25

Orion and I pulled into Dallas's driveway. There were a few other cars already there. "Ready?" Orion asked, unbuckling his seatbelt before turning to look at me with his eyebrows raised.

I blew out air in my cheeks and nodded, "Ready as ever, sure."

"Let's go." Orion looked at me and smiled, then paused, then kissed me softly before getting out of the car.

I walked into Dallas's house to see Dallas and Penny sitting on the couch, a movie on. Penny was practically on top of him, whispering in his ear. Dallas had one arm around Penny's waist and the other arm was resting on the arm of the couch, a bottle of Corona in his hand.

Jago was sitting on the ground with a bag of chips, also watching whatever movie was playing on the large flat screen that was mounted on the wall.

Sean, Ocean, Hazel, and two other guys I was friends with, Mike and Liam were also here. Everybody was just sitting around and chilling, in conversations with light music playing in the background, not loud enough to b