Paige laced her fingers through Denise’s, afraid she might lose her in the crowd. She let go only when they’d managed to get out onto the porch. It was so much quieter out here. “I feel like the entire graduating class is in there,” Paige commented, taking a long drink of her beer. Her friend laughed, leaning against the railing. “You’re probably right about that,” she responded. “So Max’s looking good, huh?” She wriggled her eyebrows as Paige made a face. “Yeah, but looks can be deceiving,” she reminded her friend.
Denise laughed, tilting her head to the side. “Oh, come on. He couldn’t have been that bad,” she said. It was then that Paige realized that Denise was stealing glances at him through the sliding doors. “Oh my God!” Paige exclaimed. “Are you into him?” Denise turned bright red. “What?! No way!” she retorted. “He’s your ex! I would never!” It was Paige’s turn to laugh. “Girl, honestly, go for it,” she encouraged her. “We dated for like a month.” Denise remained hesitant. “Really?” Paige nodded. “Yes, but don’t say I didn’t warn you. He’s kind of full of himself. You know, football player, thinks he’s a god.” Denise winked at her as she headed back inside. “Well, he certainly looks like one.” Paige rolled her eyes at her playfully and waved her off. “Catch you later.” She took another long drink of her beer. She’d rejoin the party soon enough, but right now, she didn’t mind being alone.
Jordan wasn’t sure on how Nate always knew where the best parties were, or at least the largest ones. This one seemed to have all of the graduating class present. He shook his head, “Nate!” he called out almost running up to him, maybe he should have changed out of some of his clothes, wearing a suit and tie, probably not the best idea but he could work with it. “Jordan, you gotta keep up, I just saw Max we gotta say hey, and have a few shots since it’s the last time we’re all together.”
He reached for the glass and titled it back, the liquid was burning his throat, as it went down. He was never going to get used to the feeling. He was surrounded by his former teammates, and a smile played over his lips he was going to miss this. “Hey! isn’t that your ex?” he asked pointing at a couple of girls, as he stood by Max, “Yeah, she wasn’t exactly fun,” Max replied, reaching for another shot. Jordan shook his head, grabbing a beer, “and her friend seem to be heading over here,” he said, “I’m gonna make the rounds and see who’s missing.”
"Sorry,” he said, looking up when he bumped into someone. “Seems like there’s a lot of people around.”
