Krista found Ricki and Gabe relatively quick after seeing her best friend dancing with her ex. "What was that?" Krista asked. 

"Playing nice, Krista. Heather is trying to get something started, but I figure if it doesn't then she can't get off on it." She pointed out and Krista nodded
nodded.

"Playing nice. I see. I just can't believe she'd throw Emily like that." Krista said, and Ricki shrugged.

"She's got our back." Ricki said, and soon she looked up to Gabe. "Wanna dance?" 

He shook his head. "Not right now, go have fun."

Krista took Ricki's hand and they headed out and began dancing. At least it was fun, and then tension seemed to drop, but soon Maureen joined and Krista was swept away by Tyler. 

"So, he went for it?" Maureen asked, and Ricki nodded. "Good."

"Actually, right now, I don't give it long. David is a loose cannon, Gabe is pissed, and the only reason I'm remaining calm is because I'm not going to give her what she wants. Her mouth though, it's.going to get a lot of people in trouble." Ricki said.

Maureen nodded, "No kidding, Jared would have cleaned his clocks." 

"And he shouldn't even be involved. Heather should have pulled him out.of this, but she's pushing him further in. She doesn't care, so long as the.puppets play their parts." Ricki said, and soon she was.dancing with Hector and then her next.partner was Jared.

It was awkward, and she knew if Heather saw something would definitely explode, but she wasn't going to worry about It, so she decided normal small talk would be okay.

"You're quite light on your feet," she complimented. "Its a good change after Hector. Poor guy has two left feet."

She smiled, looking away from him briefly, not seeing Heather around which was just about as concerning as a lion being let loose after not eating.for days. She quickly changed her line of view to the other side. Heather was on that side, dancing with someone Ricki couldn't quite make out until they turned. Livingston, and he looked angry again.

"Shit." She hissed, looking to Jared. "Sorry to cut this short, but you're about to be in a line of fire you don't deserve to be in, and I'm sorry this began in the.first place."

She stepped away and Gabe was taking her into a dance position, just as soon as L o Livingston walked over. "Come on, Montgomery, let's go outside. Have a [I]chat[/I]."

Gabe looked down to Ricki. "Dude, come on, not here, not tonight, not now." He said, and David chuckled.

"What a bitch." David said, and Gabe Stopped dancing and released Ricki.

"I'll be back." He said, and Ricki watched a second before she followed the two out of the ballroom and into the lobby where said 'chat' was taking place.

"So, not only do you abandon me for Hockey, sleep with my girl, but now I find out that you have been undermining me the entire time we've known each other?" He asked, and It was apparent he was pissed off.

"What the hell are you talking about?" Gabe asked.

"Oh, Heather told me everything you've said about me, and how once you started telling Ricki, that was when she and I started having problems." David said, his fist clenched, and Ricki put herself between them.

"And you believed her? The girl who not even an hour ago was trying to get you to atart a fight for her own amusement? You're playing into her hand." Ricki said, and Gabe gently moved her aside.

"Ricki, just stop. He's not going to believe that it wasn't true. Besides, we both know.he isn't afraid to put hands.on a.girl."

"David, Gabe, please don't do this." She near begged. "Once upon a time you two would have been each other's wingman, and now look at you. This.is stupid. The drama is supposed shrink when you're a senior because.of college stuff, not increase. Or are you both [I]that[/I] proud that you can't let it go for one night? Because.one girl, who isn't either of your dates, is talking shit."

The two looked at each other and then looked down. "Either you two stop it now or I'm calling Andy."

David just walked over to the nearby wall and punched it, and sauntered back into the ballroom. Gabe was about to follow when she took his hand. "What have you told Heather?" She asked, and Gabe fell silent and he looked down to her.

"Stuff about Livingston, some other things She asked..." He was suddenly shying away.

"Like what?" She asked, and what he muttered made glass shatter in her mind. "You told her [I]what[/I]?"

He then spoke. "I was drunk and it came out. I didn't think anything of it Ricki."

"Because [I]that[/I] isn't going to completely change the scale of things? I trusted you enough to not tell anyone that, and you gave by far my worst enemy the information? Gabe, I just... I can't. If that gets out, I'm not going to recover from that." She said, and he saw her move to go back into the ballroom and he caught her.

"Ricki, I'm sorry." He apologized.

"Sorry won't cut It. Not this time." She said. 

It wasn't going to be long before it got out now. That she had a bit of a pill popping problem and nearly killed herself. That she got so high that she blacked out and did stuff she shouldn't have. It was her darkest secret, and only a few knew about it. She had since detoxed and got passed it, but now... now She would be reliving it again.

She found Krista and Maureen. "Tyler, Carl, you mind if I borrow these two? I promise I'll return them." She asked, and Once she got.an okay, she.near dragged them outside the building, saying they were hot and.needed some fresh air.

"What's going on?" Krista asked, and Ricki began pacing.

"You will not [I]believe[/I] what Gabe told Heather."