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By the tie was her name, I think--has gle my brows at him He shakes his head and rolls his eyes a little I know if he truly hated having this girl crawl all over hiht think he’s done with his partying ways, but he also has a hard tis

"Shots?" Cass says, wrinkling her nose

"Beer line was long," I say, glancing over my shoulder When I turn back to her, I hand her the still-e the na at her and wondering why she’s pretending to have a different name I know her name’s Cass--I heard it loud and clear the other day, and there’s no fucking way I was going to forget it

"That’soff froeton Nate, but I can tellabout scores when other people walk by--scores for games that I know there’s no way he’s interested in Cass, or Adrianna, is standing on the tips of her toes looking over the crowded living roo now, and I know she’s not getting to that keg for at least fifteen ood chance it’ll be dry anyway She turns back to me; I hold up my makeshift platter of tequila and raise an eyebrow

"Yeah, tequila it is, I guess," she sighs, coainst the wall next to ers touch, we both react, alht you had that," I say, catching it just before it spills, minus the few drops that splash over the side onto her I’ weird She licks the tequila from the top of her hand, then reaches to take a new cup froher friend and handing her a drink They have an odd exchange at first--her friend looking at the drink for several seconds and then at Cass--al her "Just take the stupid drink, Paige"

Before the quiet grows any more uncohim to do one shot--just one, h, he takes the drink from me, tilts it back, and lets it slide down fast, which thankfully, has Paigethe same Without pause, Cass downs hers quickly Before I can blink, she reaches for another, and it goes just as fast

I’m pretty sure she’s drunk way before she realizes it I’ve had two, one and refilled the cups twice, which would put her at about…six, I think "So…wanna play a game?" she slurs, as she sloppily pulls up one of the patio chairs, pushing it right in front ofdown--our knees touch I can’t feel it, but I swear just seeing her bare legs grazing mine is the hottest sensation ever Or maybe I’m drunker than I think I a the plate of empty cups from my lap to the table at the side of us I lean forward and crackas she tries to crack hers It’s cute, the way she acts tough She holds her hands out flat and nods at me to do the same When I hold them in the air in front of her, she studies them for a few seconds and then pulls the her hand flat in mine, her knuckles on top

"You hit the top of my hands, I take a drink I hit the top of yours, you drink," she says, and her friend coughs loudly behind e Butt out!"

"I know I’, Ca--" her friend starts, but Cass interrupts

"Adrianna!" she inserts, then pulls the corners of her rin She’d be the worst spy ever, but I’ll play along

"Yeah, Paige Wait your turn Adrianna and I are playing now," I say, keeping my eyes on Cass’s the entire time When I stick up for her and use her fake name, she se says "Just don’t go crazy with tequila I’ our stare, and raising her eyebrows a hint at her friend "You go first," she says, her gaze on ain