"C'mon Grace," AJ said. "You look fabulous."
"You sure?" Grayson asked. "I wanna make a good impression on your friends."
"You look great," AJ insisted. "Lets go!" In fact, Grayson looked awesome. He almost hated taking her to Nick's surprise party. He wanted her to himself. She was wearing a blick mini-skirt, Dr. Martens, and a dark green sweater. AJ kissed her lightly on the lips. "We've got to hurry!"
"Alright," Grayson said. "I'm ready."
They arrived at the restaurant Howie had reserved for the night. Howie told them Nick and Brian were on their way.
"Yo D," AJ said. "I want you to meet-"
"You must be Grace," Howie said. "All Bone does is talk about you these days. He's worse than Kevin."
Grayson giggled, "AJ, don't make people sick. Okay?"
AJ just kissed her. "I can't seem to keep my hands, or my lips for that matter, off of you. You feel so good!"
"Later Baby," Grayson murmured.
"Promise?"
Howie cut in, "Grace, I want you to meet my girlfriend, Deanna."
"Hello Grace," Deanna said. "C'mon. I'll introduce you to Kev and V."
"Alright," Grayson said, pecking AJ on the cheek before following Deanna.
"You seem excited," AJ commented to Howie.
"Deanna decided to move to Orlando and get a house with me," Howie said.
"Are you getting married?" AJ asked.
"No."
"What is your Catholic mother going to say?" AJ asked. He saw Kevin, Vanessa, Deanna, and Grayson heading towards them. "She's so beautiful."
"My mother?" Howie asked.
"No. Grayson," AJ said. "She's a lot of fun. But we seem to fight every time we go out together."
"Frustrated passion?" Howie asked.
"More like bad tempers and misunderstandings," AJ said. "Hey Kev. Hey V."
"Waz up?" Kevin asked. He had his arm hooked around Vanessa, like he needed to touch Vanessa as badly as AJ needed to touch Grayson.
"Nothing much bro," AJ said. "You guys?"
"Not a lot," Kevin responded.
"Hey! Look what Vanessa acquired!" Deanna exclaimed, pointing to Vanessa's left hand. Vanessa turned red as she held up her hand.
"That is some rock," AJ said, staring at the diamond.
"I got it for her while she was in New York," Kevin said. "The other one was getting old."
"But I still wear it," Vanessa said, touching the pink, plastic ring that hung around her neck.
"Here they come," someone hissed.
Everyone hid and got quiet. Brian and Nick walked in. "God, this place is dead," Nick commented.
"You're telling me," Brian said. Suddenly, everyone came out screaming "SURPRISE!"
"Holy-" Nick yelled. "Wow, that was, well- whoa."
"Glad it was a surprise," Howie said.
"Howie's been working like a demon on this party," AJ told Nick.
Nick hugged Howie, "Thanks man. You're the greatest."
"Happy birthday Kaos," Howie said.
"Yeah, happy birthday Nick," AJ said. "I want you to meet Grayson Adams."
"Nice to meet you," Nick said. "Everytime I talk to Bone anymore, he seems to talk about you. Can I call you Grace too?"
Grayson laughed, "Of course you can. What should I call you?"
"Anything you want," Nick said. He walked over to Kevin and Vanessa.
"Hey, I'm Brian," Brian said, sticking his hand out. Grayson shook it. "Nice to meet you Grace."
Suddenly, music began to play. Before she knew, AJ was dragging her onto the dancefloor.
"That was kind of rude," Grayson said. "I was meeting your friends."
"You can always meet them," AJ said. "We've only danced together once before. I'll song to you."
"I'm convinced," Grayson said, setting her head on his shoulder. "By the way, what shade of green is your hair?"
"Clover," AJ said. They both smiled.
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