Dream of Californication

[last_to_believe]

Kacie had left at like 2 that afternoon with her doctor-boyfriend who was takin' her to Las Vegas for the weekend, leavin' her Santa Monica beach house all to me. She tried real heard to pretend like she was givin' me the speech, the one about not having any parties while she was gone, no drinking, and definitely no boys. But I could tell, Kacie

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[not_a_prophecy]

We went into the kitchen and I gave my sister a look when she said we could go over to the beach. Yeah, that would be my sister trying to get me to loosen up by going to the one place we both always wanted to go.

"Yeah, I'll probably be headed that way in a while," I said and leaned back against the counter. Lily usually didn't really mind how much I liked to go to the beach, but I'd hang around inside or at the pool if she wanted too. Even if I could just hear the sound of the waves, I'd be cool.

About halfway through my beer, I raised a brow and glanced between Lacey and Jude a second then exchanged looks with Lexi. Well then. They both seemed fond of each other.

"I'll take one," I said to Lacey and went about finishing up the beer. Soon I'd have a nice buzz and then I wouldn't need to worry as much about watching out for my sister. Though, when she got a buzz of her own that's when I probably would need to look out for her a little more. Oh well.

"And one of those cupcakes." Smiling, I took the drink she handed me and offered it to Lily first then took the second one poured. Tasty.

[wage_this_rage]

I opened the beer that Lexi tossed me and took a drink, laughing as Tyler gave his sister a hard time. Sometimes I wished I had a brother or sister around. Might be cool. Well, maybe not. I take it back.

Don't think I missed the blonde checking me out. She was definitely hot, that's for sure. This whole party idea was getting better by the minute. She started mixing up some kind of margarita and I finished my beer just as she offered a round of them

Of course Tyler spoke up before anyone else could. "Hey, those are my cupcakes!" I spoke up. "You know, for my birthday that the parents of the year went and forgot?" I grinned. "So, I get the first one. Lacey next, then, because I'm such a nice guy, all the ladies get one. Oh, wait, if we're letting ladies go first? That means you'd get the first one Tyler." I shot him a smart ass look and started laughing.

"And I'll take one of those margaritas." I grinned over at Lacey.

[osborn_heiress]

His parents forgot his birthday? Oh my God, LAME! Not everybody was as lucky to have a dad like mine, which was sad for the rest of the world but good for me. "You're funny," I said sarcastically to Jude. "Really." So wasn't this predictable? Tyler's best buddy was making eyes at my best friend.

Hmmm. I pressed my lips together as I watched Jude shoot Lacey another look. I think I could see that working out. I exchanged a glance with Tyler to see if he could see it too but he obviously could. He noticed everything which made it REALLY hard to hide things from him. But he has dreams or whatever, and I say that's cheating. At least I can still kick his ass.

"Move it." I said to Jude as I pushed him lightly out of the way and grabbed two cupcakes. Walking over to Lacey I handed her one with a smile, and the look in her eyes kind of made me giggle a little bit. If my brother weren't here, I'd offer her another body shot.

[liliana_baker]

I left Sarah and hoped that she would stay out of trouble. I'm not sure why I felt so protective of her, but I guess it was because she was still kind of naive. Too trusting too, but I guess you could afford to be that way if you weren't a slayer.

I caught the beer easily and took a long sip. Beer wasn't usually my thing, but I was in the mood for just about anything right now. I couldn't help but smirk at the exchange between Lexi and Jude. I guess she wasn't down with him being into her friend. It wasn't like I had an opinion on any of it. I was just here as Tyler's date.

"Cupcakes with beer? Gross," I teased Tyler. He had the weirdest food combinations sometimes. Tucking a strand of hair behind my ear I looked around the party and tried to get a head count. People kept piling in. "You're popular all right. Do you even know half these people?" I asked Lexi before it registered that it would probably annoy her to be put on the spot.

There were other slayers around because my blood was humming. As long as Kennedy and Buffy didn't show up all was right in my world. Hopefully nothing of the demony kind showed up either. I wasn't in the mood to play protector to a bunch of drunk kids when I really just wanted to be one of the drunk kids.

"Will your cousin care if start a bonfire out on the beach later?" I asked out hostess with a bright smile. I knew that if anything was going to chill Tyler out it would be the beach. If we're going to hang out there it would be cool to have fire as an easy weapon should we get any uninvited guests.

[last_to_believe]

"There's enough cupcakes to go around." I pointed out, with smiles all around, especially to Lexi who looked particularly appalled. Though it took everything I had to hold back the laughter at Jude's comments. Boys will be boys, I guess. Tyler's so sweet, so polite it seems. Lexi's like the hurricane, and he's the calm in it.

"Though I'm not so sure if there's enough to go around beyond us right here," I added dryly, motioning with my eyes to the throngs of people crowding Kacie's place and spilling in and out of every entrance and exit.

There were all these looks goin' around, all this back and forth, but I paid it no mind and simply poured the 'ritas and then set another batch on blend, pushin' stop as Lexi brought me a cupcake.

"Thanks," I said, lickin' a bit of frosting that had gotten smeared on my thumb. The way she was all close to me made me think about the way she kissed me earlier. Not that I thought about her or wanted her like that. I didn't like girls that way. In fact, I really kinda liked Jude. Still, it was nice and I couldn't help the fact that I'd liked it. Though I'd never tell a soul that I did.

Turning my attention to Lily, I smiled and shook my head. "Nah, I don't think so. If she does, oh well. She won't be back for a couple of days and hopefully that doctor-boyfriend of hers will have bought her a nice piece of jewelry to make her too happy to care." I trailed the tip of my finger along the icing, tasting some more of it and enjoying the sweetness of it. "Besides, a bonfire on the beach would be nice."

[not_a_prophecy]

"Look who's the funny guy tonight," I rolled my eyes at Jude and gave him a look before taking the cupcake offered and licked up the icing. Had to get to the good stuff before eating the actual cake. "Hey, don't mess with the cupcakes and beer," I said with a feigned offended look in Lily's direction. "Cupcakes go with anything."

Lily mentioned the bonfire outside at the beach and I loved the idea already. She always knew the beach helped me ease up no matter where I was. Finishing off the beer, I sat the bottle on the counter behind me and started on the mixed drink Lacey had made. She was sure the nice hostess.

"You wanna head out there now or stay around here and hang out for a little bit," I asked Lily. The music was blaring and I kind of felt like dancing a little once people got settled and actually started dancing. Though once I drank the rest of this margarita I'd probably feel like doing it anyway.

Slayers and their stupid stamina. That just wasn't fair. Well. Most of the time.

[wage_this_rage]

I shot Lexi a look when she told me I was funny. What? It was funny. At least I thought so. Then she started handing out my cupcakes. Well just to her and Lacey, which was okay, cause they were girls. And they were both hot. What can I say, I have my priorities. I’m a teenage guy, what else is new?

Tyler’s girlfriend Lily suggested a bonfire. That might actually be kind of cool. Me and Lacey, Ty and Lily, Lexi and…dude, we seriously needed to find somebody for Lexi to chill with or she was gonna be a total buzzkill. And yes, I said me and Lacey. I was interested, I’m not gonna lie. She was hot. Plus, she got me cupcakes. That everyone was eating! I leaned over and grabbed one too.

“I’m cool with whatever.” I shrugged. “I could go for some more drink though.” I held up my empty glass, which Lacey promptly refilled. “Thanks.” I said, smiling at her. “No offense?” I said. “But where’s the strong stuff? I vote we take that outside and make a bonfire.”

[osborn_heiress]

I was seriously starting to feel like the fifth wheel here between Lacey and Jude and Tyler and Lily. This sucks. Not that I didn't have plenty of company whenever I wanted it but it sucked being the odd woman out. Oh well, I'd find someone to go home with tonight. It was guaranteed.

Getting up on the counter on my knees I opened one of the cabinets and grabbed a bottle of Jim Beane and a bottle of Vodka before handing them both to Tyler so I could jump down from the counter.

"Okay. Let's go people. I'm not getting any younger." I said to the four of them as we began heading through the kitchen and to the sliding glass doors that lead to the beach outside. I hope they knew how to build a fire because that wasn't exactly my specialty. I already did my part by inviting so many people.