the reason | 13rw

s i x t y

that following night, bryce decided to have yet another party so after spending the afternoon with my dad, i went. i walked through the house, stopping in the kitchen to grab a beer. i saw tyler sat at the counter. 

"hey tyler..." i trailed. 

"hey nicolette," he smiled. "i was hoping to catch you here." 

"oh? how come?" i asked, grabbing a beer. 

"well i heard you and monty broke up so i was wondering if you wanted to go out with me?" he asked. "we can go wherever you'd like..." 

"oh, uh, i'm sorry tyler. the reason i broke up with monty was because i didn't really want a relationship. i'm just not really in a good mindset." 

"oh, yeah i understand that." 

"i'll see you around." i told him and hurried past drunk people to the man cave. 

when i walked in, i saw jack at the poker table this time. monty was nowhere to be seen.

"jack?" i asked. "what are you doing here?" 

"some of my friends wanted to come and i met your friends." 

"we invited him to play, is that okay?" justin asked, pulling me towards him. 

"yeah," i said. justin pulled me on his lap again. i popped the top of my beer and took a drink. 

"what flavor?" justin asked, leaning into my ear. 

i lifted the bottle, "mango." 

he reached over, taking it and taking a sip. he made a face. 

"that shit is gross." 

"hey, it's a beer." i shrugged. 

"that's my girl," bryce laughed. 

"so explain your rules to me." jack said. 

 the boys began explaining as i turned to justin. 

"guess who i saw in the kitchen?" i asked. 

"who?" 

"tyler downs, he asked me on a date." i said. 

"and what did you say?" he smiled. 

"i told him no, in a polite way. super weird though." i replied. 

"he should know by now that you are way too hot for him." he said, leaning in closer to me. 

"oh am i?" i laughed. 

"hell yeah," he pushed his lips against mine. 

"oh come on," jeff said as he threw a peanut at me. 

i smiled, pulling away from justin. i looked between his pretty eyes before turning to the guys. 

"keep it in your pants foley." scott told him. 

"says you," i scoffed. 

"what does that mean?" jeff asked. 

"nothing," i took a drink of my beer. 

 "no," justin pulled it away from me. "what does that mean?" 

i glanced over at scott, his face was read as he sat quietly. 

"no fucking way, when did this happen?" bryce laughed. 

"doesn't matter." i said and grabbed my beer back. 

"yeah it does," jeff said and looked to scott. 

"when did it happen?" justin asked. 

"nicolette and i had sex on monday night!" scott spazzed.