“How old are you?” Austin asks with a curious look.
“I’ll be 20 soon.”
“So you’re a sophomore then?”
“Yep. You’re a junior or a senior?” I ask curiously.
“A senior,” he states matter of fact.
The waitress ends up taking the rest of the orders before heading off to fetch our drinks.
“So what’s the plan for after dinner?” Rob asks all of us.
“Not sure, do you guys have anything in mind?” Rebecca asks.
“Well we were going to hit up a few bars, but Haley can’t get in,” he says slightly annoyed.
“That’s fine, you guys can go. Don’t let me stop you,” I say, hating the feeling of holding anyone back from what they really want to do.
“No, its fine, we can find something else to do,” Austin says quickly.
“There’s always frat or sorority parties,” Rebecca says sounding frustrated with Rob already.
“Yeah, there’s to be a big party tonight at Masters’ house, we can check that out,” Rob says impressed with himself.
“I won’t go to that house,” I say nervously, knowing that he’s referring to Liam’s house. I promised I wouldn’t go to any parties at his house and I’m not about to go now.
“Why, did something happen?” Rebecca asks quickly.
“No, I just don’t get along with some of the guys there,” I lie, only one in particular and that’s cause he can’t stand me.
“Are you sure something didn’t happen? We can take care of it if it did,” Austin says kindly as he looks at me intently.
“No, nothing happened in particular. I just said I won’t go back there, but again don’t let me stop you guys,” I say apologetically.
“Nah, its cool, there’s a party in the house beside Chi Phi, we can head there,” Austin says like it’s no big deal.
Thankfully, the waitress comes back with our drinks and food. Not surprised, it didn’t take long to cook because this place is pretty dead. We eat and have minimal conversation, but I must say that Austin seems like a really nice guy. He’s also very nice to look at.
Austin has brown hair with brown eyes and perfect dimples on each cheek. He’s muscular and tall, so I’m not sure if he’s in a sport or a club, but the man definitely works out. He’s wearing a pair of plaid shorts with a green V-neck shirt, which shows his muscular arms. I must say I’m impressed.
After dinner, we decide to head to the party to check it out. Since it’s not far from the sorority house, I park my car and the guys follow suit. We end up walking to the party, which is much safer considering we plan on drinking.
“This place doesn’t look like they are having a party tonight,” I say at the lack of people around.
“No, its invitation only, it’s usually a smaller group of people,” Austin says as he makes his way to the door. He opens it and holds it for me, Rebecca, and Rob to enter.
Some guy comes rushing up to give a fist bump and a manly hug to Austin and Rob before looking at Rebecca and me.
“Can I get you sexy ladies a drink?” the guy asks.
“I got it Nick,” Austin says to the guy who was just fist bumping him.
“You know where they’re at dude,” he says before walking away.
“Come on,” he says as he throws his arm around my shoulders, leading me to where the alcohol is. Rebecca and Rob are behind us.
We each grab a beer before deciding to take a seat in the living room. There are not many people here, but enough to have a good time.
“They playing cards downstairs?” Austin asks Nick.
“Yeah, they should be up soon, I know a couple of the guys were tired of it and the girls were bitching,” Nick says.
“Sounds like fun,” I joke.
“Do you play cards? I’m thinking maybe a game of strip poker later,” Nick asks as he eyes me closely.
“Watch it man, she’s my date,” Austin says sticking up for me.
“Had to try,” he quips while Austin just shakes his head.
After a few beers, I decide to get the next round and I head to the kitchen to grab us drinks. I can hear some guys laughing and joking, but don’t expect to walk into the kitchen where Liam is with a few of his friends I’m assuming.
“Whoa, look at this hot little thing,” one of the guys joke, as I walk towards the beer.
“What are you doing here?” Liam asks bitterly.
“I’m hanging out,” I say as I walk past him to get to the fridge to get some beer.
“You know her dude?” a guy asks quickly.
“Yes I know her and no you can’t talk to her,” he says before turning to say something else to me, “What are you doing here Haley?”