I’m not really the party type. I mean I like parties, but I’m not the type to go all crazy at them. Usually I’ll kind of sit back and watch everyone act like idiots. I guess if I drink I can loosen up some but I don’t always drink, and I don’t always loosen up when I do. But I like loosening up even though I’m really bad at it. This time at a party though I just kinda let go and let someone else make me loosen up. And I really had fun doing it even though I thought I would feel really silly.

A bunch of guys were throwing a party. One of my friends was friends with one of the guys so we went. It was like an outdoor house party and most people were in this fence enclosed back yard where the driveway came around back. There was a DJ who was playing good dance music, a couple of kegs and jungle juice, and even a stage. Mostly people were dancing on the stage but eventually things changed a lot. It was a cool night so I went in my normal sweatshirt and jeans. I like being comfortable mostly.

I had had 3 or 4 drinks and I was actually feeling kinda social so I was dancing a little and talking with people. Mostly with a couple of my friends that I came with but there were some people dancing with us that I didn’t know right away either. Randomly some guy who I guess lived at the house comes out with a bull horn. He told the DJ to turn the music down and when everyone looked, he announced the next part of the party:

“Ladies, tonight could be your lucky night. You could win $100 and a bottle of wine.” He was holding the money and the wine in his hand. “But I’m not gonna tell you how to win it til you enter the contest!”

A bunch of people went back to just kinda talking to themselves and a couple of girls volunteered right away. One of the guys in our group – one that I didn’t know – kept trying to encourage me and my girlfriends to get in the contest. Even though we didn’t know what it was.

At first I didn’t want to, but one of my friends is kinda crazy like that and she volunteered right away. She grabbed me and another friend and started dragging us to the stage with her.