Drop Your Guard

chapter 1 - lovebirds

Rietta's POV

" I need more ." I demand and hand my red cup to Jeremy.

" Anything for the graceful Henrietta ." He says playfully and I snort .

So graceful .

" I'm anything but graceful ." I tell him and he laughs as he walks off through the crowd to get me a drink .

I stand to one side and watch as all the sweaty bodies dance against each other in the massive backyard of the Utopia frat house.

The cold night air raises goosebumps on my naked arms but I just choose to ignore it . When someone comes along and decides to dance with me then I guess the goosebumps will be something of the past .

" Rietta !" Someone hollers and I turn around to check who it is . Kaylee , my best friend , comes stumbling towards me and I laugh at the sight of her.

Her hair is a mess and she has a rip in her jeans that isn't supposed to be there .

" What happened ?" I ask her once she's standing in front of me .

" I was making out with this dude on the couch inside and then this chick , all out of the blue , comes and she's all like ' I thought you loved me Zack ' and then his like ' I do baby ' and I'm like ' Hell no , I'm out'a here ' ." She ends her little rant and I'm almost on the damp grass laughing and clutching my stomach .

I regain myself after a while , " That doesn't really explain the rip in your jeans ."

" Oh . That happened when - , " she pauses and thinks for while , " I don't know. " She says and stumbles off . Probably to go and make out with someone else .

She's my best friend and all , but when she's drunk she's loses all her common sense , knowledge and literally everything in her brain . And if I must say so , her IQ is much higher than mine . Obviously when she's sober .

" For the gracef--"

" Don't you dare say that fucking word ." I snap at Jeremy before he can say another word .

Something that a very graceful lady would do.

" Okay ," He raises his hands in surrender , " Sorry. "

" Whatever ." I roll my eyes and grab my drink from him . It sloshes out and spills on the ground .

" Oh well ." Jeremy says nevermindedly and grabs my hand. Probably to dance .

Finally.

We start dancing to the music .

I know what you're thinking but no , we're not a couple . We're just friends with occasional benefits .

Very occasional .

Jeremy and I have known each other since we were 10 and to be honest , we hated each other. We were complete opposites . I was the teachers pet and he was more like the boy who would put gum on the teachers seat . Well , all that changed after my - I went through a few things and now we're closer than before . And by close , I mean close .

" Rietta. " Jeremy says softly into my ear and I snap out of thought.

" Huh ?" I ask .

" You're stepping on my foot with your very sharp heel ." He says sounding pained .