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I grimace when I see Millie, remembering just the other night how she dumped beer down my dress and called me a wet rat. My eyes narrow on her as she strokes the arm of some guy. An arm not belonging to Lucas or Seth. Hunter is at practice so obviously she can’t be with him.Now, now, don’t slut shame the girl, Rachel. Women are allowed to have sex with whomever they want whenever they want. Like men.
However, she was a complete and utter bitch to me the other night and I assume it was only to look good for the bros.The least she can do is be a little loyal. Millie’s gaze lands on me and she flicks her hair behind her shoulders before flipping me the bird and sucking on the finger provocatively.
I scrunch up my face despite my need to act unbothered and turn back to Charlie and Lauren who are chatting up one of Seth’s track friends. “Why am I here again?” I mutter in Charlie’s ear.
She smiles politely at the guy as he goes on and on about his intense training schedule and leans over to me. “Because it’s fun,” she mutters behind grit teeth and nods again at the guy. “Well, isn’t that fascinating will you just excuse us for a moment,” she says, wrapping an arm around me and turning us around.
I spot Josh leaning back in a chair in the middle of the tent, looking absolutely bored. “Alright, I’m calling it,” I announce, setting my beer down on the plastic white table. “I’m getting out of here.”
“Oh come on,” says Lauren. “It’s not that bad. Drink your beer and cheer up.”
“Yeah,” says Lauren before gulping down another swig. “We only just got here.”
“Yeah, but Josh is miserable,” I motion towards him, “I’m miserable and there is a completely viable art museum we could be enjoying ourselves in.”
Lauren and Charlie share a look. “You mean discussing what eyes your baby will have and what your first born should be named?”
My face heats up so much I worry it’s going to melt off my body. “N-no! What are you talking about?” I take a swig of beer and grimace at the bitter taste.
“Oooooh Rachel and Josh sitting in a tree,” sings Charlie.
“K-I-S-S-I-N-G,” Lauren continues singing.
“Who’s kissing?”
I turn around and jump when I see Seth standing right behind me.
“No one’s kissing anyone,” I say quickly and cast dark looks at Charlie and Lauren not to say anything.
They giggle behind their hands and I’m tempted to swat the both of them.
“Rachel was just about to make her getaway,” says Charlie.
I scowl. That’s just about the next worst thing to say.
“No,” says Luke, taking my cup and scowling at the contents. “You’ve barely done any damage. Party foul!”
I scoff. “Party foul?”
“What does party foul mean?” Asks Lauren, taking another swig from her cup.
“It means you’ve broken a party rule,” says Seth as he looks into my cup. “In this case, not finishing a beer within the hour.”
I roll my eyes. “It tastes gross.”
Lucas smirks and casts a glance to Seth. “You know what that means?”
Seth nods and grabs my arm, pulling me through the crowd and towards several long plastic tables pushed together. I glance over my shoulder and reach out my hand. “Save me!” I shout to Charlie and Lauren, who simple shake their heads.
“Have fun!” Charlie hollers.
“But not too much!” Shouts Lauren.
I barely catch Josh’s curious look before I am swarmed by people and being coalesced into a herd of people all standing around the table. I stand on my tiptoes and see two people on either end of the table, wearing blue Aurora jerseys. One even has black smudges on his cheek while the girl standing next to him has her jersey tied into a knot, exposing her very toned abdomen and her huge cleavage.
“We’re next,” says Seth.
My face heats when I realize he is still holding my hand. I don’t tug it away, telling myself that if I let go I will most likely get lost and I don’t know the way back to our tent.Yeah, keep telling yourself that. It doesn’t have anything to do with the fact he’s super hot.
