Chase smiled at her slightly, still unsure how he felt about the other girl. She seemed… eager, he supposed. However he was happy enough to return his attention to Zane when she spoke to him. “We’re the ones who organise it.” He said rather softly, since Mason seemed content talking to her friend. “Well… us and a couple of other guys who grew up around here. Either way it’s nice to know you ended up enjoying yourselves one way or another.” He figured he was starting to get a bit of an idea about the kind of girl Zane was.

Quiet, reserved, a little shy, someone a lot of people would view as ‘boring’ because she didn’t conform to the normal social conventions. Which led him to wonder how the friendship between her and Janette worked. Then again hadn't it always been the saying that opposites attract? He shrugged slightly. “You’re both more than to join us if you’d like?” [i]What?[/i] Chase’s attention turned fully to Mason, who seemed to just have invited the girls to something. What he had no idea. The only plans they had for tomorrow were surfing but he didn’t think it was something either of these girls would enjoy.

Luckily Ryan chose this moment to return, dragging a younger boy behind him who bore such a resemblance that they could only be siblings. “Sorry guys, I gotta jet. I’ll see you tomorrow though.” He said in a low, grumbling tone as he glared at the younger boy as they both disappeared back into the party.

Chase and Mason glanced at each other before laughing loudly. “That’s Ryan’s younger brother, Seth.” Chase explained eventually. “Since this is technically public property I guess he’s legally allowed to be here but there’s kind of an unwritten rule that we don’t invite people underage because of the alcohol…”

“It’s not like we all didn’t sneak in when we were younger.” Mason interjected. “Ryan just doesn’t want Seth here because he doesn’t want to play babysitter.”

Chase shrugged slightly. “Maybe… he could also just be worried he might get into trouble. I mean if Ash was here I know I wouldn’t be able to have a good time. I’d be too worried about her.” He said, deciding to let the invitation situation drop for now. They could talk about it later, as he suspected the girl’s would. “So do you girls live around here? Or just visiting?” He decided to ask, brining the conversation back to a more neutral ground, rather than talking about people they didn’t know.