OFF LIMIT TERRITORIES

I tuck my hair tendril behind my ear and enter the empty auditorium. Only that it isn’t empty.

Few members of the council were already here, checking through the things and I spot Josh, Brit, and Nate. NATE?

He is standing with Collins, cross checking some papers and I freeze momentarily, drinking in his view. He is in too dark a blue suit, the one that’s almost black if you don’t see it attentively. Which I am.

The white linen shirt has it’s first two buttons open and his thin, black tie hangs loosely around his neck.

Nathaniel Alderidge looked ah-mazing. And I had known it since the first time I set my eyes upon him.

But I had to remember, Nate is the first person on the list of to-avoid people.

I take a few tentative steps towards them, barely controlling my thumping heart and I lick my lips nervously in anticipation of the night’s events. He gets clearer with every step I take and I watch him like a hawk.