup down on the table "Let's get you to your dorm, you're faded."
"Already taking me to my dorm? Aren't you bold Pandora?" Pandora holds Lily's hand the whole time from when they walk out of the basement upstairs, down the hall, traveling to the whole other side of the building. Lily repeatedly trips over her feet, making Pandora hold her securely. "Lily watch it, I don't want you to get hurt." Pandora tries helping Lily possibly not knocking into stuff, but she proceeds to continue the whole walk.
Once they make it to Lily's room, Lily takes out her key to open the door, and instantly the redhead throws herself on her bed. "Well, Goodnight Lily." Pandora hesitates on leaving the room. And Lily hesitates on saying anything. They're both there frozen, stiff once again. "Wait, Pandora. You should stay. Please." Lily says with her face buried in her pillow. Pandora turns around with a hopeful smile.
"You sure?"
"It's late, and your apartment is 12 minutes away and it's freezing outside. Either I walk you there and I come back, or you spend the night in my room." Lily comments and Pandora grins.
"It's fine really, though, I don't want to bother you-" Lily sits up in her bed pushing her hair back. "You're not bothering me; I have some clothes in my draws if you want to change out of your outfit. I have an extra towel in there if you want to take a shower." Lily lies spread out on her bed waiting for Pandora to change as the bathroom door opens and then closes. She's not sure if anything will happen, and she isn't sure why she told Pandora she can stay over, she could've called a uber for Pandora to make sure she was safe. She can hear the bathtub water running, as it washes down the drain. Lily then passes out.
"Lily, are you up?" Pandora shakes Lily softly, and she jerks up. "Yeah, fuck what happened, what time is it?"
"It's only 2 am, you've been asleep for 2 hours I wasn't sure to wake you, I wasn't sure what to do so." Pandora's hair is in a low ponytail, along with wearing one of Lily's white tank tops, and pajama pants. Lily moves over the bed taking up the right side. "You can lay here, here." Lily gives Pandora a pillow from the other side of her bed including her own blanket. The two lay in silence. Again. But this time it's not awkward or nervousness filling the air. It's quiet, free, innocent, and pure. It doesn't take Lily long to fall asleep as she is already half awake 5 minutes later. Pandora struggles for a little while not used to this new environment and all this new change. It's making her uneasy but good uneasy. Maybe uneasiness can be a good thing.