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Once he had placed his crate of fine craft beer onto a nearby table; Theo took the time to soak in his surroundings a little more. The music was loud and not exactly to his taste but it wasn’t his party and pissing off his dearest host Christian was not in his best interest; so he would stay quiet. A few fellow Libertine faces dotted around the room, knocking back beer and hooking up in corners; it was important to memorise these faces and these moments, he could most certainly use them against people later.

Watching with a not so subtle smile on his face as the boy whose ribs he’d crushed but moments before hobbled off out of the kitchen, Theo cracked open his first craft all of the evening. It wasn’t so much that he enjoyed inflicting pain (though he did) and he didn’t consider himself a bad guy (although he was) it was simply just part of his game. Some people needed to be played delicate and with finesse whilst others, well they just needed a swift kick in the teeth.

After the first taste of the sweet nectar had touched his lips, the football player noted a brunette approaching him. He has never seen her before, which likely meant she was a Rosefell girl. She had dark features, a good body and a choker, he was a sucker for a choker. The look in her eyes he had seen too many times before to be dazed but it was a party and he was entitled to some fun after working so hard. Theo raised up his drink in salute to the beauty that was about to join him and coupled it with a smile.

[color=E7C142]”Hi”[/color]

Truth to be told, Lilith wasn’t the most confident person. If it wasn’t for the drugs and mild amounts of alcohol in her system, you could bet money that she would never would have been bold enough to approach the mystery boy. But tonight was different. 

Tonight was the first party of senior year. The pressure was on to set the tone for the rest of the school year, and Lilith was determined to have as much fun as possible. Sadly, ice breakers weren’t her strong suit - but at least he had said hi first. 

[color=00eddd]”Hi,”[/color] she replied, giving her best fake smile. [color=00eddd]”I couldn’t help but to spot you from across the room, and I was just wondering if you’d like to grab a drink or something?”[/color] 

[i]Oh this was adorable![/i]

[i]She was really trying![/i]

It didn’t take a rocket scientist to work out that this girl was operating out of her comfort zone. In spite of her bold appearance there was a shyness to the way she spoke. In Theo’s experience that meant either there was literally nothing behind her eyes which would make this a tremendous waste of his time or it meant that she most likely had the best kind of daddy issues there were; the ones that make the good girls go bad. She was gorgeous, delicate with an obvious edge, perhaps he had a type? If all the riffraff of Rosefell was like this; there was surely a lot of fun to be had.

[color=E7C142]”I’d more than welcome the company”[/color] He could smell the weed flowing off of her and it certainly wasn’t the same shit that was flowing through the air. It was a distinct scent, her own brand. It wasn’t a massive turn off but it was food for thought. [color=E7C142]”Theo, and what do they call you?”[/color]

[color=00eddd]”Lilith,”[/color] she stated proudly. [color=00eddd]”Or Lil. Either way.”[/color] Glancing at the drink table the brunette picked up a bottle of Grey Goose and pondered her options for mixers. [color=00eddd]”So how do you feel about this whole merge thing,”[/color] she asked. Small talk was another thing that Lilith wasn’t good at, but maybe her question could lead to an actual conversation. 

[color=E7C142]”Lilith”[/color] She was named after a demon? That left a lot to be desired. Probably meant her parents were whacked out hippy bitches who raised her on smoke, sex and hammer horror movies. [color=E7C142]”Nice to meet you, Lil”[/color]

She asked about the merger and Theo wondered whether he could be honest and say that the entire thing made him sick to his stomach. Having it be in the same room as some of these….”people” very much made his skin crawl. Was this the type of girl that could handle the bluntness of his opinion? Somehow Theo doubted it. [color=E7C142]”It took me by surprise”[/color] The politician began. [color=E7C142]”I can’t say I was over the moon when I heard about it, I won’t lie. High school is a minefield anyway and having to go through it all all over again, at a new place where most people probably inherently dislike you, not appealing. Still, I suppose it’s exciting, getting to see for real how the Rosefell side lives. What’s your stand on it?”[/color]

The way he echoed her name caused the corners of her mouth to lift ever so slightly. [Color=00eddd]"Nice to meet you as well, Theo."[/color] 

Picking up a bottle of pineapple juice, Lilith mixed it and the Grey Goose together in a cup as she listened to Theo speak. He spoke in a way that seemed oddly familiar - well thought out and somewhat strangely planned. It left more to be desired, but Lilith really wasn't interested enough to pry. 

A gentle laugh escaped her lips as she turned around to prop herself up on a nearby counter top. [Color=00eddd]"I wasn't happy either. I'm still not. Rosefell is a shitty school, and now our class sizes are even larger. Some of you Liberty kids seem to want to help tidy the place up, so I'll take it. Though most of you guys I've talked to have wound up to be really big assholes - present company excluded."[/color] 

[color=E7C142]”Who says I’m not an asshole?”[/color]

Indeed most people would call Theo a lot worse than that, amongst that are a number of people he would consider friends. [color=E7C142]”I suppose you’ll have to be the judge of that”[/color] He took a sip from his drink and took the time to admire the girl on the counter for a moment longer. [color=E7C142]”I can’t speak for Rosefell but at Liberty, appearance is everything and it’s always been survival of the fittest. Any one you’ve met so far, they likely haven’t dropped that mentality just yet”[/color]

He edged a little closer to her, not enough to invade her space but enough to show interest and put his free hand on the counter by her. [color=E7C142]”That’s a nice smile you have, I get the feeling people don’t see it very often do they?”[/color]

Eyes looking up to meet his, Lilith laughed nervously. [color=00eddd]”I… no. No, it’s not.”[/color] Breaking the eye contact, Lilith took another large drink from her cup. [color=00eddd]”Look. Small talk isn’t my forte - and while I [i]did[/i] approach you because I was interested in grabbing a drink… I’m trying to find something [i]fun[/i] to do. You seem like the kind of person that knows where to find the interesting things.”[/color] 

Of course she wanted something; it made sense that these Rosefell scroungers wouldn’t have the class to hold a civil conversation without wanting to get something out of it. Still, he had to admire Lilith's moxy. He took another drink from his beer before responding [color=E7C142]”Fair enough”[/color] Theo placed his drink onto the surface next to her before putting his hands in his pockets. [color=E7C142]”There are a few options I could give you; you want pills or grass? I can get you the gourmet shit. You want dirt on your new Liberty classmates? I’ve got that too. You just want me to take you upstairs and fuck you like you deserve? I’m your man. Doesn’t really make a difference to me what you want, let me know and I’ll make it happen”[/color]

Theo's words resulted in Lilith nearly choking to death on the last of her drink. [Color=00eddd]"Ya know, I was really aiming for something more like beer pong."[/color] 

Her awkwardness was showing again, and the truth was she didn't really have much of a response for what Theo had said. She was already high as fuck, and she hated doing pills. There was no way she was going to sleep with him after ten minutes of conversation, or without Ellies approval. Why Lilith was shocked that Theo had returned her bluntness, she wasn't sure. 

[Color=00eddd]"I'm already high as a kite, I don't like gossip, and I'm not about to fuck in someone's house when I barely know said person."[/color] With her face turning a light shade of pink, Lilith cleared her throat. [Color=00eddd]"I really hope I just didn't ruin this conversation,"[/color] she blurted out. 

[i]Bless, she really was adorable[/i]

A shit eating grin lifted Theo’s lips and a slight chuckle escaped his throat. [color=E7C142]”Ruin? No, not at all. In fact, what you’ve done is make this whole thing a little more fun. I like it when someone can challenge my perception and I had you pegged wrong Lil. So beer pong?” He took a hand out of his pocket and offered it up to Lilith [color=E7C142]”And if that gets boring, my place is only two blocks away. So if you don’t want to fuck here, we can it there”[/color]

As he often did, the intention behind Theo’s words were veiled and hidden behind his charm and smile. It could easily be taken as truth or in the same breath be seen as a joke. His ears pricked up as the backing music for their conversation changed to something entirely different and immediately struck him as being performed live by someone. [color=E7C142]”That said, if you’re high enough we could dance or do karaoke?”[/color]

[I][color=00eddd]Thank gods,[/color][/i] she thought. 

There had been too many times where Lilith had ruined a conversation by saying the wrong thing, and she was thankful that now wasn't one of those times. 

As he casually threw in the fact of how close his house was, Lilith's face turned even more red. 

[Color=00eddd]"Noted."[/color]

Taking Theo's hand, Lilith's face lit up at the activities that he had mentioned. 

[Color=00eddd]"Karaoke,"[/color] she stated, already pulling him with her. [Color=00eddd]"There's no way in hell I'm giving up the chance to see that."[/color] 

[color=E7C142]”Lead the way”[/color]

Theo hadn’t intended on playing the sort of game he was involved in when he first got there but seeing Raven being her usual cheery self and just being surrounded by the dirty whore sons and daughters of the town riff raff made him want to cause a little trouble. Lilith was just the right sort of person to keep him distracted.

He followed the girl to the larger room where most of the other party guests had congregated to watch the performances on stage. The DJ had been switched out with a pretty blonde and the very same vato whose ribs he had tried to break for merely existing only minutes before. 

[color=E7C142]”Look at this clown. He thinks it’s two thousand and one all over again”[/color]

[Color=00eddd]"Gross,"[/color] she laughed. Realizing that she was still holding his hand, Lilith let it drop before sticking her own hand in her pocket. [Color=00eddd]"So what should we sing? Are you a… pop guy? Rap?"[/color] 

[color=E7C142]”I’m whatever you want me to be”[/color] He cheesed in response.

Feeling her let go of his hand brought him an internal smile. This was way too easy. By the end of the first song she would be putty in his hand. [color=E7C142]”Lets go, we got next”[/color] He re-took her hand again and used his considerably sized footballers frame to barge through the crowd as Rico and Jo finished their song and departed for pastures new. By the time they reached the stage, there were a few others waiting to clamber up and sing a reprise but one look from Theo and they began to move.

[color=E7C142]”Are you a girl of taste, Lil? What about Go Your Own Away?”[/color]

Lilith was more than happy to let the others go before them, but Theo appeared to have other plans. While the thought of seeing Theo potentially embarrass himself at karaoke was intriguing, Lilith was now painfully aware that [i]she[/i] was the one who would probably be embarrassed. Ellie always told Lilith that she needed to work on her confidence; Maybe this was a step in the right direction. 

[color=00eddd]”I have amazing taste,”[/color] she stated confidently. [color=00eddd]”And I absolutely adore Fleetwood Mac.”[/color] 

Glancing at the crowd, the young woman took a deep breath. [color=00eddd]”Let’s do this.”[/color]