DANCE THE NIGHT AWAY

Antonio Peña

by Antonio Peña

Story
Los Angeles

Party, the place where we can be free, where we can be whoever we want to be, beyond judgments and prejudices, that moment in space and time that belongs exclusively to us, and none can take away. Because when you are partying nothing else matters, it is only you… Only you being the center of the universe.

At my 18s, I went through radical metamorphosis, physically, mentally, artistically and personally. As a kid and in my puberty, I was shy, introvert and insecure. I was just a lost sad soul trying to survive and be loved or accepted. When I started to perform live and decided to follow up my dream, something inside of me had changed. I slowly connected again with my spark, my light, the one that had been taken away from me for so many years.

When Lindsay introduced me to the party scene, we were going out three to four times a week. With her, I tried alcohol for the first time. It is funny how she taught me how to drink a tequila shot, even though I am the mexican one. She knew everything about the party scene in L.A., the best places to go, and pretty much everyone in the scene knew who she was. One of her friends made a fake ID for me, because I wasn’t 21 and couldn’t get in anywhere, but with the fake ID and Lindsay next to me, there was no problem anywhere.

We were two free souls enjoying life at most. I became a really extrovert person, with high social skills. It was incredibly easy for me to talk to people and become friends with them. Nothing was left of that child who was insecure, shy and introvert. Now I was the king of the party! It felt like I finally had the opportunity to be myself, and to open my personality.

I became addicted to parties. For the first time in my life, I finally had friends. I was actually liked by people, they loved my conversations, my personality, and I am not talking about the artist, but the person. I have lived the first 16 years of my life in a box, with no social contact, being a freak that everyone rejected, even though I was always the same, I was in a way forced to shut down my light and my personality. So, like a pressure pump, everything exploded at once. I had no limits while partying and drinking.

Within a few months, I no longer needed Lindsay to socialize or go out, I was a party animal known by everyone and had a name for myself. At parties, I got to know Anouk, another DJ who was on his way, just the same as me. Well, he was back at that time, a bit more successful and knew that I, he actually took me to a couple of his shows and allowed me to perform for a while for his crowd.

When I first met Anouk, I got the feeling that I was meeting another me. His personality was so open, funny and extravagant. He gave me at first sight the feeling or vibe of Ja Rule. One of the most remarkable things about him, is that even though he was not gay, he never judged me and made me feel like a brother. I really found in him a brother. Together we had no limits, we could drink entire bottles of alcohol and kept on going. We were really crazy.


© Antonio Peña 2024-08-29

Genres
Science Fiction & Fantasy
Moods
Abenteuerlich, Dunkel, Reflektierend, Entspannend, Funny