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coming here this evening. I should've stayed at the
clubhouse with Ramsey, we were getting along great. I enjoyed his banter and if
I was totally honest with myself he wasn't bad looking either.
"What you smiling at?"
I shook my head and glanced at Brooke, "What?"
"You're smiling, what you smiling at?" my gormless expression annoyed
her and she grabbed my arm spitefully, "Never mind I don't have time for
this. We'll grab a beer from the kitchen and then, go and find the boys."
The feeling of dread washed over me, Malik was obviously with his mates and I'd
be expected to make idle conversation with people I had nothing in common with.
I let out a low groan, "What's the matter with you?" Brooke asked
increasingly getting annoyed with me.
 "Oh nothing, I've just got a little bit of a headache," I lied shouting
over the music.
Brooke grabbed two beers from the kitchen worktop and used the bottle opener to
remove the lids. "Here, drink this and stop your bloody moaning. Don't
show me up tonight, I told Reece that you were cool." Brooke handed me the
bottle and took a sip of her drink.
I held the bottle firmly but didn't take a swig, I wanted to keep my wits about
me this evening. "And Reece is who exactly?" I asked not having a
clue who she was talking about.
Brooke rolled her eyes, "The man of the moment. Only the most popular guy
around town Lauren, you really need to get out more."
How was I supposed to know who these people were, I had thrown myself into my
studies recently and therefore didn't have much of a social life but I actually
liked it that way. I only agreed to come as Brooke made me feel bad every time
I turned her invitations down and this made it awkward around school.
    Brooke made her way through the
crowd and I followed closely behind not wanting to get lost among the throngs
of people.
"Hey babe," Brooke snuggled into Malik's embrace. He wrapped his arms
around her tightly and peered over her shoulder checking me out in the process.
He stared at my face and slowly took every part of my body in before nodding
with approval.
"You're right, your mate's fit."
Brooke pulled away from Malik and slapped his arm, "Oi enough of
that!"
Malik smirked, "Come here, you know I only have eyes for you."
"That's why he got Trudy pregnant," I said under my breath. I heard
someone snigger and turned towards the noise, a guy of around twenty wearing a
baseball cap caught my eye and stepped closer.
"Pretty with a sense of humour," he winked and I immediately felt
uncomfortable.
"I...erm...oh," Shit! Why weren't the words coming out?
He sniggered and rested his hand on my arm, "It's ok babe, I love a smart
mouth."
I took a sip from my bottle of beer hoping it would calm the nerves mounting
inside me but I knew that I couldn't consume a lot of alcohol as my body wasn't
used to it and I needed to keep my wits about me.
"My name's Reece and you are?" he waited for me to respond but I
didn't find social situations easy and I was finding it difficult to interact.
Something caught my attention and I turned to see Brooke flapping her arms
around and looking angry. I narrowed my eyes not understanding what she was
trying to say and Reece turned around at the same time.
"This is Lauren, my friend I was telling you about."
Reece returned his attention to me, "Come and sit with me babe." I glanced
towards Brooke and she nodded her head for me to do as I was told. I
reluctantly followed Reece to the sofa and was a little uncomfortable by his
close proximity.
What the hell was I doing here and why had she put me in this situation? I was
annoyed that Brooke had purposely put me out of my comfort zone and I'd be
speaking to her later about how she'd made me feel uncomfortable this evening.
    "Lauren, is that you?" I
turned to see Aiden a guy from one of my classes at school. I didn't know him
that well but he was a little animated and I suspected he'd taken drugs this
evening. I smiled sweetly as he joined us on the sofa wedging me between them.