Miriam's parents were out of town, which meant party time. Awesome, right? Miriam's house was wicked cool, especially because she had a hot tub and it was totally easy to break into the liquor cabinet.
"Oh. My. God." Alice gaped, her hand flying to her boyfriend's arm as she stared at the newest entrants to the house. "What is he doing here?! And with her?!"
Frank turned to follow her gaze as the song in the background switched over from Nickelback to Coldplay. Oh, shit. The Prewetts - both of them, and Gideon had Dorcas Meadowes draped all over him. No wonder Alice was flipping out.
"Look, I'm sure everybody'll be cool about it," Frank said, trying to calm her down. "Miriam's got a new boyfriend anyway. Didn't she say she was totally over Gideon Prewett anyway?"
"She said that, but--"
"Oh. My. God."
...so much for keeping Miriam from seeing them. Alice sighed to herself. "Honey, don't even worry about it," she said. She did not want to be caught in the middle of this. All of them were her friends, and if Miriam knew the real reason that Gideon had broken up with her it would be totally different. But really, what had he been thinking coming to this party?!
"He can't be here!" Miriam said, a hysterical note already creeping into her voice. "If he's here, then I'll have to talk to him, and...and what if I...what if I let it slip that I'm pregnant?!"
Eyes went wide on both Alice and Frank as the song in the background changed over to some vaguely intense triphop. This was serious, like, for sure.