Chapter 32.

I released a breath I didn't know I was holding and grabbed my drink. I gulped it down just as quick as the last one and just as I was slurping the last in the glass, the girls came over to the bar. They were laughing and singing to the music as they walked a straight line over to where we were standing. ”Six shots, please!” Steph yelled to the bartender who poured us each a shot of tequila. We raised our glasses and downed the liquor. ”I need to pee,” Mikayla said and Steph followed suit. Vanessa hoped up on a chair beside mine, her eyes were distant and her head was down. Sam and Dave were talking on their own side but I saw the shallow glances Sam was throwing my way. I turned around and placed my hand on Vanessa's arm. ”Are you alright?” I asked her. Vanessa forced a big smile and nodded her head. ”Yeah, of course I am,” she said happily but the undertone said differently. My eyes fell, I realized just now that Vanessa wanted me to open up, to confide in her, but it would be a