I released a breath I didn't know I was holding and grabbed my drink. I gulped it down just as quick as the last one and just as I was slurping the last in the glass, the girls came over to the bar. They were laughing and singing to the music as they walked a straight line over to where we were standing.
”Six shots, please!” Steph yelled to the bartender who poured us each a shot of tequila.
We raised our glasses and downed the liquor.
”I need to pee,” Mikayla said and Steph followed suit. Vanessa hoped up on a chair beside mine, her eyes were distant and her head was down. Sam and Dave were talking on their own side but I saw the shallow glances Sam was throwing my way.
I turned around and placed my hand on Vanessa's arm.
”Are you alright?” I asked her.
Vanessa forced
