SEVENTEEN YEARS AGO
The room is hot. Everyone is in a frenzy, dancing to loud music, and all I can do is sit and watch people dance to the beat of their own tune while sipping my drink. As much as I want to leave, I don’t. Lisa would hunt me down and probably chop my head off if I did. Hell, it took everything she had to get me out here tonight.
And she didn’t even explain what kind of party it was… but I quickly realized when we showed up, wondering why she put me in white, only to find out that it was a themed all-white party.
As much as she has tried to encourage me to join her, I don’t. Instead, I watch her dance with a group of people I’ve never met while I hold up my position and dread every second of being here.
I know my friend is a social butterfly, but I didn’t realize how much of a butterfly she really was until tonight. All these people are unfamiliar to me, but Lisa talks to them like she’s known them for ages.