“Thank you. You don’t look too bad, either. In fact, you look pretty damn hot,” I said, “Er, in a friendly hot kind of friend way,” I quickly added. “How was your trip?”
”It was great. I had a lot of fun. Just being able to spend time with my mom and sisters was nice. We don’t get to do that very often anymore. I think next time I go down for the holidays I’m going to have to bring an extra guest because I missed a certain someone while I was there. There is this girl, and I can’t get her off of my mind,” he joked.
“Yeah, I’m having a similar problem with a certain boy,” I said, taking a step closer to him.
“Ben! There you are. I’ve been looking for you all over the place. Come dance with me,” Libby said, grabbing Ben’s hand and pulling him toward a tiny area in the room wher
