A week later Eli Bennett was sitting in a similar spot, on a bar stool at the edge of the dance floor of an exclusive club.

"So," said Chase, who was putting downing another beer, "what's the deal with Chloe and Jacob?"

The two were sitting at a small table, laughing at something.

"I don't know. Well, okay, Chloe just bought a penthouse here in town, she's new and doesn't really know where to hang out, so she's called Jacob almost every day of the week to show her around and hang out and stuff. I mean, he obviously likes her, but he doesn't seem able to believe a great girl like that could like him as more than a friend."

"Poor sap," said Chase. "If I looked like him, I wouldn't have any self-esteem issues. He's got a hot woman going for him and he's not making any moves. She's going to get bored soon and leave."

"Well, if she gets bored of him, she obviously wasn't right for him anyway."

"No, no, no. You snag you're woman right away. Once you get into the friends trap, the two start seeing each other like they really are, and then there's no hope."

"Yeah, well he's an idiot not to see what's right in front of him," said Eli, who then startled, turning to see Faith standing right next to him.

"Do you mind?" he said. She obliged and started walking away.

"Yeah, but the worst is I invariably get dragged along, and end up having to hang around with Chloe's brother and that bitch Diaz."

"You don't like them?"

"They don't like us. So stuck-up. They just think they're better than everyone. They don't even like Jacob, but he always has to defend them. 'Oh no, really, they're just a bit quiet. They are a lot nicer when you get to know them better.'

"And don't even get me started on Faith," Eli continued. "At least Carter and Logan pretend to be polite. She just stands around ignoring everyone but her friends. She hovers around me when I'm talking to other people like she has every right to be there, like I don't even exist. I'm telling you, all that money did not give her any social skills."

"Maybe not," said Chase. "But she's pretty damn hot."

"Hardly. She's a dime a dozen. So artificial and phoney. She doesn't have anything that makes her really stand out."

"You're telling me if she wanted you, you wouldn't accept?"

"Never, not in a million years."

"Ha ha ha, hey come on guys, no sitting out!" Jacob had come up with Chloe right behind. "Everyone, on the dance floor, come on! Chase, come on, you can dance with my friend Sofia here, and Eli, why don't you dance with Faith."

It was Faith's turn to be startled, and Eli saw it. She was racking her brains for an excuse to refuse. He'd save her the trouble.

"No, no, really," said Eli. "I mean, I'm totally down for dancing, but I really don't need a partner. I'm fine dancing by myself. Besides, Faith obviously isn't interested. She hasn't danced all night. I'd hate to make her settle for something she's not into."

With that, Eli walked away and started dancing in a group with the others. He did not notice Faith looking at him the whole time. When she first met Eli, she had not even noticed him. When she forced to notice him, by Chloe's suggestion last week, she did not see anything she liked. The she looked again, to confirm he criticisms, but couldn't totally. When she looked again, she thought maybe he wasn't as ugly as she had made out. And when she kept thinking about it, she thought maybe he wasn't really ugly at all.

Logan's Lamborghini raced through the late night streets of Toronto, bringing the band of rich friends back home.

"Tonight was fun, don't you think," said Chloe.

"It was lame and boring," said Faith.

"Wow, really, a night of standing around and not talking to anyone was boring, who would have imagined."

"Don't listen to her," said Carter, who was sitting in the back next to Faith. "You made the right move. There was no one in that place worth talking to anyway."

"Oh come on guys, be serious," said Chloe. "So, like, what do you think of Jacob?"

"Cute," said Faith. "But a bit weird, don't you think?"

"How?"

"I don't know. What's his deal? I mean, like why was he smiling all the time? What's up with that?" Chloe rolled her eyes.

"He is cute though. I like his smile. And the way his eyes glow when he does."

"Yeah, he's a really nice guy," said Logan.

"Uh huh," said Carter, "a great friend, really."

"Right," said Chloe. They had reached their spot in the garage, and everyone started to move out of the car. Faith lingered a moment, though.

"What are you thinking about so hard?" asked Carter.

"Was just thinking about what Chloe said about Jacob's eyes."

"And what about that?"

"I was thinking, eyes don't really have to glow brightly to look nice. A nice pair of dark eyes can really make a face stand out. Like Eli Bennett. He's got nice eyes."

Carter snorted. "You're joking right." Her saw the serious look on Faith's face. "Wow, I didn't know he was your type of guy," he went on, barely able to fight back his chuckles. "I hope you too are really happy together." Carter walked away, still laughing to himself.