The Party

1.7

Allie's POV

Me and Kasey step into the country themed bar together and my eyes can't stop looking around at all the people dancing and all the lights flashing. "C'mon let's dance" Kasey yells over the music as she drags me to where everyone is dancing, I laugh as she starts shimmying her hips, I mimic her movements while throwing my hands up in the air. I hear some wolf whistles, I turn my head towards the noise and see a group of guys around our age staring at us, "those guys are totally checking us out" I tell Kasey, "too bad for them I guess" she explains with a laugh. We continue dancing and I suddenly feel large hands on my hips, I jump a bit in surprise and I look behind me to see one of the guys that was wolf whistling at us. "Hey beautiful, how about a dance?" he asks, I get out of his grip, "i'm sorry I can't, I have a boyfriend" I reply, "he doesn't have to know" he says coming closer again, "i'm okay, maybe ask some other girl" I explain going to turn to Kasey, he grabs my arm, "c'mon stop being like this" he tells me, my eyes widen as he gets more aggressive, "I already told you I can't" I say trying to pull my arm out of his grip, he pulls me close and I start looking around to find an escape route.

When I start to feel hopeless I hear a deep voice, "hey man, I don't think she wants to dance", I turn and see an unknown guy staring down the stranger holding me a bit too tightly, "this has nothing to do with you buddy" he exclaims to my saviour, my eyes widen sending silent signals to the guy to help me, "leave the girl alone, I'm sure you can find someone more willing at the bar" he explains, "whatever man, she's not even worth it" the violent stranger says before finally releasing me. I release a breath I didn't realize I was holding, "thanks for that" I exclaim looking up at the guy who saved me, "it's no problem, you didn't look like you were having a good time" he replies with a smile, "that's an understatement" I exclaim and he laughs. "I'm Allie" I shout over the music, "I'm Tyler" he replies while holding out his hand, I shake it with a smile, "want to go somewhere quieter?" he asks leaning down to talk into my ear, I nod and takes my hand to pull me with him. What I don't know is that someone caught us on camera and was about to blow up my world with a simple post.

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*the next day*

I'm woken up when someone shakes me violently, "i'm up" I say sleepily as I open my eyes slowly, "you have to see this Allie, it's not good" Kasey tells me. One look at her face and I know it's something serious so I slip out of my bed and go over to her computer where she has Facebook open, the picture in front of me shocks me, "how did...nothing happened...he saved me...what have I done" I exclaim concerned as I look over at my roommate, "babe who is that?" she asks, "there was this situation where a guy was getting violent and Tyler, who is the one leaning down to talk to me, saved me from the situation" I reply, "do you think Nate's going to hate me" I add worried, "I don't think so but definitely explain the situation to him" Kasey replies with reassurance. I run across the room and take my phone, I immediately dial Nate's number, I bite my lip nervously as I wait for him to pick up,

Nate: Hello?

Allie: Nate! I can explain, please let me tell you what happened

Nate: Allie, what are you talking about?

Allie: Just meet me at Starbucks and i'll give you the whole story

Nate: okay see you soon

I hang up and kick into high gear as I get changed into some jeans and a t-shirt, and I grab my wallet, my phone and my keys before leaving the dorm.

I'm sitting and sipping from my latte as I wait for Nate to walk through the door of Starbucks, my knee bounces up and down nervously. The bell on the door jingles and I spot my boyfriend striding into the coffee shop, he turns and spots me, I wave and he walks over before sitting down in front of me. "What did you want to explain?" he asks, "last night I went to bar with Kasey, and we got to dancing and some stranger came up to me and was trying to pressure me to dance with him" I take a breath and watch Nate's face grow concerned, "I was getting uncomfortable but this other guy came to the rescue before anything bad could happen, we introduced ourselves and then we were talking a bit before he asked if I wanted to go somewhere quieter, NOTHING happened, we literally just sat on the curb and talked, but there's a picture on Facebook that makes it look like he's kissing me" I explain, Nate's face holds many emotions, and I wait for him to do something, before he can I speak up, "I swear we didn't kiss he was just leaning over to talk into my ear so that I could hear what he was saying", I fidget with my hands not being able to look at my boyfriend across the table.

After a few seconds of silence I feel hands come over mine, I look up and see Nate smiling, "Allie thank you for telling me, i'd much rather hear it from you than through social media" he explains to me while rubbing my hands gently with his thumbs, "so you aren't mad?" I ask him hopefully, "no i'm not, I just have to remember to keep you safe" he tells me, "works for me" I say and he laughs. He leans over the table and puts his lips onto mine, he pulls away after a few seconds, "i love you" he tells me, "I love you too Nate" I reply.