Moments later Sam heard someone clear their throat. She opened her eyes and saw a tall maybe 17 year old brunette standing in front of her.

"Hello." Said Sam.

"Hi my name is Chris, would you like to dance with me?"

"Ok, I'm not a very good dancer though."

"That's alright, I can help you." He said.

She stood up and her took her hand and led her onto the dance floor. He placed a hand on her waist and took her hand in his. At first Sam stumbled a bit, messing up the steps. But Chris quietly told her instructions in her ear. Sam began to get the hang of it, and was matching his pace very well. The song ended, and someone tapped Sam on the shoulder.

An average height, but taller than her, blond and tan kid who looked to be around 15 asked her to dance. He claimed to be Alex, and he was very funny, Sam felt happier with him. A slow song came on and he placed both hands on her waist. She put her hands around his neck and they began to sway. The lights in the ballroom faded a little bit and she began to relax. She rested her head on his shoulder and their bodies got closer, touching, like a really long hug. After the song ended, someone else asked her to dance with them, and it went on for all the other songs, each one with a new guy asking her to dance. One of the band leaders went up to the mike after the eleventh song.

He claimed that drinks and food were out, and that everyone could help themselves, they would just play slow songs for a while.

Sam spotted Alex among all the people and walked over. "Hey," he said. "Do you want a drink? I'm going to get one."

"Ok." She smiled.

He came back a second later, "Do you drink? They have beers and other martinis, or soda or something else."

"Do they allow us to drink here?" Sam asked.

"Hell yeah they do, so you want a beer?"

"Haha, I guess I'll try one." Sam laughed.

He came back with two beers. "Lets go sit outside." He said. They carried their drinks outside, where there was a huge pool, a second pool, that was connected, had a swim-up bar on it. There were flowers and green grass with fountains and ponds going on and on. Fire flies lit up, lighting the way to a bench. There were flowers and bushes around it for privacy, and there were a few more hidden benches deeper in the bushes. They selected one and sat down. Sam leaned back and had a drink. She began to feel a warm feeling in her chest as the alcohol went though her.



Alex chatted to her about everything that he did and she talked about River Bend. She finished her first beer and put it down on a small table next to the bench. They got up and walked around to a bridge. Alex claimed he was going to get another beer and he offered to get her one too. She accepted, and he came back with another one for her, after she finished that one they wondered back into garden. The guy she had danced with earlier, named Chris was standing by the fountain with a group of guys. At this time Sam was pretty drunk and she was stumbling around. The guys all laughed at her, she stood up straighter.

"Hey you ok?" Asked Alex.

"Yup." Said Sam, she swayed and one of the guys in the group caught her. He didn't let go of her waist. "Heyyyy." He said. "where you goin babe?"

The guys laughed. "Share her with the rest of us, Jt."

"Sam?" Said a lower voice. The hands dropped from her sides and she stepped back.

Jake appeared at her side.