Sometimes, the unexpected happens.

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Abby was hesitant to take him up on his offer, “Sure, it’s not like I have anything better to do, but I’ll have to change my clothes...” She said, looking down at what she was wearing. She didn’t think it was very likely that Emily and herself would be making up anytime soon.

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“I don’t mind at all, besides I wouldn’t want you by yourself here,” Jackson said as he lead her over to where he was. He smiled as she talked about getting a drink, “That’s the spirit, have fun and relax.” Jackson said as he followed her.

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Simon smiled and sped the car down to the right and in to the driveway of his house. "Don't worry about it, you look great" he told her, and hopped on of the car, quickly walking over to open her door for her.

There were a few more cars in the drive than before, the other guys must have started arriving. Ion opening the front door, Simon could hear music playing from the living room and several voices chatting. "Can I get you a drink?" He offered Abby, plCing his hand on her lower back to lead her in to the house.

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Emily smiled, and began to introduce herself to the guys that Jackson was with. They all seemed nice and each was hotter than the next.

Emily kept glancing behind her as she walked to the bar, making sure that Jackson was following.

“I guess,” Abby said, just wanting everything to be normal again. So far Simon seemed like a pretty nice person, but she wasn’t going to just let her guard down. Getting out once he opened the door, Abby thanked him and followed him into the house.

Abby looked around the house as she walked in, “Sure.” She said, looking over at him. To be honest, she was nervous as hell to be there without Emily, but she shook the thought from her mind and decided to try and enjoy herself.

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Jackson was happy to see that Emily was talking to the rest of the guys. He stayed right behind her as they walked to the bar. It was working out pretty well, they had gotten lucky that the girls had fought because of Simon.

He pulled out his phone and sent Simon a text. “Everything going okay? Can’t believe they started fighting cuz of u” He quickly hit send before turning his attention back to Emily.

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Simon was thrilled to have managed to get Abby back in to the house. He led her in to the sitting room where all of the guys were sitting and began to introduce her. "Guys, you all know Abby. take care of her while I go get us a drink". he gestured for her to take a seat before heading in to the kitchen to get two beers out of the cooler.

Hearing his phone buzz, he pulled it out to read the message from Jackson. he gave a confident chuckle as he began to reply. "I know man, crazy shit. yeah She's good, no hysterics or anything. Got her back to tthe house for the party, gonna start working on her properly now. How bout u? Emily stay at the gig? she calm down?" he clicked send quickly before strutting back in to the living room handing Abby her beer. "I say we play a drinking game!" he announced, looking around at everybody as the guys let out a cheer. "Abby since you're our newest guest, why dont you choose?" he suggested to her and put some music playing on the wireless speakers.

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Emily ordered two shots of tequila from the barman, leaning far across the bar to show some cleavage in the hopes he wouldnt ID her. It worked. he returned with two full shot glasses, two lime wedges and the salt shaker. Em giggled as she handed him his shot. "Hey, how about I lick the salt off your hand and you lick it off mine?" she suggested, a cheeky glint sparkling in her eye. She was beginning to get used to the warmth of the vodka circulating her body and was beginning to handle her drunkeness a bit better, managing to turn it in to some kind of a brovado.

She licked her hand so that the salt would stick and waited for him to do the same. "You ready? 3, 2 ,1" she counted down, laughing, before throwing the shot down her throat. she bent down, slowly licking the salt from his hand, looking up at him as she did so, before standing back up and shoving the lime wedge in her mouth.

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Abby watched Simon walk into the other room before going over and sitting down. She was uncomfortable, mostly because she hardly knew any of the guys there. Sure, she had heard of them and saw them at school, but she didn’t talk to them.

A wave of relief washed over her as Simon walked back in with their beers. When she heard Simon mention a drinking game, she shrugged slightly, “Whatever you guys want to play...” She hadn’t really partied a lot so she didn’t know a game off the top of her head.

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“She’s better, not freaking out. Good luck.” Jackson sent the text and looked at Emily. He smiled when she got the tequila, licking his hand and putting the salt on it. Watching as she licked the salt of his hand and took the shot, Jackson took her hand and did the same.

After he took the line wedge from his mouth, he grinned, “That was fun. You drink often?” He asked, figuring she must have already been drinking before the gig.

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Simon laughed, putting an arms around her shoulder. "C'mon Abby, your choice, you want Beer pong? Truth or dare? Kings?" he asked her talking a sip of his beer and looking down into her eyes smiling warmly. He noticed that a few of the other girls in the room who had come with his friends were eyeing Abby up. It was probably was unusual for someone like her to be here.

He through a look out into the room to get them to quit ir. The last thing he wannted was for her to get uncomfortable and leave. He checked the message from Jackson, and without letting Abby see it sent back a quick "you too my friend" with a thumbs up emoji.

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Emily laughed as she felt his tongue drag across her hand watching him wince as he popped the lime into her mouth. The band were jsut beginning their set and abby grinned from ear to ear looking over at the stage.

In answer to his question, she shook her head. "Just a few glasses of wine with the big man himself" she joked, regretting it instantly. Who on earth makes jesus jokes when they're trying to impress a guy. "Hey, Thanks for being nice to me" she told him, placing her hand on his arm to steady herself.

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“Um, beer pong I guess,” Abby felt the eyes of all the other girls on her, she felt like she was in enemy territory and they were just waiting for one screw up and they would eat her alive.

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Jackson smiled over at her, laughing softly at her joking around, “No problem, it seemed like you could use a friend.” He told her, checking his phone quickly, reading the reply from Simon and deciding not to respond.

(Sorry it’s short, I’m on break at work.)

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(Thats no problem!)

Simon smiled and cheered for beer pong. within a few minutes the cups were all lined up and everyone was getting in to teams. "Abby youre with me" Simon called out to her, grabbing her arms and pulling her in to this. "We're gonna win this thing" he whisoered into her ear, laughing.

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she smikle on hearing him call her his friend. "Hey you need to get back to your friends or you wanna go dance" she asked him, taking a step closer to him. She wondered how she had never noticed how good looking or sweet he was before.

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Abby felt chills go down her spine when Simon whispered in her ear. She shook her head slightly but smiled at him, “We are.” Even though she had never played before, she figured it wouldn’t be that hard.

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“Well I’d much rather dance with you,” Jackson grinned, knowing the rest of his friends would understand he wanted to spend time with her. He wrapped an arm around her waist, pulling her close to him.

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Simon grinned, seeing a shiver go down her spine as he whispered, her body was reacting to him, that was exactly how he wanted it. "Me and Ab will go up first!" He called out, wanting to get there turn out of the way so he could chat with her.
On his first throw he landed it in the other teams cup Nd raised his hand with a cheer to high five Abby.

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Emily felt a whole cluster of butterflies flutter through her stomach as Jackson pulled her close, there chests pressed to one another. She began to sway to the beat of the music, smiling up at him "God I love this band" she said to him, winding her hands up into the air behind her head.

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Abby hoped that he hadn’t noticed the way her body reacted to him. She smiled when Simon made it into the cup, high fiving him when he put his hand up.

“You’re good at this,” Abby said, running a hand through her hair as she looked at him. She felt a little bit more comfortable, relaxing and sort of enjoying spending time with Simon.

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Jackson watched, smiling as they danced, “Me too.” He liked seeing her so relaxed. He figured a relaxing time would be the best thing for her tonight, especially after fighting with Abby.

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Simon chuckled "I used to play it with my soda when I was younger" he admitted to her "so I'm a seasoned pro at this point" he joked, holding the ping ping ball out to her. "your turn" he chimed. He smiles to see her selling in a little more and having a good time.

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As a more upbeat song began playing playing, Emily began to jump to the beat, her hair flying I. To her face and all around. She laughed at looked to Jackson, taking his hand as he danced too. Her fight with Abbey had completely left her mind, her head simply focused on the gig, and not falling as she danced.

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“Ah, I see,” Abby laughed softly, taking the ball from him and taking a second before tossing it. She grinned as it went into the cup, “I did it!” She said excited.

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Jackson smiled as Emily danced and got him dancing too, he wanted her to have a good time with him and he was genuinely trying to make sure she had fun. He hoped that after the gig they’d be able to spend more time together, no strings attached of course.

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Simon cheered loudly, as her ball went in to the cup. He hadn't actually thought she could do it. Celebrating, he picked her up in his arms and spun her around, placing her back down slowly, her body sliding against his. he left on hand on her lower back as he placed her feet on to the floor. "Well done" he said softly, smiling down at her. He questioned whther he should try and kiss her now or wait until the night progressed further.

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"You wanna go back to your friemds?" Eily asked him, slightly out of breath as she pointed to his group of friends standing a little ways away watching them. she stopped dancing for a minute and just sstood looking up at him, her chest rising and falling quickly as she tried to regainn her breath.

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Abby was shocked when Simon picked her up and spun her around, she couldn’t help giggling. She felt the blush cross her cheeks once he put her down and left his hand on her back, “Thank you...” She said softly, looking up at him.

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“Nope, I’m good right here,” Jackson said, looking at her. “Maybe we should take a break though, let you catch your breath,” he smiled, placing a hand on her lower back.

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Simon bent down and palced a gentle kiss on her cheek, deciding to leave it at that for now. he was sure that if she wanted more, she would come and get it. "You wanna see the garden? theres a gazebo out ther if you wanna talk?" he suggested to her, taking another sip of his drink, ignoring the looks of the people behind them, and gently turning abby away from it.

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She nodded and pushed her hair back behind her ear. "Another drink?" she offered. this time she was just gonna get him a shot, she figured it might be good for her to have some water, things were starting the get a little fuzzy around the edges.

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Feeling Simon kiss her cheek, Abby hoped no one would notice how red her face got. She had never had a crush on him, sure he was attractive, but his personality had been the biggest reason she wasn’t interested. This was a different side to him though, and honestly she was enjoying it.

“Sure, I’d like that,” Abby said as she followed him outside. She took a sip of her beer, realizing they were the only ones outside, she glanced around them as they walked to the gazebo, “Its beautiful out here..” she said quietly.

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Jackson figured he’d better play it safe, “Sure, but I think I’ll just get water.” He didn’t want to be too drunk, especially since it seemed like Emil was pretty far gone. He kept his hand on her back as they walked back over to the bar and he ordered himself a water, “What would you like?” He asked.

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