Sheila took the bus without incident. There were a few old ladies at the front of the bus and a young man playing with his iPod but none of them seemed to care about her. She got off at the stop before the hotel and walked about two blocks to Nelson Street.
As she arrived she saw a few young guys and a girl or two on the front porch smoking and drinking from those famous red plastic cups you see at every keg party. She recognized another dish washer from the hotel, Jose she thought, and said "Hey, glad to see you're here."
Jose grinned at her "Holy shit Sheila, you are fine. Overdressed a bit for this shitty party, but damn! Look at you girl."
She noticed the other two girls were just in baggy jeans and tight T-shirts. they were cute, but they looked like girls, where Sheila looked like a woman.
"Get your fine ass inside and get a beer so I can get you drunk," Jose laughed.
Sheila made her way in and made small talk here and there with a few other people she had known from work. There was Maria and Eve who were housekeepers there. Maria was a beautiful Mexican girl with curvy hips, a shapely ass and ample breasts. Eve was a borderline goth girl, with short reddish black hair and too much eyeliner on. It made her seem more pale than she already was. But she pulled it off and wore her skinny pale frame like a supermodel.
Sheila spent most of the night talking with them huddled in the corner and drinking. Javier insisted that she do tequila shots and would show up with two fresh ones about every half hour.
There were groups of people dancing to the overly loud hip hop and everyone seemed to be having a great time. Sheila got good and drunk and danced a bit as well. Some by herself, some with Eve and a dance with Jose and Javier where she somehow ended up between the two of them as they rubbed up against her.
The party had seemed to be far less wild than she had hope. It turned out Javier was really a great guy and was not going to make a move on a married woman. He just invited her to be friendly. Or for more eye candy at the party. Eve and her playfully teased the boys about how they were going to dyke it out with each other when they were dancing together, but that was all just for attention. Although Sheila was pretty sure Eve would be down to try it if she asked. All in all it was pretty tame and people started leaving. Soon there was just a handful of guests left and Javier came by for another round of tequila. Sheila slammed the shot down but knew right away that she probably shouldn't have. She felt a little queasy and her eyes were watering. Javier looked at her and laughed.
"Keep it down girl, keep it down."
Too late. Sheila stumbled as fast as she could to the bathroom. Somehow as she got there she fought it down and didn't throw up, but the short run had made her dizzy.
Javier and Jose were right behind her in the bathroom door.
"Damn, she's a trooper, didn't hurl or nothing." Jose said with a whistle.
"I think I better lay down for a bit. My husband doesn't think I'm coming home so would it be cool if i crashed for an hour or so?" Sheila asked as she stumbled out of her high heels.
Jose and Javier looked at each other, then back at Sheila. She had bent down to pick up her shoes and fell over face first. the boys laughed briefly then helped her into Javier's sister's room. "Yolanda never sleeps here so you can have this bed tonight. you wake up and one of us can run you home or get you breakfast or whatever." Javier said.
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