glows on the plastic cups everyone was carrying. The sound of the music, the laughter, and the bodies moved out of rhythm. Selena had stayed

d Daniela, her roommate, shouting at her over the

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. A strange smell wafted through the living room, cutting through the sweet aroma of the drinks. So

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through the door. Each had a girl on t

nthusiasm mingling with a sigh.

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it ha

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become distant. There was a second when she

arrive

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uciano affirmed. "Yo

d the glass

tickle on the back of her neck, the same electricity fro

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mented honestly, looking at D

take his eye

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laughed

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with a grimace,

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," he corrected.

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said, looking a

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sity sparked, as she had been d

barely mana

ed, and everyone

She only knew that when she saw him again