NEW IN TOWN - BYLER

CHAPTER 16

  Friday, The Sinclair House, 7:30 pm

As Mike pulled up to what he assumed was Lucas' house, he probably wasn't going to like this. "Ready?" Mike said, snapping Will out of his thoughts. "Uh, yeah." He said. "I am!" El said, excitedly from the backseat. Mike turned at the smiled at the girl behind him, "You go in there, we'll be there in a sec." Mike said, turning back to Will. El nodded and quickly got out of the car and ran up the door. "Are you sure you're ready?" Mike asked. "Yeah." Will said with a nervous chuckle. "It gets really loud in there." Mike noted. "I know." Will nodded. "Just promise me, if you ever feel a little bit off, you'll tell me." Mike said, sticking out his pinky. "What are we? 12?" Will laughed. "Just do it." Mike replied, playfully rolling his eyes. "Fine. I promise." Will vowed, wrapping his pinky around Mike's.

As soon as they walked in they were bombarded by the sound of generic party music blaring through the huge house, music so loud that Will grabbed Mike's arm almost immediately. "Sorry." Will said, taking his hands off of Mike. "It's okay." Mike smiled and turned. "Follow me." He added, sticking his hand out. "Okay." Will mumbled, taking Mike's hand. Mike smiled again and faced forward, leading himself and Will to the less loud, more spacious kitchen. 

"Here we are." Mike smiled, hopping up on the kitchen island. "How big is this house?" Will laughed. "Lucas lives in a culdesac. What did you expect?" Mike joked. "Speak of the devil." Will said, looking past Mike. "Hey man, glad you two could make it." Lucas said from behind Mike. "Thanks for inviting us." Mike turned, giving Lucas a hug. "Do you know where El went?" Will asked Lucas. "Oh, she's in the basement with Max." He smiled, pointing to the direction he just came from. "I was just coming up here to get me and the girls drinks. Do you want to come down there and hang out with us?" Lucas asked, looking between Mike and Will. Mike turned to Will, basically asking, "do you want to go?" without actually speaking. Will nodded and turned to Lucas, "Sure." He smiled. 

Once Lucas was done getting drinks, him, Will and Mike went back down into the basement. Mike noticed that Will was almost immediately more relaxed since there was way less people down there than upstairs. "Hey Ellie." Will greeted, sitting in front of the small couch her and Max were sitting on.  "Hey Will." She smiled. "Here are your drinks." Will said, handing them both of them the drinks Lucas made for them upstairs. "How'd you find us, this house is huge." Max giggled. "Oh, me and Mike were upstairs and Lucas came up to the kitchen to make your drinks and he told me where you guys were." Will explained. "Is everything okay so far?" El asked in a somewhat whisper. "Uh, yeah." Will smiled, looking across the room to Mike. 

"WHO WANTS TO PLAY TRUTH OR DRINK?" Jason, one of the most popular guys on the basketball team yelled across the basement. Everyone cheered and gathered around the middle of the basement. Will had an odd feeling about this but decided to play anyway. 

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