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Mike, Mike this is..." A wave of sheer terror rolled through like a tidal wave and filled Grey when he realized that he did not know this girl's name.
    "Charlotte, yeah my name is Charlotte I was named after the placed I was conceived, Charlotte North Carolina." Charlotte's IQ always dropped a good 70 points whenever she got nervous. Right now she was really nervous.
    "Right" Grey said trying not to make it sound like he knew she was acting stupid.
    "And Mike this is Jill." Grey was glad they got by that part. Mike looked excited to see Jill and Grey was already getting his hopes up for Mike and her.
    Mike on the other hand had something else in mind, yes he was excited but it was because he knew that Jill was the girl for Grey. And Mike now knew that Grey had set this all up. He knew Grey too long for this not to be a regular thing. All Mike had to do was get to know Jill, befriend her and then turn her onto Grey. Prefect Mike thought.

    Mike decided to play Grey's game and use it to get to know Jill. He knew now that Grey wanted him to go out with Jill. That much was obvious because Jill was prettier than the other one. He knew what to do, all he had to do was hang out with Jill and Mike knew that she wouldn't go for him. Then they would just become "friends" at which point he would turn her onto Grey.
    "Hey Jill how's it going I haven't really seen you around much except at school." Mike said with confidence.
    "Yeah I normally don't get invited to these kinds of parties." Jill said with a bit of sarcasm. Mike picked up on it; he started to lead Jill to the Keg so that Grey could spend sometime with Charlotte. Mike knew that Grey would ditch her at the next appropriate time or otherwise get out of it.
    "Do you want something to drink?" Mike said politely.
    "Yeah what the hell, I'll have whatever you're having. I haven't had anything to drink in a while." Jill said and was slowly realizing that this had been a set up and that Charlotte had been the patsy. She was slightly angry but not at Mike he obviously didn't have anything to do with it. Her animosity for Grey was rising.
    "Hey do you think we could go and talk somewhere?" Mike said with all honesty.
    "Yeah sure" Jill knew that was coming and decided to see where this was going to take her.
    Mike led her out to the terrace in the back of the house, and said,
    "You know I normally don't go for these set up things but you seem nice." Mike looked at her to see her reaction, it was what he thought.
    "Thanks, I don't know if I should take that as a complement or what?" Jill said ever so annoyed by his confidence, he acted like she would just lie down right there and start screwing him.
    "No, it's not like that." Mike said reading her like a book.
    "I realized when I met you that Grey had asked your friend to come and she brought you. I am supposed to hook up with you etc." Mike knew he was going to catch her off guard.
    "You mean you weren't in on it?" Jill said this not really believing him. She was trying to figure out what the fuck was going on.
    "Well Grey and I are good friends but no, I think he wanted to surprise me. I mean, he told me that he asked Charlotte's friend and that she was going to bring a friend. But after seeing you it was obvious that he wanted me to get with you." Mike was trying to be consoling. He didn't think it was working though. In all honesty it wasn't
    "What the hell are you trying to say!" Jill's anger was now totally directed at Mike. She was just getting a little sick of being fucked with.
    "Whoa, first of all you need to calm down. Second of all I don't like you, I mean you seem nice or at least you did. All I wanted to tell you is that I think we should be friends." Mike liked being honest and he was, he just wasn't telling her everything he had in mind. There was a pause and Jill looked upset.
    "Look here's the thing I only want a friend. I am not ready for a relationship. I just got done with a long-term relationship where my ex-girlfriend