He placed a small kiss on my lips. “Now you know.”

I looked around, noticing the dance floor became even bigger since we started dancing, bodies moving and thumping to the beat. Red cups in their hands, hands generally everywhere, this party looked idyllic. A true back to school bash.

Space buns caught my attention. Kelly.

“Hey,” I turned to look at Garrett. “I see Kelly. I think I’m going to head off after I hand her this.” I pulled the soda out of my small clutch and showed him.

“You sure?”

I nodded. “Yeah, I had fun, but I think it’s far past my bedtime. Want to meet up before the baseball game?”

“I’d love that. Just tell me when and where and I’ll show up. Maybe we can watch a movie?”

He pulled me into a hug and planted a deep kiss on my lips. I didn’t think I could ever admit that he’d been my first kiss, but Kelly finally stopped calling me ‘never been kissed’ around the house. “Yes, to a movie,” I said, looking back to find Kelly’s hair again.

Tiptoeing over, narrowly avoiding bodies, I pushed through the crowd to get to her. “Kelly!” I waved.

She poked her face through the remaining bodies between us and waved back. “Fal!”

We squeezed through the crows and into a side room to get some air from the masses dancing. I smiled and proudly presented my prize to her. “This was a tough find, and I had to play beer pong for it.”

Slipping the can into her hands, she looked at it like it was water in the desert. “Thank God. I have been... dancing nonstop. How’s the party for you?”

“I guess as good as it could be?” I shrugged. “Wait. You trailed off there. What were you doing?”

She had a devious smile on her lips. “Nothing...”

“Mhm,” I stood with a hand on my hip. “Shane?”

“How’d you know?”

“I’m psychic.”

Shane sauntered over looking clearly...disheveled. It was kind of cute how they both tried to hide their hookup.

“Hey, Shane,” I said in a singsong voice. “You two having a good time at the party?”

He rubbed the back of his head, smiling like he was caught with his pants down. “Yeah... super fun.” He looked to Kelly, unsure of how to answer me.

“I think I’ve had enough partying tonight, and I don't think I want to get burned out so early in my party adventures. We should start the Party Adventures of Kelly and Fallon podcast.”