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[color=silver]Archer shot Declan a puzzled look as he took another drag from his cigarette, he spotted Penny joining Santiago and what had just been said finally clicked for the curly haired boy. [color=35996B]“Wait?! Are you guys planning to roofie Mr. Gomez?”[/color] Archer laughed in disbelief as he exhaled a cloud of smoke. [color=35996B]“Yeah, illegal indeed! Take it from a lawyer’s son, you want to wash your hands from this mess as quickly as possible.”[/color] he gestured towards their classmates.

[color=35996B]“But I’m guessing that the plan was hatched by your lovely date?”[/color] Archer turned to face Declan putting out the butt of his smoke on a nearby tree before flicking it out in the darkness. But before his smoking buddy could answer a blur of blonde hair sped past them and stopped in front of the sports car and exploded in that very distinct Mara way that only she could manage. They shouted at each other for a few minutes and then the furious petite girl stormed of.

[color=35996B]“Nah, Mara would never start anything, at least not in public anyway, she cares way too much about graduating.”[/color] Archer grinned before he straightened up from his slouching position against his tree. 

[color=35996B]“Well this has been very pleasant Dekkie! We should make this a regular thing!”[/color] he patted Declan on the shoulder as he turned and walked towards the main tent. He had left Ariel alone for far to long and Archer had started to feel guilty again.

As he walked back into the main tent, Archer first spotted Kavan being squeezed by a distraught looking Bea. Cocking his head to the side he tried to figure out how his friend had gotten into that particular situation. After running a few different scenarios Archer gave up and craned his neck to see if his date was still where he had left her. There she was still in the same chair [i]bam[/i] another pang of guilt. Archer ran his hand through his hair and groaned, grabbed a new glass of punch as he made his way over to the table.

[color=35996B]“Sorry about that! You know me...nicotine is my downfall!”[/color] He let out a lame laugh. [color=35996B]“Did I miss anything?”[/color] He asked meekly barely making any eye contact. After a few beats of silence Archer let out a big sigh and turned to face Ariel head on. 

[color=35996B]“Ok look! This night has been an awkward mess, and we both know why, it was way too early in our journey to friend rehabilitation for us to be thrust together in a festive situation. We need to have an open conversation about what went down and what we want for our… future, I guess. I don’t know maybe you can come by work sometime?”[/color] the words just spilled out of the boy so fast he was almost out of breath. 

[color=35996B]“But I do think you also need to have a talk with Mari”[/color] He looked around the tent to see if he could spot his small best friend. [color=35996B]“She’s been on my case for even giving you a chance, so if [i]this[/i]...”[/color] He pointed between them [color=35996B]“... is ever going to work, you need to bite the bullet and get that over with.”[/color]     

He lifted the glass of punch up to his mouth and took a big gulp but let it all dribble back into the glass again. [color=35996B]“Oh… yeah of course it would be spiked!”[/color]  he crossed his arms over his chest and counted the seconds until this nightmare of a dance was over.[/color]