Part two

“Oh you’re…Jason, right?” I say after a moment's thought and he nods with a friendly smile before holding out a red solo cup. “It was originally for a friend but he looks a little occupied at the moment.” Jason nods towards the boy who had opened the door for me and Maggie. He was now against the wall with one of the cheerleaders making out. “He might just beat my body count one of these days.” Jason chuckles, quirking a brow before drinking some of the liquid in his own cup. He holds out the extra one again, handing it over to me. “So what’s your name?” He asks after I take the cup. I look down, inspecting the brownish liquid that looks to be Coke or Pepsi inside my cup. “Lizzy.” I respond, not looking up at him quite yet. “Lizzy, is that short for something?” He smirks slightly at me before adding. “It’s coke. I’m not an asshole, don’t worry.” 

I shift my eyes upward to his face. “Elizabeth, it’s short for Elizabeth.” He hums in response. “Well Lizzy. My friends call me Jay.” I raise a brow at his words and tilt my head slightly. “And when did we become friends?” My response may not have been exactly nice but it wasn’t intended to be rude either. “Just now, when we were introducing ourselves. You know that’s typically how friendships start if I’m not mistaken.” I open my mouth to respond but am cut off by Maggie popping up behind me. “You're not.” She says before turning and nudging me. “Come on Liz, I want you to meet someone.” She grabs my wrist without waiting for a response and drags me over to the couch where two people sit talking. “Guys I want you to meet Lizzy.” Maggie says to the couple. The girl stands up and pulls me into a hug. I hesitantly pay her shoulder not knowing how to respond to the unexpected gesture. “I’m Chris and this is Alex.” She nods to the blonde guy who gives a small wave. “You're a junior right?” Chris asks me as she sits back down on the couch and I nod. “Cool, we are both seniors.” She gestures between her and the guy next to her. “Yeah they both are in our Lit class.” Maggie comments. Chris nods before Alex calls out to someone behind us. “Yo, bro who was that chic?” He asks as the dude who had opened the door for me and Maggie approaches the four of us. “I think her name was Lisa.” The guy says before plowing down on an empty armchair nearby. “Aren’t you gay though?” Chris asks him as he leans back in his seat. “I’m bi when it’s convenient.” He then turns to me ignoring the eye rolls he received from both Chris and Alex. “I’m Theodore, or Theo.” He lifts his hand for me to shake. “Lizzy.” I reply, taking his hand. “It’s nice to meet you, I saw you and Jason talking a bit ago.” He says as an arm is placed around his shoulders. “I’d think you were too caught up to notice.” Jason joins the conversation, taking a sip from his drink.” He then turns and nods towards me. “Sup.” I give a slight smile in recognition and he smirks. “Y’all, we should play a game!” Chris suddenly tunes into the conversation before leaning down and shuffling through the games stored on a small shelf under the coffee table. After a few seconds she sits up holding a board game. “What’s this?” She asks Jason, handing over the box. He takes the box in his free hand and turns it over reading the description. “Horrified.” He reads the title aloud. “Must be something my dad bought. Do y’all want to play it?” He looks around before setting his cup down on the coffee table and opening the box. He places the board in the center of the table and pulls out the various pieces. Maggie grabs my wrist and pulls me to sit beside her on the floor. “I call the yellow dude!” Theodore calls out the second the pieces are on the table. Jason tosses him the character and then gives the rest of us each a character to play as before placing the extra one back in the box. I glance down at one I got. Jason had given me the scientist. “Alright so how do we play this thing?” Alex asks, placing an arm around the back of the couch vision behind Chris as he looks down, inspecting his character. Jason sits down in the other empty chair and leans forward as he starts to explain.

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