NICOLE“One taste and I was ruined. I just didn’t know how badly he’d need me, too.”The music was loud enough to shake the buildings' walls. Bodies packed the mansion, laughter and shouting, blending into the heavy bass that pulsed through the floor beneath my feet.I hated parties, especially parties thrown by rich college students with too much money and too much alcohol, and unfortunately, tonight wasn’t just any party; it was Elena’s back-to-school party, and Elena happened to be my best friend. A no to Elena means I don’t value our friendship, and I do a lot.That’s why I was here, smiling through the torture and pains of how much I hate parties.“Sto standing in the corner looking like you’re attending a funeral,” Elena’s voice snapped me out of my thoughts. She was laughing as she appeared beside me with two red plastic cups in her hands, and I rolled my eyes.“I’m not just standing, I’m observing,” I told her, and she scoffed.“You’re judging, Nic. I know you, and I know that
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