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They finally decided we should go to the party after they joked about being fashionably late as if anyone was waiting for them.

The girl that had picked us up was sweet and she seemed to be a friend of Lola's who was an upperclassmen who was going.

The party had already started at the lodge when we had arrived, and both Lola and Max had already started drinking.

I caught his eye, as he spoke to a group of friends. I hadn't seen the girl to his right before, his friends from school crowded him. He was quite the popular figure.

He broke away from his friends heading towards where I had situated myself near the bar.

"I'm surprised you came?", he spoke over the loud music, the smell of alcohol lingered over his breath but it was so light. But the smell of cigarettes was frequent against him, I hated that smell. I backed against the wall as I felt the memories coming back in again.

"You invited me, I wouldn't want to hurt your fragile ego if I didn't come",