I lean into Griffin slightly and Noah's eyes go wide but he quickly recovers. I know how immature and ridiculous this whole thing is but I don't care. If I have to be around him, I want him to be as irritated as I am

The leather-clad woman and takes everyone's food order. I go with a burger and fries, minus the ketchup and everyone else orders hot wings. She brings Noah a coke and the rest of them another round of beers. I am still waiting on my coke but I don't want to be rude.

"They have the best wings here" Griffin informs me and I smile at him.

"So are you going to the bonfire next weekend?" I ask Griffin.

"I don't know, it's not really my scene" he laughs and takes a drink of his beer. "Are you going?" He asks and brings his arm down from the booth to rest fully over my shoulder. I feel guilty flirting with him this way, well its not really flirting because I am just asking him questions but I still feel bad. I have never tried to flirt with anyone before so I am sure I am terrible at it.

"Yea, I am going with Markell" I answer and everyone bursts into laughter.

"Markell Washington?" Griffin asks, still laughing.

"Yea, he is my friend" I snap. I don't like the way they are all laughing at him.

"He would go to the bonfire! He is such a lame" Nessa says and I glare at her.

"No, he isn't actually. He is really cool" I defend him. I understand that my definition of cool is not the same as theirs but mine is better.

" Markell Washington and cool do not belong in the same sentence" Nessa says and brushes Noah's hair back off of his forehead. I hate her.

"Well sorry if he isn't cool enough to hang out with you guys, but he is.." I start to shout and sit up in the booth.

"Woa, Dixie calm down. We are just teasing" Blake says and Nessa smirks at me. I get the feeling she doesn't care for me much either.

"Well I don't like when people tease my friends, especially when he isn't here to defend himself." I need to calm down.. My emotions are running wild from being around Noah and the fact that he is hanging all over Nessa in front of me.

"Okay, I am sorry for making fun of him. Besides, I do gotta give him some credit for that black eye he gave Noah" Zed says and wraps his arm back around me. Everyone laughs, even me, except Noah.

"Yea, good thing a professor broke the fight up or Noah would have gotten beat up even worse by the loser.. " Blake  says and then looks at me. "Sorry, it slipped" he says and gives me a sorry smile.

A professor? Their fight wasn't broken up by a professor it was broken up by Noah's dad. I wonder if they even know Noah and Markell are soon to be stepbrothers. I look at Noah and he looks worried. He lied to them. I should call him out on it right now in front of everyone but I can't. I am not like him, I find it harder to hurt people than he does. Except Nick, my subconscious reminds me and I push her back

"Well I think the bonfire will be fun" I say and Griffin smiles.

"Maybe I will make an appearance after all" He tells me

"I am going" Noah says from the other booth. Everyone turn to look at him and Nessa laughs.

Sure you are she rolls her eyes and laughs again.

"I really am, it won't be so bad" Noah says and Nessa rolls her eyes again. Why would he go? Maybe because Griffin said he was. This annoying little game I am playing may be working after all.

The server brings out our food and hands me my burger. It looks great except the ketchup is dripping off the side. My nose scrunches up and I try to wipe some of the ketchup off with a napkin. I hate sending food back and I am already having a hard enough time tonight, the last thing I need is to draw even more attention to myself.

Everyone digs into their wings and I pick at my fries while everyone talks about the party tonight.

"Can I get you guys anything?" The woman asks as she walks back to the booths.

"No, I think we are good" Bryce tells her and she begins to walk away.

"She ordered her burger with no ketchup" Noah  says and I drop a fry onto the plate.

The waitress looks at me, "Do you want me to take it back?" She asks nicely and I shake my head.

"Yea.. she does" Noah answers for me. What the hell is he doing? And how did he even know it had ketchup? He is just trying to make me uncomfortable.

"Here, give me your plate. I will bring you a new burger and fries" She smiles and holds her hand out. I hand her the plate and look down while I thank her.

"What was that?" I hear Nessa ask Noah in his ear. She should really work on her whispering voice.

"Nothing, she doesn't like ketchup." he simply says and she huffs before taking a drink of her beer.

"So?" Nessa says and Noah glares at her.

"So, nothing. Just drop it" he snaps and she rolls her eyes again and scoots even closer to him

At least I know I am not the only one he is rude to.

I am given a new burger sans ketchup and new fries and I eat most of it despite my lack of appetite. Griffin ends up paying for my meal which is both nice and awkward at the same time. Noah's annoyance seems to grow as Griffin puts his arm around me yet again, as we walk outside.

"Tayler says the party is already packed out!" Blake says.

"You should ride with me there" Griffin offers and I shake my head.

"Oh, I am not going to the party, Bryce is going to take me back" I tell him and he frowns.

"I can take her back to her room since I drove my car" Noah says, I almost trip over my feet.

"No, Blake and I will take her. Griffin can ride with us too" Sab smiles at Noah. If looks could kill, Sab would be collapsing on the floor right now.

"You don't want to drive drunk on campus, the police are going to be looking for people to give tickets to because its Friday" Noah tells Blake. Sab looks at me waiting for me to speak up but I don't know what to say. I don't want to be in the car with Noah  alone but I don't want to drive with Bryce when he has been drinking. I shrug my shoulders and lean into Griffin while they settle this among themselves.

"I will ride with you to take her" Nessa tells Noah and he shakes his head

"I will ride with you to take her" Nessa tells Noah and he shakes his head

"No, you ride with Bryce and Sab." he says with force

"For god's sake can we just get in the cars and go!" Blake whines and pulls his keys out.

"Yea, lets go Dixie" Hardin orders and I look up at Griffin and then at Sab

"Dixie!" Noah says again as he unlocks his car door. He looks back at me and I get the feeling that if I don't follow he will drag me to the car. Why would he even want to be around me if he told Sab that I better not come around? He disappears inside the car and starts the engine.

"Text me as soon as you get back to the room" Sab says and I nod and walk to Noah's