You can't go in the pool after the hot tub! The water will be freezing," Amberly complained, shivering in her pink underwear as we all made our way down the hill toward the pool a little while later. "You're supposed to do it the other way around." "I like to live on the edge," Kiran said flatly. "Go dry off if you don't want to come." "Actually, I think I'm going to take that advice. You lot go ahead," Upton said, pausing halfway down the hill near the dance floor. My heart skipped a beat as Tiffany and West veered around us and kept walking, their bare feet making wet prints on the wood floor. "I need to get back. Are you all right here?" I smiled, lifting my soggy hair over my shoulder. "I'm good. How long before I join you?" I asked, stepping forward so that our knees brushed. Upton checked his watch. "I told the guy to come round at eleven. You don't mind the idea of celebrating the New Year alone together, do you?" I thought of what Kiran said about how what you're wearing when the clock strikes twelve sets the tone for the whole year.
