Aaaannnddd that should be the last one,
I thought to myself, the door slamming with the unintentional ferocity that only my sister Taylor could manage to nail. Four times.
She was staying at my apartment in Manhattan for the weekend because her and her friends were going to Gov Ball. I had no plans, and the last two weeks of heinous debauchery really had me feeling like I should be sober and celibate for the weekend, so I happily offered up the spot. It started off as just her, then one friend...then two. Now there were 5 of them sleeping here. And like any 23 year olds on a Friday night... they wanted to get fucked up.
"Ooookay so Tay, alcohol's in here," I said, patting the cabinet above my stove. "If you need anything, let me know."
I was already walking towards my room when the harmony of "boooooo"s began - I heard a "you're not going to drink with us?!", "we're so fun though!", and quite possibly a "lil bitch..." before I paused, quickly considered the substance that most of my great life choices were made of, and turned my hat around.
It was the Beer Olympics. We had split into 3 teams of 2 - first was Taylor and her friend Dana (5'2", tits for days, thicker white girl, straight brown hair down past her shoulders, currently wearing a crop top that read "Daddy Issues" with a stencil graphic of what I'm at least 60% sure was a girl giving Donald Duck head). Next up was me and Amanda - I'm 6'1" with a really athletic build. I was wearing a black beanie with a tight blue Captain America t-shirt on, and my pajama pants. This was my apartment - damned if I wasn't comfy af. Amanda was a 5'5" thinner caramel chick with comically short shorts on. Honestly, I noticed little else until later into the night. I'm an ass man. I did not pick her for her pong skills. The third group was Michelle and her on-again / off-again boyfriend, Vin. Vin was a chill dude, but bro was punchin. Michelle was a dime and she knew it.
I turned some music on, cracked open the first Bud Lights of the night, and let the evening's festivities begin.
Part 1). THE GAMES
Game 1, Beer Pong. Me and Amanda vs Taylor and Dana.
"Ladies first," I said, motioning for her to shoot first. She looked at me with a quick smile, eye contact on point, and stepped in front of me. I looked up, away from the mocha of her skin under the denim jean shorts. "Hit this."
She breathed, arched her arm back, and threw.
Whoosh
. Ball hit the floor, over the table.
"She's nervoussss!" teased Taylor.
"She's hammered!" yelled Dana.
Amanda rolled her eyes at both of them and turned to me. "Hit this please."
"Which one?"
She looked at me with a little "you serious?" before deciding that I was. "Front cup."
Splish!
"Easy," I said, not even hesitating as the ball splashed the water in the cup.
She looked up at me and gave her lip the smallest bite. Brown eyes. Damn, I'm a sucker for brown eyes.
Two cups to one. Final game. Vin and Michelle vs me and Amanda. Michelle missed her shot, but Vin was up and just as Amanda started to shout something to distract him, he shot. I watched the ball fly through the air thinking "damn that was pretty" as it fell. Into our cup.