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As house parties went, this one was pretty lame. Though today was the last day of school before Christmas vacation, and that meant her classmates were going to take any excuse to socialize, even if that meant sitting around someone's house and doing very little in the way of partying.
A dozen people were sprawled out on two couches that faced each other on either side of a coffee table. The TV in front of the large rectangular window displayed some kind of football video game; Melissa had never cared for sports games. Her boyfriend, on the other hand, was as focused as a lion on the hunt.
Aaron sat with the controller in hand, a look of concentration on his face. “Come on!” he said, sweat glistening on his forehead. “Come on! Oh yeah! You see that? Touchdown in the final ten seconds,
