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We dressed and made our way back up to the house Steven walked behind ot really close he dropped back even further, so I stepped in through the back door by myself

The scene inside was about what I would have expected: people everywhere reeling with cups in their hands, and Ashleigh in thelike she would have put her face in her hands if she wasn’t too polite to notice her guests were a mess

Alering towards me, wide-eyed Terrified, not drunk “Tamara, where have you been?”

“I’m fine, Callie, what’s all this drama about?”

“I thought that Steven—” She bit her lip and looked around at our audience, whoup all the popcorn-worthy details ere dropping

Steven walked in then, took in everyone’s eyes on hi

“Did you have a good time, Steven?” someone yelled

“Taht?”

Aileen grabbed Callie and h to escape a round of

“What is up with you, Calista?” I deross hook-ups with guys? I thought you knew—” I stopped too, because Aileen probably knew nothing and I wasn’t even sure what it was Callie was supposed to know

“Sorry” Callie seeenuinely sorry “He just… he disappeared with you”

“And I told Aileen I was fine”

Aileen shifted on her feet too “We didn’t exactly have an extended dialogue on it I couldn’t really say for sure everything was totally fine”

Well, this was probably just what I got for trying to keep as going on quiet even when it was obvious so on

I wobbled a little, clinging to Callie to keep my balance I felt sore and sick and desperate to just be alone Certainly not keen to be sharing ers