Call it Fate, Call it Karma

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We made it to the party and were greeted by Ryan, who introduced us to a few interesting, but not memorable people. Then, we all grabbed a few drinks and lost each other in the crowd, as per usual.

While I was waiting for Julian to come back from the bathroom at one point, I spotted Adam on a couch.

"Yo, Adam!" I called out to him.

"Jade!" he called back, patting the vacant seat beside him. "Fancy seeing you here."

I kissed him on the cheek and sat down with a smile, sipping my drink.

"I think someone from Sonic Youth is here." Adam told me as he scanned the crowd.

"Get outta town!" I gasped, almost spilling my heaped glass of whiskey.

"Seriously!" he exclaimed. "There's a lot of important people here tonight. I think The White Stripes are here too."

"We'll have to mingle later then."

"Totally!" he nodded. "Is Julian here?"

"Yeah, he went to the bathroom." I said, taking big gulp of my drink.

Adam sipped on his beer as he continued to look around. "Fuck me, is that Beck?!"

"Where?!" I snapped my head around to scan the crowd.

"Ssh!" he nudged me. "He'll think we're crazy fans! We've gotta be cool, y'know?" He put on a pair of sunglasses he found on a table and slowly nodded. "We've gotta be chill, man."

"You're such a dork!" I threw my head back as I laughed a little too hard, squeezing eyes shut afterwards as my head spun a little. I then giggled and elbowed Adam.

Adam joined in on the laughter, shaking his head. "...and you're drunk"

"Oh, shit. Am I?" I peered down at my empty glass and raised an eyebrow. "I am." I laughed once more as I put the glass down. "How long have we been talking for? Where the fuck is Julian?"

"Let's go look!" Adam jumped up and extended his hand to me. "We can mingle."

"I wanna meet Beck!" I giggled as I took his hand.

"You've gotta meet my friend Kimya first if we can find her."

I linked arms with Adam and we weaved through the crowd until I spotted someone talking in a group of people by the window. "Holy shit! Is that Damon Albarn?!"

Adam squinted his eyes, staring in my trail of vision. "I can't tell."

"Why are there so many big musicians here?" I questioned as Adam continued dragging me through the crowd. "Why the fuck am I here?"

"Because you know Ryan, and Ryan knows a lot of people who know people higher up in the music industry for some reason." Adam rambled with a subtle drunken slur. "I actually don't know how I scored an invite to this party either."

"There's Julian!" I yelped, staring straight ahead at Julian's tall figure. "Jules! Hey, Julian!"

Julian turned around and walked over to us. "Hey, Adam!"