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"Now, what will you do when I win? I think I'm going to go with the duck stroking..."

"NO! No, I will not do that!"

"Doubting your 'witty' comebacks, Will?" She smiled at him, innocently. He paused for a moment.

"Fine, but as well as setting up Jem and Sophie, you have to come to dinner with me."

Tessa's jaw dropped, again she was speechless, and Will grinned in response. "What? Why?"

"Because going out with me will be as awkward for you as it will be for Sophie to go out with Jem."

Tessa gasped and brought her hand to her mouth. "So it's not because I'm so devastatingly beautiful?"

"Oh please, next to me no one notices you enough to decide whether you're beautiful or not. Anyway back to the point, do you take the deal?"

Tessa snorted. "You're on. I think I'll make a scrap book with pictures of you and the duck..."

Will glared at her. "I think I'm going to ask Sophie to take you shopping before our dinner."

Tessa gasped again. "You wouldn't!"

Will took a gulp of his beer to hide his smirk. "Wanna dance?"

"No, not really."

"Wow, that was a harsh rejection, what will my life be like without a dancing Tessa?"

"Pretty normal considering you've never seen me dance."

"So you do dance."

"Occasionally."

"Why not now?" He raised his eyebrows.

"Tessa! You wanna dance?" Sophie came up to Tessa, eyes bright. Will raised his eyebrows.

"Um...actually-"

"Nope, you are dancing. It wasn't a real question." Sophie grabbed Tessa's hand and pulled her onto the dance floor, Tessa protesting the entire time.

"Will, help me!" Tessa turned her head back and reached for him with her free hand. She could hear Will laughing loudly over the music behind her, as she was pulled to the middle of the floor, where the music was so loud she couldn't hear or feel anything but the beat.

"I CAN'T DANCE!" She screamed over the music, and leant so her mouth was next to Sophie's ear.

"IT'S FINE! JUST DO WHAT FEELS NATURAL! LOSE YOURSELF IN THE BEAT AND IT WILL BECOME INSTINCTUAL!" Sophie screamed back. Tessa's eyes widened, and she carried on looking at Sophie for guidance, following what she did. Eventually Sophie was right and Tessa lost herself in the beat, jumping, swaying and singing along to the songs.

Sophie and Tessa stayed close together, although it was hard with so many people pressing against them. Suddenly, Sophie grabbed Tessa's hand, smiling, and pointed to some approaching figures. Tessa looked carefully and realized Jem and Will had joined them on the dance floor, she looked at Jem and they shared a grin.

They all danced together far into the night, uncaring of who was watching and forgetting the stress of school life. By the time they left the club, Tessa was feeling slightly drunk and Sophie was stumbling with her. It was 2 am, and they had a short walk to Sophie's house. The boys had decided to stay at hers as well, as it was so late and they didn't want to drive.

Tessa walked with Jem, and Sophie and Will led the way, the cold biting into all of them ruthlessly, like the only warmth in the world now came from their very inner beings, and it was slowly being sucked out by the harsh wind.

Tessa stumbled slightly and gripped onto Jem's arm, he smiled warmly at her. "Are you ok?"

"Yeah, I'll be fine, I just had a bit too much to drink." Tessa blushed slightly at his concern.

"Once you have some water you'll be fine."

"Yeah, that was really fun!" She meant it; going to the club had been the most fun she'd had in ages! Back in New York, she didn't... go out much: her parents were very strict, and although she'd had lots of friends, none of them had felt as weirdly natural as Jem and Sophie did. Will, he was different, something about him constantly had her aware of him, so much so that she could tell, without looking, when he was staring at her.

"It was, although I'm slightly deaf now, and my limbs still seem to be buzzing."

Tessa laughed softly. "I know what you mean, I didn't know people stayed up so late, if it wasn't for Sophie I would be curled in my bed with Vathek."

"I haven't read it, I'm more into music and the arts than reading." He said, looking slightly uncomfortable.

"Oh yes, you play the piano and the violin?"

"Yep."

"Will you play me something? I mean, later, maybe at school?"

"Of course, I'm writing a new song right now, and I'm really close to finishing it."

"You write your own songs?" He nodded. "That is so cool! Can I listen to it?" Tessa had always had a fascination with music, and a romantic fantasy of herself mastering an instrument, unfortunately she had never had a chance to pursue it enough to get there.

"Sure, but only when I'm finished." Jem smiled gently.

"Do you live around here?"

"No, Will and I live together in central London. What about you?"

"You live together?" She quickly added, "And I live next to school with my brother."

"Yeah, we're sharing an apartment, we live near our parents so we are there a lot. Before we lived near each other but one day Will suggested we get an apartment of our own, and once Will gets an idea it's very hard to knock it out of his head. No matter how stupid."

Tessa laughed again, and felt Will glance at her. "That's cool, I was going to live by myself, but Nate, my brother, is so protective he insisted on coming with me and living with me."

"Where are your parents?"

"Back in New York, they had work there but they said they should be coming out soon, and they came with us to get everything set up." Tessa quickly made up a lie so he wouldn't ask more questions.

"How old is your brother?"

"He's 24 years old, and he takes care of me, although I'm 18 so legally I don't really need a guardian." They arrived at Sophie's house and quickly hurried inside, desperate to escape the cold.

"Shhh, my parents are asleep." Sophie whispered, signaling for them to follow her. Tessa stood on her tip toes, trying to make as little noise as possible, every creak of the staircase sounding loud, and out of place. Sophie led them into her room and quickly shut the door.

"Tessa and I can sleep in here, and Jem and Will, you go sleep in the guest room it's just down the corridor, first door on your right." They slipped out, and Tessa quickly changed into one of Sophie's pajamas and crawled into the bed, Sophie following soon after. They huddled under the blanket, curling up to warm up.

Tessa cracked her eyes open, then snuggled back into the blanket and closed them. She really didn't want to wake up, but she couldn't go back to sleep. She groaned and opened her eyes properly, blinking as her eyes adjusted to the light. She looked over and Sophie was still asleep, and outside the sun was just rising. She crawled out of bed, noticing the house was silent: no one else was awake, it was too early. Tessa silently debated going downstairs, on the one hand it would be awkward and she didn't really know what to do, but then again what was she going to do in the room, and she was dying for some water.

She crept out of the room, and down to the kitchen. It was pristine white, with black granite surfaces, the cold tiles froze her feet and she quickly walked to a random cupboard to find a glass.

Someone cleared his throat behind her and she spun around, messy hair flying.

It was Will.

He yawned, bringing his hand up to his mouth.

"Hey Will, you want some water?"

"Yeah sure." He yawned again and sat down, his eyes tired and weary. "Haystack hair suits you, Tess." Tess? No one called her Tess, it made her name sound almost pretty with a sharp T and two soft S's, and she smiled inwardly at her new nickname, instantly her favorite.

"And deodorant would suit you, but it's sharply obvious that you refuse to wear any." Will chuckled.

Tessa found some glasses, filled them with water from the fridge and sat down next to him at the breakfast bar.

"So... Jem told me you had never been out with your friends before?" Tessa just nodded, not looking at him, he snorted softly, "Well you are in need of a rebellious influence: tomorrow we shall take the first plane to Vegas, where we will act solely on scandalous instincts."

"Why tomorrow? Lets go today."

Will shook his head, "Sorry, I need at least 24 hours notice to go shopping. I need some new shoes, and some sparkly scarves with matching man bags! Magnus will kill me if he found out I went to Vegas without shopping first."

Tessa laughed. "Magnus?"

"Yep. I know this outrageous bar near his house!"

"Well, why are we going to Vegas? Lets go there and save time."

"Nah, it isn't that scandalous." Will rolled his eyes, as if this should be obvious.

"Well then, what's your definition of outrageous?"

Will took on an informative, matter-of-the-fact voice, "Outrageous. Used to imply chaos, popular and very over-the-top, usually in reference to parties by Magnus Bane. However, despite the social use of the word to mean scandalous, an outrageous party can be annoyingly decent. For example, "That party was outrageous." "Yes, I especially enjoyed the watercress sandwiches." Or if they are in reference to Mr Bane's parties: "Man, that party was totally awesome." "I know right, totally outrageous!"" He looked at Tessa waiting for her reply.

"Hm, I was wrong: not all of your time is spent practicing flirting in the mirror, you memorize urban dictionary definitions, too. Have you considered gardening as a pastime instead?"

For the first time, Will laughed, genuinely and out loud. Tessa's eyes widened, and she wondered if he was still drunk from last night.

Please review, because I really don't know if this chapter was good, or if I should change my style etc.