“Take your time, Hun…” she squeezed my hand once more before letting go.
I nodded, and then drifted away, again.
We finished our meal, and we paid the bill.
“Alright, let me get a car; the party is on the other side of campus,” Sage said, while her fingers flew across her phone, typing an address and requesting a car.
“I don't know if I am in the mood for a party,” I mumbled,
“You are definitely not ditching us…” Melody said, “It is a girls' plan… and you are one of us…” she said,
“But…” I tried to protest, but the others looked in my direction.
“Don't you dare, Isla… you need a distraction, and a party is exactly the place where you find one,” Sage said, and I took a deep breath. Of course, she would jump to that part of the night, a random hook-up, something I was not ready
