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high that was enhanced by the alcohol the whole night. They found an empty table for four and they decided to sit down to catch their breath. They also needed to rest their bodies and just enjoy their drinks.
    “Wow, this place is poppin tonight!” Troy yelled over to Kale, trying to be heard over the music.
    Kale nodded her head in agreement.
    “I know, I’m so glad I agreed to join you. This sure as hell beats going straight home and just watching TV, which I probably would have ended up doing.”
    “Yeah, me too. Umm, they got some fine brothas up in here. If I don’t go home with one tonight, I at least need to get a number or two,” Troy said while scanning the room for preys.
    Kale laughs, “You are such a slut.”
    Troy burst into laughter and said, “I know, huh?”
    They both finished their drinks and started on another one. Even though they were sitting and resting, they both continued to dance in their seats with the beat of the music. One of Kale’s friends from class walked up and spoke.
    “Hey girl, I thought that was you over here,” she spoke as she walked over and gave Kale a hug.
    Then she introduced the very handsome man standing next to her looking a little nervous.
    “This is my wonderful big brother, Larry; Larry, this is my friend from Lamar, Kale and–“
    “Troy,” both Kale and Troy informed them.
    “Why don’t you two sit down and join us, no one is sitting here,” Kale suggested, motioning for them to sit in the empty seats beside them.
    “Sure, come on Larry.”
    They filled the two empty seats and Troy could have sworn that Larry kept giving him the eye. It was weird too because it seemed like he wasn’t even trying to hide it. If he was feeling Troy, Troy was definitely feeling him. He was on his third drink, which he drank after a few shots, so he wanted to make sure that it wasn’t the liquor making him see things. Kale must have noticed it too because she gave Troy a little nudge with her leg under the table, looked over at the guy, and then gave Troy a nod and a wink. Troy nodded too to let her know that he also peeped game.
    Then Kale introduced her friend, “Troy, this is my friend Nancy, Nancy and I met my freshman year when we took Art Appreciation together. Ugh, what a bore! But Nancy graduated and left me that following year. Nancy, this is my best friend Troy.”
    Nancy and Troy shook hands.
    “Oh, this is the famous roommate you always talked about. It’s nice to finally meet you,” Nancy said grinning so hard.
    “Nice meeting you too. Wow Kale, you really can’t get enough of me, huh?” Troy joked.
    “You know I can’t, my love,” she replied and gave him a kiss on the cheek and they all laughed.
    “Do you guys come here a lot?” Kale asked Nancy.
    “Usually, my girlfriends and I come here every now and then; it’s my favorite spot to come and dance and get shitfaced when needed. My career fiend brother never ever gets out so I decided to drag him out of the house and make him come with me instead of them. He’s ridiculous, today is his birthday and all he wanted to do was stay at home in bed and read. Oh yeah and we had dinner at our parents’ house. He’s becoming too old too fast and he ain’t gone know how to have fun pretty soon if he keeps this up.”
    “Wow, it’s your birthday? How old are you?”
    “I’m 27,” Larry answered; although he felt a bit shy and embarrassed after listening to his sister tell the truth about his dry and boring life.
    “Yeah, he is 27 but acts as if he’s 57. I mean, I love my brother to death, but our parents put so much pressure on us all to do more than well in life and my poor brother here busts his butt and his balls over and over again just to please them. He never takes the time out to sit and have any fun unless I make him. I mean, I want to be successful too, that is very important, but sometimes my parents measure their success in a much different way than I do. In my eyes, I am successful and