The space between us

The frat party

It was almost 10pm on a Sunday and Jordan, knowing fully well that Isaac and Liam eavesdropped on his conversation with Audrey, asked if they were interested in going. "f**k Yeah" Isaac said, are you coming? He turned over to Liam as he asked the question. "As much as I would love to, and trust me, I really do, I can't. I gotta finish up that essay I had to write, said Liam. You still on that? Jordan asked? "Yeah, been too busy trying to get settled in, s**t been crazy lately," Liam responded. "When's the deadline?" Isaac asked as he stretched his arms to rest his hand on Liam's shoulder. "Firstly, get your f*****g hands off me," he said with disapproval, eliciting a chuckle from Jordan. And it's tomorrow, I'm going to have to pull an all-nighter if I have any chance of getting this done. Liam completed his statement. "As much as we would love to help you, buddy, this is the first college party of the semester, it's going to be full of seniors. "This is big for us freshmen, it might be our only chance of attending something like this, "Isaac said." By the way, isn't Audrey also a freshman, how'd she get the invite?, Liam asked. "I have no idea, she probably knows some uh .... some people, Jordan said with a stutter. A'ight bet, let's get going bro, before we miss the entire thing. Isaac said as he reached for his jacket. Jordan also grabbed his, as it was freezing outside and they both made their way to the door.

After minutes of walking, they finally arrived at the party. A few students were outside on the porch making out and drinking beer, and Jordan pulled out his phone to call Audrey. It ranged for a while and there was no response. He tried texting her, but there still wasn't a response. After a while, he called about four more times, and she still wasn't picking up." Bro, I think we should go back." I'm tired of waiting, and I don't think she'll pick up anytime soon, "Isaac said." This is the last one, I promise, she probably didn't hear it cause of the noise, said before proceeding to retry her number".

Meanwhile, Audrey was upstairs in one of the rooms, getting steamy with Nathan Jacobs, a well-known senior who got into UCLA through a scholarship for his footballing abilities. He was keen on getting drafted into the NFL, and it was close to happening, since his father was a business executive who held a high position in office. The girls worshiped Nate , his appearance was appealing to them, he was strong and athletic, wasn't the smartest, but what he could do on the football pitch as a starting quarterback made a lot of people believe he was. He met Audrey a few days before she met Jordan. He thought she was really beautiful, everyone on campus thought the same,

Audrey herself felt attracted to him, and they started hooking up, and they've been together ever since. "Who the hell keeps texting you?" Nate said before pressing his lips on her neck. Ignore it, she said before returning the kiss on his lips. She was seated on him with her hands wrapped around his neck. He shrugged her grip from his neck, stood up and told her to answer it, the ringtone interrupting their ecstatic moment, was getting on his nerves. She was about to say something but held it in and rather sighed. "Fine," she said before reaching for her phone. She turned to Nate after reading the notifications," Why are you staring, don't you want to answer it?" Nate asked. She turned back to the phone, put it on silent, "It's not important," she said, and went straight towards Nate, who was already shirtless and pushed him to the bed with both her hands. Falling to his back, Nate enjoyed her sudden display of authority. She seductively crawled towards him, sat on him, pinned his hands to the bed as she stared at his eyes while trying to catch her breath. He was staring too, with his eyes wide open, oblivious of what was going on. Outmatched by his strength, the positions flipped as she rolled to the bed with her back against it and Nathan on top of her. Their intimate encounter went on for a while and got some of Nate's friends wondering where he could possibly be.

Jordan and Isaac made their way to the living room and were directed to the kitchen to get beer. They interacted with some of the people there, who, surprisingly, were also freshmen, Isaac even got a girl's contact that he hit off with." It's Chloe, call me," she said before walking off, leaving a smile on Isaac's face. 'You got what u came here for, are you happy now? Jordan said with a gentle punch to his shoulder. Awww, Isaac exclaimed. "I'm sorry Audrey never showed up, maybe she left or something. "Isaac proceeded to say." It's cool." Jordan said, sounding casual. " No, it's not , she literally told you to come and ..... She just ghosted." I'd be pretty bummed too not gonna lie." As Jordan reached for his drink, Isaac said, "Want to get back?" "Of course, you want to, you've achieved your reason for coming anyways, "which elicited a laughter from Isaac. "It's not like that, you look bummed, and I'm tired, or you want to ask anyone here if they've seen her, Isaac said before proceeding to ask the next girl that walked past them, if she's seen Audrey, she denied seeing her and so were the next few others they asked. " You know what dude? Let's just go back, I'm getting tired anyways too," Jordan said. "I know what will make you feel better," Isaac said. " What?" Jordan said. "2k, when we get back," Isaac said while they were walking on the sidewalk," Maybe tomorrow, I'm not really up for it tonight," Jordan responded. " Sure, no problem man," Isaac followed up.