every curve of his perfectly tan, sculpted body through his gray fitted t-shirt. His hair was a chestnut brown that most girls would kill to have. The thing that really caught me off guard were his eyes. He had the most amazing green eyes I’d ever seen. He smiled at me as I’m admired him and my heart literally skipped a beat. He had the most perfect smile and to top it off…he had dimples.
“Ava, are you okay?” Jesse interrupted my admiration session.
“Yeah, I’m just concentrating,” I lied. I seemed to be doing a lot of lying tonight.
“Okay, well I think that’s long enough. You’ve been standing here like a zombie for like three minutes,” he whispered.
“Oh my God! Have I really?” I was horrified.
“No, but it feels like it.” I smacked Jesse and turned back to the team standing across from us.
“Can we start yet?” The green-eyed guy’s teammate asked, sounding irritated.
I got into position and we made eye contact. We both threw a ball, but mine, of course, bounced off the table and rolled into the crowd while his sunk into one of our red cups.
“I believe that’ll be your drink.” He looked at me and smiled.
“Oh, honey, I’m just warming up.” I smiled back at him. Okay, I had no idea where that came from, but I liked it! Suddenly I really had the urge to kick these guys’ asses.
The game surprisingly continued pretty even until each team had two cups left. Jesse took his place and got into position. He took his shot and sunk it into the back red cup. Everyone cheered.
He put his hand on my lower back. “All right, Ava, you just have to get it in that front cup and we can end the game. No pressure.” He smirked.
“Yeah, no pressure at all,” I said sarcastically. I glanced up at the green-eyed guy, smiled, and looked back down at their cups. Okay, all I had to do is make it in that last cup and it’s game over. I took a deep breath, stepped up to the table and raised my arm. I tossed my ball into the air and held my breath as I watched it arc. It landed in the cup and spun around the edge. The green-eyed guy’s friend stuck his finger in the cup and tried to pull it out, but failed, and pushed the ball into the cup. Everyone started cheering.
“We won!” Jesse yelled as he picked me up and spun me around.
“You’re not too bad for a girl,” my handsome opponent said as he came over to shake my hand.
“Yeah, well, you’re not too bad yourself,” I replied.
“What’s your name, anyway?”
“Ava. Yours?”
“Adrian. You go to school here?”
“Ava!” Lily called. “I think we’re going to head over to the next house. You ready?”
“Yeah…sure!” I yelled back in her direction.
“We’ll meet you out front! It’s too hot in here!” She, Steven, and Jesse proceeded out the front door.
“Okay I’ll be out in a sec!” I looked back at Adrian. “Sorry about that, but we try and stick together at these kinds of things.”
“No problem. I’m actually heading to the next house myself. Mind if I tag along?”
“Sure.” We made our way out of the house.
CHAPTER 4
“Ava! Over here!” Lily yelled across the still crowded lawn. Adrian and I made our way over.
“Guys, this is Adrian.” I moved out of the way so they could get a good look at the hot guy standing behind me.
“Hey! Weren’t you just on the team who’s asses got kicked by my girl Ava here?” Lily came over and put her arm around my shoulders. I could tell by the slurring in her words and failure to balance on her own that she’d had a little too much to drink. Not to mention she was smiling a little more then usual.
“Yes, as much as I hate to admit it.” He looked down and ran his fingers through his hair. “That would be me. It’s okay, though, because next time I’ll be winning. She just got lucky this time.” He winked at me.
“Next time, huh? That sounds like a challenge.” I couldn’t help but admire his smile, and of course those dimples.
“Okay, guys. What house are we going to next?” Jesse sounded a little irritated. He couldn’t really be jealous of a little flirting…could he?
“Well, we can go to the house next door. They have Jell-O shots,” Adrian suggested.
“We love Jell-O shots! Don’t we, Ava?” Lily yelled in my ear.
“Yes, we do, Lily. Next