I got to Pat's house about half an hour late, because the only way my mom had any clue where his house was is because of a nearby church. After thirty-five minutes of driving to wrong locations and back roads of suburbia, we finally found Pat's house and met Hilary, Jimmy, Marley, Justin and Owen. I met Kate, Pat's older sister, and Pat's parents. I had known Hilary, Jimmy and Owen from school, and Tina came about half an hour later. Jimmy, Marley and Pat were setting up Rock Band, which Jimmy brought. Once Tina came, we played Rock Band for about an hour.
Owen, Pat, Tina and I played Vocals and Guitar for a short while, and were then standing in the kitchen talking about guitars, when Pat tells us that he has a recording studio in his basement. We followed him into a surprisingly well-lit basement, which was filled with various recording equipment, six guitars, a banjo, a keyboard , a xylophone and a drum set. Tina had what can only be described as a nerdgasm. She squealed for a full ten minutes when he showed us around. I was not as excited by the equipment, because the piano was upstairs. There was a second half to the basement, which was used as a game and exercise room. I fell in love with the air hockey table.
After watching Pat play his $800 guitar for about twenty minutes and talking, we noticed that the music had stopped upstairs. Hilary, Marley, Jimmy and Justin had found us. We told them what we had been doing, Jimmy joked about a possible orgy in the basement he was missing out on, and we realized that it was pouring rain outside, and we needed something to do until it passed. Pat suggested Apples to Apples, which we played for hours, and Kate played music boxes and snow globes,. She also spent some time distracting Tina with different books.
After finishing Apples to Apples, (I won, by the way) we spent a few minutes annoying Jimmy for not bringing his Ouija board. It was still pouring down rain. We were desperate for something to do. Then we noticed the second half of Pat's basement. Kate showed everyone the VHS tapes, while I fell in love with air hockey table, and Owen tried using the elliptical. When he got off, I jumped on. I did not realize that it was broken, the handles gone and no controls at all. I started slowly, but then Owen grabbed the handles and shook them violently. I tried to stay on, but fell off. The entire time, Kate was flickering the lights so it changed from visible to pitch-black. I banged my shin on the machine when I fell off, swearing the whole time. After a few minutes I got over it. Owen said thing like "Holy shit, sorry." I did have to blame him for my pain.
Tina suggested we go outside. Then someone (Pat, Jimmy or Owen) suggested we play Manhunt. I did not know the rules of the game, so Jimmy and Owen told me it was basically Hide-and-Seek, just at night. Marley and Justin stayed inside. It was still pouring down rain. Tina took her shoes off and shared a jacket with Pat. They ended up looking like the two-headed dragon from Quest for Camelot.
(Short dragon - Tina, tall dragon - Pat)
I put on my hoodie and we were ready to hide. Hilary was the warden, while Tina and Pat, were seekers. Then Jimmy, Owen and I ran off into different directions. I hid in the woods behind his house and Owen hid behind the garage. Owen was found, but ran into the woods to find me. We talked, but kept our voices low to avoid being caught. We failed and ran towards the driveway. Pat disbanded from Tina and caught me. I was put in "prison". (Next to the recycling bin) By then, everyone was found except for Jimmy. Tina and I searched the yard and around the house while Pat and Owen searched the woods.
They came up with nothing. There was no sign of Jimmy. We began to panic, calling out his name, calling his cell phone and telling him that he won. There was no answer. We continued looking. Hilary then passed Jimmy's car. Jimmy was inside his car the whole time. Of course, we were ready to kill him. We banged on the door, the doors being locked, and Owen jumped on the trunk. Jimmy finally got out of his car and we went inside. We faced a scolding from Pat's mother telling us that we're crazy, and we should have dressed better. She did offer to put our clothes in the dryer, which we gladly accepted.
We continued to play Rock Band, with Pat's younger sister Mary until everyone left or their parents came to pick them up. I called my mom and my sister to pick me up at 10:13. My mom has a very bad sense of direction, especially at night, so it took her an hour and twenty minutes to get to Pat's house.
So I finally went home, and it was no longer raining. I noticed the pain again in my shin. Now I'm sitting here blogging about the party I went to, and there is a two-and-a-half inch area of my right shin that is swollen.
Thanks Owen.
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