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The cohts, was dark, with only a few colored la purple and blue illuh a little quieter than at the house parties I’d been to

During Biology, Elijah had leaned over and whispered ina party, and I was invited And in English Lit, Mason had tugged reen eyes until I’d nodded

It had takenaroundmy outfit a dozen times to work up the nerve to actually walk across cah

Part of ht it all ca down—the truce, the peace treaty, whatever it was

My track record at parties wasn’t great, after all, although at least there wasn’t a fucking pool at this one Not unless we crossed all the way over to the gymnasium, where the Olyht anyway

I blinked in the di nervously at e, which was actually a good thing for a dancer, and it h The fabric was a shi just a hint of my stomach above my black skinny jeans But I had a sudden , and I was about to turn around and go hoe—and maybe never come back—when an arm wrapped around my waist

“Legs! You made it!”

Finn grinned broadly at me as he raised his voice over the ht

“Yeah I said I would”

It took effort to speak His hand had landed right on the small patch of bare skin arounds to my body I swayed into his touch unconsciously, and he wrapped his other ar us chest to chest as he bent his head to speak into my ear

“I know you did But I wasn’t sure you would, after…” He drew back slightly, pulling his bottom lip between his teeth as his eyes searchedhis hands to lad you’re here”

I wasn’t quite sure what to say in response, so I didn’t say anything He kept his hands on er asthe warmth of his chest underneath

Then his broad grin appeared again, the one that made it basically impossible not to smile back When my lips twitched upward, he nodded in satisfaction and spun me toward the drinks table

I caught sight of Leah, Maggie, and Dan in a corner, gathered in a tight circle, clutching red Solo cups and laughing about so

Wait? Leah knows about these parties?