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On Jasper's advice, we stop at the bar and pick up four tequila shots. Focused solely on not spilling, I follow his lead, using my elbows and shoulders to cushion the blows from all angles.
The living, breathing organism that is the huddle of dancers pulls us in like a Venus Fly Trap digesting its supper. Alice's face lights up when she sees Jas, and she unwinds herself from Bella to latch onto him instead. Bella twists to find me and she brightens visibly.
"Where've you been?" she yells into my ear at close range.
I shrug. "I'm here now."
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She celebrates that fact by kissing me enthusiastically. I hand her the shot, we clink and down they go. With no better options, I tuck the glasses into my pockets while she giggles at me.
Grasping my hips, Bella asks, "Ready?"
"Always," I answer eagerly.
"Gimme your leg."
Seconds later, she's straddling my thigh, the tiny swath of her dress sliding up toward what I've come to think of as "The Heartland" as she grinds on me.
I'm finally beginning to understand why people flock to clubs and wait in line for hours; it's one massive societally-sanctioned dry hump session.
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