The Dating Game

35

The guys and I hopped in Griffin's Jeep and made our way to Conner's party. I was going to be the designated driver so I grabbed a water bottle after we entered. Everyone split apart immediately so I just sat on a couch by the makeshift dance floor to watch. The party had only started so people were slowly filling in. When it was finally at full blast I decided to dance, but got bored after a while and just sat back down. It had to have been an hour and a half without seeing the guys. I checked my phone and didn't have any messages so I figured I would go look for Griffin. I made my way to the backyard to see if he was by the bonfire. Luckily there was no snow, but it was decently cold. All I found was a bunch of drunk teens shuffling a little too close to the fire. In returning and going upstairs I found Jerad's jacket on a door and realized where he had been.

"Zoey, I just checked for you at the dance floor, you want to play beer pong with us?" I heard Grif ask from behind me.

"Where did you guys disappear to?"

"Jerad saw some sophomore girl eyeing him so he went to work on that... as you can tell." I saw him motion to the door and couldn't help laughing a little.

"And you?"

"I tried getting with one of the girls that graduated last year."

"I see it didn't work out." Griffin frowned so I grabbed his arm and dragged him back down the stairs. "Where are they playing?" He then led me to a back room where everyone in the game was, along with their partners. Well, besides Jerad of course.

"Zoey, glad to see you left your winning tickets side for once," Conner greeted. I bit back a remark and leaned against the wall to watch those that were playing. Conner decided to come stand beside me then and nudged my shoulder. "Want something to drink?" I held up my water bottle and continued watching Logan and Lana go against each other. "Ah, driving tonight then? You know you can stay overnight? Jerad is already busy with my sister and I have two other rooms for the guys. My parents aren't home so I can just use their room." I looked over at him and rolled my eyes.

"You know that means there is nowhere for me to stay, I mean I can stay on the couch, but I would rather not be surrounded by other drunken idiots." He started laughing and put his arm around me. Oh, now I know what he was getting at.

"Why don't we go to their room now so you can get situated for the night?" I'm a dumbass. I took his arm off me and groaned.

"Not only did Lana hit on me, but now you are too. One, we rarely spoke before this. Two, I'm not even interested. Three, I have a fucking girlfriend!" I screamed at him. Everyone looked over at us, causing Conner to laugh loudly.

"You think I care about those things? You're hot and I know you are fantastic at sex, lets just fuck." Wow, what a great way to try and convince me. How could I possibly refuse?

"Go fuck yourself." I left the room and went to sit in Griffin's car. Waiting until the guys were done having fun in there would be fine with me. I decided to play on my phone for a bit, then check to see if Quinn decided to message me. She was with her friends though, so she obviously didn't. At least half an hour later they entered the car. None of them spoke a word so I drove Logan and Jerad home before returning to my own place. "How awkward was it when I walked out?" I asked Grif.

"Most of us laughed, but Lana and Conner didn't. I think they are trying to get you to drop Quinn so they can win. They probably haven't realized you quit." I nodded and sat back.

"Well, do you want me to drive you home? Or did you even drink?"

"I had one beer and didn't end up playing so I'll be fine by now."

"If you're sure? Sorry I kinda screwed up your night."

"Zoey, you didn't screw up anything. It wasn't even that much fun. I mean the guys came to me and asked if we could leave. It seriously is only midnight and we wanted to go home, I'm pretty sure that means it sucked ass." I chuckled before getting out and fist bumping him as he got into the driver's seat. "See you soon, Z."