Never Had

Chapter 2

Alyssa finally convinced me to go to the party, even after originally telling the two guys I would. I was ready by nine p.m. when she was still getting ready. It was ten thirty by the time she finished putting her make up on.

"You ready? The UBER will be here soon...is that what you are wearing?" She asked as I stood up. I had on a pair of tight black jeans and strappy sandals on my feet, my shirt was a strappy crop top with a jean jacket over it. I looked over her outfit, she had on a mini skirt and a very tight crop top with a plunging v-neck.

"Uh, yeah?" She shook her head and reached towards me, taking off my jean jacket

"At least go without a jacket, you have great shoulders. You should show them off"

The ride to the frat house was short, about ten minutes and by the time we got there people were pooling in and out of that house. It was a big white house with two stair ways leading up to one and then into the house.

"Come on, lets grab a beer" Alyssa pulled me through the crowd of people and somehow found our way to the kitchen but there was no keg.

"Here, stay here and I'll grab us a couple drinks. Don't go anywhere" She whispered yelled into my ear and disappearing before I had the chance to tell her no. But she was gone is seconds and I was surrounded by a crowd of people I didn't know and I didn't even have her number.

"Dam it Alyssa..." I muttered under my breath before I left to try and find her, but I managed to bump into a brick wall, or so it felt like it.

"I am so sorry, I was just looking for my friend" I began to mumble out and I am sure I looked like a lost puppy. The guy was huge, probably a football player or something. Decent looking but super blonde and not my type; but clearly I was his by the way he looked at me.

"No worries sweetheart, I can help you find your friend. Did she go upstairs?" He placed a hand on my arm trying to ease his creepiness I assume but I just shrugged it off.

"She didn't fucking go upstairs moron, and how dumb do you think I am to have you lead me upstairs and accidently find your room? You gotta give me more credit than that" I said before he lost the smirk on his face. I pissed him off

"Listen here little girl, I don't think you know who I am but-" He began to say but someone cut him off

"But you know who I am Chad, so I suggest you leave the girl alone. She obviously isn't into you or drunk enough to suck your dick. Go find someone else to shag" The guy, Chad looked annoyed as hell but ended up walking away. I looked behind me and saw River, who had changed into a simple white t-shirt and blue jeans.

"Thanks, I was getting super creepy vibes off him" River just shrugged

"Did you come by yourself? Or is Alyssa with you?"

"Alyssa is with, just Houdinied herself to find us some drinks"

"She does that, just disappears sometimes. I'll show you where the drinks are" He motioned for me to follow and I did but it was super hard and I almost lost sight of him in the crowds until he turned and saw my struggle. He reached out for my hand and I let him grab it. He pulled me through the crowd with ease, every girl we passed by watched as we made our way through them; fingers intertwined. When we finally reached outside he still didn't let go of my hand as he lead me to the wet bar in the back where Alyssa was pounding down shots with her brother.

"Mia!! You found me! I totally forgot to go back, I had found Ryan here and we just started to do shots. Do a shot with us!" She shoved a shot glass with a lime after it. I knew she wasn't going to ask me again and I knew I had to drink it. So I let go of River's hand and threw back the shot, only after did I realize it was tequila; my drink of choice.

"We are going to do beer pong if you guys want to join?" Ryan asked, hands in his pocket. I shrugged; I was pretty good at beer pong but they didn't need to know that until after I beat their asses.

"I choose Ryan! Brother sister against River and Mia" Alyssa shouted a little too loud, Ryan didn't look too amused at the teams but went along with it.

River didn't really say anything, just kind of went with it.

"I will say, I am the beer pong champ. River over there kind of sucks" Ryan said and River flipped him off "That's because I always let you win, asshole"

"Freshman go first" River said as he handed me the white ball. We stood in front of the long table, all the cups had already been set up. I took it and dunked it in the water cup to give it more weight before I eyed their cups.

"Is there fingering and blowing allowed?" I asked before I took my shot, they looked surprised that I even knew that rule.

"uh yeah, house rules. You can finger or blow your ball out" Ryan said; his cheeks turning a little pink. I smirked and bent my elbow a bit before aiming my ball at one of their cups. Making sure I didn't go over the edge; I threw my ball and it swished into the far back middle cup.

"Oh shit Ry, I think shes good" Alyssa said before grabbing the ball out of the cup. I grabbed the next ball and aimed it for the same cup, and threw it in it again.

"I think I am very good" I said and watched as both of them drank the cup the ball went in and the ones surrounding it.

"I am glad you're on my team" River whispered into my ear before reaching over and grabbing the balls they had thrown back to us, taking his own shots. The way his raspy voice made me feel, and how it sounded in general gave me goosebumps. I wouldn't mind if he kept whispering in my ear the rest of the night.

He managed to get one of the balls into their cups, and soon the game was underway. Ryan was good indeed but Alyssa was holding him back, not making one shot at all. And she was drunk within minutes of playing the same. We had managed to attract a crowd of sorts as the game came close to the end. The final remaining cup on Ryan and Alyssa's had already been claimed as River took his shot but I had a chance to go one more time and make them drink even more.

"NO PRESSURE MIA!" Alyssa yelled from across the able waving her hands all around the cup but not touching it. Ryan look amused at his sister attempts to make me miss. I had maybe three full beers in me and I was feeling a little cocky. I turned around ready to throw the ball backwards. River stood in front of me, his blue eyes watching my every move and suddenly my confidence boost was gone. I looked behind my shoulder lining up my shot before throwing it. I felt like it was all in slow motion but when the ping pong ball swished into the cup cheers rang throughout the backyard.

"Oh!! Someone beat Ryan!" A bunch people yelled out after jumping around because of our win. Soon a plastic crown was placed on my head and someone said smile. I did and a bright flash went off

"Got it! You are our new champ and are going up on the wall!" Some little guy said before showing me the picture. Shit I looked like a hot mess but I saw in the picture that River had left my side. Giving back the picture I looked around for him but no luck.

"Well, someone had to finally beat Ryan at beer pong! I am glad it is my new dorm mate!" Alyssa threw her drunken arms around my shoulders and pulled me in for a hug. I laughed and hugged her back.

"I think the winner deserves a prize"

I looked over at Ryan with questioning eyes

"And what will this prize be Ryan?" I asked with Alyssa by my side

"Yeah Ry! What's her prize gonna be?" Alyssa slurred

"I think a date with me would be a good prize. What do you say?"