16 September 2012
Josh leaves us and goes back over to his group.
"I'm sorry that Josh did that, you can go back to your friends. I'll understand," I say embarrassed.
I start to walk away but he grabs my arm.
"Nah, it's cool. Let's go take a seat."
He brings me over to a couch and we sit down. I look at Ryan, and when you start staring its hard to stop. He has blond hair with piercing green eyes. He as two dimples on his cheeks and a really bright smile.
"Are you thirsty?" he asks.
"Now that you ask, yeah I am a bit thirsty."
"Okay I'll be right back."
He turns around and disappears in the crowd. Ryan actually seems pretty cool. Josh comes up to me and he has a girl with him.
"This is Ashley."
"Hi Ashley, I'm Emma," I say as I stick out my hand for her to shake.
"Hey Emma," she says as she high fives my hand instead of shakes.
Josh leaves and Ashley sits down next to me. Josh really has to stop introducing people to me. Ryan comes back and his eyes get wide.
"Here's your drink," he says slowly as he stares at Ashley. I grab the drink.
"Hi, um, what's your name?" he asks Ashley.
"Ashley. You areee...?"
"Ryan,"he says as a grin spreads across his face.
"Oh, cool."
It's quiet for a few moments. I stare at him and point at my drink.
"Oh, umm," he stutters, "would you like a drink?"
"Sure."
He turns around and disappears into the crowd again.
It's silent for a few moments. I try to think about things to talk about. Since I have no idea what to say I just blurted out a random question.
"Um, so how long have you known, uh, Josh?" I ask her.
"A few years."
I nod my head not saying anything else. Its quiet for a long time. Once Ryan comes back, it gets less awkward.
"Here's your drink,"he says as he passes it to her.
"Thanks."
She takes a sip out of it and then puts it down. Everyone is quiet. All that we do is stare at each other. After about three minutes, Ryan finally asks if we want to go dance. We all agree to that. We get up and make our way through the crowd. This is going to be a long night.
Chapter 12 • Opuss № I