"I don’t see why I have to come," Ashton complained, leaning against the bathroom door while I curled my hair. "Because I said you do," Propping himself against the door frame, Ashton crossed his arms and legs, dressed for the party in clothes I had picked out for him, and had coerced him into styling his hair. "They’re not even my friends," "Tiane is your friend," I reminded him with a smile at my reflection in the mirror, standing comfortably in my underwear with a towel wrapped around myself. "She’s the only decent one going," "Love you too," I said with a sarcastic tone. "You know what I mean," He sighed. "I shouldn’t be going, we don’t get along, and I don't celebrate New Year's." "You don’t celebrate anything," I laughed. "After all the parties I’ve been to, it gets old,"

