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their stomachs. Yup,
wouldn't be a Friday night otherwise. School wasn't in session yet, so it was a
little weird to see so many people already on campus, but I was going to go
ahead and assume that the fraternities and sororities came early.
    I recognized
one of the guys from the team on the front porch, so I made my way over to him.
When I got closer, I realized that he was with a couple of other guys from the
team as well. I wonder why none of them thought to invite me?
    "Hey
Swansen, what's up bro?" I patted him on the shoulder.
    He turned
and pulled me into a half armed shake slash hug. "Holy shit, Raine. What
are you doing here?"
    "I
figured I'd come out and see what this whole party school was really all
about." I smiled at the circle of players I knew.
    "Well
welcome, my friend. We would've asked you along tonight, but you usually head
out of practice so fast, we just assumed you had better things to do." He
laughed.
    "Nah,
just been preoccupied lately."
    "Ah, I
understand that. Well, you know all the guys, Rodgers, Kipton and Hernandez.
And that guy over there," he pointed at a short squatty guy in the corner
with the tip of his beer bottle, "that's Seth. He doesn't play ball, but
he's a pretty cool guy."
    I gave a
small head nod in everyone's direction.
    "You
wanna beer?" Hernandez asked. He was our short stop and from what I could
tell so far, a pretty cool guy who loved to party.
    "Yeah
sure, bro. Thanks."
    He tossed me
a bottle of Bud Light and I quickly removed the cap and started chugging it
down. If it was the last thing I did tonight, I would be forgetting Kayla
James. "So whose house is this?" I asked.
    "Ah,
well my brother, welcome to Kappa Alpha Theta. The most beloved and hated
sorority here." Swansen laughed as he slung his arm around my shoulder,
pulling me inside. "My girlfriend is actually part of this sorority. She's
around here somewhere."
    I could tell
these guys had been drinking for quite some time now, because all of their
words were slurring together, but who was I to judge. If Glenn had come to
school with me, like we planned, this would be him and I every night.
    "So,
are we tryin' to find you a girl, or no?"
    I wasn't
quite sure how to answer him. Even though I didn't want to be thinkin' about
Kayla, I would also feel bad if somethin' happened to ever put that
relationship in jeopardy.
    "Nah,
at least not for now. But, I could use another beer, or maybe a shot."
    "A shot
it is!" He roared as we made our way back into the kitchen where most
people seemed to be conglomerating.
    "Everyone,
this is Raine. Raine, this is everyone."
    Everyone
roared in unison with a "hello Raine," I just stood back, lifted my
beer and started laughing. A long legged, tanned and toned, bleach blonde came
sauntering up to Swansen's side and I couldn't help but stare. She was drop
dead gorgeous. She wore minimal amounts of makeup and her hair hung to about
the middle of her back. It was wavy and pulled into a low ponytail. And her
lips, yum. Oh man how I would love to devour those things. What the hell? I
quickly tore my eyes away from her and focused on the full shot glass in front
of me. I lifted it in Swansen's direction, and we both threw them back. The
burn of the whiskey was a welcome distraction from the strange thoughts that
had been running through my head just a few seconds ago. I noticed her arm was
now locked around Swansens's waist and I could only assume this was the
girlfriend he had been talking about.
    "Hi,
I'm Madison." I stuck my hand out to shake hers, but all she did was laugh
as she pulled her arm from around Swansen's waist, pulling me into a deep hug.
    "Heard
a lot about you, Madison. I'm Renee, this dick head's girlfriend."
    When she
pulled back, I had a semi-hard on and immediately felt embarrassed. I shoved my
hand in my front pocket and tipped back my beer, trying to take the focus off
of me. "Well, it's nice to meet you Renee."
    "Renee,
he says he isn't lookin', but let's find him a cute