"Hey Nora. I'm Audrey. Hear you got the throne," Audrey Walker said.
"Word gets around fast around her," I said with a smile.
"Yeah, actually, it does." Zach Mayberry came up to us with a can of Storm in hand. "Hey Nora. How you doin?"
"Pretty good. How does it feel to have your driver's license?" I asked.
He let out a loud whoop and said calmly, "It's great."
Audrey and I laughed.
Brad Spad (weird name) and Chaz Jones joined us while Chaz threw an arm around my shoulders. "Hi-I'm Chaz," he said. "You're Nora."
"You better not let Jesse see you with your arm around her, Chaz," Brad said. "Good evening. I'm Brad Spad."
"Yeah, Chaz. Or Jesse'll get all mad and squirt Storm all over you," Zach said.
Jesse walked up. "Chaz-you'r scaring Nora. Get your arm off her."
"Sorry Nora. I didn't scare you *that* much, did I?" Chaz grinned at me.
"No, not at all," I replied.
"Darn." Chaz threw his arm around Audrey.
"Chaz-*don't.* You're scaring *me,*" Audrey said.
Chaz laughed. "All right!"
"Are they too wild for you? Cuz if they are, we can always ditch them and go somewhere else." Jesse smiled at me.
I shook my head. "No. They're awesome. Thanks for inviting me."
"Thanks for coming," Jesse replied.
"Whose house are we at?" I asked.
"Zach's. His parents are the bomb. They let him have parties here all the time," Jesse said.
And thenit felt like I was dreaming. I couldn't believe I was standing this close to Jesse and that I was hanging out with him and all of his friends. The time went by very quickly. By nine, I was tired from dancing and joking with the others, so I collapsed on the couch beside Daisy.
"You do know that once you're sitting, he'll go in for the kill," Daisy said.
"What?" I was confused.
"You know-Jesse really *really* wants to kick it with you. We all know he does. He hasn't said anything, but we all can tell. He really wants you Nora. You know it," Daisy said in her straight forward manner "Do you want him?"
"Kinda, yeah," I said nervously.
"Alan is so good at this stuff. Hey, speaking of, here comes Jesse. Good luck." And with that, Daisy took off.
"Mind if I sit here?" Jesse asked.
"No."
He sat next to me and put his arm around my shoulders. "You know, I've had my eye on you for awhile, Nora."
"Really?" I couldn't think of anything else to say.
"You've got it all. Beautiful red hair, bright green eyes, an awesome personality. YOu're perfect," Jesse said, looking into my eyes. And then his lips were on mine, and his hands were in my perfectly-done-just-for-this-party hair and his kiss was doing amazing things to me.
He pulled away, gasping for air. "I'm sorry, did I move too fast?"
"*No,* not at *all,*" I said.
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