A.N I am so sorry I haven't posted in such a long time! There was a situation at work in which I had to run the entire restaurant for a week so that was stressful and I guess I never recovered from that until now... but here you go! Another chapter! I will try and be better at posting, now that the GM is back at my store! I'm working on catching this story up to serendipity, but also the next chapter of that is almost finished so maybe I will post it when it's done! Thanks again for reading this! Love you guys! Enjoy creampuffs!

Getting ready was becoming more and more difficult with Laura watching me. I can see her watching me from the corner of my eye and it's making it very difficult to finish my eyeliner.

She's so beautiful

I try and focus as I do the final stroke, making a dark line on my eye line. I take one last look at myself and turn to Laura. She allowed me to pick her outfit so I decided to pick my favorite one on her. A navy shark sweater and light jeans.

I do admit she looks pretty damn good.

"Are you ready?" I ask, breaking out of the trance her beauty had me in.

"As ready as I'll ever be" She says with a smile.

I will never grow tired of her smile

I feel a smile creep on my face as I grab my leather jacket and my wallet, pulling out my key to reassure Laura that we have a key. "You look amazing" I whisper in her ear as soon as we make our way to the street. I watch her face turn bright which causes me to smile.

"You do, you do too" She stutters. I throw my head back as I laugh. After a few moments of laughing I finally compose myself. "So, who exactly are the Zeta's?" She asks timidly.

"You don't know many of them, but you have seen Kirch and you know Will."

That reminds me I need to thank Kirsch for the invite that got me a date

"How do you know Will? I mean it's only been a few days and you guys seem like good friends." The question causes me to laugh, which draws a confused look on Laura's face. "What's so funny?"

"Will and I aren't good friends, we're cousins." I say as I continue to laugh. Laura's face forms into something in between confused and realization, causing me to laugh harder. The rest of the walk to the zeta's house was full of boring small talk about classes and such, but I felt incredibly proud when I mustered up the courage to put my arm around her. I felt my heart race when she leaned into my body.

I could get used to this

"Well we're here" I say as we approach the frat house. Once I remove my arm from her shoulder, I feel as if I'm missing something.

"How have I never noticed this house?" She asks, amazed at the house in front of us.

"You never come out this way, the only things out this way are the sororities and fraternities and also the law school." I say as we walk to the door. I give her a reassuring smile as I ring the doorbell. The door opens quickly, and Kirsch stands there, looking at us.

"You two hotties here for the party?" He asks.

I'm going to kill him

I end up nodding at him, and before he can respond, a voice comes from behind the door.

"Laura!" I nearly groan at Danny's voice. Kirsch opens the door and we sneak past him. Laura seems to walk straight into a hug from Danny.

"Hey there Danny" Laura says, giving Danny's back an awkward pat.

"I am so glad you are here! Perry and LaFontaine are in the living room." The grin on her face makes me sick. I end up coughing without thinking about it, which causes Laura and Danny to look at me.

"Hey Laura do you want to get a drink?" I ask, hoping to escape the glare Danny is giving me.

"Yeah sure! I'll meet you guys in the living room!" She says as our fingers interlace.

Her hand fits in mine perfectly

Before she can say anything, I grab two drinks and nearly shove one into her hand. I watch her move the drink up to her nose.

"What is this?"

"Vodka mixed with fruit punch" I say as I take a sip from mine.

I've always hated the taste of Vodka

I watch as she moves the drink to her lips and takes a sip.

"Oh that's rough" she says, with a shudder.

She's honestly adorable

"You'll get used to it" I say, taking another sip. After a moment of feeling the liquid courage move down my body I speak again. "Shall we go meet with your friends?" This causes Laura to nod and we begin making our way past the growing number of people. I nearly lose her in the crowd, but before that happens, her hand finds mine and our fingers lace together.

After a few minutes of moving past people and finding our way, we finally find Laura's friends. I watch Danny's eyes dart to Laura and my hands, but none of us make a move to remove them.

"Hey, you all survived your first week!" Perry says with an excited smile.

"Surprisingly I did, honestly I thought it would be a lot more difficult." Laura says with a smile, which causes my heart to melt.

I could watch her smile forever

"Wait until finals" LaFontaine says with a laugh.

The rest of the conversation would have been unbearable if I didn't have something to drink.

Or Laura

"Do you want another drink?" Perry asks, which causes Laura to nod excitedly. I feel worry burry in my chest as I remove my hand from hers and move it to her side. I watch Danny glare, but I turn to look at Laura, who is swaying softly. I finish the rest of my drink as Perry hands Laura another drink. She tips her head back and downs the drink.

"Whoa there Cupcake, the drinks aren't going anywhere soon." I try and hide the worry in my voice.

"But it taste so good" She says with an intoxicated grin. I want to say something else, but before I can Laura nearly falls on me. I hold her up as I look at her in worry.

"Laura are you okay?" Danny asks putting her hand on Laura's shoulder.

"I've never been better" She says, still struggling to stand on her own.

"It's her first time drinking" I say, holding her up the best I can.

"How much has she had?" LaFontaine asks, trying to hold back a laugh and failing.

"Two full drinks, which is around six shots of vodka" I sigh, "I didn't think she would or even could drink this much" I nearly mumble.

"Come on Carm, loosen up a bit" She says, pushing her body closer. I can smell the alcohol on her breath, and it turns me on yet scares me at the same time.

Dammit Laura

"If anything happens to her, it's on you" Danny says shoving a finger at me. I was debating ripping it off, but I didn't want to do that in front of Laura.

"Yeah whatever Athena, I can control my date" I snarl back.

"She isn't your date Carmilla" Danny snarls back at me.

I'm going to destroy her

"Laura doesn't seem to be looking so good, maybe you should take her back to the dorm before she drinks anymore.

I've never liked Perry more than now

I quickly slide my phone out of my pocket and check the time.

11:30

It's later than I thought

"It is getting past Cupcakes bed time so I think I'll take her back" I say as I attempt to drag her away from the others.

"I don't want to go" She says in a pouty voice.

She's even cute when she pouts

I can't help but roll my eyes as I lean in and whisper "How about if we go back to the room, you can ask me five questions and I have to answer them no matter what" in her ear.

I can't believe I even offered that

I hate opening up to people

The grin on her face makes me question my thoughts. The way she looks at me with excitement in her eyes…

It makes my heart race

Laura Hollis makes my heart race

Jesus Christ, what is this girl doing to me?