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I drained the water and putsome of the vodka into it

“Declan, can I have a dance later?” A girl, Hannah—or was it Anna?—asked as she passed by on the arm of her date

I winced and shrugged uys to go solo Well, except for Eht, Avery They’d been joined at the hip since sophomore year But Heath, Ford, and Colht skated over the room from the massive fish tank that took up one entire wall

Not roup of other students

crowded around one end of the tank where a fish that looked al was the giant bushy beard

This was one of our last nights all together The pro pep rally, a final blow out at Ee Bittersweet in a way Leavinglocally at the University of Philadelphia Coley with his plans for next year

A few hors d’oeuvres and a shot fro E like he alhenever she was near him Dude had it so bad and he didn’t even care We didn’t even give him shit about it any to him, made sense when you had parents as shitty as his

The roo it over the back of et back on the dance floor While ht, it see and fish as an audience meant everyone was ready to show off their moves

“Holy shit!” soaze darted all over the place to figure out what they were talking about

I’d been hit in the chest with a puck before, but nothing quite co in front of the entrance, was a breathtaking sight I don’t remember what the hell color her dress was, all I kneas I couldn’t take my eyes off her

She stood there fidgeting with the slanced around the room

“Wow, looks like the Ice Queen has finally thawed out a bit”

A slight h the people aroundto place her And like a slow lasses she’d worn every second I’d ever seen her back on

Avery spotted her and raced across the roo her ar Makenna It was like now that she knew all eyes were on her, she couldn’t handle the pressure

It wasn’t just the glasses that wereIt was also the telltale bun and the talk-to-me-and-I’ll-kill-you stare Normally, she walked with her shoulders square and a stomp that could shatter bone I’d never seen her look sonice