Chapter 16: Mia

Sophomore year of college...

Alyssa grabs my hand and drags me through the doors of the football house. For obvious reasons, it's the last place I want to be on a Saturday night. The Wesley Warriors crushed Tennessee this afternoon, and everyone is out celebrating.

"Can't we go somewhere else?" I yell, so she's able to hear me over the thumping beat of the music that reverberates off the walls. It's so loud that it feels like my brain is rattling against my skull. When she fails to respond, I add, "In case you haven't noticed, there are a ton of other parties."

We traipsed past a dozen of them to get here.

"No," she shouts, bursting my bubble. "I told Colton we would meet up at nine."

Yup, you heard that correctly.

Colton and Alyssa are officially a thing.

It's still relatively early in their relationship, so who knows if it will last.

Alyssa is thrilled.

And me?

Shocked speechless would be an adequate description.

But I have to give the girl props where they're deserved. She was