the fluorescent lights flashed from all around the gym as already sweaty teenagers grind up on each other.
debby walked hand in hand with josh while jenna just maneuvered her way through as tyler followed behind her.
her blonde curls bounced with every step. god, jenna hated this already.
"i'm gonna go sit." jenna spoke quickly, moving past the boys and debby. tyler didn't have much time to tell her otherwise.
looking around she noticed quite a few of the kids there. the pretty dresses and loud music all felt far too overwhelming.
meanwhile josh was already on the dance floor provocatively dancing with his girlfriend. tyler cringed at the sight. that wasn't josh.
tyler just walked to one of his basketball friends to start a conversation. that left jenna bored out of her mind.
hours passed and the intoxicated dancing got worse. josh was obviously drunk out of his mind, the punch had been spiked, and students were doing drugs behind the gym. classy.
there was a collective gasp when a slow song stared playing. jenna only rolled her blue eyes to the back of her head. tyler quickly walked away from his teammates.
"hey, jen." tyler scratched the back of his neck nervously.
his hair looked extra curly tonight and he sure did look pretty under those frosty blue lights. he felt stupid, he already heard himself stuttering over his words.
"hi, tyler." jenna sighed, looking out to the dance floor.
"wanna dance?" tyler blurted out quickly it almost flew over jenna's head. she cocked an eyebrow at him with a smile.
"are you coordinated enough for that, mr.joseph?" jenna joked, getting up from the seat she'd gone back and forth to the whole night.
"you can guide me. i've seen you dance." tyler chuckled.
he placed out his hand for jenna to take. he led her to the dance floor, he looked at her with wide eyes. in fact, he couldn't keep his eyes off of her.
the pair found themselves on the dance floor in each other's arms. tyler prayed he didn't step on jenna's foot.
"i really like being around you jenna. i'm so sorry i stayed away the whole night." tylers eyebrows furrowed. jenna gave him an empathetic smile.
"i get it, ty. you make me so nervous, but a good nervous. and i'm sorry for not making an effort to talk to you all night." jenna spoke as softly as she could to make sure that tyler could still hear her.
the blonde girl pulled herself closer in to the boys chest. he held her much closer, all the way until the song was over.
the two pulled apart. before jenna could open her mouth to say how nice that was, she found josh rushing to the bathroom.
"oh my god! tyler, please go check in with josh." jenna said, trying to let the frantic tone leave her voice.
"what happened?" tyler asked. his hand resting on jenna shoulder.
"he brought a flask in. and i can almost bet that he drank all of that punch up too. i'll be right here, ty. go make sure he's at least semi-alright." jenna gave a sad smile before reaching over and planting a small kiss on tyler's cheek.
fucking josh.
