“Don’t you dare let him out of there Victoire, or you can join him and Al’s sweat socks!” James said quickly. I rolled my eyes again, like my thirteen year old cousin could do anything.

“Victoire.” I tensed. There was something about the way my ex-boyfriend said my name that I knew exactly what he was going to say. His hand rested on my shoulder lightly, I shook it away and continued to ignore him. “C’mon babe, don’t be like this.”

“Go back to your own table Lawden,” I hissed.

“It’s Halloween, let’s just have fun.” Of course, watching my best friend hit on a girl that hates me, avoiding my crazy ex-boyfriend, and holding Teagan’s hair while she pukes because she drank too much after watching Tuck dancing with Tessa or someone didn’t exactly sound like fun.

“Swear-handshake.”

He winced. “Gross Victoire, we stopped doing that like five years ago.”

“Smile,” Teddy whispered and I plastered a grin on my face. “And stop thinking about it Rie, your psychotic.” My smile widened and I did as I was told, forgetting Granddad’s suggestions that Ted and I were…you know…dating. Maybe I was psychotic, but something in my stomach hurt as I thought about how quickly my friend said that the two of us together as a real couple was a crazy idea.