One night when my mom was out and my sister and three of her friends were
preparing to get sloshed, the subject came up that even though I was fourteen,
I had never had a drink. They all thought this was horrible and proceeded to
pour beer down my throat mercilessly. Within fifteen minutes, I was completely
blotto and begging my sister's boyfriend to run away with me.
A few beers after that I decided that a game of hide-and-go-seek would be
fun and ran off to hide under the couch. Unfortunately, I forgot to tell the
others about the game. After about an hour, they noticed I was missing and
started looking for me. I lay perfectly still and didn't make a sound, even
though they called my name over and over and my sister sounded really worried
and cried some. I was too smart to be fooled by tricks like that!
I guess they eventually gave up because I was woken in the morning by
my mother's voice asking hysterically where I was. It's okay, I'm right
here, I said, crawling out from under the couch and throwing up on her feet.