Eddie had avoided these exact kinds of parties all the way through his youth. At the time, he had somewhat resented his father for keeping him from going, not that anyone would have invited him. But now? He would take staying home and redrafting his history essay for the fifth time over this...anarchy.Â
Everywhere he looked it was a newly disgusting scene. Someone in a rented dress losing the deposit along with their lunch, the barely avoidable tsunamis that leapt up every time someone dived into the pool, the endless cries of chug, chug, chug. Whoever said that children are our future must have been quite the nihilist.Â
Eddie was so lost in his thoughts that he barely even noticed the person who sidled up next to him, two drinks in hand. Unless they were a hardened alcoholic, Eddie deduced that one of them was meant for him.Â
âOh. No, thank you. Iâm fine.â














