Grace

As soon as I enter Becky finds me.

"You're here!" she yells in my ear, the music in here is already deafening. She hugs me tight and looks so happy it brings a smile to my lips.

"And you're getting your present at midnight, so don't even try," I say when I feel her hands around the bag.

She just rolls her eyes and leads me to the counter.

The bar is packed, surprisingly, because it's Thursday. It must be because of the vacation.

I do see some familiar faces and wonder wether he is going to be here too. But I don't know if Blake stayed here or went back home for the holiday.

Maybe I could shoot a text to Ali, I know she lives in the same dorm as him. I think it over and decide not to do it, I can't disturb her dinner. Besides I haven't told her about him.

At the bar Becky orders a Champagne, "Babe, you look so cute," she says. I know she's just making fun of my red nose and cheeks and messy hair.

Becky pulls a hairbrush out of her purse and gives it to me. I thank her with a small nod and brush my hair.

She also offers me some foundation - how does she fit so many things in her purse - but we have different skin tones, Becky's skin is pearl white and mine is more olive coloured, so I can't do much about my red cheeks and decide to just go with it.

While she's paying I have time to check out her outfit.

It's exactly what one would imagine a birthday girl should look like.

The dress is short, incredibly short, with spaghetti straps, showing an impressive amount of cleavage. It's also sparkling like a disco ball, but that's the whole point. She wants to draw attention and have hot, lingering eyes on her the whole night. 

In my opinion she's really brave, I would never go out in an outfit like this. No way.

Becks leads me to her table, it's at the far end of the bar, where the music isn't as loud, thank god. My eardrums feel like they're about to burst.

I can see Maya and Elizabeth standing by the table. Of course they are dressed just like Becky. 

I can see they went shopping together. Maya's dress is bright red, it suits her skin-tone perfectly. Elizabeth is wearing a royal blue, which fits her blonde hair and brings out her blue eyes.

I can't exactly see who they are talking to, but I'm guessing some of Becky's other friends.

Becky leads the way through the crowd with the champagne in her hands and we reach the booth.

"Drinks are here!" Becky yells and Maya turns around with a big red smile on her lips. She looks radiant.

"GG's here!" Maya yells back.

"Let's get this party started!" Liza says when she spots us.

They both run to hug me, and I have to catch them before they fall because of their ridiculously high heels.

They are already drunk and it's not even 10pm yet. I can't do anything but laugh at my friends. 

"C'mon, let's sit down, these hills are killing me," says Maya and pulls me to the table.

I halt in my step when I see how many guys are crammed in the booth. The lighting is dimmed in this corner, but even so, they look oddly familiar.

Wait a second... it's Rebecca's jock friends aka the baseball team.

Now I get why my friends are dressed like this. And judging by the looks they're getting from the guys sitting at the table, it's working. 

I get crammed into the booth which is already too full. I'm surprised that seven ripped guys and four girls can fit in it.

I can see Namjoon across from me and he greets me with a small smile. I'm still a bit uncomfortable, but his smile eases that a little.

The guy sitting next to me introduces himself. "I'm Jimin," his eyes rake up and down my body, "it's very nice to meet you." 

I remember Becky saying something about him once. He's the biggest player of them all, but hey, at least he's owning it.

"I'm Grace," I say back, raking my eyes very obviously up and down his body on purpose. 

My response gets me a laugh from the guy sitting next to Jimin.

I look at him and realise who he is.

The guy from the fair. Jungkook, right?

"Hey," he says when he sees me notice him. As if on cue, next to me, Maya turn her head and looks at Jungkook. I can see her girl-on-the-hunt look in her eyes. She licks her blood-red lips before she responds.

"It's nice to see you again," she smiles seductively and offers Jungkook her hand across the table.

Jungkook shakes her hand, but something about his expression tells me he's not enjoying this as much as Maya.

Jungkook

To be honest I'm surprised when I see her. I didn't know she was friends with Becky. 

When I saw her at the fair I thought she was the typical nerdy girl, but I guess you can't judge a book by its cover.

Because wow. She looks hot.

Compared to Becky, Liza and Maya she isn't dressed in vibrant colours or showing skin. She's in all black, just like me, and yet she looks better than all of them.

Somehow the not-showing-you-anything look is making her even more attractive.

I think Jimin has noticed that too, because he keeps getting closer.

I would jump in, but I think she can handle him easily.

Jimin is going on about trivial things and I can see how uninterested Grace is. 

I've also noticed that she has been drinking the same glass of champagne for an hour. Not like I can judge her, I've been nursing the same bottle of beer since we've arrived.

I feel kind of bad for her. Jimin has turned his attention to Maya, and they've have started hardcore flirting with Grace stuck between them.

Finally Liza comes to her rescue.

"Becky, GG, Maya, let's go dance," Liza is super drunk and she's barely standing still.

I don't think she's in luck though. Becky is sitting in Hobi's lap, Maya and Jimin are in their own world and I don't know who GiGi is.

"C'mon, GG, dance with me," Liza is not giving up.

"Who's GiGi?" I ask, confused who she's talking to.

Grace looks at me and says "Me."

"Wait, I thought your name was Grace," I say even more confused, and a bit nervous now that her whole focus is on me and she's looking up at me with her big, dark eyes.

"Her name is Grace Genevieve Green," Maya explains, taking a break from flirting with Jimin. "I guess we should call you triple G, Grace." Her words come out slowly and I can tell she's too drunk to think.

"Triple G seems a bit extreme, let's just stick with GG," I say and smile when I see the relief wash over Grace's face.

My nice save gets me a thank-you smile from her, interrupted by the ringing of her phone.

She checks it out, her face illuminated by the light form it and she does look stunning.

Not your typical drop dead gorgeous like Maya, not the type to cause guys' eyes pop out when they see her. But the rare kind of beauty. Her features are sharp, but soft, her hair a dark brown colour and her eyes brown, I think. Or maybe they could be hazel, I can't see exactly, it's too dark in here.

Grace clears her throat to get Maya's attention and climbs out of the booth. Becky stops her at the end of the table and Grace speaks loud enough so I can hear her.

"Ali's here, I'm going to say hi." Grace replies and heads toward the bar.

I try hard not to stare at her walking away, but I can't help it.

From what I can see she's hugging a girl, I think it's the one from the fair... and now she's hugging a guy. My smile fades when I see how big hers is, her face is lit up and she is bursting with happiness because of that guy.

I guess she has a boyfriend. 

Just before I look away her expression fills with nervousness and her hands start fidgeting.

I look around to see why she's acting like this when I see another guy approaching.

By her body language, I'm guessing she's into him.

So if the first guy isn't her boyfriend, who is he? And how could he make her so happy?