I was the first one to witness Riley's miraculous makeup skills.

This girl could easily drop out of college right now and become a professional makeup artist.

She's that good.

"Damn girl. You are good with those brushes." Dani whistled, looking at herself in the mirror when she was ready.

I am currently curling my hair with my makeup done and I don't know why, but I was wearing my heels while doing it.

Idiot. A complete idiot.

"Thank you." Riley said, flipping her hair back.

"Okay, we don't have time. Quick on your feet, girls. Quick, quick." Dani said, snapping her fingers.

"Don't even talk about feet right now. Mine is already killing me." I grumbled.

"Well, you are an idiot. Take them off." Riley said without even glancing at me.

"I am doing my hair! I will not step away to take off my damn heels. Too much work." I know it makes little sense, but I am doing my hair. I must put away my curler, then bend down and take off one heel then, the other, and then I must stand up and start curling again. Too much work. I would rather bitch about it.

"Oh, for fuck's sake!" Dani came over and bent down next to me.

"Lift your feet." I slowly raised my feet to not lose my balance and fall down face first.

She unbuckled my heels one by one and kept them aside for me to wear later.

"There, done." She said dusting her hands and standing up.

"You are an angel," I smiled at her graciously in the mirror.

"I fucking know." She sassed me.

To be fair, she was wearing jeans, and I was in a dress, but I am still very grateful.

Later, we all stood in my room in front of my full-length mirror, checking ourselves out. Riley was looking so gorgeous in her candy pink dress and straightened black hair. I was wearing a sleeveless red dress, the straps of my dress were barely visible. Danielle went for a more badass vibe. She wore a black lingerie top with black jeans and red heels. Her red lip added so much to her sexy look.

The glam quotient in this room was high.

"Okay, let's go!" Riley hollered.

"Yeah! Let's... Wait! Do we have the address?" Dani asks, looking confused.

"We aren't the only ones going. I am sure many girls from the building are going. We could ask one of them." Riley suggested.

True to Riley's words, we met a group of girls as soon as we stepped out of our dorm. Turns out they were also going to the same party.

Once the introduction and small talk were out of the way, we all made our way to the place where the party was going on.

Imagine my surprise when it was within walking distance. It took us around fifteen minutes to reach the place. The heels definitely made it difficult. One girl, we met told me it was the basketball house.

I heard the music before I could see the house. People were crowding the front of the house, I could only imagine what the inside would look like. The swarms of people did nothing to hide the beauty of the house. It was a well-maintained two-story house with a huge front yard.

"Come on, let's go inside," Riley yelled over the music, clutching Dani's hand who in return clutched my hand.

It was difficult to take everything in once you stepped inside. People were dancing, making out, drinking, playing games, there were people everywhere.

"Let's go get drinks." As soon as Riley finished her sentence, she started making her way towards the kitchen where we assumed the drinks would be.

The kitchen was comparatively less crowded. Instead of a crowd, there were small groups in here.

Taking out a vodka bottle, she poured us two shots each.

"Let's go!" She cheered as the three of us knocked back our shots.

Vodka is disgusting! But it's still the best.

Taking a beer bottle each to keep our hands busy and to keep the buzz going, we made our way towards the living room.

"What the fuck!" Riley suddenly yelled, ready to slap the guy who grabbed her elbow and pulled her to him. Hearing her yell, Dani and I instantly turned on our feet to help her.

"Relax, baby tiger! Relax." The guy said with a huge grin on his face.

"Oh my god, Noah! Why the fuck would you do that?" She exclaimed, obviously knowing the guy.

"Why the fuck would you come to this party on the first night of your college?" Noah questioned instead.

"Because it's the first of college." She replied in a duh tone.

"It is going to piss off your brother."

Suddenly, Riley started looking around her as if searching for something.

"What are you looking for?" He asked genuinely curious.

"Looking for the fuck I am supposed to give." She said smiling sweetly at Noah.

I couldn't control my laughter after that. Dani and I laughed our asses off at her savage reply. Even Noah had a shit-eating grin on his face.

"Well, come on sass queen. If you are going to stay here, stay close."

Turning to Dani and me, he gave us a charming smile, "Hey! I am Noah."

"Hi. I am Iris."

"Danielle. but please call me Dani." We both smiled at him.

"These are my beautiful roommates." Riley introduced, wrapping an arm around our shoulder.

"Oh! I am so sorry. It must be a nightmare tolerating this one." Noah smirked, ruffling Riley's hair.

"Not the fucking hair, Noah. Not the fucking hair." Riley looked ready to tackle Noah on the ground.

"Okay, okay," Noah said, raising his hands in a surrender motion.

"We have to meet your brother. If he saw you wandering alone, he'll kill you."

"Whatever. Let's go." Riley said huffing like a child.

"I'll be back in a moment." She said turning to us.

"Find us in the kitchen," I said, smiling.

It was later in the night when Dani and I were dancing on the makeshift dance floor. Riley had come back to us for a few drinks before going to meet a friend.

We were both dancing and laughing to the beat of some pop music when suddenly my eyes connected to a pair of brown eyes.

Taking my chances, I dragged my eyes downwards. He was wearing a black shirt with his sleeves rolled to his elbows and top buttons left unbuttoned with his chest peeking out. Pairing it with black jeans, he looked downright edible. The room was dark, so it was hard to make out details, but even without lights, you could tell he was well built. He filled his clothes, not the other way round.

Glancing back up to meet his eyes, I saw him checking me out. Not creepily, but in a way that makes you all hot and bothered. His eyes left a trail of goosebumps as they shifted up to meet my eyes.

When our eyes connected again, he tipped his beer bottle towards me, acknowledging whatever just happened. I was about to approach him when I saw a familiar blonde hug him.

Riley knows him. At least, that's what it looks like.

"I need a drink." Dani said clutching my hand dragging me back to the kitchen.

"Yeah. Let's go." I wasn't drunk yet. Tipsy? Yes. Drunk? No.

"Do you think we should go check up on Riley?" Dani asked while pouring her drink.

"I don't think so. I just saw her talking to a guy, and she looked quite comfortable, so let's not cock block."

I moved around Dani to pour my drink when Riley came skipping into the kitchen. Looking past her, I saw her holding the hand of the black shirt guy, likely pulling him along.

"Guys, meet my brother, the asshole." She said motioning to the black shirt guy.

What The Fuck?

Meeting the asshole's eyes, I realized he did not know about our common thread when we were playing peek-a-boo in the living room.

"Ethan Knight." He said shaking Dani's hand.

That's a fucking hot name.

His husky voice sent chills down my spine. It was a voice that demanded your attention as soon as they spoke.

"Danielle Ainsley." Dani smiled at him, returning his handshake.

Pulling back from her, he looked at me and I realized it was my turn to shake his hand. Stepping away from my cup, I moved around the counter to shake his hand.

"Iris Reed." I introduced and shook his hand.

I could feel the spark when our skin touched. It was like tingles erupting in my arms. Before they could spread to my complete body, he cleared his throat, pulling his hand away.

"Ethan Knight. Nice to meet you." He said looking me in the eye.

Someone once said, there was something about eye contact that was so undeniably hot' and right at this moment, I wholeheartedly agree with whoever it was. All I wanted to do was drag him somewhere private, but he was Riley's brother.

Now that I am looking closely, Riley and Ethan don't share many similarities. He had brown hair while she had blonde hair. Well, her mother did have blonde hair, to be fair. Riley had blue-green eyes while he had brown eyes. I should've noticed Elizabeth's eyes.

Shut up.

"Ethan, these are my amazing roommates."

Before Ethan could comment, two boys came strolling in. One of them being Noah.

"There you are. I have been looking for you everywhere." He commented.

I was sure he was talking about Riley or Ethan, but much to my surprise; he came and threw his arm around my shoulder.

"You talking about me?" I asked, looking at him sideways.

"Of course, I am talking about the prettiest girl in this room." He said cheekily.

Noah and I talked for a while when Riley went to meet her other friend, and he was as flirtatious as ever. I soon realized he wasn't flirting to get me in his bed, but just for fun.

"Oh, that ain't me." I said, examining my nails. I am on the verge of drunk but tipsy me is very flirty and affectionate.

"If not you, who would it be?"

"The girl you were grinding on half an hour ago." I removed his arm from my shoulder and smirked at him.

"Reed, are you jealous?" He smirked back.

"In your Dreams, Reid. In your dreams." I chuckled.

"Stop flirting with my friend. It's disgusting." Riley said making a face like the idea actually repulsed her.

"Why? You want me to all to yourself, baby tiger?" Noah said mischievously.

"Ew gross. You are like my brother, you monkey." She scrunched her nose.

"That's my sister Noah." Ethan said blankly.

"Aw, you are my little sister, little tiger. Don't worry." Noah hugged Riley, which she was really reluctant to do.

"Oh, and this is Mason." Riley introduced the third guy who was watching the whole interaction with a very sober smile.

"Hi. Mason Stanford." He said shaking Dani's hand, who instantly blushed.

Okay, then.

"Danielle Ainsley. But please call me Dani." She said.

"Dani." He nodded with a smile.

"Mason Stanford."

"Iris Reed." He gave me a friendly smile as we shook hands.

"Enough with the introductions. It's a party. Let's have some fun. Let's play some games." Noah hollered.

"That's the spirit monkey! Let's go." Riley encouraged him and both of them started making their way towards the backyard.

"Are we supposed to follow them?" I asked the other three with amusement.

"Yeah, apparently. Let's go." Ethan replied and followed them.

After losing two rounds of beer pong back to back, Riley was sloshed.

"You know you guys are so so so pretty. I am so glad I met you. We are going to have so much fun. College is going to be the best. Why is the moon white?" With her arms wrapped around me and Dani, she asked, genuinely curious.

"That's a light bulb." Dani laughed.

"Then where's the moon?" Riley stomped her feet like a child.

"It's in the bedroom. Come on, I'll show you." Noah said and picked her up bridal style to take her to Ethan's room so she could sleep the alcohol away. Noah was playing opposite Riley, so of course, he was stone-cold sober.

"You promise?"

"Yes, little tiger."

"Iris, it's your turn now." A guy, Aiden, I remember, from the team said.

"Go, Iris!" Dani cheered.

Laughing, I made my way to one side of the table.

"Let's do this." I rubbed my hand as if that would help me.

I looked up to find Ethan stepping up to the opposite side of the table.

Oh, boy!

I have seen him play a match with some guy and he won by a long shot.

Hello Future Drunk Iris, here I come.

NO! I will not give up even before I play. I can do this. So what if he is hot or sinfully sexy! I am going to win this match.

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