Oh, uh...

Chase felt a bit lost again. "Oh, well, I'd need more than I should have to get me out there," and he nodded and headed straight for another keg he saw in the kitchen. It wasn't to get the courage to get on the dance floor, it was to maintain the courage to stay at the party.

He could tell things were also getting busy outdoors. Some really popular guy was out there, a crowd already forming around him. Nadira and Raul were there too. Someone must have relieved the cup sellers outside cause those two, Ryan and Karen they'd introduced themselves as, were now in the kitchen too but they were making some sort of mixed drink and sharing the blender of it.