Love Bite

Ch 32: Go

I rush off to find a more spacious area with more breathe room, which is closer to the tables at the stage. Not many people are seated yet, but I can see that there are name placement cards on the tables.

I search with my eyes again, spotting people like Seth in the crowd, Griffin, Hayden, and Taylor too, which leads me to Nate. But I can't find the two girls of the hour, Zoe and Sam.

I sigh, maybe they'll find me. I head over to the table closest to me and check what foods there are. There are many, many treats laid out on different platters of different heights and sizes.

I quickly snatch a chocolate chip cookie that was sitting on a platter and a napkin, wanting to keep crumbs off the dress.

"Hey there" I hear a familiar female voice and turn to see that Zoe has successfully found me.

She is in a bright yellow gown with black floral accents on the skirt and bottom of the bodice that looks like velvet honestly, which is very different and interesting, just like her. She has her hair in a high ponytail, descending in curls at the ends, with dark red lips and yellow nails.

"Well don't you look peachy?" She says as she takes in my appearance as I did hers.

I think it may even be a pun, with all the pink and orange.

"You look beautiful, I really like it" I tell her honestly.

"Thank you" she says.

"Happy birthday" I say.

"Thanks" she says again.

"Where's Sam?" I ask.

"Fraternising somewhere with someone" she says.

"This place is amazing, it is so grand" I say.

"I know right? Sam and I would play in here all the time just cause it was empty for long periods of time" she says.

"That would be fun" I say.

"Imagine doing a belting session of your favourite song, or eye of the tiger, in socks, in here by yourself" she says with a look of a sort of pride.

"I can, and know I want it" I say and laugh a little.

"So have you done much yet?" She asks.

"No, I've only met Damien and some man he was speaking with" I say.

"Well for the first half hour to an hour it's mostly just chat,  so if there's anyone you'd like to talk to, go find 'em" she tells me cheerfully as she scours the table.

"I'm here because you invited me,  and I don't know many people" I say cautiously.

"Don't worry, people really get chatty at times like this" she says.

She turns around with a cookie in her mouth and bites off a chunk. Her eyes increase in size the littlest bit as she stares at something behind me.

"Oh hey Sam" she says happily but with the expression of the least care in the world that she's here, as if it is just another interesting thing.

"Hey" Sam says as I turn around, a smile set on her face.

Sam is definitely, undoubtably gorgeous in her red dress that cascades in a high-low fashion, showing the hot pink colour that lines the inside.

Her hair is also up in a way, but more relaxed than Zoe's, it seems to just be pulled back with a clip, and she wears a red necklace. The bright red shows off her personality too, especially with how shiny and sophisticated it looks.