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She didn’t even think she was that great, but she was living by Victoria’s irl, you can shake it Apparently that was all that was needed

Liz danced sandwiched between the other two girls, feeling tipsy and giddy froh over her head, swished her hips side to side, and dipped doith the other girls She dropped her head back and laughed as the girl in front of her touched her toes It was all entirely too ridiculous, and that rabbed Liz’s hips to keep fro loudly in her ear

"Oh ainst Abigail, who stood up and reached out for her friends in front of her Liz glanced over at Hayden with the biggest s there only a few feet away, just staring at her She couldn’t judge his expression It was like a mixture of curiosity with disbelief and a whole lot of where the hell did that co back and se the distance between theirls She landed against his chest and he drew her into hi all summer?" he whispered into her ear

"What do you mean?" Liz asked innocently

"You’re so…free," he said, as if it was the only word he could come up with

"It’s justto her hips and swinging them into time with his, "and then you dance like this"

Liz wound her arms up around his neck "No reason not to dance," she reed, "no reason at all"

He stared down at her then and she saw in his eyes so she hadn’t noticed before--lust Liz sed hard and tried to forget about it That wasn’t what this was Hayden had his chance at the end of the semester and had made it clear they were just friends But she knew for certain that he was not looking at her like a friend

The crowd drew in all around the with Hayden, it felt as if there wasn’t anyone else in that room

As they continued to dance, Liz felt her heartbeat rise along with the temperature in the roo on Hayden, here he was finally showing her the attention she had been craving all along It didn’t feel fair that it had taken a sue her, to open her up It was as if he had unlocked a piece of her that she hadn’t even known existed

Now here she was in a crowded nightclub with the guy she had alanted, and to say she was conflicted was an understateht switch, but she owed it to Brady They had tooslowed almost to a stop as Hayden drew her closer and closer to hied breath as her eyes rose to his She could feel his hot breath on her cheeks and his fingers dig softly into her back

Oh God, she thought, seeing everything play out before her eyes as if in slow ainst the to Liz’s arm

Liz broke out of her trance and took a step away fro fast and she knew her cheeks were cri on to her

"Jamie," Liz said, relieved That had been close

Jahtly at her She was dressed simply in a striped hi-lo dress and sandals She threw her aruys are still here!"

Liz laughed and th "Of course we’re still here How drunk are you?"

"The girls gave le "We should dance!"

"Um…your sister is pretty wasted," Liz told Hayden

"Shhhh, don’t tell him," Ja his head "You can hardly stand up"

"Don’t you start" Jaer in his face "Jah froet you a water?" Hayden held her steady

"Yes, I do, but first, bathrooestured out dra," Hayden teased

"S toward the bathroo

Liz walked across the crowded bar and into the bathroo their hair, applyingup into the toilet

"I’ll be quick!" Jaainst the ith a huff She tried not to think about how Hayden had almost kissed her They had been in that position before, except this ti off She was thankful that Jaed into them when she did She wasn’t sure if she would have stopped hi

What aht? she wondered

Ja her hands

"I just have to tell you so the last paper towel and drying her hands

"Yeah?" Liz wondered what kind of drunken conversation they were about to have

"I was really worried at first when Hayden said you were a reporter"

"What?" she said, confused "Why were you worried about that?"

Jahed as if it was such an obvious question "I didn’t want hiid You know, like hied "Oh, Ja"

"Oh, yeah, of course," she said, waving it off "He mentioned that"