"I'm telling you, you have to try it!" Tessa poked her friend's shoulder. The lanky brunette was nearly skipping down the sidewalk as they closed in on the party. Her sharp features were lit up with excitement. She looked years younger than the twenty one year old college student she was.
Abigail just rolled her eyes. The curvy little blonde just wasn't as into the party scene as her roommate. Still, a week of nagging had a way of wearing her down. Apparently, there was some new kind of party thing and Tessa was determined to show Abigail whether she wanted to know or not.
"So what is it again?" Abigail tried to keep her exasperation out of her voice. In truth she should be studying, but Tessa had a way of making it impossible to do anything else until she was satisfied.
"Haven't you been listening! Mogging is just the coolest thing ever, you just slap on this little patch and then you can just go wild!" Tessa looked back at her roommate, slightly shocked that Abigail hadn't been paying attention.
Abigail simply liked to tease her roommate this way. Tessa tended to get overly excited about new things, especially party stuff, and the only way to slow her down was to pretend not to care. Besides, it was fun.
"So it's just some kind of drug then?" Abigail wasn't into that. Still, she was curious, and wanted to see what this was all about. Tessa hadn't been able to explain much of what this Mogging thing was, other than how much she'd loved it. That actually got Abigail a bit worried for her friend, and she decided it would be a good idea to see exactly what was going on.
"Yeah, kind of, but it, like, changes you too, not just on the inside. You've got to try it." Tessa came to a stop and then turned towards a rather ordinary looking two story house. In the campus district most of these houses were rented out to students, and it was clear from the unkempt yard and milling twenty year olds, that this one was no different. "And we're here. Let's go in and get you hooked up!"
Abigail had to nearly run to keep up with Tessa. Neither of them were really dressed up fancy for the evening. Just T-shirts and skirts for both of them. Tessa had been oddly insistent about the skirts. Abigail was normally happy in just a pair of blue jeans, but wasn't about to argue the point.
It was quickly apparent that all the girls were wearing skirts as well. It wasn't something that you usually saw. Sure the occasional girl would wear a skirt, but a room full of like twenty women all sporting them was a bit strange. Abigail could also sense an air of anticipation in the air. Everyone seemed to be waiting for something, even as Tessa headed over to the cooler full of drinks.
"Are you sure you should be drinking first?" Abigail asked as Tessa pulled out a bottle of beer. Mixing alcohol with drugs was not usually a good idea as far as she knew, and even if it wasn't a drug, the night was still pretty young.
"Sure, I want to get a little buzz going. Do you want one?" Tessa asked as she unscrewed the cap and took a swig.
Abigail took a look at the selection, actually surprised by the quality. College parties were not known for having good beer, just lots of it. Whoever was running the show here was really pulling out the stops.
"Abigail?"
She nearly turned into the chest of the man standing beside her. Then she looked up to see one of her fellow lab students. She had to tilt her neck back to look up at him. Jack was a good foot taller than her, but he made up for his size by being the epitome of a gentle giant. She had to admit she had a bit of a soft spot for him.
"Hi! I never thought I'd see you at this kind of thing." She smiled up at him and took and pulled her hair back over her ear before she'd realized how self conscious she was. Jack wasn't the party type either. They'd work through a couple of lab assignments together, trying to build a simple digital computer from discrete components. He always liked to talk about the tech, never about the weekend debauchery that most students seemed to fixate on.
"Yeah, I kind of got pulled in by my roommate. He loves these things." Jack smiled.
"I know how you feel, Tessa wouldn't give me a moment's rest until I said I'd come. At least I'll have someone to talk to now." Abigail gave him her best inviting look. It wasn't easy, she didn't get out much, and didn't like to lead guys on. That had ended badly far too often.
"I'm guessing you expect her to just disappear now that you're here." He laughed as he pointed across the room to a trim jock who was busy chatting up a raven haired Asian girl. "Paul's already trying out his game. I'll be lucky if he finds me before stumbling back home."
Abigail laughed at that. Tessa had a similar habit. No matter how much she wanted Abigail to come to a party, Tessa always ended up ditching her as soon as a hot guy walked by. It was just one of the reasons Abigail didn't get out and party very much.
"So do you know about this Mogging thing? Tessa didn't tell me much more than say how much fun it was."
"Sorry, Paul didn't tell me much more than that. He did say it was totally awesome though." Jack shrugged. "I tried looking it up, but it must be something new, cause I couldn't find anything about it online."
That was pretty weird. Abigail had tried as well, and that was part of what had intrigued her enough to come out. Even as just an observer, she really wanted to know what it was.
