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more clothes, but we will get that
taken care of on Monday before classes start.”
    Jess then turned towards the front
door and ushered us inside. “Come in, come in. Welcome to my humble home.”
    The interior of the home was like
walking into an Ikea showroom. It was modern but inviting, and the perfect
combination of earth tones and bright funky colors were used which made the
space fun as well as sophisticated. A thin girl with short blonde hair was
sitting on the couch drinking a beer and watching tv when we walked in.
    “ Evie ,
Scarlett, this is one of my roommates, Meg Scott. Meg and I have been roommates
since our freshman year,” Jess introduced us. She then turned to Meg and said,
“I’ll bet you’ll never guess which one is my cousin,” alluding to the fact Jess
and Evie looked so much alike. They could easily pass
for sisters with their super straight black hair that they both wore shoulder
length, with heavy bangs, and their shared olive complexion.
    “It’s nice to meet both of you,”
Meg smiled warmly at us without getting up, as we continued further into the
living room.
    “Ash will be out in a bit. We are
forever waiting on Ash,” Jess said shaking her head playfully. “Please make
yourselves at home. That’s my room over there,” she continued while pointing to
a door off the living room. “You can throw your overnight bags and purses on my
bed or in my closet. Meg and Ash’s rooms are down the hall. There’s a bathroom
en suite in my room and another down the hall to the right.”
    Evie and I put our things on Jess’ bed
and then went back out to the living area and sat on the couch opposite from
Meg.
    “Can I grab y’all a beer while we
wait?” Jess asked as she walked across the room to where I assumed the kitchen
was.
    “I’m good,” I answered. My stomach
was tightened into a hard knot from nerves and anxiety and I was sure if I
tried to eat or drink anything, I would puke.
    “Scarlett maybe a drink before we
go would help calm your nerves a bit,” Evie offered
in a somewhat whisper. I gave her a warning look to tell her not to push me on
this.
    “What are you nervous about
Scarlett?” Meg asked nosily.
    “Scarlett has never been to a
party before,” Evie answered for me.
    Meg looked at me confused, “You
mean a college party? It’s really no big deal, not much different than high
school parties to be honest. Where we are going tonight is going to be
extremely laid back. No crazy people running around like idiots or anything.”
    Jess yelled from the kitchen as if
I was unable to respond myself, “No Meg, she has never been to a party… period.
Her parents were crazy strict and didn’t allow her to have a social life, she’s
never been to a party, never been on a date… nothing.”
    Meg scrunched her pixie face up
and looked at me, “Sorry, that totally sucks.”
    Before I could confirm the extreme
level of suckiness , a male voice called out, “What’s
this I hear about never having been on a date or to a party?”
    Confused by the sound, I whipped
my head around only to see a gorgeous guy emerge from the hallway. My mouth
fell open as the breath escaped my lungs. He stood what I guessed to be close
to six feet tall with a lean but muscular build. His long dirty blonde hair
looked as if he had just run his fingers through it and the sexy five o’clock
shadow on his face made me want to feel the scruffiness under my hand. He was
dressed in a blue guayabera shirt paired with khaki
cargo shorts and brown flip flops . He looked as if he
had stepped directly out of a Hurley magazine ad with his deeply tanned skin
and surfer-boy threads. However, nothing could have prepared me for the
reaction my body had when I looked into his eyes. It was like looking into the
waters of the Caribbean Sea, with a sparkle that bounced back and forth between
the blue and green. I was captivated. My heart was beating so hard that I was
afraid he could see the pulse in my neck from