Marianne stumbled as she walked up the small set of stairs to the door of her dorm. She cursed when she nearly dropped her keycard to swipe in and fell through the door with a clatter, knocking into a trashcan right inside the door. Although the door to her hall was only a few feet away, it still took a few minutes for her to cross the foyer and open the heavy door. She stumbled again, her vision blurring in and out of focus through the haze of alcohol that enveloped her mind, making everything fuzzy, warm and seven times as funny. She slumped against the wall, opening and closing her eyes to try to shake off the spins that threatened to upset her balance. Mark heard the racket she made opening the door and her slurred mutterings and poked his head out of his room to investigate. She looked up at him blearily and smiled widely, holding out her arms. He came towards her and started to give her an awkward hug but she pitched forward when she shifted her weight and he caught her against his chest.
"Mark! Sorry, I'm jus'—jus' a lil' drunker than I realized," she mumbled into his sternum, then looked directly up at him.
"It's ok. Do you...want some water or something?" He asked, trying to maneuver her onto her feet again, but she kept swaying. In the end he kept a firm grip on her shoulder to prevent her from falling again.
"No, I'm fine! I mean—wait no yes, I do want—want some water, that'd be great... I think I should jus'—jus' sit and stuff." And with that she promptly dropped to the floor, resting her head against the wall with her eyes closed and splaying her limbs out in every directly. She moved her arms and legs around a bit, smiling while she muttered "cold floor. Solid floor good. S'like I'm making a—a tile angel." She opened one eye and saw Mark staring at her in amazement and apprehension. "Don' judge. You should come down here and try it too, iss very flat."Mark shook his head, smiling, and went to go get a water bottle. When he came back she was half sitting up against the wall, humming tunelessly. When he held out the water to her, she grabbed it with both hands but only took a small sip. He stood for a second, unsure of what to do until she slapped her hand down on the ground next to her and said "C'mon, sit down for a lil' bit." The minute he did, she leaned over and rested her head on his shoulder. He stiffened slightly, feeling even more uncomfortable, but he didn't want to leave her to her own devices if she couldn't even walk straight. Marianne sighed contentedly.
"You smell nice. Thangss for the water." She took another sip.
"No problem. You ok?" He looked down at her sideways and felt his apprehension growing. Her jacket was unzipped and hanging off her shoulders. Her sleeveless shirt, which had three snaps on the front was unbuttoned revealing way more cleavage than usual. He could see the pink and black lace on her bra and the tops of each swell of her breast. He shifted nervously and looked away, up at the ceiling, asking, "so how was the dance?"
"Oh, you know. Crowded, mediocre music, loud. But funnn—" her last words were drawn out because she slipped down from his shoulder to rest her head on his lap. Now he had an even clearer view of her breasts, in addition to several inches of her stomach that her already short shirt had ridden up to reveal. Her pants were low enough that most of her hip bones were visible and her pierced navel was clearly uncovered. She reached up and scratched fretfully at something on her collarbone, drawing his gaze upwards again and although he was still slightly nervous, he was glad that she was drunk enough to not notice how his eyes were roving over her body. He was undoubtedly attracted to her, although the fact that she was a year older than him and his hall RA had quashed a lot of initial thoughts about her. However, here she was, splayed across his lap, showing more skin than he had seen on a lot of girls, her smudged make-up giving her already dark eyes an even more bed-roomy look. He shifted nervously again and hoped she wouldn't move too much, since he was starting to feel the beginnings of an erection in his gym shorts. His thought pattern was interrupted when she reached up to pat his face. "Sush a good frosh, taking care of your drunk old RA. You're sush a cutie." He laughed, trying to ignore the way her fingertips on his cheek were sending thrills down through his neck and stomach. "What else are we here for?"
She giggled, and continued to absently play with a curl of his hair right above his ear. He thought about taking her hand away, but then wondered if he would be able to let go of it. He settled for looking at her quizzically, even though it still felt very nice.