Chapter 23: Solstice Party
The Annual Solstice Party was thrown by the faculty for the students a few days before Christmas. It was a wild, festive affair intended to let the young academics let off some steam before the midterm exams and mingle with their professors. There was a lot of alcohol involved, and things had a tendency to get exciting, if not wild.
It was held off-campus, in the residential area filled with small, tidy houses with white fences. Today, though, it had transformed into an epicenter of a small social tornado. There was loud music spilling out onto the street, and enough cars parked along the curb for Mickey's blue Pontiac to not draw any attention.
'Tell me how you got an invite, again?' Mickey said, turning off the ignition.
I shrugged.
'I'm friends with some dudes from the university.'
He looked at me with skepticism.
'How on Earth did you get mixed up with these folks? Like... they don't usually talk to people like us.'
He was technically right.
'I'm in a band with them.'
Mickey eyebrows flew up.
'You're in a band? With humans?'