Paige, Ellie, Hazel, and Sammy walked in a step ahead of the boys. The Yorke house was already packed with everyone from school. Emma and Liberty looked up and saw Sammy. They pushed through the sea of bodies over to her. "Hey," Emma said. "What are you doing here?"
"Relaxing," Sammy replied.
Kendra walked in after Spinner and she looked up and saw him. Kendra was wearing blue jean hip huggers and a red tank top.
"What are you wearing?" Spinner asked.
Kendra looked down. "Clothes," she said.
He shook his head. "I don't think so," he replied.
Toby walked over. "Hi, Kendra," he said.
"Don't look at my sister," Spinner snapped.
"Uh, I was just going to see if she'd wear this," he replied, taking his button up shirt off and handed it to her.
"Why?" Kendra asked.
He looked over his shoulder at a bunch of Grade 12 students who were watching her and whispering. He looked back at her. "Please, Kendra," he said.
Kendra rolled her eyes. "Alright," she replied. She pulled it on and buttoned it up. "Better?" she asked her brother and boyfriend.
"Yeah," Spinner and Toby said in unison.
Spinner looked around his friends were already in the middle of the living room on the dance floor.
Emma looked up at Chris and caught his eyes. He smiled at her and she continued to dance.
Sammy looked back at him and then Emma. "Fill me in," she whispered to Emma.
"Nothing to tell," Emma replied.
Sammy shrugged and turned back to Craig.
Sean walked through the door and looked around for Emma. "Hey, Sean," a voice said.
He turned and looked at Manny. "What do you want?" he asked.
She shrugged and handed him a plastic red cup. "Thirsty?" she asked.
He took it and took a drink. He swallowed it. "What is this?" he asked.
"Beer," Manny replied. "Everybody's drinking. I thought I might try some." She took a drink of some of her own.
Sean remembered what had happened when he got drunk but for somehow he couldn't stop himself.
"Let's dance," Manny replied.
"But I'm looking for Emma," he said.
Manny had spotted Emma when she walked in and she knew exactly where she was dancing so she could steer Sean clear of her.
"Come on," she said. "We can dance and look for her at the same time." She sat her cup down and pulled him out into the kids and started dancing with him.
First Sean just stood there and watched Manny shake her body in front of him. "Come on," Manny replied. "Don't make me dance alone."
Sean rolled his eyes. Manny grabbed his hands and in a minute he followed her lead. He laughed and started to get into the music.
Manny rubbed her body up against him. He slowly turned nervous. What if Emma had seen them dancing together. Like this.
"I'm thirsty," she said. "Something to drink?"
The song had ended and Chris was searching for something else to play. Sean nodded.
She walked with him to the kitchen. JT looked at her and smiled. "Hi Manny," he replied.
"Hey," she said. She grabbed some more beer and handed one to Sean.
He took a long drink of it and looked at everything swirl together around him. Manny smiled at him. "Come on, let's go somewhere," she said.
"Dancing?" he asked.
She shook her head.
"Find Emma?" he asked.
She shook her head again. "Just come with me."
She dragged him to the stairs and down the hall to Mr. and Mrs. Yorke's bedroom.