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Zam walked into her shared apartment with Legs and just wanted to crawl into bed after her barista job and promptly face plant into bed and sleep until the afternoon till tomorrow. Yet when she try’s turns that knob with her key in the door it seemed it didn’t need the key..? Whatever Legs forgets to lock it all the time. She opened the door and she was met with loud voices, bright lights, loud music…and it seemed like people making out on the couch. She needed to find Legs NOW.
She walked around pushing through people- she seemed to recognize faces but never really remembered names. She pushed around till she found Legs with Juniper off in the kitchen. She walked up to Legs and dramatically waved at the party “Legundo.?! Why didn’t you tell me you were hosting a party? Plus- you said you never wanted to host parties. You said they ruins homes.” Legs genuinely looked guilty..whenever Zam used his full name he knew he was in for it.
“I know I’m sorry! Juniper said it might be a good idea just to get everyone together but they took it the wrong way.” Legs shamefully admitted as he rubbed the back of his head avoiding eye contact. The said juniper was beside him chatting up a storm DRUNK with a random person she didn’t know…
“Just..” Zam let out a exhausted sigh “tell me next time. I’m going to take a shower and go to my room. I’ll help you clean up but you and juniper are doing most of the work.” Zam announced as loudly as she could over the crowed and walked off to her room..before stealing a red solo cup full of some bullshit. She found it on the counter and just took it. Looked full enough that no one drank it yet and just forgot it.
She walked into her room and looked at the couch a little more clearly on the way and saw…AJ and Drift making out..fun. She closed the door to her room and sat on the floor next to her bed. Her Siamese cat lightly curling up at her head on the bed. Looking at the liquid in the red cup she drank it quickly. God it burned- it took her around 3 full drinks but she got it down. She was always a fruity cocktail kinda girl. For some reason they were always sweeter than other people said.
She didn’t bother with her shower and just took off her white maxi skirt and lace cami. Changing into a cropped tank-top and some sweatpants. Her cat, stars, on her bed waiting for her to lay down. she sat on her bed ready to get under the covers and forget about her job. She really wanted to sleep but she knew she wouldn’t be able to truly get a good sleep with the party outside her room.
She looked up at her ceiling where her glow in the dark stars she got from dollar general. She loved astronomy and her room really showed it. Planet tapestries all over her walls and ceiling, a star lamp that projected the night sky everywhere, and small stuffed animals that were different planets with faces on them that Legs probably got her. She started thinking about how her and Legs became roommates. They met at the restaurant where she was working as a barista and bartender and realized they had some of the same friends and were both looking for a roommate to split rent with. It just worked out thankfully. They’ve been close ever since..
Her head was spinning from the random drink she took from the kitchen. She was such a light weight.. so much for being a bartender. She was just about to fall asleep when someone came crashing through her door. She bolted up and looked at her door. A white haired girl..? She look familiar..? Oh my stars it was Graecie. Zam got up and looked at the girl who was hiccuping. Leaning on the door frame- probably from the alcohol, and helped her.
“Are you okay, Graecie..?” She gently cohosted her from the door frame and shut the door behind her to hopefully shut out the sounds. Graecie looked up at Zam since she was probably a foot taller. “Hey…Zam! Wo- woah have you always been tall…..?” Graecie slurred some of her words and heavily leaned on Zam with a stupid smile on her face..that Zam once loved to much. “Uh..? Yeah- yeah Graecie. Not the point! Let’s take a seat, okay Graecie..?” Zam took her in her arms and made her sit on the floor where her solo cup was abandoned. She kicked it to the side and sat next to Graecie.
“How long have you been here,Graecie?” Zam stupidly asked like she would get an answer. Graecie just giggled with a little hiccup “I mis- misshed you.” She smiled and leaned on Zam. She looked down at the girl who was leaning on her shoulder and sighed..
“I missed you too.”
Zam got up and washed out the red solo cup and filled it up with water from her tap and came back to a white haired girl cooing over a very suspicious cat. Zam lightly shook her head with a smile and sat back next to Graecie. She lightly put her hand on her bottom jaw and moved Graecies head to look at Zam. “Drink..” Zam put the cup to her lips and Graecie did indeed drink the water..
Zam put the water on her nightstand and turned back to Graecie. Her head tilted as she looked like she was analyzing Zam.. “you’rereal pretty..” she smiled looking up. Zam looked down at Graecie “you drank to much grace. Just have another sip of water, okay?” She took the water from the nightstand and brought it to the shorter girls lips.
Zam blanked out as Graecie begrudgingly drank it. Did she mean it? What about those other times? How was she even this drunk? She rarely drank. How did she know to go to HER room. Did she do it on purpose..? She zoned back in and Graecie was playing with stars.. “Grace, I’ll be right back.” Zam got up and left her in her room for hopefully just a minute but who really knew. Zam looked around and it seemed the crowed died now a small bit but still had to be 27 people in hers and Legs small apartment.
She tried getting to Legs who was probably in his room across the hall but she had to pass the kitchen and the living room. She started walking past everyone till someone grabbed her wrist. She turned around and saw someone she’s never seen before? “Hey pretty girl, I haven’t seen you here before. What’s your name?” The random dude smirked as he loudly shouted over the music. “I’m not interested..sorry.” Zam said as she took her wrist back and bolted to Legs room
She knocked on the door before entering and just shutting the door behind her. “Legs you need to kick everyone out, I can’t deal with this and Graecie is currently in my room drunk- and I mean drunk drunk! What do I even do about th-“ Zam stoped rambling as she looked up and saw Legs literally in Sausages lap. “Shit sorry!” Zam shut the door quickly enough to make the pictures on the wall rattle.
As Zam passed she saw their apartment looked trashed…ugh. She grabbed another drink and downed it. She was this deep already who cares. Opening her door to her room she scanned her room for Graecie. She had stars in her lap petting her. Zam still felt the alcohol on her tongue and her head was already pounding. She sat down next to Graecie and stars started getting up from Graecie’s lap and wandered to a small cat tree Zam had in her room.
Zam started mentally thinking of how hungover and drunk she would be and what could POSSIBLY happen if she drank more. Because she did not need to remember Legs in Sausages lap..oh god if they actually became a thing. Their apartment will be a mess. She finally remembered someone was in her room and looked next to her. Graecie was staring at Zam
“You okay Graecie..” Zam lightly asked. It was probably a loaded question but hopefully the alcohol would take over and she would just need someone to take her home and get her a uber..? Zam certainly couldn’t drive her anywhere and Zam having Graecie in her room wasn’t helping her old crush she had on her.
“Mhmm…ave’ I told yougot pretty lips…?” Graecie genuinely asked as she stared at Zam’s lips then back to her eyes. Zam’s face heated up quickly and she covered her face “Graecie you can’t just say that?!” Graecie giggled and moved Zam’s hands away from her face.
They awkwardly but…not so awkwardly looked at each other. Zam felt like she was going to throw up but she shoved it down and tried to forget about it and Graecie just seemed so drunk she didn’t really know what was happening right now. Graecie was the first on to do anything, she put one of her hands on shoulder to her neck. Zam could feel her cold hands on her neck. Zam stopped thinking and put her hand to cup her jaw into her hair.
Graecie was the first to lean in a little bit till Zam just didn’t think about it any more and leaned in. All of the time when they met from friends of friends. When Legs and ambear introduced Zam to Graecie one day. When they met at random after that. Whether it would be at each other’s work, around a campus, shopping, getting nails done, other friends. They would somehow always find each other no matter what.
Their lips connected and Zam could feel the alcohol on her tongue mixed with the water Zam also made her drink. Graecie’s other hand moved into Zam’s hair as they deepened the kiss ever so slightly. They both pulled back after a moment and stared at each other. Zam started giggling and then went to laughing and soon Graecie joined. From giving into laughter.
They didn’t know what was going on outside of Zam’s room, outside of her apartment, or outside in the city. But it didn’t matter right now. Just that Zam and Graecie were together and laughing after their first kiss. However the apartment looked after today didn’t matter as long as Graecie was with Zam.