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[sub][b]A [@Bee] & [@Ejected] collab.[/b][/sub]
[sub]Starring [color=C9FFE5]Nicole Milano[/color] and [color=#CCC6EA]Carter Newton[/color][/sub][/center]
[indent][indent][indent][color=C9FFE5]”Damn Carter! You got some moves!”[/color] Nicole cheered, watching her lovely date work his moves on the dance floor. She never knew that Carter could bust out the moves that he could, and quite frankly it was a very welcome surprise to the cheerleader. [color=C9FFE5]”You should teach me some of that.”[/color]

[color=#CCC6EA]"Oh please,"[/color] Carter said with a light chuckle and shake of his head, [color=#CCC6EA]"You've got more moves than I do. All of this is just things I picked up from family cookouts."[/color] Carter knew he had rhythm, but to say that he was being a little out-shined by Nicole would be an understatement; But he didn't really mind it. It didn't take too much longer, however, for the young man to find himself a little parched from all the dancing. After taking a quick look around the room, Carter refocused his attention on his date and said, [color=#CCC6EA]"You getting thirsty? Wanna go to the punch fountain?"[/color]

Carter’s proposition of going to the punch bowl was one that Nicole definitely wasn’t going to oppose. All that dancing was making her thirsty as well, on top of all the people they were around and the collective heat that radiated from them. She let out a sigh, before glancing at the punch table. [color=C9FFE5]”Yeah! Take me there, Carter!”[/color]

And so, wrapping his arm around Nicole's once more, Carter led the young woman to their destination, pushing through the crowd as he did so. And when they finally reached the refreshment table, he poured both himself and Nicole their cups of punch. [color=#CCC6EA]"Here you go,"[/color] he said as he handed Nicole her cup, before going to take a sip from his own. The crimson red liquid came spewing back from his mouth and into the cup, however, only a few seconds after his lips touched the plastic. [color=#CCC6EA]"Shit, of course someone spiked it. No thanks."[/color] Carter muttered to the young woman before throwing the entire cup into the nearby trashcan and reaching for a bottle of water instead. It was no secret that Carter was more of a smoker than he was a drinker. And, after all, he [i]was[/i] the one who'd be driving he and Nicole home when the dance was over. He figured it'd be in both of their best interests to stay sober for the night. 

Nicole was caught off guard by Carter randomly spitting out his drink and showing a face of disgust. What was wrong with the punch? Nicole looked down at her cup, which was untouched so far. [color=C9FFE5]”Spiked it?”[/color] Nicole said, before looking down once more, [color=C9FFE5]”Really? At a party like this? What?!”[/color] Nicole said, before she followed suit and threw the cup away. [color=C9FFE5]”Good call, Carter. I can’t believe someone would even spike a drink like that.”[/color]

[color=#CCC6EA]"I'm honestly not surprised,"[/color] Carter said with a shrug of his shoulders. [color=#CCC6EA]"I don't put it past anyone here. I just wonder how they managed to do it without some of the faculty seeing. Want a water instead?"[/color] As Carter spoke, he handed his bottle to Nicole before reaching for another for himself. 

[color=C9FFE5]”I’d appreciate that!”[/color] Nicole beamed, before receiving the water bottle. She opened it, taking a rather long sip out of it. [color=C9FFE5]”Hopefully this water is water. They can’t spike water can they?”[/color]

[color=#CCC6EA]"No... no they can't, Nicole."[/color] Carter said with a half-smile before opening his own bottle and taking a few gulps. It was then that Carter decided to take another quick look around the room to see if he could spot any other familiar faces; it didn't take long for his eyes to land upon who he thought to be the most beautiful girl in the room. 

Stella was standing with none other than the "Candy Man" himself, Santiago Fernandez. And standing with them were Kavan's boyfriend, Archer Diedrikson, and April Foster in all her pregnant glory. The small group had begun to make their way to the dance floor when Carter suddenly said, [color=#CCC6EA]"Feel like hittin’ the dance floor again? There's someone over there that I kinda want to get a dance with before the night is over."[/color]

[color=C9FFE5]”You wanna dance with someone?”[/color] Nicole asked curiously, before looking over at the dance floor, [color=C9FFE5]”Is it who I [i]think[/i] it is?”[/color] Nicole smirked, looking at Carter. 

Almost instantly, Carter could feel his cheeks burning a bit. The young man let out a nervous chuckle and rubbed the back of his neck before saying, [color=#CCC6EA]"Yeah yeah, it's Stella... We're kind of a thing now. Or, well... becoming a thing, I guess."[/color] Carter hadn't really talked about this to anyone other than Chanel [s]or his mom[/s]; It was a little hard for him to find the right words to say, which was pretty unusual if you knew Carter. So he just kept it simple. [color=#CCC6EA]"I just really like her."[/color]

Hearing Carter explain his reasoning, Nicole’s smile grew wider. Romance was something Nicole always adored, and this was no exception to it. There was no way she was going to get in the way of Carter and his hopefully soon-to-be girlfriend. [color=C9FFE5]”What are you waiting for, dude? Go for it! Follow your heart!”[/color]

[color=#CCC6EA]"You're the best, Nicole,"[/color] Carter said with a wide grin before sitting his water bottle down and starting off in Stella's direction, hoping that no one would mind him joining in.

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