Thea

Getting out of this place is going to be a bitch. There are thousands of people leaving at the same time and I'm usually that person that leaves these things early to avoid traffic but that would mean I would miss the end and I was here to support Will. I'm not the driver either so I had no choice.

Sienna was able to convince her parents to bring her car onto campus during winter break and even though it was probably way smarter for us to just deal with the late February brick ass weather and walk through campus for this game we got lazy and decided to drive here instead. 

We're all regretting this right now, despite the poor parking attendants who are bundled up in their winter coats and doing their best to guide the cars out of this mess. 

"This is what happens when we go the lazy route." Sienna sighs

"What can we do to past the time?" Kari asks from the back seat behind me 

Kari and Sienna have always been the daring ones but Kari kind of mellowed out when she started dating Josh, which is kind of sad because I miss her crazy antics. Those two feed off of each other's energy so I know exactly where this is heading, especially since Josh isn't here to stop Kari from doing anything.

I look over my shoulder to make eye contact with Stella because we're the more sane ones in this group and I know she knows too that someone is going to do something dumb. Stella has a past and while she was in highschool she hung out with the wrong crowd and got into some crazy shit. She started drinking a lot and popping molly frequently with her toxic ex boyfriend because her parents were constantly fighting and paid no attention to her. 

She may be the quietest and the sweetest one out of the group along with being a homebody but that's because she has done it all and is no longer interested in the partying every weekend like the rest of us. She still has fun with us once in a while but enjoys staying in for the most part. It took up until the beginning of this semester; about 2 weeks ago for her to admit this to us. 

We were shocked but didn't judge her one bit. Then we all cried when she started to cry about how happy she was that we still accepted her despite all the things she's done. 

Just as I swivel my head back we hear a beep to our right. There are a bunch of obnoxious guys trying to get our attention since Sienna's car windows aren't tinted and they can see right through to us.

"Hmm..." Sienna hums. I can see her coming up with something ridiculous to do. I look ahead of us and it looks like it'll be about a 45 minute wait until we get the hell out of this parking lot. That means 45 minutes of trouble. 

"Stella, look into the trunk to see if that bottle of Fireball I left last week is still back there." Sienna says

Stella unclips her seat belt and leans over the seat of Sienna's Subaru to go digging for the bottle that we were drinking from before we went to some frat house last weekend. 

"Found it!" 

Kari smirks and I know we're in for something.

 "Whoever pulls the short string has to flash those guys next us, she points with her thumb. You can take a few shots if you're too scared." 

"Uh, I am not getting involved in this. Sisi, switch seats with me and I'll be the designated driver while you guys do all of this." I say waving my hand over the general area

"Fine, but since you're driving. You have to get one of their numbers and go out with them. You can't escape this completely." Sienna responds 

Great, this is giving me flashbacks to Halloween night when they peer pressured me to go out with them and I had to kiss Will for that dare. Even though asking one of those guys out gives me a shit ton of anxiety, I would rather do that than flash them my tits. No thank you.

"Kari, you have a whole boyfriend. You can't just do that if you lose." Stella mentions 

I'm surprised she's willing to play a long with the other two. It's been awhile since she's really come out with us though so maybe she's looking for something daring to do.

"Don't worry, we'll regroup if I pull the short string."

Sienna and I switch seats while Kari digs through some string out of Sienna's art bag by her feet. She snips off three pieces with scissors at different lengths and begins to rearrange them. 

The guys beside us are still trying to get our attention through all of this and I sigh.

"Okay, while you guys do this, I'll ask their driver for his number. We can't keep ignoring them and I would rather ask pre flash. I think whoever does it should do it at the last possible minute before we exit." I say

"Yeah, yeah" Kari slurs with a wave of her hand

It's only been about 25 minutes since they've come up with this idea and started drinking. I can see the effect the alcohol is having on these three already. Stella is extremely light weight too since she rarely drinks and doesn't have the tolerance like she did in her previous drinking years. 

"We're suppose to meet the guys at their dorm at 10 so don't get too shit faced now." I remind them

While these three crazies are taunting each other and cheering me on to get the guy's number, I step out of the car and walk around it. There are four guys in this jeep too with music bumping loudly. Since their car is slightly ahead of hours and isn't aligned, I make out the Central U Lacrosse sticker on the back window. 

Lacrosse isn't as popular as basketball around here but I've heard about their stats from last year and they've done well too. I've seen some of the guys in their apparel around campus and I gotta admit, they're pretty hot. Obviously shorter than the basketball players, they're still built like professional athletes and still tower over me. 

I take a deep breath in and out before scrounging up the courage to walk up to their driver. He's definitely the cutest out of the four. Right behind me I can make out the girls rooting me on. 

There's no use adding any sway to my hips since I'm wearing a thigh length coat and am completely zipped up but I walk with as much confidence as I can in my fluffy winter boots anyways.

As I approach the window I notice it's already open. Probably because they've been yelling to get our attention for the past 30 minutes. 

"Hey, I was working up the courage to get out of my car and get your number but looks like you beat me to it. They've been yelling to get you to look over more." He says referring to his friends with a smirk on his face. He's a pretty boy with long hair on the top and shorter on the sides. Long lashes blink over dark brown eyes and I just know from his easy and laid back persona that he can easily talk any girl out of their panties. Doesn't hurt that he looks like this too.

I look back at him in surprise. My intention was to come here for his number but he was actually going to come to me instead? Wow, I was expecting them to hit on Sienna.

I give him a shy smile. 

"Yeah, I actually was going to ask for your number and see if you're free next week." I respond leaning onto the car flirtatiously 

The other guys in the car are whispering and laughing probably amused by us but I can't hear them over the music.

He smiles again showing off his perfectly white straight teeth and leans forward to grab his phone out of his pocket and unlocking it to allow me to put in my info. 

"What's your name?" He asks with all the confidence in the world 

"It's Thea, you?" I say while typing away on his phone

"Pretty name. My name's Zach. Nice to meet you, Thea. What year are you?"

"I'm a freshman. You must be older right?"

"Just by a year. I'm a sophomore. The guys and I are enjoying some free time before we have our own lacrosse game next week. You and your friend's should come and we can hangout after." He says with a twinkle in his eyes and grabs his phone back from me 

"Sure, sounds great." I say, while I notice lines of cars are moving quickly now. The car behind Zach is beeping at him to move and I take that as my cue to leave.

"Text me!" I shout back while waving and walking back to Sisi's car feeling confident that I gained a cute guy's attention 

As I climb back into the driver's seat they all start bombarding me with questions. They're all drunk and probably completely forgot about the flashing dare, not that it matters anymore since the guy's left and we're finally being guided out of the parking lot. 

"I got his number and he asked if we wanted to go to their lacrosse game next week!" I say with excitement 

Guys have asked me out before but now that I feel a little more confident in my grades and where I'm at with my scholarship, I feel like I can finally let loose just a tiny bit. Plus, Vivian has been bugging me to get a boyfriend so we can go on double dates with her new boo. 

"Who wouldn't want your number? You're smoking hot, T!" Kari exclaims while Sienna and Stella loudly agree with her

I smile while I put the car in drive and take us out of here. It feels nice to be wanted by someone who's seems genuinely interested in me. 

By the time we get back to our dorm, the girls crash from their early drinking and decide to back out on the plans with the guys. I feel bad because I know they'll be celebrating their huge win tonight and we should be there to celebrate with them but there have been times in the past when the guys end up getting drunk together and seem to have fun on their own. 

Despite that, I decide to stop by 45 minutes early anyways just to say hello and congratulate them all then go home too since I only like going out if at least one of my girlfriends tag along. I love Will and all, but oftentimes he'll get distracted and will accidentally talk his head off with someone else leaving me to fend for myself. 

I knock on their main door and after a few moments Devon answers with a bottle of Jack in his hands. Music is blasting in the background and Quinn is leaning against a desk with his legs crossed, probably mid conversation with Devon. 

"Hey, T!"

"Hey! Congrats today. You guys did great!" I say, going to hug them both

Although I am usually more nervous around guys, especially tall handsome ones like these two, I've gotten way more comfortable around them since I see them pretty frequently.

I walk towards Devon and Will's room reaching to open the door.

"I just wanted to swing by really quickly and say hello-"

"Wait!" They both shout at the same time while I open the door and look inside. I immediately regret it and want to douse my eyes in a gallon of Lysol at that moment. 

There's a girl bent over Will's bed with one foot on the ground while the other is kneeling on the bed. Will is standing behind her buck ass naked, his muscular back and ass assaulting my vision while his hands are on her hips mid thrust. 

"What the fuck-" I hear him question but I slam the door closed on his question.

"Oh my god, oh my god. I'm sorry. I'm leaving. Bye!" I say while covering my reddening face and scrambling to leave the room

I hear Devon and Quinn burst into laughter behind me while I speed walk my way down the hall. I'm never showing up early or uninvited ever again. I think I will forever be traumatized if I have to come back here.

Just as I reach my own dorm my phone pings twice. One from an unknown number that I'm assuming is Zach's and another from Will. What are the chances they messaged me at the same time? 

I open up Will's first. 

: Sorry you had to see that, our lock doesn't work. Definitely should knock next time

He says with a laughing emoji at the end

: Never again. I'm gonna have PTSD for the rest of my life. I think my brain needs to be scrubbed

I then open up Zach's message.

: Hey Thea, It's Zach. Our game is next Friday night at 7. It's just a scrimmage at Casey's stadium right behind the arena we were at today. Hope to see you there :)

Shit, I'm pretty sure the guy's told me that they have a game at the same time next week too. I guess I'll try to make it to both or skip the basketball game entirely since I've gone to a couple of theirs already. Only thing is, this game will determine if they'll make it to finals. I don't think they'll mind if I miss this one game though, plus, I really want to see Zach.