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lightweight. Because I hate the taste of alcohol. And all I want tonight is to forget...” Brian Asher... “everything.”
    “There is a party at the alpha... something sorority,” Ty says. “A girl in my English class told me about it.”
    Of course she did.
    Am I really going to be jealous of some random girl who flirted with Ty?
    I turn away from Ty. “Let’s go,” I tell Andrea.
    She gets up off the couch, and I hear movement behind me.
    Ugh...
    “We’re going, too,” Ty says.
    “I don’t need you two to babysit me,” I say coldly, not even bothering to look at them.
    “You’re not getting rid of us that easily,” he says.
    “Come on, guys,” Andrea says. “What if she wants to hook up with some hot guy at the party tonight?”
    “I won’t stop her,” Ty says. “Depending on her level of intoxication.”
    “Meaning you will stop her,” Andrea says. “Even though you don’t have a right.”
    “I’m not going to hook up with anybody tonight,” I say, hoping that Andrea and Ty aren’t going to fight over this. Andrea has some pretty strong opinions. Her personality will clash with Ty’s pretty quickly. She already hates Gabe. I don’t want her hating Ty, too. That would be a nightmare. My best friend hating both of my roommates. Especially since she is going to be spending so much time here.
    “This is about the principle,” Andrea says to me.
    “No, it’s not,” I say. “I’m glad that I have Ty to keep me from making a huge mistake. I don’t want to get drunk and sleep with some random guy I won’t even remember the next day. It’s gross. If I wanted to do stuff like that, Ty wouldn’t try to stop me. But I want him to.”
    “Fine,” she says. “But what about Micah?”
    “What about Micah?” I ask.
    “You’re going out with him tomorrow night. What are you going to do if you decide you want to sleep with him after the date?” she asks.
    “I’m not going to sleep with Micah.”
    “You’ve known him long enough. And we all know how much chemistry there is between the two of you,” she says. “Standing next to the two of you is like standing outside during a lightning storm. The electricity in the air—”
    “We get the point,” Ty says, cutting her off.
    “Point is, what if you want to have sex with him after the date?” she asks, ignoring Ty.
    “I’m not going to have sex with Micah tomorrow.”
    “What if you change your mind tomorrow?” she asks.
    “Well, I certainly wouldn’t bring Micah here to have sex with him,” I answer.
    “Why not? It is your apartment. You should be allowed to have sex with whomever you want to here.”
    “Look, Andrea, I get the point that you’re trying to make,” I say. “But the thing is, I want to live here with Ty and Gabe. I am not going to disrespect either one of them by bringing home some random guy. I think that they both will offer the same respect. Micah and I haven’t even kissed. I’m not going to have sex with him on our first date. I’m not that kind of girl. If or when I have sex with him, we will be in a relationship. Right now, I don’t want a relationship.”
    Ty smiles way too big at that.
    “I meant that for you too,” I say, looking at him. “We are not going to have sex.”
    “Okay,” he says.
    “Let’s go to this party,” Gabe says.
    I look at Gabe. “Don’t bring a random sorority girl back here tonight.”
    “I won’t,” he says. “Maybe I haven’t made the best decisions lately, but I respect you enough not to do that to you.”
    “Thanks,” I say.
    But I’m not sure if I believe him completely. He’s so completely different than the guy I started dating a year ago.
    I miss the old Gabe.

    11 p.m.
    How do you know I’ll regret it?

    I lost count of the shots that I’ve taken. And now I’m about to take another one. A body shot. Off Andrea. There are a ton of boys standing around us cheering. Even in my drunken state of mind, I think they’re pigs. But so easily