Chapter 2

Aggy stood before the house, hesitating to take her first step into the front garden through the gate. Her hand was shaking slightly as she tried to open the gate. It was her first party. She had usually not accompanied Chace and Rob because she thought drinking yourself silly and then embarrassing yourself by making out with a dog was not a smart thing to do. Even so, she slowly turned the knob of the gate and walked in. The party would be called a mess in Aggy's opinion, but to the rest of her fellow peers, including Chace and even slightly Rob, it was a raging party that looked like great fun. She sighed as she saw the girls in the hot tub drinking beer with out a care in the world, for that she was jealous. Not about fact that they were in a hot tub, but that they were carefree. Which is something Aggy could rarely say she was. She decided she must pull herself away from her normal, study conscious behaviour and let loose.
She strutted up to the house, holding her head eye. Rob and Chace had let themselves in while Aggy had been deciding to go in or not. They were off playing a drinking game somewhere, despite Rob's promise to be the safe driver tonight, Looks like we'll have to walk... As she walked through the open door, she saw a staircase littered with beer cups and toilet paper (we will never know how it got there). Aggy rolled her eyes and turned to the living room, people were dancing, or should I say, grinding against each other. She felt a shiver run down her spine and hoped she wouldn't be in that position tonight. She sat down onto a black leather couch that was only mildly littered with beer cups, she sighed and stared at the flocks of people dancing and chatting. A boy scooted over to her, "Hey!"
Aggy looked around as if he was talking to someone else, when she realised he was talking to her she smiled, "Hi!"
"Agyness, right?" he questioned her while giving her the look down.
"Yeah..." She furrowed her brow in thought, "Toby... right..." She looked at him hopefully. "No... It's actually Tom..." He laughed, "Close though!" Aggy smiled and blushed, why did I have to get his name wrong, She continued to blush deeper, now he thinks I'm an idiot! "Sorry..." Aggy smiled uneasily.
Tom laughed and held out his hand, "It's ok." Aggy reached out and hesitated as she shook his hand. It was warm and comforting. There was no tingle though, her pulse didn't race, there were no fireworks. But he was perfect first boyfriend material. He had short cropped, but slightly shaggy brown-blond hair with brown eyes that sparkled ever so slightly. His nose was not too big but no too small and came to a perfect tip. His face was not masculine, but suited him anyway. He muscly built, or she thought he was muscly built from the t-shirt. He wasn't as half as cute as Rob. She shook that thought out of her mind. She had to forget about him. For god's sakes he's your brother's best friend. She overlooked everything that was going on in her mind and smiled, "Nice to meet you." They slowly pulled their hands apart, Aggy put her hand on the arm of this couch, tapping lightly on the arm, drumming to a song she couldn't remember the name. "If you like Rilo Kiley, you'd love our band." Tom smiled as Aggy stopped and stared, she clicked her hand next to her head and pointed at her head, "That's it!" She laughed, "Rilo Kiley! Portions for Foxes!"
"Yeah... I love them too! We are like the Blake Sennett aspect of Rilo Kiley." Aggy's eyes widened with enthusiasm, "Really, I love it when Blake Sennett sings..." She paused for a second, "But that's not to say I don't love Jenny Lewis and the rest, 'cause I do!" She smiled and laughed.
Tom laughed, "You should check out my band... seriously!" He paused and smiled, "I'm a lead singer." Aggy smiled at his charm and shook her head trying not to laugh, deciding how she would respond. She decided to let loose, "I don't know..." She smirked, "You'd have to prove to me you're really good." Tom laughed and pulled out his wallet. He pulled out of his wallet a small card and a pen writing down a time. "Next week, at this place." He pointed to the logo of the bar, "8 o'clock, this time next week. We're The Elected by the way!" Aggy nodded and graciously took the card tucking it into her bag. "I think I can make it!" She smiled and continued to chat with him.

Rob scowled at Aggy and Tom laughing, he didn't like it at all. He was heavily flirting with her and she isn't even noticing it. What if she's flirting back? Rob cringed. He continued to shake off ideas that weren't true. Of course she was flirting with him, how could she not. He's a lead singer, and a good one at that. He cringed again, he couldn't stand it anymore. Chace would definitely have something to say about this, there was no way he would let her go and flirt with some lead singer. He'd kick that guy's ass. Rob made his way to the kitchen where Chace was flirting with a girl who was in a bikini, she was slurring and laughing at nothing, so he guessed she was drunk and wouldn't mind if he borrowed Chace for a second. "Hey man." He waved at Chace, "Can I talk to you?" Chace nodded and followed him to a side courtyard, "What is it man, I was going to get something!" Rob rolled his eyes and continued to speak, trying to find words to explain what he saw, "Some guy's hitting on Aggy." Rob cringed, "It's that lead singer, Tom. He looks... you know..." Chace laughed.