tabula___rasa

[one_of_the_kind]

Party could be a good way to relax, even though the said party would be full with people who are watching over you or what the hell ever. I need relaxation. Dancing and stuff like that. It would be nice to get drunk or something too, but I hardly see that happening. I wonder if I think that I'm drunk long enough would I start to feel drunk? Like

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[taramber]

Recovering a little from my shock of seeing Oz, I looked around to find Dawn. I didn't want her running off again. I saw her by the bar and made my way over.
"H-hey sweetie," I said. "Want me to buy you a milkshake? We could even ask the barman to put two syrups in to make one of your Special Recipes," I smiled. Dawn's recipes were legendary for their ingenuity and grossness.

[one_of_the_kind]

The bartender snorts when Tara offers to buy me a milkshake. Yeah, that goes so well with me asking for a beer, doesn't it? At least he doesn't says anything before walking away. Thank God for that, the last thing I need now is the 'alcohol is bad' speech. It's not like I can get it anyway. So I turn to Tara and smile.

"Um, no, thanks, Tara. I'll go without a milkshake." Do they even serve milkshakes in here? Not that I'm asking. Nah ah. No milkshakes for Dawnie. Even though, ya know, my milkshake brings all the boys to the yard. It's better than yours. Uh huh. What? I do watch MTV way too much, so sue me...

"So where is everyone?" It's drama night, isn't it? And I didn't even get a beer. Life when you're young is so unfair. And it's not fun at all.

[taramber]

"Oh, ok." I sighed. Maybe Dawn thought milkshakes were babyish now. I caught the bartender's eye and got a couple of cokes for Willow and me. I remember when I first came here with Dawn and she insisted on having a slushie. Bright blue and full of E numbers. It was only a year or so ago, but it felt like forever.
"Um... Willow's... We saw Oz," I said at last. "So maybe, she'll, um, talk to him?"

[one_of_the_kind]

I mouth 'coke' to the bartender and he grins before giving it to me. I still would have preferred beer, but ok, I'll go with the coke. For now. I might come back, just to bug him some more. Because I can.

"Oz?" Oh! Drama! It is drama, right? I think it is, he's Willow's ex and Tara, well, isn't. I wonder if he even knows Willows lesbian now. Or is Willow bisexual? How do you know if you're bisexual or homosexual? I hafta ask this around sometimes... "So, we're politely letting them talk?"

I take a sip from my coke and look over at where I think I last saw Willow. I don't see neither her or Oz. They're probably talking somewhere else. And we're being polite and not going there. Maybe we should go. All the drama and stuff, it's better than TV shows!

[wildat_heart]

We finished off our set with a mellow rendition of a Bush song and I slunk offstage with an enigmatic smile at the crowd. We sounded good, and I knew it, but we just had to get some more players. Especially if we planned on staying for a while. I liked slow songs good and fine, but a girl needs some good old rock 'n' roll once in a while to keep her going. I'd talk to Oz about that.

Backstage, I drank half a gallon of water, or so it felt like, splashed some water on my face and touched up my makeup. I'd gotten in better shape when Oz and I were globe-trotting, still had the curves but now there was hard muscle there instead of puppy fat. Tibet really is good for the health.

And now there were some people I had to see. I glimpsed some familiar faces in the crowd and knew how eager they were to see me again. Just tripping over their feet. As the house speakers cranked up, I entered the dance floor of the Bronze and approached the bartender. Oz would find me. It's a small place and I had things to do.

[magickal_willow]

I waited at the table for Tara to come back with our Cokes, watching her talk to Dawnie. It wasn't that I couldn't stop looking.. just that I couldn't think of anything better to look at than my girl.

As I watched, a girl slunk by and toward the bar. She looked familiar, but I couldn't place her. I shook my head slightly and looked around a little more.

[wildat_heart]

I walked up to the bar and nodded to the guy back there. He smiled at me and I smiled back, leaning my elbows on the table and gesturing vaguely at the bottles behind the counter. He turned around and a few minutes later, presented me with a violently colored concoction. Ooh, a surprise. I took a sip. It was good... violently-bright good.

Drink in hand, I turned around, leaning on the bar again and looking around. Next to me were two girls, one that I recognized from being with Willow earlier. Tara, I assumed. I heard them talking about Oz just as my gaze came across Willow, sitting all alone at a table.

Oh, but this was about to get really exciting.

[magickal_willow]

I watched as the girl chatted up the bartender and got a scary-looking drink in return. She did a once-over on the room, her eyes coming to rest on me. I didn't want to encourage her in whatever it was she was thinking, so I looked away, hoping she wouldn't talk to me.