CHAPTER FIVE

"So what do you have to eat?" Nick asked, as he, A.J., Allie and Luci entered the girls apartment, around 5:30 that night.

"Good question...do you know Luci?" Allie asked teasingly, knowing it was Luci's week to food shop and she didn't do it yet.

Luci stuck out her tongue as she plopped onto the couch. "I have been very busy this week. I haven't had time to go to the grocery store." she protested, as Allie turned the TV on.

"So you don't have any food?" A.J. asked, pretending to pout.

Luci heaved a theatrical sigh. "Fine...I'll order pizza. Hand me the phone." she replied, as Nick sat so close to her he could have been in her lap.

"You were the last one to use it." Allie pointed out, walking into the kitchen. "We have some pretzels."

"That sounds good enough." Nick told her looking to the table next to the couch and seeing the phone. He handed it to Luci, "Order the pizza now."

Luci laughed. "Yes, sir." she responded, taking the phone. She quickly called and ordered the pizza. "It'll be here in 30 minutes."

"3O minutes?" Nick and A.J. whined together, as Allie walked out of the kitchen.

"Yes, 30 minutes." Allie said, throwing the pretzels at A.J, and sitting on an overstuffed arm chair. "Now take your pretzels and shut your mouth."

"Yes, ma'am." A.J. answered, smiling at her. "So what are we doing tonight?"

"There's a suds rave tonight at the old warehouse on Main Street." Luci piped up, flipping through the channels on the TV.

"Suds rave?" Allie, Nick and A.J. echoed in unison.

"You know...a rave where they drop suds from the ceiling." Luci explained.

"Okay." Nick and A.J. replied.

"What about you Al?" Luci pressed.

Allie looked slightly apprehensive as she responded, "I guess so."

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"Are you sure this party is safe?" Allie pestered as she blow dried her hair, around 9:30 that night. Luci stood in front of her applying make-up and Nick and A.J were in the living room eating whatever food the girls had left.

Luci sighed as she blotted her lipstick. "Allison it's cool. It's like a regular rave, but with suds coming from the ceiling. It's fine." she assured, quickly dropping the tissue in the trash and checking her outfit in the full length mirror behind the bathroom door. She adorned a pair of tight flare jeans, a white button up J-crew short sleeved shirt over a purple tank top, with purple flip-flops.

"Okay...I can't believe you're not wearing one of your 'club' outfits." Allie commented, kicking Luci in the butt.

Luci stuck her tongue out at Allie in the mirror and brushed off the invisible foot print from her butt. "Watch it Williams. I don't want to ruin any of my good clothes. These clothes I don't care about." she defended.

Allie wrinkled her nose at Luci. "Do you think this is okay?" she inquired. "This" was a pair of American Eagle khakis and a white tank top under a whit 3/4 shirt.

"It might get a little see through..." Luci contemplated, with her eyes twinkling, "...but A.J.'ll like that." With that she opened the bathroom door, and exited the bathroom.

"Asshreosmkjr?" Nick asked through a mouthful of the left over pizza.

"English please?" Luci returned, bending down to kiss the tip of his nose.

"He said are you almost ready to go." A.J. supplied, not even looking away from the TV.

"Yeah...Allie should be ready in a minute." Luci answered, crouching down and peering under the couch.

"What are you doing?" Nick questioned, after swallowing the pizza.

"Looking for money."

"Wouldn't it be in your purse?"

"That's were I put my purse."

"Nope your purse it right here." Allie interrupted, throwing a purse at Luci. "Are you ready?"

"We were waiting for you." A.J. told her, smiling at her. "By the way our bodyguards have to come."

Luci smiled. "Yeah whatever that's cool. Let's go."

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Almost three hours later, Luci stood off the side of the dance floor, looking for Allie, Nick, or A.J. The rave was total confusion. Everyone was covered in suds, soaking wet, and constantly falling. Nick had gone to get another drink for the both of them. Allie had gone to the bathroom and A.J. had been with her a moment ago, but she had lost him in the sea of suds and thriving bodies. "Luci! Where'd you go?" A.J. yelled over the loud music, walking up to her.

"I lost you...I guess." she yelled back. Both of them where covered in suds. For the first time that night Luci noticed A.J. had no shirt on, and could help admiring his perfectly molded abs. She quickly shook the thought out of her head. She had Nick and he had Allie. 'The alcohol must really be getting to me.' she thought.

"Oh...okay...do you wanna go dance?" A.J. inquired, gesturing to the dance floor. Suds were up to at least everyone's knees, but it didn't seem to bother anyone.

"Sure whatever." Luci responded, quickly looking around for her boyfriend and best friend once more before following A.J. onto the dance floor, just as Amber's "Sexual" came on. "Where'd your shirt go?"

"What? You don't like my abs?" A.J. teased, putting his hands on her hips, and starting to dance.

"You're my best friend's boyfriend I can't answer that." Luci laughed and the suds fell on them. Suddenly she moved to take a step back and slid, falling under the suds.

A.J. quickly reached down and grabbed her hand, pulling her up. "You okay?" he asked, pulling her so close their noses were touching.

"Uh...uh-huh..." Luci replied, flustered, not able to remove her gaze from A.J.'s intense one. She knew exactly what was about to happen, but didn't move back. As A.J. closed the gap between their lips, electricity shot through both their bodies. Both their minds were racing, not fully comprehending what was fully going on until Luci pulled back. "A.J..." she groaned, stepping back again and almost falling again, but caught herself, before running away.