chapter 5

As soon as I reached the last step, Scarlet flung herself at me. If it wasn't for my quick reflexes and the wall partially steadying me I would have fallen on my ass with Scar on top of me . I carefully lossened her grip on me. 

"I missed you so much. Where have you been. I was scared that some big bad guy kidnapped you" she started sobbing . I frowned and gave a questioning look to Landon. 

He just shrugged "She has been having mood swings for the past half hour. You could never tell whether she was gonna be happy the next moment or whether she would start crying. I couldn't keep up with her after 10 minutes so I just let her do what she wanted. " 

I glared at him to which he gulped in fear. "Are you responsible for this state of hers" I asked him still glaring at him. 

"I swear I am not responsible. I didn't even offer her a drink the entire night . I fetched her sealed juice bottles. Maybe she had one of the drinks that were kept in the open that were spiked; when I was away for a minute " he quickly replied . Seeing that he wasn't lying . I looked at her still holding me tightly and sighed . I stroked her hair gently and told Landon to find Sam so we could tell him and leave. While Landon was gone I managed to bring Scar's half sleeping form into the living room / dance floor . All of a sudden she pulled away from me and went into the mass of dancing people . 

I frantically started searching for her when I heard people hooting and cheering for someone. I followed in the direction of the voice to see what's it about . To my shock I saw Scar chugging down so many cups of some alcoholic liquid which I didn't have any idea about. After about her 5 glass she stopped and moved away from there . I hurriedly followed her but before I could reach her and drag her out, she went to a nearby table and stood on top of it . She started dancing to the music with so much of enthusiasm that made the already drunk crowd to stop what they were doing and cheer for her . I stopped and saw her for a little while.  

I once read somewhere that at parties it's better to be sober than drunk . Being sober you could see all kinds of embarrassing things possible that drunk people could do and it was really entertaining. Watching Scar dance on the table , well mostly trying to dance, I realised that whatever that person said was so true. Scar with her dance moves looked like a kid high on sugar . For a normal person her dance would appear utter nonsense and as non sensible shaking of every muscle and skin possible. But for this drunk crowd it appeared as though there was a professional dancer in their midst . Some people even started to copy her and tried getting on the table but their uncoordinated movements did not let them to do so . Scarlet even tried wiggling her nose, eyebrows , hands and legs all at once which nearly led her to fall off the table . Don't ask me how she managed to coordinate the movements of so many parts of her body while drunk, even I wondered the same . Thinking that it's time I take the crowds 'entertainer' away from them and back to her house , I grabbed Scarlet's hand and brought a protesting Scarlet out of the house.  

Once outside I took in a fresh breath of air. I realised just how stuffy it was inside. Scarlet broke free of my hold and twirled around as if she was in some fantasy world . Not having the energy anymore I did not chase after her. She plopped herself on the grass and laid down. I followed her example and laid down beside her. For a few minutes we just gazed at the beautiful stars encasing the sky above us. For a second I thought that Scarlet was finally sober, when she started whispering gibberish under her breath. All of a sudden she grabbed my hand and exclaimed loudly 

"Look there !!!Between the stars I see Elsa . She is creating snowflakes from her magic. " I looked at where she was pointing and saw nothing . She was so drunk that she was seeing things. Scarlet had heard and watched stories of some animated and other movies which prevailed, during our ancestors time and she loved them. I guess the Elsa girl she spoke about might be one of the many old animated movies that she loved . Ignoring her i closed my eyes and enjoyed the cold wind nipping at my skin in a gentle caress. My state of peace was interrupted by a frantic Scarlet's voice. I looked at her and saw that she was covering her face 

"Ahh! Save me Fayth . Elsa is shooting icicles at me . " I snorted . 

"We should get you some water fast. You are getting delusional. Though it's fun seeing u drunk, you are high maintenance and right now I don't have enough energy to keep up with you." I grabbed Scar's hand and pulled her up to her feet , She was still covering her face. Who knew that a 17 year-old Scarlet would be scared of the wrath of an ancient Disney princess. 

Just then Landon along with Samuel jogged to the place that we were. As soon as Samuel approached, he took Scar's hand and checked her for any injuries. I mentally awed ; such caring brother ."I did not know that she was a light weight. " he questioned. 

"She drank a lot; as much as i remember. Her drink was spiked and she also chugged down around 8 glasses of something while the crowd cheered for her" I said . 

"Oh My God. If mom comes to know that she had eight glasses of shots and one whole glass of spiked drink and what not she will surely kick me out of the house. Thank goodness they are out on their business trip again "All of a sudden he grabbed Landon's shirt and shook him. 

" I gave you the responsibility of taking care of her and now you bring her drunk to me. " I stepped in between and went to Landon's rescue. 

"You can't blame him, What's done is done. There's no point fighting over it. And he did not force Scar to drink, it was her carelessness that got her drunk " Hearing me Sam lossened his grip on Landon and steped back apologising for his outburst. We were suddenly reminded of Scarlet when she hugged her brother fiercely.  

" I never knew you cared so much for me" she said all the while holding him close and not letting go of him . I smiled at the sight . Samuel seemed to feel uncomfortable at this display of affection . After few minutes of Sam asking her to let go of him ; which i must tell was not possible and he had to half-drag-half-carry her to the vehicle . As we reached the vehicle Landon left us all the while apologising for not being careful. I managed to get Scarlet inside the car. Sam handed me the keys as I was the only sober person. Sam entered in after scar .

As i was just about to enter the car a guy bumped into me. The impact made me fall on the ground. The guy seemed to be running away from something and was dressed in a black hoodie and blank jeans . He was quite invisible in this dark night . Though he looked pretty normal and looked around my age or a year older, I couldn't help being suspicious about him. He might have sensed it as, he didn't even offer me a hand but abruptly ran away leaving me gaping on the ground. Muttering under my breath of how much of a jerk he was I got up, dusted myself and walked towards the drivers seat . 

Scar and Sam both were in the back seat. Sam looked as if he had already fallen asleep and even Scar looked as Though she might fall asleep any moment . Not wanting to wake them up, I started driving.  

The Loud and sudden voice of Scarlet nearly made me lose control and fall off road and into the darkness beyond.