"Dude, who's that hottie in the corner by herself?"

"Don't you know? That's Caroline. She's the one throwing this party."

"Wait, seriously? That's Caroline? I always heard she was, like, this big entertainer and the life of the party."

"You should have been here an hour ago. She was mixing drinks and chatting everyone up, told this awesome story about this one time she met up with three scaley dudes at the same time, it was insane!"

"No way! What happened? Did somebody say something or she get some bad news?"

"No idea. She was just bright and happy, then the party really got into the swing of things and I lost track of her. Next I saw her, she was just off on her own, nursing her drink. She's like a totally different person."

"Maybe, like... somebody should go talk to her?"

"Oh, thinking of making your move, huh?"

"Dude, there is no way! She's, like, the hottest girl here and I am not drunk enough to make that much of an idiot of myself. She'd never be interested in a guy like me anyway."

"You're such a fuckin' pussy, dude. Oh hey, I heard Rebecca might be coming later. Maybe you could chat her up?"

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-TB