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and then head home. And if that doesn’t work, we’ll just dance and have fun and find you some other hottie.”
    Cue the big puppy-dog eyes, and I’m a goner.
    “Okay, I’ll go, but I’ll pick my outfit. And I am NOT going there to be one of his tramps.”
    Though getting to touch him again wouldn’t be horrible by any means. After all, I have seen him at the gym with his shirt off. That was a good morning, indeed.
    Cammie’s excited voice breaks into my steamy musings about Reid. “Yay! It’ll just be me and you, though. Lia has a study session, and Mel is at work tonight.”
    I forgot about that. Melanie got a job at the computer lab. Since she’s new, she got stuck with the Friday night shifts, which cut into her social time, but it’s like she’s getting paid to get her homework done, so she doesn’t complain much. For the first time in our lives, Melanie and I are actually going to have to carve some time out for each other.
    “ Okay, you and me it is, then! It’ll be fun. I could definitely use some time to cut loose.” I’m slowly warming up to her little plan.
    The fact that Reid will be there has nothing to do with it.
    No, it’s not about Reid and his bright blue eyes, and his gorgeous body, and his sexy smile. No, not at all.

    When we get there, the party is in full swing. The music is pumping, and everyone is up dancing. I don’t see Reid anywhere, not that I’m looking for him.
    Nope, definitely not looking for him.
    I follow Cammie out into the kitchen while she grabs us a drink. It’s not beer this time; it’s some girly pink punch concoction. It doesn’t taste horrible, so for the first time in my life, I decide that I’ll actually drink. Just one or two—not enough to get smashed like everyone else already is. Jeez, it’s only 10 p.m. How is it even possible to be that drunk this early?
    It takes us about fifteen minutes before we find Jack, who is laughing with Logan.
    “Hey, babe!” Jack smiles lovingly at Cammie, and her face glows. They really are adorable together.
    “Hey, Maddy! I don’t think you got to meet Logan last time you were here.” He introduces us, and Logan reaches out to shake my hand, but turns it over and brushes a soft kiss all courtly-like on the back of my hand.
    My face heats, and he smirks at me. He’s very good-looking in that typical all-American football star way. He’s got short brown hair and warm brown eyes. Where Reid is all hard and masculine, Logan is pretty. Without sounding too snarky about it, he is a pretty boy. Very easy on the eyes, but so very different from Reid.
    Not that I compare every guy I see to Reid. No, I don’t do that at all!
    “It’s very nice to meet you, Maddy. Can I get you another drink?”
    As I look down into my cup, I realize I hadn’t even noticed that I finished the first one. Logan grabs my hand and walks me back toward the kitchen to the girly punch.
    As he fills my cup, he asks, “So how do you like it here? How are your classes getting on?”
    “It’s great. I really love it. Cammie and Lia are fantastic. Classes? Ehhh—they’re okay. Not so hot at psychology, but I’m in love with my poetry class,” I reply.
    I take a big sip and start to feel the effects of the alcohol. I definitely need to slow down. I do not want to be a sloppy mess. Logan and I continue our conversation, and he’s really nice. Cammie is right; he pretty much eats, breathes, and lives football. It turns out that he’s an athletic training major. He says if he can’t spend his life on the field playing, the next best place to be is on the sideline helping others play better.
    The night carries on, and we make our way out into the living room. Logan spins me around and we start dancing—jumping up and down to some crazy frantic hip-hop beat. I feel the stress of my schoolwork and all of the crap with Reid melt away, and I give into the dance.
    Eventually the pace changes, and it’s a slow R&B rhythm flowing through the room.