Love Drunk Sims 4 Style: Chapter Seven

Chapter Seven: The Halloween Party.

Dexter was excited, tonight was the night of the Halloween party! He was finally going to meet his CookieGurl! She was worried about finding him, but he'd told her that she would know who her prince was, because that's how he would be dressed. He was going as Prince Charming, tacky yeah, but it was so fitting as he was going to sweep this Cinderella off of her feet! He'd messaged her the address, but she hadn't messaged him back, maybe she was busy or something. But that didn't really matter, he was so excited he could burst!

Lainie was working today, but she was allowed to get off early to prepare food for the party. She already had her costume hanging in the wardrobe, all she had to do was her hair and make-up and fling everything on. She had invited Alex to the party, something she just blurted out! Roxy was mad at her, she even asked her "What about Dexter?" to which Lainie merely shrugged. He probably had a bevvy of beauties coming to drip off of his gorgeous skinny body! What did it matter?

Ash was nervous but happy, tonight he was going to be with Erin around his brother and friends. He'd told her that he wasn't quite ready to introduce her as his girlfriend, so keep it cool and casual. She reluctantly agreed, but the price to pay was that Selena was coming. How was he going to break that one to Dexter?

Erin was looking forward to making Ash squirm, because it made him so much sexier when he was squirming. Only drawback was Selena tagging along, it was the only way that Erin could get her off of the scent, she didn't want her knowing about her and Ash! She had promised her hunky drummer boy that she would be discreet, and she intended to keep that promise. Especially after he opened up to her a couple of weeks ago, she had to maintain his trust!

Drew was still on cloud nine since he took Charlotte to the awards ceremony. They had spent every day together since, she would sit in his room and watch him work, ask him questions about his latest projects. She seemed genuinely interested in him, and he'd told her all about his past. 

How his father ran off and his mother was killed in a hit and run accident, how it was his grandfather that raised him from age 14. He told her all about his degrees and his Phd, how he'd worked as a junior doctor in a hospital up until he was 30, then he worked as a scientist in a lab. He regaled stories of how he was always late for work so working from home was a good option for him and inventing gadgets and gizmos interested him, so he gave it a go. He'd poured his heart out, and she listened. She was guarded about herself, which concerned him, but he reckoned she would open up to him as time went on.

Charlotte was also looking forward to the party, she had opted for something that would be a hit with Drew, his favourite character from his favourite movies. He wasn't telling her what he was dressing up as and they had bickered over it playfully. Yes she was very fond of Doctor Andrew Mitchell, very fond indeed.

Matthew was waiting for some big news, he'd been busy for a couple of weeks in San Myshuno, out early and back late. He didn't see much of his housemates but he knew the hard work would be worth it in the end. He intended to relax and let his hair down tonight, and to crack that little sexy egg Roxanne Harmon!

Roxy was annoyed that Lainie had invited smarmy Alex Wilder to her party! It had been her idea, how dare she ruin it! Well hopefully Dexter Maloney would kick his butt and throw him out, then sweep Lainie off of her feet! At least she hoped that would happen, it was about time that Alex showed his true colours, she wanted so badly to tell Lainie just how awful he really was but she would never hear a bad word said about him...

...maybe that would change! She really wanted it to, because that boy was bad news with a capital B!

Someone had posted about the party on Facebook and in the forums on the band website. Everyone knew it was Selena, even Dexter knew so Ash shouldn't have worried about him freaking when she turned up. He was expecting her. But nothing would deter him from his mission, to find CookieGurl! Even Selena couldn't spoil that for him...

...but maybe someone else could! Lainie was looking a little conflicted, he was worried about her. She was quiet these past couple of weeks and he missed their chats. She'd also started avoiding him a couple of days ago and he was determined to keep her friendship.

"You okay?" He'd asked her that morning, he'd dragged her into his room, and after she'd had a good nosey at his latest art work she shrugged and replied,

"I suppose!"

"Come on, spill!"

"Well, I...I feel torn!" She looked so sad, he wanted to wrap his arms around her and make her feel better, but she was keeping a good distance between them.

"So do I!" He blurted out.

"Oh?" Her blue eyes widened in surprise, as if she didn't believe him.

"Yeah, I have a date tonight..."

"Oh!" She nodded, looking even more sad.

"But I also like someone else, it's confusing!"

"Yeah!" She agreed, as if she was feeling exactly the same.

"I hear you! I have a date of sorts tonight too, but I'm not sure if I've made the right decision, I mean people talk about look forward and never look back, right?" Dexter nodded apprehensively,

"Right..."

"Well I took my eye off the ever moving forward ball and now I'm rewinding!" She whined.

"Freckles, I'm gonna give you the same advice you gave me a couple of weeks ago, just be honest!" She smiled at him but it didn't reach her eyes, she seemed different somehow.

"Yes, you're right, I will be honest!" Dexter instinctively pulled her in for a hug and inhaled her perfume, man he loved that scent, what the hell was that?

Startled, Lainie accepted the hug, he always smelled so good. It was a combination of the fabric softener they used and something else, Eau De Dexy? Whatever it was, she wanted a bottle of it to spread all over her pillow and smell it at night. Gosh she had to focus and remember the situation she was in!

They pulled apart, slowly, both of them looking a little flushed. Dexter smiled shyly and said, "Feel better?"

"Yes, thank you!"

"You're welcome freckles! I just want you to be happy, I hate seeing you sad."

As Lainie headed out for work, she did not feel better. Dexy had a date? She knew it, of course he had a date! He was Dexter Maloney! She technically had a date too, she was unsure about it, she had been for the past two weeks! But she had to face up to her actions, she'd gotten herself into this mess after all! She was really dreading this party!

The party was in full swing, there were loads of people there that Dexter did not know...

...and didn't care to know! Selena was making puppy eyes at him as her pretty friend was giving her a telling off. She was blonde tonight, her hair was normally blue. He noticed that his brother was talking a lot to her, maybe he should warn him that she might be crazy like Selena before he got involved with her.

But he didn't have to worry, Ash hadn't dated since Melissa dumped him by text on their wedding day. That was a day and a half, and Dex remembered his brother telling him to never let a woman take his heart. He didn't, until Lainie!

Dexter shook her from his mind, and concentrated on finding CookieGurl. He expected her to be late, she had her own party to get out of, but still he kept looking at women and wondering if they were his mystery babe. "Hi!"

Dexter turned around and was met by a pair of gorgeous green eyes and dazzling white teeth, "Great party by the way!" She smiled sweetly.

"Uh thanks, I'm Dexter..." She laughed and cut him off.

"I know who you are, I've been to a few of your shows. Your music is good, I'm Jenna!" She was pretty, CookieGurl?

"Are you here to meet...someone?" He eyed her up and down, she was dressed as Harley Quinn. Not exactly a princess, but he would go with it.

"Yeah, you!" She laughed, "I'm joking don't look so freaked out. I just wanted to say hello that's all."

"So you don't go on the forum?"

"You mean Sweet Cacophony's forum?" She looked confused by his out of the blue question, nope she couldn't be CookieGurl!

"Yeah I'm xJennaIsPsychedUpx? I'm a psychologist so..." She shrugged, "...but please don't let that put you off, I'm here to party not psychoanalyse!" Dexter vaguely remembered seeing that handle, damn it, he thought! She was cute! "Anyway, here's my number if you wanna talk or...just hang! Nice to meet you Dexter!" She handed him a card and winked....

...and she was gone. He looked at her mobile number and it wasn't the same as CookieGurl, so he could eliminate one girl out of the dozen that were mingling around here. And of course Char, Lainie and Roxy! So where was she?

He met Lainie looking nervous, and dressed as Tinkerbell! She was adorable, and he almost told her that! "Hi, great costume, I love Tink. Can I be your Peter Pan?" He gave her one of those wiggly eyebrow smirk combinations and it made her swoon despite the situation she just found herself in.

"Aren't you more Captain Hook? What are you dressed as, a pirate?"

"A...pirate..." Dexter gave her a dirty look, "...I am Prince Charming you silly girl!" Lainie gulped and bobbed her head in agreement,

"Of course you are, silly girl yes!" She looked around the room at the sea of people and she suddenly felt a little dizzy as Alex came into view. He made it.

"Are you okay freckles?" Dexter looked concerned and his eyes would not stop burning a hole in her soul.

"I...fine!" Please go away, she thought to herself.

"Hey Lainie!" Alex appeared by their side and hugged her. As Dexter felt a growl escape his throat, hands off my freckles, he thought to himself. Who was this ass hat?

"Um, Alex this is Dexter, Dexy this is Alex. He's an old friend!"

"Friend?" Alex looked slightly offended, "Do friends have mind blowing sex and even talk about marriage?" Lainie's cheeks grew hot with embarrassment, did he have to be so literal in front of Dexy?

"No Lainie and I were a couple when we were at university!" Alex gushed proudly.

"I have to go guys, but I'll catch you later!" Was all Dex could say to that, yep, ass hat! She really needed to get shot of him!

Was he the rewind she was talking about this morning? He seemed way too clingy and touchy for his liking. What was the word? Possessive, ugh, he was nothing but trouble! Selena took advantage of his distracted moment and hopped up and down in front of him dressed as a hot dog, eesh! "Hi Dexter, love the inside of your house!" Yeah because you know the outside off by heart, you've camped out enough times was what swam around his head.

"I have to go Selena, I have to go and vomit because you're making me sick!"

"Love sick?" She beamed, did she not get that he didn't like her? Especially after she'd followed his mother all around Magnolia Promenade when she was shopping. That just made him furious!

"No, I have the plague so don't get too close!"

Selena chased him down the hall to the bathroom calling "Let me mop your brow, hold your hair back...Dexter?" Oh my God she was certifiable! He could see in the corner of his eye that her friend had dragged her into the living room away from him, thanks Selena's pretty friend!

Roxy was miserable at her own party. Lainie and Alex were glued at the hip, Ash was fawning over a girl she'd seen at their shows, Drew and Charlotte were inseparable, Dexter was running around looking for something...

...and that left Roxy all on her lonesome. Except for Captain Corny who was hovering around beside her. "Avast me hearties, I shall be on deck of the good ship Roxanne t'night!" He shouted in a stupid accent.

"Go away I am not in the mood for your shit right now!" She grumbled.

"Aww witchy poo don't be so mean!" He whined in his normal voice. "Come on, lighten up, this was your idea!"

"Yes it was, and it was a crappy one, now leave me alone Matthew please!" Matthew's expression softened, she was really upset.

"Hey, hey, I just wanna help Roxanne. If you'll let me? I promise to stop being a twat for at least ten minutes!" That got him a small smile as he guided her away from the crowd and into his room.

"Now what's up?" He asked as he threw his pirate hat across the room like he was Jack Sparrow and ripped off that ridiculous facial hair.

"I wanted a party with my friends but all my friends are..."

"Pre-occupied?" He finished for her as she began to weep.

"I just, I'm so lonely!" Tears trickled down her face as he drew her in to a hug.

"Well you always have me, even though you can't stand me, I'm still here! Wanna get wasted?" That warranted a small laugh and she looked up at him.

"I'm sorry I was a bitch, but you really were being a twat!" They both laughed together as Roxy felt a little better. She'd feel even better if Alex Wilder would crawl back under the rock he came from and die!

The party was over, the place looked a mess, but everyone agreed to leave the clean-up until morning as the last of the party-goers went home. Still no CookiGurl though, and Dexter was devastated. He and Drew sat for a quiet moment, enjoying their pumpkin spice lattes.

He checked for a text, but nothing. She had stood him up and didn't even have the decency to contact him and explain! Lainie had disappeared into her room long before the party ended, she'd feigned a headache to get rid of Alex. Dexter was secretly pleased about that little revelation, but still hurting over CookieGurl's snub.

Lainie sat on her bed, feeling a mixture of emotions. She had told Dexter that she had a date, he and everyone else assumed it was Alex. The truth was even more crippling, she was asked to what she thought was another party by someone she had got talking to on a forum. She had really taken a liking to Born2Rok, they shared a mutual love of music and horror movies.

They could talk for hours and hours, and more importantly he had been a good way of getting her mind off of Dexter Maloney. Only when he had asked her to this party, the address was Earth shatteringly familiar, it was her address which meant that Born2Rok lived in her house! She had eliminated Drew, he was besotted with Charlotte, and Matthew as he was fixated on Roxy. So that left two people it could have been...

...she never in a million years thought that it could be possible, who trolls their own forum? He did obviously! Yes it was confirmed tonight when he uttered those four words that made her feel faint and so very sick, "I am Prince Charming..." you silly girl! How could you have been so stupid? How could he have been so deceptive? She had been convinced it would be Ashton as he was shy around women and it fitted that he'd maybe pretend to be someone else to find a girlfriend. And to her his actions would have been innocent, if not misguided...

...and when she saw him dressed as a zombie drooling over a blonde warrior girl, she still refused to believe it! Even though she wasn't really attracted to Ashton, she was secretly hoping that he was Born2Rok and that they could have an embarrassing couple of minutes and then laugh about it, never to be mentioned again...

...but him? No he was playing from the very start! He probably knew that CookieGurl was living under his very roof and he thought it would be a hoot to humiliate her. How could he not know? Cookie? Cook? He'd really done it this time! He stood there mocking her, the whole night he swaggered around like Lord of the Manor rubbing her nose in it!

All that shit about being honest this morning, he wouldn't know honesty if it bit him on his perfectly formed backside! And as Lainie lay there, totally crushed, she vowed to herself to never even look in his direction ever again, never mind speak to him. "I hate you Dexter Maloney!" She spat, and wished she'd never laid eyes on him!

While Dexter was doing the exact same thing. He should never have gotten distracted from Lainie...

...yeah this hurt, but at least he still had his freckles!

To Be Continued...

Happy Halloween to everyone, so Lainie was CookieGurl! She thinks Dexter knows, but he has no clue! Next chapter, he finds himself back to square one with his freckles and it's heartbreaking! Will she realise that he was just as clueless as she was?