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dance?”
Tyler asked as he bypassed the gang and went towards her with his hand out.
    When she didn’t respond he took her hand and drug her out to the middle
of the dance floor where he immediately started to dance with her like they
were six years younger and dancing in their bedroom together. It seemed that a
few days of space kept bringing the pair closer each time.
    It didn’t take long for everyone else to join them and the party to get
started and as Tyler tried his hardest to keep Austin’s sole attention on him,
he found himself failing. He had no other prior thoughts, Austin was occupying
his mind and when she excused herself all of a sudden he had to follow. He
wasn’t ready to let her vanish from his sight. Not again, not now.
    Finally making it to the bar, Austin slid her arms across the mahogany
top to look for the bartender, seeing him serving she pulled up a stool and
plonked down on it.
    “Are you stalking me?” she asked Tyler as he joined her. “You know my
weaknesses so your efforts are futile.”
    Tyler chuckled and leaned in, “You mean this one?” he asked as he
finished the question off by leaning in further and bringing her head closer to
his as he kissed a spot behind her ear and heard the familiar gasp as he hit
the right area. Satisfied, he sat down and took in her awe filled gaze. “So why
did you come all the way out here?” Tyler questioned her, leaning in again to
snap her out of her trance, “And all alone?”
    Austin looked at him and realized the game was up. She hated that Tyler
could do this to her and she willingly let him. She hated that he could read
her so bloody well! “Two reasons,” she began, putting two fingers up at him for
emphasis. “One, I needed to get out, and two, I have friends in San Fran that
asked to meet up before they headed out.”
    The bartender came over and smirked at Austin, leaning down he played
with a curl and looked at Tyler who growled, but he didn’t deter, “Hey Pretty
Lady, sorry about the wait.”
    “That’s fine, Hot Stuff,” Austin flirted back sweetly and held up her
money, “Two tequila slammers, please,” Austin ordered with a cheeky smirk.
    Tyler knew this was natural progression, but pure jealousy raced through
him instantly. “You trying to get me drunk, baby?” Tyler asked her casually as
the bartender disappeared for a moment.
    She never said a word until now. Austin looked at him pointedly, “Who said they were for you?” she asked him and
downed the first shot, shaking her head in disgust as the venom of the alcohol
hit her taste buds. She slid the next one to him with a smile and winked at him
before turning on her stool to watch him. “Drink up.” she watched as he exacted
her disgust of the taste after swallowing the shot size of alcohol, “So how did
you find me?”
    “You’re not the only one who can use a computer, y’know ?”
he commented back with a sanctimonious smirk and watched her giggle the sweet
laugh he used to always love to hear. “We’re all checked into the same hotel
too.”
    “Now you lot just got scary with your finding me,” Austin pointed out
amused. “Another round?” she asked as she wanted to get drunk and complete her
plan – Mission forget everything.
    Tyler reached around into his pocket and pulled his wallet out, “This
one is on me.”
    “Goody,” Austin sounded as Cassie came and joined them, dragging Tom
with them. “I’d get your orders in, Mr. Armstrong here is ordering.”
    Tom smiled at his sister as he realized just how like her old self she
was being. He knew it was temporary; after all she had been drinking for the
most part of her day, but whatever the reason he was going to enjoy seeing her
like this. He liked having the old Austin back. She was more lively, bubbly,
less like a shell of herself.
    As the drinks began to flow though, he could see how dangerously Tyler
and Austin were playing with fire. Here they were all over one another,
flirting to the