Shadows In Durango

Chapter 24

*****Sofia POV******

"Two?!" I gasp, as Daryl hands us two full cups of alcohol each.

"Yeah, it saves us having to top up again so soon!" Daryl laughs, before turning to grab his own drinks from the countertop.

I glance to Emma, before lifting the cup up to my lips to taste it... as she watches me cautiously to see my reaction.

Whatever it was it was fruity and sweet, and surprisingly wasn't bad at all.

"I actually like it... what is it?" I hum, as Daryl looks accomplished.

"Sex on the beach." He states, as my cheeks heat at the name of the drink alone.

Why was I like this?! Everybody in this place has probably already had sex and yet I was blushing over Daryl making me a drink with the word in the damn title!

"Try it Emma it's really good I promise!" I nod to her, as she takes a quick breath before placing the liquid into her mouth - taking a moment to taste it.

"Huh, I didn't expect that!" Emma nods her approval and goes in for another drink as I giggle and hold up my cup.

"Cheers! Here's to having a great party!" I hoist it up and clink my cup off of Daryl and Emmas as they copy me - reciting 'cheers' in response before we all swing the cups back.

Daryl stands and motions for us to follow him, as we quickly get up and take our cups with us in whatever direction he was going.

Entering another room in the house with only around ten people inside, we are greeted with a sort of man hut area with dart boards, a pool table, a mini bar, leather sofas and a beer pong set up with some people engrossed in a tournament. We spent some time finishing our drinks all while Daryl attempted to teach us both how to play pool to which we sucked at - giggling each time we would take forever to line up the ball only for it to miss the hole.

What I did guiltily enjoy though, was the way Daryl had offered to show me the ropes at first - putting his arms around me. His face was incredibly close to mine, to the point I could feel his hot breath on my neck, sending shivers up my spine as he pressed his body tightly to me.

but I had to play it cool. We were friends, I couldn't ruin that by catching silly feelings for the poor guy who had only tried to be nice to me this week! But he was

more drinks! You two can hang out in here!" Daryl laughs, as we clap and cheer handing him our empty cups - evidently feeling the

thanks to the alcohol! It was actually pretty great to have a drink at a party... it was a shame that we hadn't tried it sooner to be totally honest! "Let's

to force

was so

laughed, with most people around us seeming to be on the same level of drunkenness which was actually really

just a good atmosphere and

enough with our drinks on a tray, as we took the first cup and

newfound alcohol confidence to speak for

nod and turn to Emma who also offers a thumbs up as his hand snakes around my waist and rests on

light hearted company - before I suddenly feel a major urge to pee. "Bathroom break!" I announce, causing them both to laugh as

book, nel5s.org is where the adventure continues. Join us for

hallway, pointing to a door before seemingly noticing

come back, I'm going to say hi to some people." Daryl explains quickly, moving away from

into the bathroom with me

sit down to pee as Emma fixes little pieces of her hair in the mirror before retrieving a perfume

some! Can I borrow it please?" I wipe myself quickly and fix my outfit,

Here take it until I pee." Emma laughs handing me the bottle after

I state, spraying it around my neck and

others growing drunkenness as we occasionally wobble and do silly out of character dances

a tray on passing. Let's just pop our heads into

cheerleaders on top of tables as the men all whistle and holler around them - everyone dancing

I nod and divert my gaze from their naked chests and take a sip

were they

just let loose, grabbing Emma's hands and forcing her to dance with me