HERE FOR THE PARTY
WHO: @candymotta & eli st. james WHERE: penthouse party WHEN: friday night, 4/16
Eli St. James was fuming on the inside. Who did her ex-girlfriend think she was publicly shaming her in a group chat for all to see? Eli always knew LJ was tactless, she just didn’t think she would still be acting so immature years after their relationship ended. Whatever. The weekend was finally here and Eli could finally blow off all the tension that had been building in her body by losing her wits about her and ending up underneath a stranger. Eli and Zoe did not frequent dive bars and tacky house parties these days. They’d become quite the high rollers and between the two of them, they had enough contacts to ensure they always ended up at a party worth talking about the next day. On this particular Friday, Eli found herself in a bougie penthouse that allegedly belonged to some up and coming DJ duo. She didn’t know who they were, nor did she care, all she cared about was the liquor being poured directly into her mouth and the coke being offered to her underneath some girl’s acrylic pinky nail. By the time midnight rolled around, Eli was very much fucked up. She was posted up on a leather couch, disinterestedly dodging the advances of some drunk guy that refused to to take the hint, when she spotted a familiar face. This was her exit plan. “Candy!” Eli shouted, shoving the guy away from her and reaching forward to grab the girl’s hand, “what are you doing here? Is Ivy with you?” With that, Eli pulled herself off the couch and clung to Candy’s arm as she ditched the loser behind her. “Walk,” she demanded, eyeing Candy and pulling her into the crowd, “sorry, I needed to get away from that guy. He was a fucking creep and wouldn’t shut the fuck up.” Once the coast was clear, she let out a sigh and picked up a random drink off a table. “But seriously,” she started, glancing at Candy curiously now with glassy eyes, “what are you doing here? How’d you find out about this party?”
















