"Great, I don't know many of these people. Let's get everyone all together and let's do something. I'm not sure what we should do yet, but something'll come to mind." Griffin said, excited. "So you round up the people in the kitchen and the game people. I'll look around for the stragglers." He directed before turning around and going into one of the other rooms, looking for people.
“Great,” Zander accepted, moving towards the kitchen.
Isaac looked up when he heard Griffin approaching. Worried that he, or anyone else, might ask to see the contents of his journal, he closed it and stuffed it in the bag beside him. He prayed Griffin would skip over the room he was in, but he knew the chances were slim.
Griffin went through the doorway of the first room he saw. It happened to be the room with Isaac. His face lit up and he smiled. "Hey! So I'm trying to get everyone rounded up together so I can meet everyone and we can all hang out. Let's go!" He said excitedly, walking closer to the boy.
Isaac peered up at him, offering a small smile in return—they were contagious after all. “Um, nah, I’m good here. But thanks.” Everyone hanging out together didn’t sound very much like his type of fun. Unless they were doing trivia about horticulture, and then he would happily participate. But he assumed that wouldn’t be the first choice at a house party like this one.
"Are you sure? Is there anything I can do to make you more interested in joining? I mean, by all means, sit here alone and stuff, but I would hope that whatever we end up doing will be more fun than that." Griffin offered with a silly smile. He liked including everyone in things. He had been left out a lot in elementary and middle school, so he tries to include anyone and everyone so that they aren't left out like he was.
Ike looked at him unsurely. He squinted, wondering if he gave an honest answer, would it actually happen? “If you were showing a movie, maybe.” He shrugged. Anything but an icebreaker, he silently added.
"Well, we probably wouldn't do that the whole time, but I bet at least some people would be up for that eventually," Finn said. "This is probably going to sound so rude, but why are you at this party if you're just gonna hang out by yourself? Yeah, that sounded rude, sorry." He heard it get louder in the living room, Zander was probably done getting everybody and just waiting on Finn.
Ouch, Isaac blinked at him, slightly taken aback at the brash accusation. His lip twitched with a brief glimmer of offense, but he stuffed it down. “Uh-Uh… My friend kind of dragged me here, and I don’t know anyone,” he replied. “I’m just waiting for him.”
Finn nodded then looked at Issac with an apologetic look. "Well, my name's Griffin, but I'd prefer if you called me Finn or Finley. I'm really sorry if that offended you or anything… uh, what's your name?"
“It’s fine,” Isaac dismissed with a small shake of his head. When he did so, a strand of charcoal hair fell over his ear. The rest of it was pulled up into an unruly bun. “My name’s Isaac, but I like being called Ike.” He stuffed his hands into the pockets of his green olive jacket. For the party, he didn’t change his appearance much other than he wore a striped grey shirt instead of the usual white.
"Nice to meet you, Ike! Do you want to come hang out with me and everyone else or should I get you when and if we watch a movie?" Finn asked, smiling. He liked to wear one of his cool button-ups to parties, like the one he wore to this one. It was black with different planets all over it with some stars.
“Um,” his first, knee-jerk response would have been a solid no, but he paused before answering right away. Would it be rude if he declined? He had agreed to go with Caleb, after all. “What are you all doing?”
"Well… I'm not sure. I guess we're gonna have to decide what to do. I can always go on your side if you feel really uncomfortable or unhappy. I mean, you'll probably have to loosen up a bit, but yeah." Finn said, smiling. "I can get you a drink if that'd help." He offered.
Ike grimaced at the thought of alcohol. “No…no thank you.” As long as he could stick close to Caleb, whatever they do might not be too terrible. “But alright, I’ll go,” he sighed strenuously and stood off of the couch and hooked his bag over his shoulder. I can loosen up if I want to, he defended himself silently, and even without a drink.
Finn's face lit up. "Great! So we're all gathering in the living room. I'm going to look around for any stragglers then we'll do whatever we're gonna do." He said before giving Isaac a smile and leaving the room. He took a drink for himself before going to look for some others.
Ike reluctantly walked out of the safe room he was in to the main room, where he heard the most chatter. He let out a sigh of relief as he saw Caleb, who was talking to the girl he’d been talking with in the kitchen—Kate.
Ike stuffed one hand in his pocket, and the other in his bag as if it were just another pocket. He hung around Caleb for a moment, waiting for something to happen, shifting his weight from one foot to the other.
There were a few people in the upstairs hallway with cups in their hands, and they seemed much more willing to join everybody else.
Finn smiled as he finished gathering people and got to the living room. He spotted Zander and approached him. "Hey, so do you have any ideas for what we should start with? My mind is kinda blanking at the moment." He said as he took a drink.
Zander rocked back and forth on his heels, “Uhm, no, not really. I was kinda hoping you’d get an idea,” he chuckled. He scanned over the group of people in his living room. “There aren’t as many people here as I expected.”
"Well then… um let's ask everyone else. But I was expecting more as well." Finn said. Before Zander could respond, he walked over to the couch and stood on top of it. "So does anyone have an idea for something we can all do together? I really can't think of anything today."
“Truth or dare!” One of the girls in the middle of the group yelled.
Ike internally groaned. It wasn’t the worst game to play, but he still didn’t like it. He figured he’d be alright if he could just get away with saying truth every time, or if he just avoided his turn.
"I mean, that always sounds good to me! Does anyone want to object or suggest anything else?" Finn asked, scanning the small group. He actually hadn't played that game in a while so it actually sounded like lots of fun to him.
Ike raked his bottom lip through his teeth. He objected, but it seemed like the rest of the people in the party, who was consideringly nodding their heads, did not. He looked over at Caleb. As long as he stuck with him, he supposed it would be alright.
"Okay well, I guess we're playing t or d! Um, let's all sit down, get comfortable and whoever wants to can start." Finn explained as he stepped down from the couch and back onto in, by the armrest. He curled up against it and waited until everyone was ready.
(Just a warning, I'm not very good at coming up with truths and especially dares…)
A few other people sat down beside him on the couch, all chattering excitedly.
Ike took a seat beside Caleb in the floor, on the opposite side of the circle from Finn. He glanced around the group of people nervously. They all looked like extroverts, who would probably choose the wildest dares.
(Np! Me neither lol, I’ll see if I can find a truth or dare generator)
"Okay, who wants to start?" Finn asked looking around. One girl with a lip piercing and brown curly hair quickly raised her hand. Finn nodded, glancing around to make sure no one else really wanted to go first.
"Oo I want to start!" She yelled. "Hmm… okay…" She mumbled to herself as she looked around the room. "Hm, so Zander, truth or dare?" She asked, smiling brightly.
(Lol I'll do the same.)