Party (DC)
The story takes place, uhh
I guess like 3 or 4 summers ago
Umm, the summer immediately after I graduated
From high school at the
Condo of my friends Chuck, Trevor
And Alicia in Tempe, arizona
They had all moved in together
They were like my three best
Friends from high school
We just graduated and they all moved in
Cause they were gonna go to ASU
So for the summer
This place was like our drunken clubhouse
Like, we would just get blitzed
And I would pass out on
The couch and wake up and
Drive home the next day, great
Um, they had this 4th of July party
And this girl shows up
Now this girl had definitely been
In our circle of friends, she was just cute
As balls and adorable, just the sweetest
Girl you could ever possibly know
And everybody loved her
Umm and, when she shows up to this party
And she had had a boyfriend until very
Very recently–they broke up
And she shows up at this
Party and I just remember
A moment of "this girl is
Fucking gorgeous" like amazing, amazing
And it's kinda ON between me
And her, it's kinda on, there's a thing
And like we're just talking and
It's there–it's just there
We're making out on a balcony, it's great
Um, and then this guy shows up
And now this guy was a year younger than her
Two years younger than me
And he was a cool kid–smart, funny
All that stuff
But yeah, it was like her best friend
This is like her best friend
Year younger than her
And he had a reputation for just showing up
To parties, drink ten shots in a row
And just fucking go nuts and then pass out
And that night
He does that very thing: Shows up
4th of July, drinks ten shots in a row
Fucking goes crazy he doesn't go crazy for
Long, because before long
He's just human sludge
He's so drunk they just dump him in
The bathtub and he's just you know
And so, it's her best friend
So naturally she goes to his aid and she's
A sweetheart and she wants to take care
Of him and all this stuff
She's bringing him towels and
Stuff like that
But I still kinda want it to be on
I don't want this to fuck up
The thing we had going on
So I go position myself next to her
Who's next to him in the bathtub
So she's taking care of her
-she's taking care of him, i'm
Like still kinda trying to-like NOT–I'm
Aware of the situation
I'm aware there's a dude
There puking–but I'm
Still trying to kinda make it happen
And, but the unfortunate thing is that
This kid–whose my friend, her friend
Everybody's friend
My bro has–everybody knows–this kind of
Unrequited love thing for this
Girl that I'm hitting on, that
I made out with, and for like a long time
And I been down that road, I knew
It was a fucking suicide mission
I knew it was a terrible idea
And he was my bro
So I guess I should've still respected that
Even though I knew it was dumb
But I I don't know, I guess like kids like
Me and kids like him–these
Like awkward, like-introverted
Bookish-like theatre kids who develop
These stupid unrequited love
Things–like when it finally-something
Does comes along, we think we deserve it
Like, damn the consequences, damn
Like right or wrong
We're just like "I DESERVE
IT! I'm sensitive, i deserve it!"
So I felt bad, and even in the moment
I knew that it was wrongbut it was just there
And I just-I dunno and like, it was great
We ended up having a thing that summer
It was really -it was cool
But it kind of makes me sound like a dick
And it is a dick -it, it, it was a dick thing
And to this day, I'm, like
Feel like a dick about it