“What’s this?” I asked Hailey, who was lying on her bed reading, a magazine.
She put the magazine down on her stomach. “It was sitting against the door when I got here. The card has your name on it.”
I slipped off the pink bow, lifted the top up and removed the tissue paper. There was a pair of pink studded earrings, a pair of pink peep toe heels, and a little black dress.
As I laid it all out on my bed, Hailey came over to see what it was. “Damn, Kenzie, that’s hot.” She picked up the card that Dominic had put on the box, and read it. “Dominic is doing some serious ass-kissing. He needs to after the way he has been treating you.”
“Yeah, I guess he is.” Grinning like a fool, I sent a quick text to Dominic, thanking him for the gift.
“Well, let’s get ready. I want to curl my hair, so I’m going to need your help.” I took my curling iron into the bathroom and plugged it in the outlet.
Hailey walked in behind me with a huge-ass grin on her face. “You have got to find me something just as hot to wear tonight. I’m hoping that a certain football player will pay attention to me.” Then she winked at me, and went to the closet to go through my clothes.
I couldn’t figure out why she was not the crazy, happy girl she normally was. Ever since we came here, she had been just a little different. Then it dawned on me. I wondered if she missed Mason.
“So, Hails, are you going to tell me what’s going on with Mase?”
Groaning, she said, “I told you and everyone else, there is nothing going on with us. We’re just friends. Besides, I don’t think he wants anything more than that anyway.”
I smiled. “If you say so. One day, you are going to spill and tell me everything. It’s just a matter of time.”
“Whatever, now shut up and help me pick something out already.”
I texted Dominic, asked for the address and told him we were just going to grab a cab. We were going to be a little late and didn’t want to hold him up.
We were about an hour late to the party, since it took us twice as long to curl our hair. We pulled up to a gorgeous contemporary house that was a cheery yellow color. There was no way a college student could afford a place like this. The property was right on the beach, and I knew from my parents’ house that it cost a pretty penny. When we walked in, the party was already in full swing. There were people everywhere, dancing, playing poker, guys doing body shots off girls in the kitchen and people playing beer pong on the kitchen table. I knew there was no way I would find Dominic, so I texted him, told him we were in the kitchen and to come get us.
We made our way around a crowd that was surrounding some girls on the table. We found the guy who was manning the keg; he asked us if we wanted a beer. We both took the beer he offered to us, and he introduced himself as Bentley and told us that this was his house.
“You live in this big ass house all by yourself?” Hailey asked, looking around. Everything was stainless steel and modern. The kitchen even had one of those flat surface stoves, very similar to the one my mom had.
Bentley looked Hailey up and down, and gave her a sly smile. “No, I have a roommate, but he’s working tonight. There’s an extra bedroom, if you want to move in, too.”
Bentley was definitely not Hailey’s type. He was a scrawny tall kid with bright red hair and brown eyes. Hailey liked a guy with meat on his bones.
Hailey laughed a nervous laugh. “Oh no, I’m good back at the dorms, but thanks.”
“So, Bentley, do you know Logan and Dominic? They play on the football team here.” I asked.
“Oh yeah, Logan is actually right over there.” He pointed to Logan who was in the corner near the DJ, talking to a couple of the other guys dressed in their football jerseys. “I saw Dominic a few minutes ago out on the back deck.”
Hailey and I talked to Bentley for a little while, and then Dominic finally made his way into the kitchen. I was standing near the back door but he had not seen me