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The crowd all whoops and hollers

"Well I hope you all enjoy the show tonight" Cole scans the crowd and spots Cooper and I and he nods his head in greeting

Cole sits on the stool and the crowd quiets He stru to start off with a popular cover song Sound good?"

Everyone cheers and a girl screams that she loves Cole

Cooper reaches over and pulls me a little closer to him Eli catches him and winks at me I bite down on

After a few songs, Cooper excuses hi me at the table with Eli When Cooper disappears into the crowd Eli asks about our relationship "So…you and Cooper?"

I shrug, not really sure how to answer that question so I answer it the best way I kno "It’s cohs bitterly, "Aren’t they all?"

I sense a bit of hostility in his tone I wonder if Eli’s been burned, and then quickly dismiss that idea There is no way that could happen Who in their right uys were always close, huh?" Eli asks

"Yeah, we’ve got a lot of history"

Eli brings his beer to his lips but before he takes a sip he says, "And he hasn’t put a ring on that finger yet?"

I’uard a little bit by his question "U that sounds like ‘stupidCooper would be cohtly aard sitting here with Eli, feeling like he wants to saythat Cole plays the beat picks up The crowd is eating it up and really enjoying themselves

Eli stands and holds a hand out, "Dance with ood idea but for some reason I do it anyway I place a hand in Eli’s and let him lead me off towards the dance floor and I pray Cooper doesn’t freak the fk out when he finds us

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When I come back to the booth it’s e I can tell it’s friendly by the way Jaylinn is keeping a safe distance but it pisses irl to dance? She’s not your girl Cooper

As Jaylinn dances seductively around Eli’s body, her eyes connect within me My stomach clenches and my hands ball into fists I stalk off towards theirl back Eli had askedto bring her tonight and I told his were complicated but I really didn’t think he’d try andaround and shit when he said he bang her but maybe it wasn’t so much of a joke after all

Jaylinn’s eyes followup with Eli’s dance ht in front of Eli and places a hand on his chest and sways her hps all the way down his body without sitting on the ground Suddenly it feels like h my veins