#cpevent

           THE WHOLE NIGHT was like one giant middle fingers to a majority of vipers, being wrongfully accused wasn’t new to him, but of a crime of this standard? well, he wasn’t pleased, and the fact he was released right before the party meant...a lot of people didn’t expect him here. still, he made the most of the night, drinking and mingling and shoving it in people’s faces that whatever plan they had fell through. but something he didn’t expect to see, was minnie locking lips with a guy who had been tormenting him for six years. it made his stomach turn, and he’d asked celine to give him a second to go outside and get some air. pushing the doors open, he fished a cigarette out of his slacks, but as he flicked the lighter to life it gave him nothing. “fuck, you gotta be kidding me.”

"i’m not late; the party’s only just starting.”

        THE NIGHT WAS JUST one major curveball after the other, he didn’t even want to come to this thing in the first place, but he was nothing if not a pushover at times...especially for people he cared so deeply for. pushing through the crowd, he searched for a certain face, because if what he saw was what he thought it was, angel was all by herself. and sure enough he found her, looking a little panicked, and rushed over to her without much of a second thought. “hey....you okay?” jasper murmured softly, reaching out to touch her arm and soothing run his hand over it the freckled skin. he knew this party had to be rough on her, surrounded by people who saw her as a traitor, hell jasper even was on edge due to the viper’s heavy dislike for him for hurting minnie and now he’d only made things worse. “it’s me, angel, look at me.” he spoke with a gentle tone, eyes scanning her face as he tucked a strand of her strawberry hair behind her ear. she looked lovely, but when had she ever not? even in her anxious state, she glowed with a beautiful softness that even eased his nerves, even though a pit was in his stomach as he looked at her. “what’s going on?”

there's glitter on the floor after the party                                      girls carrying their shoes down in the lobby.

bea was truly , genuinely , enjoying the night. give the girl a drink and the semi-permanent scowl etched on her face just melted away. sure , she’d spotted a few people she would rather avoid , but what else is new ? for the most part , she was taking advantage of the food and drinks , spending time with the people she did want to see , and showing off her best white girl moves. taking a break , she stepped away from the dance floor and , classy as always , slipped off her shoes to stretch out her toes. “ hey , you. ” she hadn’t noticed maverick until that very moment. “ when’d you get here ? ”

“ cheers , to another year of doing the exact same shit we do every other year , ” bea toasted , holding up the champagne flute she would attempt to steal later in the night. while she didn’t really care about the celebrations ; she never bought into that whole ‘ new year , new me ’ thing ; she could never refuse a good party. “ i know i’m gonna start the new year the same way i start every year — hungover on someone’s couch. ” she paused , punctuating her sentence by taking a sip. “ just a regular saturday , honestly. ”

of course , the night to end with a bloody nose. possibly broken , bea wasn’t sure how to tell if it was broken or not. it was definitely injured , and very bloody. not the first time something like this happened , bea just wasn’t expecting it on new year’s eve. holding a finger under her nostrils so as to minimize the trail of blood , the brunette stumbled , with absolutely none of her dignity , back to the bar. “ dude , i need help , ” she announced at the sight of a friendly face , at last. “ i need ice. ”

“ all this party’s missing a karaoke. ” bea had been having fun ; dancing , mingling , taking advantage of the free food and drink. she wished she’d brought along a bigger purse , so she could steal a bottle of liquor ( or two ) at the end of the night. maybe she’d find a way to snatch one later anyway. “ you should talk to your boss ; we could start a little impromptu karaoke. ”  it was the only thing missing to make this a truly iconic new year’s eve bash. “ most people are drunk enough , they’ll go along with it. ”