Strings Attached

Chapter Nineteen

I have to admit that I was dying to see how Sonya would react as we crashed her beautiful party.

As soon as we parked outside of Sonya's house, I started having second thoughts.

"We could get in huge trouble for this," I muttered.

"Don't worry, Chris," said Teddy. "I won't let anything happen to you."

I smiled. That made me feel way better.

We got out of the car and walked towards the house's front door. The music was very loud, and I covered my ears.

I hated loud music. It made my head hurt.

We knocked on the door and were greeted by some girls in the dance team. They simply smiled and waved at us. They looked very drunk, which made me think that the party would be very easy to crash, after all.

Henry and Louise entered the house, and Henry gave us a thumbs-up as he grabbed Louise's hand and walked away with her.

"Where are the things?" I whispered on Teddy's ears so that he could hear me.

"In my jacket," he mouthed.

I nodded, and we made our way inside the house. It was even bigger than I expected it to be. It was almost a mansion.

The house was full of teenagers running around and dancing like crazy, and many of them appeared to be drunk. Some of them were even smoking weed, which scared me a little bit. I had never been in a party like this one.

Teddy leaned on my ear and whispered, "Do you want to dance?"

I shook my head. "I don't know how to," I mouthed.

He smiled. "Don't worry. I'll help you," he said.

He grabbed my hand, and I followed him to the dance floor, where many couples were dancing and making out.

Teddy wrapped his arms around my waist, and he started moving to the beat of the song. I did the same, and I could not help smiling as I felt my heart accelerating. He smiled at me and kept dancing, and I tried my best to follow his steps.

I had never danced with a boy before, and it felt amazing. I could feel his body against mine, and I could not help feeling the rush of my skin against his as we moved to the quick beat of the song.

"You're doing it great," he said on my ear.

I smiled and kept dancing with Teddy.

We danced for a couple more songs, and then Teddy leaned on my ear and whispered. "It's time."

I turned around and saw Henry, staring firmly at Teddy and nodding. Teddy let go of my waist and walked towards the stereo. He turned it off, and a lot of angry screams were heard.

Teddy smiled. "Hey there," he said. "I hope you guys are having fun!"

This time, the crowd yelled with enthusiasm, and I bit my bottom lip to keep myself from laughing.

Teddy smirked. "I'm glad you are!"

"Theo!" exclaimed the most annoying voice I ever heard in my life. Sonya made her way towards Teddy and smiled brightly. "You came!"

Teddy shrugged. "What can I say? Parties are kind of my thing."

Sonya smiled. "Could you please turn up the stereo? People were dancing!"

Teddy faked concern. "Oh, my apologies," he said. He turned to see the crowd and said, "Do you guys want music?"

The crowd screamed in enthusiasm, and Teddy's smile grew wider.

"Okay," he said. "Here's your music!"

He took out the eggs from his jacket and started throwing them at every person he could, including Sonya, who glared at him.

"What the hell?" she asked angrily.

I turned to see Henry, who was laughing, and noticed he was taking water balloons out of a bag he was carrying. He started throwing them around, and Louise started throwing confetti.

I could not help cracking up.

Everyone turned to see me, and I simply shrugged.

"I guess it's time to go," I said innocently.

Teddy laughed and nodded. "You'd bet it is!"

Then, he rushed towards me and grabbed my hand.

Together, we rushed to the door, and Louise and Henry did the same. We heard the angry screams, and several people ran after us, but they were too drunk to reach us.

We all got in the car, and Henry turned on the engine as quickly as he could.

Once we were safely outside of their territory, we all started laughing.

"That was fun!" exclaimed Louise.

"It was!" I agreed, laughing.

Henry chuckled. "I'd bet they didn't see that one coming!"

"They'll hate us forever," said Louise.

"Who cares? I never liked them, anyway," said Henry. "I only was with them because no one else talked to me, but I don't need them anymore, right, pal?"

"Right," said Teddy. He was surprisingly quiet.

"Well, I hope they don't start bullying us," I said, grinning.

"They probably will," said Henry. "But whatever. We're graduating in two months. We won't be seeing them anymore."

"That's true," said Louise. "At least we got to let them know how we felt about them before leaving."

I smiled. "Well, they surely deserved it."

"Yeah," said Teddy. "They really did."