The lights were flashing, the music was loud and drunk college kids packed the dance floor. I've never felt so out of place in my life. I never thought that I would step foot into a frat house let alone spend my first weekend at college at a frat PARTY. I can't believe my roommate, Shelly, was able to drag me out of the dorms. I guess I should've seen it coming. Shelly was a typical hot college girl who couldn't wait to party her ass off. She stood 5'3 with long blond hair, she was skinny, had big boobs and a great butt that had garnered much male attention as soon as she stepped on campus. She had been looking forward to this all week and I just didn't have the heart to say no to her.
I was a stark contrast to her. To say that I was a sheltered girl would be an understatement. I was shy to a fault, nerdy, and had never been to a real party before. My stereotypical tiger mom would kill me if she saw me now. Honestly I would have too. Dressed in a revealing green cross top that showed off the inner sides of my C cup breasts and a short pitch black skirt, all borrowed from Shelly of course. She would've said I looked like a harlot and I kind of agreed. I certainly was showing off a lot of skin something that made me feel a bit uncomfortable. Yet also for the first time in my life...I felt sexy.
My whole life had pretty much been dictated by my mom: get good grades, stay away from drugs and alcohol, and absolutely no boyfriends. She said that boys were a distraction and would only get in the way of my goals. As a result I had never even had my first kiss which felt pretty embarrassing for a freshman girl in college if I'm being honest.
I was a typical geeky girl. Skinny, shoulder length black hair, and preferred comfy clothes over fashion. I even had the stereotypical glasses as the bow on top, thin framed I might add. I loved anime, spent countless hours playing animal crossing, and had an affinity for table top games.
That love of games would result in me getting way more drunk than I wanted to that evening. Literally the first time I ever drank. Shelly's friend Mariana had brought brought over several board games which she made drinking games out of. My competitive nature plus drinking rules, I'll let you figure out the equation... I won't lie it was REALLY fun and honestly all of Shelly's party girl friends were really friendly and welcoming. They also clearly had some DIY bartender experience because I could hardly tell there was any liquor in my cup throughout. It wqs only when I stood us to walk over that I felt the tequila hit me all at once. Excellent first stage complete.
Stage 2 however this was a whole different ball game. I was overwhelmed with the loud music, and crowd of bodies, but I tried to keep my cool while dancing with Shelly and the girls. I wasn't the biggest hip hop or r&b fan but I felt comfortable moving my body to the music thanks to years of dance classes my mom made me take.
All of us from the pre game were dancing together and honestly...I was actually having a lot of fun. It was hot and sweaty on this summer night which would've normally bugged me but the alcohol in my body didn't pay any mind.
As I took in my surroundings there was so much to observe. The sea of masses grinding on eachother and sloppy make out sessions in this hot basement would've normally horrified me, I mean a bunch of horny college students sucking face and feeling up on eachother, it was so...primal! Rather than horrified it made me feel...excited and...tingly...like I was watching a hot scene in a movie but somehow stronger...that's when he spotted me.
"Holy shit! Ashley is that you?" I heard over the loud music.
Startled I turned quickly and locked eyes with him. Nico, he was the boy that sat next to me in our calculus lecture. Nico was a year older than me and played for the schools soccer team. He stood 6'2, had wavy brown hair, and was sporting an open short sleeve button down with plaid shorts.
"N-Nico?! I mean hey what's up?" I replied trying to collect my cool.
"Same as everyone else here," he said laughing. "You really changed up your look there Ashley, you look gorgeous," he said with a grin.
I was so nervous as I stared up at his eyes given I was almost a foot shorter than him. "Did he just call me gorgeous...?" I thought to myself.
"You're not so bad yourself," I replied realizing as the words came out that I spoke my thought out loud. "Fuck I mean...I uhh... I'm sorry..."
Nico chuckled as the glow from the booze turned even more red with embarrassment.
"I appreciate it...but you don't need to get all flustered...though it is kinda cute when you are."
"Really?!" I replied getting a little too excited. "I mean thank you," I said with an unconfident grin.