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school.”
    “Oh, are you at UVU too?” Adam asked.
    “Yeah, I’m doing the whole geology thing.”
    “Nice. Stacey’s doing something like that too. I bet you guys have at least one class together.”
    I nodded and smiled at Stacey. “Yeah, I think we have Professor Thornburg together right?”
    She gave me a shy smile. “Yeah.”
    Tina bumped Stacey gently with her elbow. “You have to excuse her. She’s a little shy.”
    “Oh, I totally get it. I’m pretty far away from home right now, and everything is so different that I wasn’t sure if I should even come tonight.”
    “But we’re glad you did,” Steve spoke up.
    Stacey chewed on her bottom lip. Maybe she was uncomfortable around new people. I wasn’t one to judge, with enough demons of my own clamoring all over my back, and my heart poured out sympathy for her. “It was great meeting you guys. Maybe we can sit together sometime, Stacey, or share notes, or whatever.”
    “That’d be nice,” she said.
    I smiled once more, and then walked away. Steve caught up to me. “Don’t mind Stacey, she’s just nervous around others who don’t know what happened.”
    “And what’s that?”
    “Well, we were college freshman so it was about two years ago. Her house caught on fire after her dad fell asleep with a smoke and, well, she couldn’t get out. A fireman rescued her, but not before the flames licked her face. The smoke had her unconscious, so she didn’t feel anything till she woke up two days later.” Steve shook his head. “She’s lucky she didn’t die. I don’t know how she survived.”
    I cringed and my heart leapt up into my throat. I couldn’t imagine that kind of terror. “Oh my gosh. That’s horrible.”
    “Yeah, we all went to high school with her, so we were worried about her.” He shuddered. “Jonah and I were there. We were just walking by when we saw the smoke, but we couldn’t do anything. We didn’t even know she was inside until we saw a fireman carry her out. It was a bad day.”
    I thought back to my own bad day and bit back the emotional tears. “I bet.”
    “Hey, let’s go dance again. It’s supposed to be a party, right?”
    I smiled. “That sounds great.”
    We made it back to the makeshift dance floor where Caty and Jonah were still tied at the hip, dancing in rhythmic sways.
    The next song was slow and I danced with Steve in small circles. The hair on the back of my neck stood up and a shiver coursed down my spine. It was as if someone was staring at me—again. I watched the partygoers as we swayed around in another circle. Once we made it so I could see who was behind me, I spotted my suspect. I swallowed hard as I took him in. My heart raced; it was the same guy from earlier at school. The shadows absorbed his black leather jacket and jeans. Even as far away as we were, I could see his silver-gray eyes staring into mine. My breath hitched as his stare burned down to my soul. He took a swig of his drink and continued to watch me. I smiled at him, wanting to run from Steve and over to him. He smiled back as he leaned against the wall, one foot up on the arm of a couch.
    We continued to dance in a full circle, but it wasn’t fast enough for me. I lost sight of the one guy I wanted to see more than Steve. Once we made it all the way around I looked, but he was gone. I couldn’t stop the disappointment from showing as I let out a huff.
    “You okay?”
    I glanced back up at Steve. “Yeah. I’m fine.” Liar. Ugh. I wasn’t fine. I wanted to run from Steve’s arms to find a stranger.
    Steve pulled me a little closer. The smell of his cologne was overpowering, making me dizzy. I tried to push away but he held me tight. I pushed again, getting his attention. “Oh, sorry,” he whispered as he let his arms relax, allowing me to breathe again. 
    “I think I’m done dancing.” In all honesty, I wanted to go home. I scoured the room, and found Caty and Jonah talking with another couple. They looked like