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“Yeah, just some guy,” she said, rolling her eyes. “I’d never even met him before or anything. ”
“Nope. You’re a bit of a stalker, Liz. ”
“Oh, you know, it’s what I do in my spare time. Actually, it’s kind of my job. I don’t know if you know, but I’m a big-time reporter. ”
Hayden fake-gasped. “I had no clue. ”
“Here you go, hon,” the bartender said, reappearing with their drinks and sliding them across the bar. “Anything else?”
Topher and Phillip appeared behind Hayden at that moment. Phillip shoved Hayden out of the way and into Liz, who grabbed onto him quickly.
“Guys, watch what you’re doing!” Hayden called.
Liz’s body was flush against Hayden’s, and when he looked down at her, she blushed and pulled away.
“We’re going to need,” Phillip said, and started counting the people, “six shots of SoCo. Got to do it right for my buddy from the Carolinas. ”
“There are only four of us,” Hayden observed.
Topher nudged Hayden; he had his arms slung over the shoulders of two girls. “Meet Anne and Abigail. ”
Liz shook her head at the display. The girls barely acknowledged them. Liz started making a bet with herself on how fast these girls would ditch them after they took the shots.
“Six shots of SoCo,” Phillip said, passing around glasses as the bartender handed them to him. “Hope you don’t mind, Lane, but I put this on your tab. ”
“That’s like fifty bucks,” Hayden said, exasperated.
“Better you than me,” he said, raising his shot glass in the air dramatically. “To nights you’ll never remember, and friends you’ll never forget. ”
The group all cheered and clinked their shots together. Liz tilted her head back and let the liquor slide down the back of her throat in one swift motion. She closed her eyes and shook her head. Potent.
“Awesome,” Topher said, slamming his drink back on the bar.
“We’re uh…going to go dance,” one of the girls said with a shrug.
“Yeah, thanks for the drink,” the second one said, already attempting to retreat.
Called it, Liz thought.
“Aww, leaving already?” Phillip asked, walking with them away from the bar.
Liz laughed as Topher trailed after them too.
“That’s a lost cause,” Liz said.
“Those guys don’t give up easy,” Hayden told her. “The girls will give up fighting it before they do. ”
They picked up their drinks and followed the guys back to where they were chatting up Anne, Abigail, and their friends. The girls all started dancing together to the rhythm of the music. Liz knew girls at home who used this as a defense so they didn’t have to dance with certain guys. Phillip and Topher stood and watched them for a couple minutes before coaxing one of the girls to dance with each of them. They were smoother than a lot of the guys she knew, but still.
The dance floor filled up as the alcohol flowed, and soon even Liz found herself dancing with the group of girls. She could only remember that the tall girl was Anne and the short one was Abigail. The rest of the girls blended together and really it didn’t matter. It was nice to kick back and enjoy herself. She forgot about everything that was frustrating and confusing about her summer and lived in the dance.
She didn’t even think she was that great, but she was living by Victoria’s motto tonight: If you’re a girl, you can shake it. Apparently that was all that was needed.
Liz danced sandwiched between the other two girls, feeling tipsy and giddy from the drink and heat. She raised her hands high over her head, swished her hips side to side, and dipped down low with the other girls. She dropped her head back and laughed as the girl in front of her touched her toes. It was all entirely too ridiculous, and that made it all the more fun.
Anne, the girl behind her, grabbed Liz’s hips to keep from falling over and ended up laughing loudly in her ear.
“Oh my God!” Anne cried.
