um these are shorter but that way I can update much faster! yey!

It's kind of more adult than my other story... I like that but its just a warning.

Chapter 1

Part 1:

"The dawn is breaking
A light shining through,"

"You will never believe who just walked in here!" Megan murmured to me and I could tell that she was only trying to keep the girlish squeak out of her voice. I looked up toward the door as I grabbed another beer bottle off the coffee table, nearly dropping the rest of the ones I'd been holding, and immediately looked back down to better concentrate on what I was doing.

"Megan, I don't see where it matters who just walked in, but could you by some miracle of god grab some of these bottles before I drop them?" I asked her resolutely as she took a couple from me.

"Ok there, free hands; now will you look?" she pleaded as I started to briskly cut my way through the crowd toward the kitchen.

"If I look will you stop pestering me about it?" I asked hiding a smile as I whirled around to face her.

She shrugged. "Probably not, but still I promise you won't… shit," she muttered and I giggled a little as she rubbed her jeans where she'd just managed to pour some beer from a bottle she'd supposed was empty.

"Oh I'm so sorry," none other than Charlie Monroe said clearly turning to face Megan. "I really didn't mean to bump into you," he said softly bending over to rub her jeans as well, and the smile that had been threatening to overcome my face finally succeeded in breaking through.

"Charlie stop violating the poor girl," this blonde girl said crudely stepping from the crowd into Charlie's lengthy shadow. "I'm really sorry my brother here is socially handicapped," she continued disdainfully turning to Megan as Charlie stood up and stopped the jean rubbing; his face also flushing the appropriate shade of pink.

He grimaced. "I really am sorry. About the bumping… and the groping."

This time I snorted. Who would have thought that Charlie Monroe would be funny, although I don't think he intended to be.

My snorting however refused to go unnoticed and all three turned to me. "I'm sorry I laugh in uncomfortable situations," I said bluntly flashing them a smile which was returned by Charlie and Meg.

"This party sucks. Why did you bring me here Charlie?" another voice boomed over us as Sean Miller squeezed himself through the crowd.

My flashed smile dropped and even Megan looked a bit put out at him insulting our party.

"Sean your best friend is a major idiot," the girl said stepping closer to Sean as he parted the crowd around him.

Sean didn't say anything but merely shot Charlie a questioning glance.

"Tina is dramatizing it. It was a simple accident and here she has to come about calling me an idiot in front of a very beautiful girl," Charlie said almost shocked at his own statement then looking over at Megan's flushed face. "Shit I did just say that out loud?" he continued slapping a hand over his face.

I rolled my eyes and stepped forward. "Okay, her name's Megan. I know her well enough to know that she wants to dance with you and based on the fact that your face just turned the deepest shade of red I've ever seen I believe that you wish to do the same. So Charlie why don't you just ask her already and save the rest-"

"Cam!" Megan squeaked looking at with her jaw dropped then turning back to Charlie. "Please excuse my friend; she has a real talent for shoving her foot in her mouth."

I scowled. "No I just have that rare talent of speaking the truth."

Charlie kept his eyes on Megan even while I was speaking. "Thanks Cam. That's a wonderful suggestion. Megan would you like to dance?"

Megan smiled. I knew she'd thank me later as she allowed Charlie to scoot her off into the mass of people.

That's when I noticed Sean and the girl who was obviously named Tina starring at me, or maybe a better term would be scowling.

I shrugged. "I'm sorry but they were going to get there eventually I just spared us from having to witness it all."

"Listen girly-" the Tina girl said sternly but I cut her off.

"I have a name you know, it's Cam," I interjected pointedly.

Sean still had a look of incredulity on his face that was rapidly morphing into a scowl, "Cam as in Camera?"

I scowled at him. "Cam as in Cameron."

Tina whirled her hand by her head. "Whatever it really doesn't matter," she said brushing me off. "Whoever you are that was-"

"You just brushed me off!" I said the scowl rapidly becoming permanent. "I may not be the most important of people like you and 'the great Sean Miller' here but I highly resent that."

She rolled her eyes.

"Like it matters," Sean added towering above me. "We," he said gesturing to himself and Tina, "are leaving so you," he pointed to me, "can go off in three seconds from now and squeal to your silly girl friends about you interaction with 'the great Sean Miller' and all those stupid things you girls love to do."

"And you," I added not missing a beat as he began to turn from me, "can go fuck yourself because obviously no one else wants to."

He immediately turned back to me. "Excuse me but I think I'll get along just fine with out you," he said smiling cockily and quirking his eyebrows at me.

I quirked mine right back. "Yes I'm sure you and your hand get along just fine without anyone for that matter."

He stepped back flabbergasted almost as if I'd just slapped him across the face. He opened his mouth to reply but Tina grabbed his arm. "Sean we need to find Charlie before he does something stupid again," she grunted and pulled him into the crowd.

I picked up the bottles Meg had left on the ground when she departed and scowled to myself quietly muttering curse words under my breath.

(hahahahahahaha... ha!)

"Please say you did not give that Megan girl our phone number," I pleaded to Charlie once we managed to drag him from the grasp of the serious clinger.

He shrugged. "She gave me hers why?"

I sighed in relief. "Charlie give me that number," I stated with finality as he handed me the napkin with her scribbled digits and I began to rip it into shreds. "We're mid-season and you're my number one receiver. The last thing you need is some dumb girl coming in and messing with your mental game. It may all be a game to them but for us it's life Charlie. Girls don't get that."

Tina stepped up next to me smiling and grabbing my arm as we made our way down the stairs of the apartment complex. She smiled falsely. "Sean's right Charlie. You can't just pick up random people at parties. That's how you end up in a highly publicized mess. These media people are ruthless. For all you know she could be a reporter."

I had to stop myself from laughing. "Tina you're a PR major."

She closed her jaw then smiled again. "Major, ha Sean that's funny. Like I'll ever use that a day in my life."

I rolled my eyes at her. Why go to school if you plan on marrying the next millionaire's son you meet? Some girls I just don't get.

I pretended as though she hadn't said anything. "Listen Charlie the casual hook up is just fine," I said sternly as we marched across the quad, "but you're the type of guy that gets serious and that only leads to serious trouble."

Charlie rolled his eyes. "Okay sorry next time I'll just take a leaf out of your book and shove 'em out the door as soon as I'm done with them."

I started. Charlie doesn't make quick replies.

Tina laughed. "That reminds me of that other girl."

Charlie turned to her incredulously then back to me. "Another one!"

I shook my head. "She's talking about that damn girl from the party!"

Charlie looked confused. "Megan and you hooked up?"

I rolled my eyes. He completes the dumb jock stereotype. "No you idiot her friend the contemptuous one with the blunt attitude attempted to insult me once you'd left."

Charlie's eyes glazed over and then he laughed, "Oh the 'honest' one."

I cleared my throat. "She's not honest about anything. She's crude."

Charlie looked at me then smiled. "Rejected were you?"

I scowled and Tina laughed as we came up to her dorm. "Rejected! Ha! Like Sean would even look at a girl like that," she turned on her heel and slid her ID through the door-lock and I couldn't help but be reminded of Cruella DeVille.

Charlie looked at me blinking like an owl, and the door clicked shut behind Tina and I turned to walk back toward our apartment. "I thought she was pretty Sean."

"How would you know you were staring at Megan the whole time," I muttered as we passed the dining hall.

Then he raised an eyebrow and stopped in his tracks so I had to turn and face him.

"Sean, I was talking about Megan. Who are you talking about?"

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