Caden was wandering mindlessly, deciding whether he was willing to risk one drink before driving home later. Telling himself it couldn't hurt, the boy began making his way in the direction of the beer. He had only reached the outskirts already when a girl slammed right into him. The force knocked him back a step and the result was beer spilled all over the both of them. "I'm so sorry, I should have been paying more attention." He stumbled through his sentence hoping that he hadn't upset her. Much to his surprise she was rushing through a similar apology which ended with her name and number written on his hand. "Wait, you don't have to-" Caden spun around to stop the girl from running off but he'd already lost her in the crowd.
"I'm here for all of ten minutes and I end up spilling Jess' beers... Of all the people." He sighed and fixed the beanie that had shifted out of place. Caden continued mulling around, deciding that his encounter with Jess was the universe telling him not to drink and drive. Through all of the mayhem, he hadn't noticed his necklace had untucked itself and now hung in plain sight, flashing its dark colors in the dim lighting. Not even five minutes later he turned and slammed right into another girl, reaching his arm out to steady her while his head spun. "Not again... I'm sorry." He groaned, looking up just in time to see her staring at the color of his necklace before running off. "Damn this light, how am I supposed to apologize to her properly. That was Adelisa right? Isn't Blake friends with her?" He mumbled to himself, backing his way out to the outskirts of the crowd once again. He whipped out his phone to text Blake, but remembered the number written on his hand. "Should probably text her now in case the number washes off." He entered the number into the phone with a short message. Sorry about earlier. Don't worry about the shirt. Sliding his phone back into his pocket, Caden made his way to the edge of the beach to watch the waves, kicking off his shoes to the water could run around his ankles.