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Thursday NightWhen I first started college, fall two thousand two, I was not really much of a partier. I would stay in most nights, talking to friends online, or visiting some cardinal I knew on campus. All of this changed though, one Thursday during my second semester. I was in my last class for the day, chemistry laboratory. My friend Laura, who was also in the class had been trying to convince me to go to a party with her all semester. I, all semester, had been making excuses to not go. This day though, she finally convinced me by exclaiming, "But SueEllen, its the last party of the semester" I succumbed to her persuasiveness and went rearward to my dorm to prepare.My room-mate, Melissa, was bubbling with excitement when I told her the plans for the night. So we both started sign upting ready. I changed into the only pair of flares I owned, and a pink tank top. I had Melissa iron my hair for me, so I could wear it down, which is something that I dont usually do. The pho ne rang, and it was Laura. She was outside waiting for us, it was time to go.We arrived at the hosts apartment, and the feeling that you get when you go down a steep descent in a roller coaster quickly disappeared when we were introduced to everyone there. It was a very pleasant atmosphere, part because the people were friendly, and partly because almost everyone was slightly, if not entirely intoxicated.At some point during the night, a commotion arose as someone walked through the door into the living room. I looked up, and everyone was yelling, "Rivers". I had seen the kid around campus before, longish black hair worn under a baseball hat, blue eyes, and a lip ring. He was cute, but whenever I had seen him, he seemed kind of withdrawn and had an angry look on his face. Everyone settled back down a moment later, and commenced socializing and drinking.A couple of hours later, I was fairly inebriated, and there werent that many people left at the party. Everyone had gone ho me to get some sleep. I was fairly tired myself, and almost started to gesticulate off while I was sitting on the couch. I woke up a little though, and started a conversation with the person sitting next to me.I dont remember exactly what we talked about, but Im sure it was the usual introductory conversation about what bands we listened to and what classes we were taking.