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looked at his brother, “Today is Kat here’s birthday, and her friends heard about your party through the grapevine, so they brought her out to have a good time.”
      “Yes, and we are going to do just that!” Lexi grabs me and Skeigh, and hauls away. “We are going to go find some drinks, and then ‘To dance’.” She explains throwing her hands in the air and shaking her hips. I sneak a chance peak over my shoulder where we left the guys, to find those green eyes watching as we walk away.
      After we get our drinks we decide to look around. I notice all the different things going on. They have a table set up for beer pong, in which a game is being played with two guys against two girls. The guys are complaining about losing due to distractions, which really doesn’t seem to be bothering them too bad, seeing as how the girls are showing off their goodies to do the distracting. There is also an area set up for corn hole and horse shoes.
      I finish my cup the same time as Skeigh and Lexi. “Come on.” We put our cups on a nearby picnic table and walk over to where some other people are dancing. I’m feeling real good at this point with the amount of alcohol that is pumping through my veins. We dance through three songs before I start to get too hot and sticky from the humidity.
      “I’m going to get another drink and cool off. I’ll find y’all in a bit.” I say before walking away. I grab another cup of whatever concoction they have in a cooler and go sit on an empty picnic table. I sit watching my friends dance and laugh. On the other side of the fire there is a girl in the back of one of the trucks dancing. She is looking at a guy with those come hither eyes and telling him to come over with her index finger. I laugh because she is having a rough time trying to keep her balance.
      “What’s so amusing?” I jump and turn to realize that Ryder has taken up the spot on top of the picnic table beside me. I bend my neck back to look up at him when he asks, “What are you doing over here alone. I thought you were being shown some fun?”
      “Well I was dancing, but it’s too hot out here next to that fire. So I came over here to cool off for a minute.” I drop my head and look back at the fire, nervously picking at the hem on my dress.
      “With you he re by yourself I am surprised that Jake hasn’t ambled on over. He’s been watching you since you and your friends went to get a drink.” When I look up at him, he smiles, but it looks forced.
      “He will find someone else to take his mind off me. I’m sure that there are fifty or so girls here that would love for him to get grabby hands with them.”  I’m still looking at him when he leans in real close and his smell hits me. That smell, raw man and spice, ha my already shaken senses going into overload.
      “Yea, but there is no one else here is as beautiful as you are.” He states with a smile. I thought this man couldn’t get any more damn sexy, but that smile has me squeezing my thighs together like a vice grip. I am still trying to comprehend if I heard him right, when the girls walk up. “I’m going to make sure Dave is staying out of trouble, maybe I’ll catch up with you again before the night is over.” He walks backwards for a minute then turns and disappears in the crowd.
      “Here, I figured you was getting thirsty again.” Skeigh said as she handed me a plastic shot glass. We a ll three take ours at the same time, then place them on the table top. “So I was going to ask you if you were having fun, birthday girl, but from the looks of it I’d say I don’t need to ask.”
      I try my best to keep my voice indifferent, “What? We were just talking. It’s not like he was about ready to jump my bones right here.”
      “ Girl, that man was ravaging you with his eyes like you were his last fucking meal. He wasn’t far from throwing you over his shoulder and taking you to a cave in the woods somewhere.”