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They usually always partied at Andy's because he had his own house and a pool table and it was no different that night. Everyone was having a good time. Alcohol was flowing through everyone's bodies and music blared out of an expensive system. Sam and Mikaela were playing pool and trash talking each other. Mikaela had one ball left before the eight ball and was taunting Sam for losing to a girl because he still had four stripes on the table when he went on a run but missed the angle on the eight ball. Both missed their next shots before luck was on Mikaela's side and the cue ball stopped in just the right place, allowing her to make her last solid and the eight ball to win the game. Sam shrugged his shoulders in defeat, not really caring that he had lost to his girlfriend. He looked around at several of their friends and saw Leo flirting with every girl within ten feet of him. Mikaela followed his eyes and shook her head at Leo's antics. He could be intense at first, but was a great friend. Sam took Mikaela's hand and dragged her outside to the patio off the game room where a few people were dancing.

"C'mon let's dance," She pulled him to the makeshift dance floor by his hand.

"Somehow I saw this coming," Sam laughed.

"Any excuse to be in your arms," She winked. At that, Sam pulled her closer and placed his hands on her hips as a slow song started to play.

"Darlin', you don't need an excuse to be in my arms," He whispered as her arms wrapped around his neck. "So, is Christian ever going to tell Leo she wants him?"

"Christian doesn't want Leo," Mikaela looked up at him in what was supposed to be confusion, but Sam knew his girlfriend well enough to tell she was lying.

"You're a horrible liar," He told her. "Besides, I saw the way she looked at him."

"Chris is afraid to tell him. Not just because they're such good friends, but because she thinks it would be weird for all of us if she did and it didn't work out. She's also afraid to put her heart on the line with him because of the way he is with girls."

"Leo is definitely into her, but he's convinced he's just the really good guy friend she goes to for advice about other guys."

"Well, hopefully one of them will get the balls to tell the other one," Mikaela laid her head on his shoulder and they swayed along to the music in silence. An upbeat song flowed through the speakers after the ballad was over with, and Sam caught the sexy smile his girlfriend gave him when she recognized the song. He thought she was damn sexy when she was dancing because of the comfortable, seductive way her body moved with the beat. The way her hips grinded against his was intoxicating to him and he swallowed when she leaned in close to his ear and sang along with the song.

Put your lips on my mouth

Keep you comin' around

'Cause I like it

Put your hands on my hips

Take me down

Sink this ship

Boy I can't resist

Sam began to move in time with her as she kept singing in his ear. Their eyes locked and everything around them seemed to fade away. Mikaela turned so that they were back to front and had her hand on the back of his neck as their hips grinded together. She kept her head turned so her lips were still close to his ear and Sam's hands tightened on her hips.

I wanna wear my hair up in a mess

Cut off jeans, can you get with that?

Give you something like you've never had

'Cause I only wanna be wanted by you

I wanna tease you til you're beggin' me

And you're on your knees

And it's hard to breathe

And every other time is just a memory

'Cause I only wanna be wanted by you

Every move the couple made seemed to light their skin on fire and Mikaela had to stop singing because the sensations left her breathless. They danced the rest of the song in silence; the only audible sound from either of them was their heavy breathing. When the song was over, she gave him a flirty smile and he captured her lips in his in a passionate kiss.

"Do you have any idea what you do to me when you dance like that?" Sam whispered against her lips when the kiss was broken.

"Baby, I know exactly what it does to you," Mikaela rolled her hips against his to prove her point and he ducked his head in embarrassment. "You do the same thing to me."

"Unless you want everybody here to see what I'm gonna do to you if you keep dancing like that, we'd better get back in while I still have a little bit of control left."

They walked back into the game room to find Christian and Leo locked in a fierce argument with an unfinished pool game still on the table. Mikaela looked at Sam in confusion before speaking up.

"What's going on here?"

"Leo's being an asshole because Trey was flirting with me!" Christian answered pissed off.

"He wasn't flirting, he was all over her!" Leo looked back at Christian. "Everybody knows Trey's game is to sleep with as many girls as he can!"

"Oh, because you're so different? You're such a fucking hypocrite!" She pushed Leo and stalked off towards the kitchen. Mikaela glanced at Sam before taking off after her roommate.

"What the hell, Leo? You can't give her shit about who she gets with if you don't have the balls to tell her how you feel!" Sam hissed.

"Look, I didn't mean to, okay bro? Seeing her and Trey all over each other just set me off," Leo pinched the bridge of his nose.

"You need to explain to her why you went off on her for something that shouldn't be a big deal between friends," Sam advised.

"I know, I know. I'll go find her," Leo took off in the direction the girls had gone and Sam followed after his friend. They found them in the garage and saw Christian's teary eyes as she and Mikaela whispered to each other. Leo hesitated for a second when Christian looked up and met his eyes before going into the garage.

"What do you want now? Are you going to tell me my skirt is too short or I look like a whore?" Christian asked Leo scathingly.

"You look amazing and I'd still say that if you were wearing sweats and a hoodie," Leo stopped in front of her. "I'm sorry for what I said. Any guy is lucky to have you, but you deserve better than Trey. You deserve the man that'll stop at nothing to give you the world, not the guy that doesn't give a damn about anything but getting himself off."

"Why was it such a big deal tonight? I've dated other guys and you never freaked out like this," Christian was still upset, but not as angry as she had been. Sam and Mikaela quietly walked out of the garage to give their friends space to sort out their issues. Secretly they were both hoping Leo would use the opportunity to tell Christian how he felt about her.

The couple hung out in the kitchen with Tyler and Colton, a couple of their other friends, talking about sports and cars while they were waiting for Christian and Leo to rejoin the party. Sam had expected the two to come out of the garage in good moods because Leo had the perfect chance to let his feelings be known, so he was surprised when Leo came storming out of the garage, through the living room, and out the front door. He and Mikaela instantly went opposite directions, Sam towards Leo and Mikaela to Christian in the garage.

"What the hell happened?" Sam asked when he caught up to Leo.

"I did what you said. I told her how I felt, and she completely blew me off. Said that I was a dick for causing such a scene because of Trey and then turning around and doing the same thing he did. She wouldn't even listen to me when I tried to tell her I wasn't playing games. She refused to even accept that I was being serious, even went so far as to tell me that there was no way she would ever date me because I was her best friend."

"Leo, I know it sucks but you have to understand that you have been just like Trey in the past and because you and Christian are so close, she's seen every bit of it. In her mind, you just want to hook up with her because then Trey won't."

"But it's Christian! She knows she means too much to me to use her for sex!" Leo was so frazzled Sam couldn't help but feel sorry for him.

"Evidently she doesn't, man. You're gonna have to prove to her that you're serious. That means absolutely no more flirting with any other girl, no checking out another girl when she's around, nothing that you would normally do, but I'm telling you she's not going to believe a word you say tonight because you've been drinking and she'll think it's all the alcohol. Let's just go back in and have a good time. Everything is going to work out, just be patient. You'll have to completely change the way she thinks about you before she'll give you a chance, but I guarantee you that she will. Christian wants you as bad as you want her."

"She should know me better than that, but okay. Let's go have a good time," Leo started walking back to the front door. "Come on, I'm gonna beat your ass at pool."

Sam and Leo went to the game room where they began a competitive game of pool. He looked around for his girlfriend and Christian when they were back in the house, but hadn't been able to see either of them. Assuming they were still off talking somewhere, Sam hadn't worried about their absence and became engrossed in their game. When Mikaela came into the game room with a distracted look on her face, he had a feeling something else had happened.

"What happened?" He said softly.

"Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned. She's currently trying to show Leo she can do what she wants and to hell with his opinion," She said sarcastically.

"And how exactly is she…" Sam saw Leo staring into the kitchen and looked to see Christian and Trey making out. "Oh shit."

"You've gotta be fucking kidding me," Mikaela muttered. They saw a pained look flash over Leo's face before he silently put his pool stick away and left; however, she was the only one who had seen the look on Christian's face when she realized exactly what she'd done.

"I'm gonna go tell him to take Bee and go home, okay? I'll be back in a sec," Sam kissed his girlfriend's lips and then chased after his roommate for the second time that night.

"What brilliant advice do you have for me this time, O Wise One?" Leo mocked when he'd seen Sam walk out the door.

"That she was fucked up for doing that to you," Sam shrugged. "I don't think this is a good idea. Why don't you take Bee and leave? You're not going to have a good night with her here after that little stunt and you shouldn't have to suffer because of it. Hit the bar or something."

"You're probably right. Thanks, bro," Leo took the keys from Sam's hand and left without another word.

Sam understood why Leo and Christian had reacted the ways they did, but he still thought it was a low blow for her to make out with the guy Leo had warned her about right in front of Leo's face. He felt the tension the second he walked back into the game room and knew that most people knew what all had happened by then. Trying to get everyone back into a partying mood, Sam told Colton to play for Leo and went on with the game as if nothing had happened. Andy's girlfriend Balie took Sam's place when the first game was over and Sam sat down next to Mikaela on the couch where she was talking to Rachael and Callie, a couple of the other girls that were there. He wrapped an arm around her shoulder and tilted his head back on the top of the couch. The last few hours had stressed him out and it pissed him off because he'd come to party and get rid of all the stress he already had from their midterms.

Mikaela put her hand on his leg in an effort to help relax him because she knew he was agitated. She didn't blame him because the whole thing had made her mad as well. Her best friend had done something incredibly stupid and the two were now avoiding each other because Mikaela knew she was likely to tear Christian's head off for being a bitch and Christian knew it as well.

"Baby, what do you say we go back outside?" She asked Sam softly. He nodded and led her out to the patio.

Another slow song was playing, so he pulled her close to him and gently kissed her lips. Recognizing the love song on the radio, Sam moved his head back until she could look into his eyes and softly sang to her. As it often did when they were together, the world around them fell away until all they could see and hear was each other. They'd been together so long and had been through so much that they were comfortable with not needing to talk to each other. Even as the music changed to faster songs, they stayed in their embrace.

"So much for partying, huh?" Sam asked sardonically.

"I had fun dancing earlier," Mikaela replied sweetly.

"I enjoyed the hell out of that," He laughed. "It was hot."

When another fast song came on, Mikaela started moving against him again. Sam smiled wickedly and spun her around so that he was behind her and put his hands against her pelvic bone. Her hands were on the back of his head tugging at his hair. She turned her head back to wink at him before sliding down his body to her knees. Sam lifted her arm up to his shoulder, gliding his hand up her arm. The couple moved in sync; every time one stepped back, the other stepped forward so they were touching again. Mikaela took great enjoyment in watching Sam's face every time she rolled her hips into his. In retaliation to her teasing, Sam ran his hand down her neck through the valley of her breasts until it rested on the waistline of her skirt.

"Don't light the match if you can't handle the fire," Mikaela said breathlessly in his ear.

"I like it hot," He replied against her neck, his lips on her skin sending tingles through her body.

Mikaela took his statement as a challenge to see how far she could push him until he broke. Her movements became more precise, a little more forceful, and she kept her eyes locked on his the entire time. What she hadn't counted on, however, was that he gave it back every bit as good as she did. They were soon both breathing hard from the arousal coursing through their bodies, but neither of them wanted to give in. Mikaela knew, though, that they were both pushing too far with reckless abandon when she heard Sam groan.

"Sam, we've gotta stop. If we don't now, we won't be able to and this is hardly the place to take this any farther," She said softly. She knew the disappointed look on his face matched that of her own, but he nodded and sat down in a lawn chair in the corner of the patio. Sam pulled his girlfriend down onto his lap where she laid her head on his shoulder, but they both stayed silent as they tried to calm their hormones down.

"Baby, look, it's Orion's Belt!" Mikaela pointed towards the sky.

"Oh, God, don't say that. I don't even want to think about it," He whined.

"Well, if I had my girlfriend alone sitting under the stars surrounded by amazing pyramids and was too scared to tell her that I loved her, I wouldn't want to think about it either."

"You're just a regular comedian, aren't you?" Sam muttered.

A few minutes later, they walked back into the house to find that Tyler and Colton were the only other people there besides Sam and Mikaela and Andy, of course.

"Where's Balie?" Mikaela asked Andy when she noticed his girlfriend missing.

"Putting Christian to bed. She got wasted while you guys were outside. Balie thought it would be better if she stayed here because of what happened." He answered.

"Well, fellas, it's getting late. We're gonna head out," Sam said.

He took Mikaela by the hand and together they walked out the front door to where Bee was waiting for them. Sam opened the passenger side door for Mikaela and helped her in before jogging to the driver's side and getting in himself. After they got back to the dorms, Sam walked his girlfriend to her door and kissed her goodnight before going to his own dorm room. He was just about to let himself in when he saw the rubber band around the door knob and heard sounds coming from inside the room. Shaking his head, he turned around and went back to Mikaela's room.

"Baby, what are you doing here?" She asked when she answered the door.

"Leo has some girl in the room with him. I almost walked in on them." Sam grimaced. "Can I stay with you?"

"Why do you even ask that? Like I'm really going to tell you no." Mikaela rolled her eyes. "Your clothes are in the second drawer."

Sam and Leo each kept a pair of pajamas in the girls' room, as did the girls in the guys' room, for times like that night when someone got kicked out so their roommate could have a private room. It had started with Sam kicking Leo out and he'd had to stay with Christian, but it hadn't taken long before Leo and Christian were often the ones kicking the other two out. Technically it was against the dorm rules, but they hadn't been caught yet.

"Well you could say no. You don't have to let me stay here," Sam shrugged as he went to the bathroom to change.

"If you don't stay here, you wouldn't have anywhere else to go. Besides, I like it when you stay with me," She changed into a pair of shorts, not really worried about Sam seeing her in her bra and shorts that barely covered her butt. He'd seen her in less several times before.

"Oh, you do, do you?" He asked after coming out of the bathroom in his pajamas.

"Don't try and pretend you don't like it. I know better," Mikaela smirked.

"Baby, I love anything that includes being with you," He said smoothly while he crawled in the bed and lay with his back to the wall.

"That's what I thought," She said smugly and walked over to the light switch to turn the light off. "And quit staring at my ass!"

"I would never do such a thing," Sam said innocently.

"Yeah, okay," was her sarcastic reply. She lay down on her back next to him and his arm instinctively wrapped around her waist.

"I can't believe you would think so little of me!" He held his hand over his heart in mock astonishment.

"You're so full of shit," Mikaela laughed. She turned her head and gave him a quick kiss.

"And you love it, darlin'." The couple was silent for the next several minutes just enjoying being together. It wasn't all that often that they were able to spend the night together, because it always inconvenienced Christian or Leo and neither wanted to take advantage of their friends.

"Did you ever think we'd be here together?" Mikaela asked softly.

"Here as in how?"

"In college and still together."

"In some ways yes, and in other ways no. I never thought we would ever be together, but fate stepped in and after all we've gone through, it doesn't surprise me that we are still dating."

"I'm still glad I got in the car with you," She smiled.

"Even if I was the strangest boy you'd ever met?"

"You're still the strangest boy I've ever met," Sam pouted. "But you're also the only man who has given me the world."

"I'd do anything for you," He kissed her temple.

"I know you would," Mikaela's words had started slurring because she was almost asleep.

"Good night. I love you, baby," Sam whispered in her ear.

"I love you too," She'd just barely finished her statement before she was out like a light.