I gulp it down like it’s juice. Everyone is doing it- laughing having fun. Playing ping pong. We take it in turn as the ball bounces. Chugging the juice, everyone’s laughing. I feel out of place. Uncomfortable. An arm wraps around me. “Having fun are we?” My boyfriend asks, laughing so hard at a joke that’s not funny. “Is this man bothering you?” His brother asks, who is barely drunk. He wobbles to try and point a finger at his brothers face and fails horribly. His stupidity makes me laugh, he hugs me tighter.

“Ay boys stop flirting and join the game!” A girl yells from the distance. I hurdle Axel - my boyfriend- to the table where everyone is kneeling at. He insists to sit opposite me, he says it will give him a higher chance at kissing me. As the bottle spins it comes close to stopping on me. In the corner of my eye I see Axel’s brother drinking- he’s the only one here that is eligible to drink. He catches me looking at him and winks at me, I was disgusted to say the least but Axel was even more annoyed, he nudged the drink out his brothers hand. He started to retaliate. Axel’s brother- Adam- dominated him, with his wide figure and big muscles Axel wouldn’t stand a chance. I’m glad it was stopped before it began. The girl who started the game, yelled at them to stop and moved Adam a few seats away from his brother- my boyfriend.

The game goes again, most people there are crazy on the juice and almost everyone is too young to be having it. Except for Adam and the girl. They seemed to be the oldest in the group.

The bottle spins and every time two new people are placed in the small room at the back, for 3 minutes. Some people spent longer. One person dropped out, and some were so drunk they couldn’t stand up. “Bella!” My name is called. Axel’s face is red, he’s cursing and it takes me a minute to realise why. “Adam” the girl calls. Axel is on his feet. Adam had so much juice that he seems more drunk than Axel was. The girl holds Axel back two other boys help, the room fills with my name- everyone is chanting. Adam is already at the room and I find myself following. But I’m not going to lie I did have some juice. The door closes behind us- I hold my breath. 3 minutes. Everyone is doing it- laughing and having fun.

Axel’s my boyfriend.