#asuevent004

So far, this whole wedding thing was sweet. Sure, he’d spent part of his time hiding from Jade so she couldn’t like, get drunk and try to tell him she was still in love with him even when she was here with her new boyfriend, but most of the time, he was just enjoying himself like only Bowie could. Currently, he had found a circle of people dancing, and with their cheers egging them on, he finally got in the middle and started doing the worm. It was going great, he thought... Until he noticed that whoever was directly in front of him seemed less impressed than the other stomping, cheering feet. “What’s wrong? Do you want me to teach you how to do this or something? It’s the best dance move ever, I swear!” he called up to them.

Mary Kate’s evening had been going great. Blake was a lot of fun, but being around him didn’t get her all worked up and wanting to do things she’d regret later the way being around other people did. They’d even been having enough fun to have a dance floor make out just a few minutes ago, until her stupid cousin had wrenched Blake away. Now the two boys seemed to be off fighting somewhere, and Mary Kate made a beeline for the bar, needing another drink if she was going to put up with this bullshit. “Has anyone seen CJ?” she asked loudly to the people gathered around the table as she poured herself another glass of the alcoholic punch. “Because I need to make sure she’s actually playing our Noa drinking game, I refuse to be the only one wasted at this wedding.”

Ben couldn’t remember the last time he’d bee able to just kick back like this -- have a few drinks, dance with his friends, pay all the attention in the world he wanted to to Mal -- without worrying that the paparazzi were trailing his every move, or worse, that the kingdom might fall apart while he was having fun and he’d be too drunk to save it. But not tonight; tonight, all of Auradon was here, all of Auradon was having fun, and best of all... no one was paying attention to Ben. At least, not in the usual kingly scrutiny kind of way, and so he found himself a few drinks in, feeling totally loose and relaxed as he danced among friends. “I wish everyday could be like this!” he said to no one in particular, one of the most genuine smiles he’d worn since his coronation day on his face.

This was the best plan she’s had in a while. Tony would be so proud of her-- totally worth staying up all night to secretly dip a dozen batches of onions in melted caramel. Sounds gross, right? It was downright disgusting, that’s what made it so good. Snickering quietly, she snuck her tray of ‘caramel apples’ onto the dessert table, amongst countless other sweets. Retreating to a close by table to watch, she held her breath as someone approached the dessert bar, praying they’d pick her disguised onions. 

“So... I’m not saying that I smuggled a dog and a chameleon into a wedding reception, but if hypothetically you’d seen a camouflaged lizard riding on a golden retriever somewhere around the castle, you’d tell me where you spotted them last, right?” Nova asked, waving her drink in the air like she didn’t have a care in the world even though it had been a half an hour since she’d last seen Flynn and Blaise.

“Why is so hard to find words that rhyme with Audrey?” Ray shook his head, looking at the pad of paper in his lap and feeling infinitely frustrated. “I mean you try to write a girl a song on par with Hey Juliet or Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds, but it’s just so hard. Especially when you’ve just realized you have all these feelings that must have been there all along. It’s weird, until today I always kind of thought that I felt like Audrey was kind of stuck up and wore too much pink and then I just knew all the sudden that I was wrong.” He sighed deeply, “But that doesn’t translate very well into song lyrics.”

Let’s get this party started, shall we? If I end up really, really drunk please don’t let me use my phone. Last time that didn’t end well...