One Door Away

Chapter 14

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'Very original,' Henry joked in which laughter from everyone followed.

I must admit, we were quite uncomfortable at first, considering Jenna and Owen had not met Henry in a friendly manner. For all they know, he was just a stranger to them.

'Duh,' I cheekily said. 'No one's ever original.'

'I agree with Peter on this one,' Owen.

'Right,' Jenna followed up.

It was currently nine in the evening and we conversed much about casual things and from that it led to this – a relaxed air. Jenna had been chuckling all the time, Owen is now comfortable at the thought of Henry coming with us, and I am still the usual me.

Henry had been making us laugh for the past hour and it was all great, however I got impatient because the urge to party amplified.

'What time will we go?' I butted in, getting bored of things quickly.

'Thirty minutes late,' Henry stated. 'So that the party had already started when we go there.'

'Got it.'

'Henry how did you two go to know each other?' asked Jenna. She was twirling her hair with her index finger as she approached him.

'Jenna,' I warned her. 'What are you doing?'

'Just getting to know him better,' she winked at me.

'Yeah, Henry,' Owen shadowed me. 'How did the two of you meet?'

'Well, funny story. I know everyone here knows I used to owe Peter money.'

'Used to?' asked by Owen as he cut off Henry.

'Yeah,' he said. 'I accidentally saw him at the park around evening. And when I saw that he was alone, I convinced myself to talk to him.'

'So, you were the person who approached him when I went inside the convenience store,' realized Jenna.

'You never did ask me, huh?' I said to Jenna.

'Right,' Jenna replied. 'I thought it was just somebody insignificant.'

'Insignificant?' Henry inquired.

'Oh,' Jenna snickered. 'Sorry wrong term. I thought it was nobody.

'Don't mind her,' Owen said.

Henry continued to to narrate of how we got decently close, 'Right. Then I invited Peter to a game of laser tag.'

'Laser tag?' Jenna curiously asked then looked at me.

'You didn't know? Owen tapped Jenna's shoulder.

'Wait, what? You knew all the time and here I am with no deets,' she looked at me with reproach.

'The one with lasers?' Henry said, not catching up onto the underlying implication.

I looked at Henry intently and said to everyone, 'Just drop it everyone, okay? What matters is somehow we became friends.'

Jenna and Owen remained cynical but later gave in.

'What do we do now?' Jenna, who was looking at her phone, asked.

'I suggest we warm ourselves up with alcohol,' Henry suggested. 'I have some scotch in my room, I'll go get it.'