Chapter 191

Emma squealed, "Finally, stupid guys taking all our time." Her sentence was interrupted with the odd hiccup and giggle. How much had they drank? I could feel a warm tingle inside my stomach, but I certainly hadn't had as much as they had. "Carlie?" She cooed, slurring the 'e'.  I blinked, "Hmm?"  "Are-" hiccup "you-" hiccup "okay?" hiccup. She and Dera stood staring at me, both swaying slightly to the beat of the music.  The thought of Adan had me wanting to tell them that I couldn't stay, that I had to go and speak to him, but the look on their faces had me changing my answer. "Yeah, let's have our girl's only dance." I smiled and put all thoughts of Adan to the back of my mind. Maybe he was needed by Jake, maybe I had jumped to the wrong conclusion. Using that answer as my reasoning, I grabbed three glasses of champagne and handed one to Dera and Emma.  With all three of us linked by our hands, we danced and laughed until our feet a