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True to her usual nature, despite knowing that they had the bonfire tonight, Jasmine was nowhere close to being ready to go. In fact when Divine had dropped by her room she had just gotten out of the shower and was putting on some makeup. She snorted and rolled her eyes as she was rushed along. "I'm running behind so I'll meet you guys there. Behave!" She yelled teasingly. Even though it was a short ride to the beach then everyone could go their separate ways and party, it was entirely possible for her best friend to get pissed off if the right buttons were pushed.

Jasmine forced herself to focus on what she was doing. She was already running late and didn't want to miss out on everything because she let her mind wander. After putting on her makeup, she threw on a white dress over her bikini. She stuffed a towel, hair clip, and a few other items into a tote bag before slipping on some rings and fluffing her curls. She gave herself one more glance in the mirror to make sure everything was together as she grabbed her keys and headed down the stairs. She had no idea who was still at the sorority house and who had already left. Rather than spending more time waiting for another group of girls to gather in a car, she decided to drive herself.

Throwing her bag in the passenger seat of her car she quickly started it up and drove off towards the beach. Rolling down her window, she let the breeze blow through her hair. With a little luck on her side, she managed to glide through traffic without hitting any lights or obnoxiously stupid drivers and was able to make up on some of the lost time. She grabbed her bag and slid it onto her shoulder before walking down towards the party. The music was loud and Jasmine nodded along to the beat. It didn't take her much longer to find a cooler full of beer. She took a swig and spotted people crowding around a tray of food. The only person she knew who cooked for the hell of it was Choua. That must mean that the other girls in her sorority were close by. Sure enough, as she scanned the crowd she spotted most of them dancing close by. Making her way over to the group, she waved at the girls before smiling. "You all look amazing." She complimented before taking another swig of her beer.

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With Hunter in tow, they were off. The ride itself was uneventful, though Rosalinda was more focused on trying to keep up with Anna. She must have really wanted to get there before the boys. Not that she didn't understand, but there was no way she was going to match her crazy driving. There was about two seconds of awe followed by Rose having to slowly catch up, and as Anna's car came to a halt, Rose managed to softly pull up next to her, giving the girls in the other car a thumbs up.

"I'm sure you're glad you rode with me," She joked to Hunter as she turned off her car, climbing out and letting the wind hit her face. Her hair was starting to stick to the back of her neck, and she would toss it behind her as she would grab her tiny, waterproof case. Sticking her keys in it, she watched the crowd, looking around the beach at nothing in particular. Dancing certainly seemed to be popular, but she still had an itch to hit the water. Once she had unloaded everything, she would peel off her shirt and shorts, carefully folding them and putting them in her bag. She put a chain onto the case, hanging it around her neck, and she inspected herself in her car's leftside mirror.

Her black monokini exposed a little more skin than she was used to, and she certainly felt the wind on her back. Still, she had to strut her stuff once in a while, so once she felt she was ready, she approached the shore line. She stopped just where the water hit her feet, her brain trying to remember if the water was deep at all.

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Sophia had been zoned out for a few minutes now as the two freshman girls across the table from her rambled on about how they’d dreamt of joining Omega Psi Phi since high school. It was only when Archer came running over with a rather panicked look that she broke her zombie-like gaze and looked up to him, her face looking a touch startled. She was about to ask when Archer dragged her from the table and took her over to a log away from the majority of the group. “Archer, what the hell? Was that entirely necessary?”

“Dude I think I'm in deep trouble!”

Sophia shook her head and looked down, running every possible explanation for Archer’s attitude through her head. She pinched the bridge of her nose and gave Archer an expectant look as she waited to see what he had gotten himself into this time. “Did you and Dante finally have a falling out?” She paused for a moment and smirked. “Wait, did I actually piss off Dante?”

“I should probably have told you sooner but I've been kind of seeing someone, don't look but he's standing over there.”

Sophia blinked. Archer had found a boyfriend? She took a peak over her shoulder and before long, spotted Theo standing just out of earshot. Sophia took her time in taking in his details. Even she had to admit, the guy was pretty damn good looking. Tall, strong, blonde hair and blue eyes. Wait, was that jealously she felt building inside? She shook her head and turned her attention back to Archer just in time to catch the back end of what he was saying.
“...way fast and I kind of want to bail...but not like break him!”

“You want to dump that dreamboat? Are you kidding me? He’s drop dead gorgeous!” Sophia blurted out the last part a touch louder than intended, probably loud enough for Theo to hear. She looked at Archer in disbelief before shaking her head, listening to him ramble on before he finally asked for her help. With a reluctant sigh, she decided she couldn’t leave her best friend in this situation. “Alright....why don’t you just tell him that it’s going a bit too fast? If he’s truly a decent guy, it shouldn’t be a problem. And if it is...well, I’ll still be here. ”

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Dante was just lighting down another cigarette when the sound of snapping fingers called his attention. When he looked up, he found himself staring at Archer, with the little fucker making a mock tear motion with his finger. This earned the guy a flipping of the bird, an eye roll and a smirk from D, and a nod after seeing Archie’s instruction to to lock the car when he was done.

Archer ran off again, while Dante decided to lock up the car and take up position leaning against the passenger window instead. He’d have a clearer view of who came and went this way. Sooner than he expected, he saw the familiar red car pulling up, and a smile was immediately on his lips. However, the smile was quickly wiped off his face when he realized who was in the passenger’s seat of Rose’s car. That blond head that had been between his legs the past night was impossible to forget.

To avoid a potential scene, Dante put out his cigarette and stalked off, quickly blending into the crowd of sorority sisters and fellow brothers getting down on the imaginary sand dance floor. He approached the DJ to ask for a song, and soon enough his anthem The Hills was blasting on the speakers. Smiling to himself and singing along to the lyrics, Mossos moved around, taking up position again somewhere on the right. From his point of view, he could see most of everything: Anna and some of her girls dancing, Archer getting kissed by some tall blond boy, Rose sauntering around in a sexy black swimsuit-

Wait, wait… What was that before?!

Dante did a double take, his wide-eyed line of sight falling back on Archer and his mystery man, who was now giving his best friend what looked like a back massage. The shorter man didn’t seem to comfortable with this, and it showed with how he quickly shook the taller man off and bolted. However, it was Archie’s next move that caused D’s eyes to narrow down to slits. The guy had bolted off in the direction of none other than Satan himself, who he pulled away from the group of girls she was sitting with. They settled somewhere away from said group, and from the way they looked back at the tall boy, they were no doubt discussing the issue at hand.

Dante couldn’t believe what he was seeing. Was Archie seriously trusting Satan more than he did him now? His brother, his ride or die, his no-homo love of his life, really going to Satan instead of him for what looked like relationship advice? Mossos wasn’t about to let that happen. With a furious look, he stalked off in his friend’s direction.

“Get over here, Dipshit!” Dante growled, forcefully grabbing Archer by the hand and dragging him somewhere away from the prying eyes and ears of the party goers, pushing Sophia off in the process but not stopping to apologize. When he considered they were far enough, he turned to face his best friend, blue eyes flaming with fury.

“So I’m just here, chilling and looking over at that pretty piece of ass that’s Rosalinda Connelly in that fuck-me black swimsuit, getting ready to make my move. And you know what I happen to see instead?” he stopped for a second, pretending to give Archie a second to think but immediately continuing on. “I see you, my best friend, getting all cozy and making out with some goddamned guy I’ve never seen in my life! As if that wasn’t enough, you go off and run off to Satan instead? The fuck is this shit, Archie?!”

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Sophia looked down at him and smirked “Wait, did I actually piss off Dante?”. Archer stared at her ”Well yeah... he hates you, he calls you Satan!” he sat back up and brushed some sand of his back. ”Anyway, that's not what your main focus should be!” Archer spat out flustered while Sophia was eyeing Theo. “You want to dump that dreamboat? Are you kidding me? He’s drop dead gorgeous!” Sophia exclaimed loud enough for anyone sitting close by to hear, a few girls turned their heads to see who wanted to dump who. Archer glared at his friend ”First of all! Are you trying to kill me?! Second of all, I know he's good looking but that's not everything... you of all people should know this!” He eyed Sophia and then turned back to look at Theo who was trying to look like he wasn't interested in what they were discussing.

“Alright....why don’t you just tell him that it’s going a bit too fast? If he’s truly a decent guy, it shouldn’t be a problem. And if it is...well, I’ll still be here. ” Sophia sighed and shook her head. ”I mean... I guess, but that interaction is something that I'm not looking forward to, and I should hope you'll still be here because if...” Archer started.

“Get over here, Dipshit!” an angry growl cut Archers train of thought. His head snapped up and saw Dante stompig over to them spraying sand everywhere. ”Oh...no.” Archer groaned, he knew that face he had seen it only once before and that was when he had accidentally called one of Dante's girls the name of another girl he was seeing. When Dante reached them he grabbed Archer by the arm and dragged him away so forcefully he knocked Sophia back a bit.

When they finally came to a stop a few feet away Archer snatched his arm from Dante's grip ”What the fuck D?! Are you five?! Pushing girls out of the way went out of style in kindergarten!” he yelled as he looked back at Sophia who was staring after them.
“So I’m just here, chilling and looking over at that pretty piece of ass that’s Rosalinda Connelly in that fuck-me black swimsuit, getting ready to make my move. And you know what I happen to see instead?” Archer rolled his eyes, even as Dante was angry and trying to scold someone he manage to mention something gross about a girl he is trying to bang. ”What D? What did you see?” Archer pretended, he knew where this was going.

“I see you, my best friend, getting all cozy and making out with some goddamned guy I’ve never seen in my life! As if that wasn’t enough, you go off and run off to Satan instead? The fuck is this shit, Archie?!” Dante said with his voice shaking with anger. Archer took a deep breath "Why are you upset? Why do you care about who I see?!" Archer let out an exhasperated laugh. You could almost feel the anger eminating from his best friend.

"It's not who you see, dipshit, it's you hiding it from me and not Satan. I was here before she ever was. I thought we were bros." Dante stared at him. Archer felt a pang of guilt... he had really hurt his very best friend by not coming to him first.
Archer put his face in his hands and rubbed it and let out a frustrated grunt ”Come on D! You have to get over yourself and you definatly have to get over this... this thing with Soph, ok?” Archer let out another deep sigh and put his hands on Dante's shoulders to force him to look at his face. ”Look... I know you don't do well with rejection. Neither do I but listen, no matter what happens you will never be replaced! Do. You. Understand?” Archer pulled his friend in to a hug, because he felt he needed it just as much as Dante did.

He couldn't even imagine going through his senior year if he didn't have Dante, he had stood by Archer's side almost from the very begining and Archer owed a whiole lot to Dante. That's why even if Archer feels that he has done nothing wrtong in this situation he knows it is better to not let this ruin one of the best things in his life right now.