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back over his head and said, “To gain credits. Why are you?”
    I laughed. “To gain credits and graduate early.”
    “Looks like you and I have similar interests.”
    I looked away from the smile on his face. He wasn’t flirting, but more so bragging that we were the same. “Yeah, well I guess my interests aren’t solely on your brother, now are they?”
    He threw up his hands in defeat. “I guess not. It’s commendable that you are going to summer school.”
    Nolan was a complicated guy that was for sure. One minute he’s talking crap and the next he’s complimenting me. Ugh, I hated boys and their weird brains.
    “I’m going to go back to the party,” I announced. “So, have fun. I guess.”
    He smiled and I noticed he had two dimples in his cheeks. “Not likely.”
    ***
    I found Nash by the keg doing wha t most of the guys were doing, a keg stand. I stood by and watched him drink beer upside down and then burp loudly―why did boys do this? Then I watched a girl do one―why did anyone do this? Nash still hadn’t noticed me, but I wasn’t about to go up to him and be the attention seeker. No way. I would wait for him to see me. It wasn’t like I was hidden in the crowd. Sure, he was probably drunk by now and he hadn’t called me to see if I was lost. When he turned around and started talking to a group of girls, I gave up.
    I was absolutely not the kind of girl that went over and talked to the hot guy. If the hot guy was interested, he’d be with me now. That didn’t mean I wasn’t disappointed. But I sure as hell wasn’t going to take my top off and sit on a table for him like someone I knew.
    “Sadie?” Speak of the devil. Lily stood behind me, with her shirt intact and her hands on her hips. “What are you doing here?”
    “I’m here for the party.”
    Her question seemed more of an interrogation, like I was ruining her time by merely standing there. “Was that you inside with Oliver?” I knew she saw me, and she knew I saw her. Her face reddened. I guess she hoped I didn’t recognize her.
    “Uh, yeah. Sorry about that. Oli has a thing with tables,” she giggled. Oli? Who was this girl?
    “I have so much to tell you.” She literally beamed with excitement while I frowned.
    “Oh yeah? I bet you do.”
    I narrowed my eyes at her. Now she wanted to be chatty? Whereas before she didn’t want me here. Oh, hell no!
    I turned and saw Nash walking right at me wearing a huge grin. So instead of listening to Lily’s tryst story, I walked away from her and right to Nash. Instead of her asking where I was going she said nothing.
    “I didn’t know you were here! Why didn’t you come find me?” So I could look desperate? No way.
    “I didn’t see you. Having fun?” I asked over the loud music.
    “Now that you’re here, yes. Do you need a refill?” He peered into my cup, and I pulled it to my lips. I drank a bit of soda and then smiled.
    “Nope. Just refilled it. Thanks though.”
    Talking with him wasn’t comfortable, and I blamed Lily for that. She ruined my night, therefore ruining my chances with Nash. He leaned in and rested his chin on the top of my head. It actually wasn’t weird. Then he kissed it.
    “Wanna walk down to the water for a minute? It’s too loud here,” he whispered in my ear.
    I actually would like nothing more, so I nodded and he took my hand. We walked past groups of people, and I felt their eyes on us. I didn’t look at them, I just watched Nash pull me behind him. Finally we reached a lake that I had no clue existed here behind the house. He let go of my hand and jumped onto the dock then helped me up. A white boat sat next to it, and it bobbed side to side.
    “Whose house is this?” I asked dumbfounded.
    Nash laughed. “It’s Oliver’s house.”
    Of course it was. Only Oliver would have a house like this. And I remembered Nash telling me about Oliver’s family’s boat. So this was what it was like to be rich. You threw huge parties and made out