"I didn't know it'd be this packed," Brittni rolls her eyes in sarcasm at James.

"Shut up," he grumbles, probably still mad from the recent scrabble game.

Colten chuckles and wraps his arm around my shoulders as we walk towards the house. The guy that is hosting the party is someone by the name of Blake. And God, his house is huge. It's in the nicer part of our city and you surely can tell.

"How do you know Blake?" I ask my boyfriend. There's so many people here, that we had to park a block down, we'll be walking for a few minutes. "He's not on the football team is he?"

"Nah," he shakes his head. "I've only talked to him once. He's more friends with Dustin and them, but he invited all the seniors, just because."

I nod in understanding. The mention of Dustin's name has my insides swarming with excitement. I really want to talk to him tonight.

"I know what your thinking," he growls in my ear. "And I don't want you speaking to him."

I turn my face to see Colten being completely serious. I really hope he's not going to be possessive like this all night whenever I try talking to someone. I just want the both of us to let loose for once.

"Let's party!" James shouts, hopping around a little with every step. Sometimes I feel like he could be a really feminine male, but he's definitely straight and into everything that has to do with being a guy. He never dresses out of male clothing and I'm pretty sure he is just like how Colten and Jackson used to be with girls. I've concluded that he's just a happy person. You rarely see that now a days.

Everyone behind us cheers and we finally make it into the house.

My first words; so hot.

I should be some what used to the temperature of these parties, but every single time, it's hits me like a ton of bricks. I'm glad I wore what I did or else I'd really die. No exaggeration.

Plus, Colten wasn't lying when he said Blake invited every senior. The house is packed full of the class and it's actually pretty intimidating.

Like always, we walk straight to the kitchen for something to drink. The thing that's different about this party compared to other ones, is that there's not many people dancing. Music is playing, but people are kind of just talking and occasionally you'll see them bobbing their head to the beat.

"What do you want, baby?" Colten asks close to my ear so I'll hear.

"Just a Dr. Pepper," I tell him, and grab his shirt before he walks away. "You aren't going to drink are you?"

"Maybe one or two," he smiles, pecking my lips. "Trust me, I don't want to miss what goes down tonight."

I blush and let him go to fetch our drinks. That's when I turn to Brittni who is talking to Veronica, a senior from our team.

"Hey, Nikki," she smiles with a wave.

"Hey," I grin back, joining Brittni to talk.

"I was just telling Brittni how shocked I was to see you here," she laughs. "Then I remembered that you're dating seniors."

"Yeah," I tuck a piece of hair behind my ear.

"Whose this?" A very muscular and good looking guy wraps his arm around Veronica.

"Oh," she smiles. "This is Nikki and Brittni. I've done cheer with them the past two years."

"That's cool," he grins. He even has perfect teeth. "I'm Adrian. Ver's boyfriend."

"Yeah," she nods. "We've been dating for four years. Actually, our situation wasn't much different from yours. We started dating when I was a sophomore and he was a senior."

"So he's been in college for two years?" Brittni questions, looking shocked that they're still together.

"Yep," she smiles up at her boyfriend who looks down at her with adoration. "It hasn't seen that long, though, because he goes to Michigan State."

I nod. "Yeah, Colten's going there too."

"Really?" She looks shocked. "He told me-"

"One Dr. Pepper for my lady," Colten butts in, handing me my drink. I smile and peck his cheek.

"Well, we'll leave you guys to mingle." She waves bye and I return it.

"Who was that?" Colten asks, taking a drink out of his cup. "The guy."

"Oh, that was Adrian, Veronica's boyfriend," I tell him.

"Huh," he nods. "Never seen him before."

"That's because he's two years older than her. You were only a sophomore when he was a senior."

He seems to realize that and nods.

James joins the circle with Jackson who brought a drink for Brittni.

"I'm gonna try to get with Brianna tonight," James says, eyeing the brunette a couple feet away from us. It makes me sick to think that Colten had slept with her not too long ago. I've never really liked her, but this gives me all the more reason.

"Have fun," Tristan nods. "She's a screamer."

"Mm," James wiggles his eyes brows. "I'll be back in let's say, thirty minutes?"

"I'll time you," David laughs.

I watch as James leaves to go talk to Brianna who gives into the flirting right away. Gross.

"Why do you look like that?" Colten laughs at fm obvious face full of disgust.

"It's gross," I tell him. He plants his hands on my waist and pulls me into his chest, our faces close so we can hear each other better.

"Yeah?"

"Yeah," I scowl. "I don't understand how girls can be so easy. I mean, it's one thing to enjoy sex, but I couldn't imagine doing it with different guys all the time."

"Well I'm glad to hear you say that." His eyes darken. "I don't know what I'd do if you had slept with a billion guys before me."

My breath hitches.

"I can barely take the fact that Donaldson guy was your first." His jaw clenches.

"How do you think I feel." I play with the collar of his shirt as I speak the words. "You've slept with half the population of girls at our school."

"None like you, Nikki." He brushes his knuckles softy across my cheek. "And in all honesty, I only slept with all those girls thinking I could get over my feelings for you."

My eyes dart up to his, but he looks serious.

"Really?" I question.

"Yeah," he whispers. "I've been in love with you since we were kids. And even thought I tried to act like I could give a shit less about you, I was actually going crazy."

"When did you lose your virgnity?"

I don't really know another word to call it. There's a difference between a guys virginity and girls, it usually means more to us. Guys don't seem to care much, and I really wish I knew why.

"Fourteen," he says making me widen my eyes in shock. "Don't look at me like that."

"You were so young," I shake my head, frowning.

"Yeah," he nods. "But I had a messed up childhood."

"Didn't we all?" I roll my eyes making him smile.

"I guess that's true," he agreed with a grin. And then he leans into kiss me, but Jackson steps in the way.

"There's a bon fire in the back," he tells us. "We're going to head out there if you want to come."

I look at Colten to see what he wants to do and he shrugs, so we follow Jackson hand in hand.

The fire isn't that big, but neither is the crowd of people out here. It's nice to have some fresh air when I felt suffocated in the house.

Colten and Jackson find a bench near the burning logs and I take a seat in my boyfriends lap.

"Are you trying to get punished tonight?" He groans, his hands feeling my bare thighs.

I laugh. "Maybe."

This makes him let out a growl that I smile at. It's fun to tease him the way he does me. Except, he doesn't sit on my lap. That would be weird and I'm pretty sure I would get crushed under his weight. Muscle weighs more than fat.

About ten minutes later, James runs out, yelling for David.

"How long?" He asks, looking down at David who checks his timer.

"Thirty two minutes." He shows James the phone and he curses.

"Dammit!" He kicks the bench and then curses again when he actually hurts himself. "Fuck, that shit hurt."

I laugh with everyone else and go to take a sip of my drink when I realize that it's empty. I'd really rather not go in the house and grab another cup, but then I'll be sitting without a drink for a while.

"I'm going to go get another drink," I tell Colten, hopping off his lap.

"Do you want me to come?" He asks.

"I'm fine," I smile, pecking his lips. "I'm a big girl."

"Yeah you are." He smacks my bum making me squeal.

I shake my head and walk towards the back door, being drenched in that humid feeling again. I find my way to the kitchen not much later and pour more pop into my cup.

"Nikki?" I turn around and my mouth falls open at the person in front of me.

"Dustin?" I can't control the slight squeal in my voice. He smiles that smile that I've always loved and hugs me briefly.

"Hey," he chuckles. "I haven't talked to you in a while."

"I know," I sigh. "It's been months."

"Yeah," he scratches the back of his neck. "It has. How's everything been?"

"Good," I nod. "How about you?"

"Busy," he laughs and I giggle. "But it gives me something to do, so I don't mind."

"I'm sure," I smile. "So you're going to U Of M?"

"Yeah," his eyes light up. "I finalized it a few months ago. I'll be playing football for them."

"That's great," I grin. "Congratulations."

"Thanks," he bites his lip. "We could keep in contact now then too."

"Oh yeah!" I say excitedly. "That would be awesome!"

He laughs. "Right? I was just as excited. And I know we haven't talked in a while, but I was hoping we could keep in touch somehow."

"Of course," I nod. "I would like that."

"So where is Colten going?" He asks, taking a sip from his drink.

"Michigan State," I tell him with a smile of my own.

"Oh," he raises and eyebrows with a grin. "Then we'll be rivals."

I laugh. "Yeah. That'll be weird since you were always playing on the same team."

"Eh," he shrugs. "Half the guys I played with in high school will be against me."

"True, true," I nod.

"Speaking of Colten," he furrows his eyebrows. "Where is he?"

"He's-"

"Right here." I didn't say that.

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