I was finishing up my freshman year of college, and a lot of the people in my dorm were finished with their finals for the semester and had a free night or two to party. I was one of those lucky few, and found myself in my dorm by myself on a week night, my roommate having left for the semester already. I sent some texts around, and before long I had 5 or 6 people joining me in my dorm, lounging in sweatpants and t shirts on beds and desk chairs, drinking a few beers and casually passing a bottle of cheap vodka around.
Two of the people that joined in on the fun were Erica and Tara. Roommates from the floor below me, we weren’t the best of friends, but we had seen each other around plenty. Once the alcohol was flowing for a while, I was pretty shamelessly flirting with a few of the ladies. I had a weird feeling like Tara was trying to play wing-woman for Erica, egging us on as we flirted, making us sit next to each other, so on. As the night went on and people left for other hang outs or to go to sleep, I eventually found myself in my dorm with just the two of them, sitting on my bed next to Erica as Tara sat across from us, sipping a drink out of a red solo cup.