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Simon’s laughter was never cruel so I knew he wasn’t laughing at me in a mean way.
    I spent twenty minutes in the shower scrubbing my face off and vowing silently to myself that I would never wear makeup again. I wrapped a towel around myself when I was done and used another one to dry out my hair as much as I could. Forgetting I had company, I walked out of the bathroom in my towel and headed into my bedroom to pick out an outfit for the evening.
    I decided on my black leather pants, and a light blue shirt with a shredded back. A silver necklace with a giant, chunky cross would pull the outfit together nicely, I decided as I laid out my choice of clothes on the bed.
    I turned and walked out of my room. I was almost to the bathroom again when I damn near screamed.
    Simon was sitting on the couch leafing through a magazine. I had completely blocked out the fact that he was here already here and that I had let him in.
    He looked up at me and smiled, but his smile faltered a bit when he saw that I was standing there in a towel, giving him a terrified look.
    “You okay there?”
    “Sorry. I just forgot you were here,” I said before disappearing into the bathroom again.
    God he looks good tonight. Not that he didn’t look good earlier, it’s just ... damn.
    Simon was wearing a dark gray and white plaid shirt that showed off his arms. How the hell he was able to hide those arms was beyond me, but the Nerd King was buff. I’m pretty sure he was wearing dark blue denim jeans and dark gray Converse shoes.
    Yum.
    I felt my lady parts perking up at how he looked tonight.
    “Don’t even think about it,” I whispered looking down. “He’s a project, not a conquest. Besides, one more disappointment and you’ll probably sew yourself up.”
    It took me another twenty minutes to blow dry my hair and straighten it. Then another ten to dry myself off and lotion my body so that I wouldn’t be sticky once I started to sweat tonight.
    When I walked out of the bathroom to go into my room to get dressed, I saw Simon had gone from flipping through the magazine to watching TV.
    Ten minutes later, I stepped out of my room dressed and ready to go. I had pulled my hair back into a high ponytail and decided that the no makeup rule I had given myself earlier would probably be a good idea for tonight.
    I still put on a little bit of light lip gloss so that I would look semi decent.
    “Ready?” I asked him.
    Simon glanced over at me and for a moment, his eyes got big. He recovered quickly and nodded.
    “I thought you might’ve fallen asleep again,” he teased.
    “Oh shut it,” I grumbled as I grabbed one of my smaller purses and walked out.
    We got into the car.
    “Wanna walk?” I asked him suddenly.
    “Um, sure,” he said.
    “Well the only reason I ask is because if I drink too much tonight I don’t want to drive and I don’t want you to not be able to have a good time because of it. It’s not too far. Come on,” I said, jumping out and leading the way down the block.
    The walk took about half an hour, but we made it to TAO. The line was long as usual and Simon looked completely nervous. I looked up at him and winked, taking his hand in mine, I walked us straight to the front of the line.
    “Eden! Long time no see, where you been?”
    Nick was huge, bald, and the stereotypical bouncer at a nightclub. He also had the final say on who entered and who didn’t. Luckily I had saved the day one night when he came into the Game Cave to get a video game his son had desperately wanted, and pulled some strings to get it for him in a couple of days. Ever since then I was guaranteed free access to TAO along with anyone that came with me.
    “Working mostly,” I replied with a laugh. “This is my friend Simon and we came to party!”
    Simon smiled nervously and Nick shook his hand, giving him a pat on the back.
    “Go on in guys!” he said, unclipping the velvet rope and we walked right in.
    “How do you know him?” Simon shouted