Chapter 1

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*August 29, 2014*

"LET'S GET READY TO PARTY!" I hear my best friend since kindergarten yells from the living room. A couple seconds later I see her pop her head through my room door. We were going to get ready for a college party she persuaded me to go to. She was a big party girl..... Me? Not so much. I'm the kind of girl that would rather wear fleece pajamas and stay home and watch a movie or two.

"Okay are we gonna get ready or what?" Katelynn asks sarcastically.

I nod slowly knowing this had been a mistake going out tonight. She opens up the door to my closet and starts shuffling through the clothes. She finally picks out two tight skirts, both black, a cute ruffled tank top for her and then she threw me a tight band tee. We do up our hair and makeup and finish off with some heels.

"Alright let's go captain!" 

"Alright....yay" I say as my eyes roll to the back of my head.

Ten minutes later and we pull up to the frat house. Katelynn nearly jumps out of the car before fully stopping it shes so excited. I'm so regretting this already.

"Lindsey!!! GET YOUR ASS OUT OF THE CAR NOW!!" Thank God there isn't a lot of people in the front yard. I really don't want to cause a scene.

Seeing how I obviously have no choice I walk up to the house with her. We're on the front porch and the music is so loud I can ear every word of the song like its slowly being said to my face. We open the door and the music gets five times worse. Katelynn grabs my hand and pulls me through the crowd to the kitchen probably to get a drink. She might have told me that but like I said it's LOUD and I wouldn't have heard her anyways. I look on the island in the kitchen and see there is no pop or water, just alcohol. I'm usually not a drinker but whatever gets me through the night. I take a sip of whatever Katelynn had handed me and it's actually not so bad. It's kind of fruity but still a little strong. I wander around for a little bit and I end up in the back yard where only about 10 people are. I lean up against the railing on the deck and look out to the back. Wow they actually have a really nice back yard. There's a pond about 50 feet away from the house and they have a big patio with a grill and picnic tables. They also have a giant in ground pool with a diving board.

"Nice huh?" I got startled by a mans voice behind me. I turned around to see a handsome guy that looks about my age or maybe a year older. He was tall and muscular with short dark brown hair.

"Oh,  yeah it is." I finally replied.

"I'm guessing your not much of a partier..." He smirks.

"hmmm. How'd ya guess?" I laugh.

"Well for starters your outside when the party's inside and to top it off your all alone." He said while slowly stepping over to my side now leaning against the railing along with me.

"So I'm guessing you read people for a living?" I joked, regretting it after hearing how stupid it sounded. He still laughed a little bit and then said "No, I'm more of a animal reader" He attempted to joke back but it was very stupid also. I still laughed at his try. Before I had a chance to think of something to say he asked, "What's your name?"

"Lindsey. Yours?"

"BRAYDEN!!!" I hear a group of guys yell out one of the upstairs window.

"Well. um. There's your answer, but it looks like I'm needed so I'll see you around Lindsey." And with that he turned around and walked off to the guys who called out for him. I guess I should head in too.

I try looking for Katelynn but she is no where to be found. Three drinks later and I've loosened up a lot. I still can't find Katelynn but I'm with some guy that I'm pretty sure is one of the guys who called after Brayden earlier. We start dancing for a few songs. More like grinding though.... Our bodies moving in sync to the music.

"DO YOU WANT ANOTHER DRINK?" He literally has to scream over the new song being played. I nod and we make our way to the kitchen again. He hands me a drink and I gulp it down like it's nothing. ""WHAT'S YOUR NAME?!" He yells again.

"LINDSEY. YOURS??"

"CONNER!" He answers.

We get back to the living room which has become a dance floor to all of us college students and we start "dancing" again. Throughout half of the song I have to take off my shoes because my feet literally feel like someones stabbing them on the heel with a nail. After a few more songs of dancing, he takes my hand and starts leading me out of the living room into a less crowded room. All of a sudden he crashes his lips on mine and I don't even think twice, like i should, and I respond. Our lips moving along together perfectly. He raps his arms around my legs and lifts me up so he is more aligned with me. I wrap my legs around him for support and we continue to kiss. He pulls away for a second and starts walking up the stairs. He puts me up against the door and opens it and that's the last thing I can remember. The rest is black.

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