Rein It In by Georgina Bloomberg

Author:Georgina Bloomberg
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Published: 2013-09-05T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eleven

An hour later, the party was in full swing. Tommi had found herself a seat on the AC unit under the window, where she was listening without much interest as Marissa and some girl from Ohio whose name she’d forgotten argued over some stupid TV show Tommi had never seen. The hotel room was stuffy and overly warm, laced with the scents of sweat and beer. People were crammed into every corner of the place—it seemed as if every junior attending Harrisburg had turned up. A guy was digging through the minibar, tossing tiny bottles of alcohol, cans of soda, and bags of peanuts at any cute girl who walked past. A couple was making out on one of the beds as if they were the only ones in the room. Several girls were dancing on the other bed, occasionally falling off to raucous laughter. The music was loud enough that Tommi couldn’t believe the other hotel guests hadn’t complained yet.

“This is great, isn’t it?” Marissa shouted into her ear.

Tommi forced a smile. “Sure,” she said. “But I think I should—”

Marissa had already turned away to shout something at the other girl. A second later she jumped to her feet.

“Need another beer?” she asked Tommi.

Tommi shook her head and held up her bottle, which was still at least two-thirds full. She wasn’t in the mood for getting drunk tonight. Not with the Large Juniors starting tomorrow. For some reason Toccata always seemed to find the ring at Harrisburg particularly distracting, and Tommi would need to be on her toes. Besides that, she meant what she’d said about wanting to get on Fable early. Her test ride that afternoon had gone pretty well, but “pretty well” wouldn’t take her far in the eq finals. If she was going to compete, she wanted to be ready to do her best.

The girl from Ohio was chattering to some guy who’d just wandered over. Marissa danced off toward the bathroom, where beer was chilling in the tub. Left alone, Tommi sneaked a peek at her watch, thinking about calling it a night.

She glanced at the door, trying to estimate the best path through the hordes of partying juniors. At that moment it swung open and three more people came in. One of them was Scott Papadakis.

Suddenly Tommi felt a lot more interested in the party. She watched as Scott traded high fives with a few of the other partiers and stopped to chat with a cluster of girls near the TV. Halfway to the bathroom door, he noticed Tommi watching him.

He stopped short and leaned over to say something to his friends. They both turned and stared at Tommi with interest. Then Scott peeled off and came toward her.

“Hey,” he said when he reached her. “What’s up, Tommi?”

“Not much.” She took a sip of her beer. “Quite a party, huh?”

“Yeah.” He grinned and glanced around. “Hard to believe half of these people have to be on a horse at, like, eight a.m. for the Small Juniors.

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