Clear Your Mind

Kenny's head was shaking either way as he left his bedroom with a low sigh, this conversation that Scott and Brian told him to have caused way more harm than doing any good it seemed. It was his first real fight with Anna, and for it to be on the topic of her ex-boyfriend too, made it all the rawer. Kenny's upper lip twitched slightly, why was Anna so defensive when it came to talking about Eric? They talked about Eric earlier this week, she explained the things that she liked and didn't like about him, but lo and behold when the man is actually going to see her in person, Anna won't say a word. Kenny wasn't stupid, he knew Anna felt something for Eric, but all he wanted was a conversation where she would at least tell him she understood. Instead, he got accused of not trusting her and being overbearing...which, maybe was true?

"That sounded a little rough," Kenny suddenly heard someone say from just behind him. Looking back over his shoulder he was surprised to see Juliet's best friend, Quinn looking at him with a sympathetic smile, "You okay?"

Kenny stared back at the redhead, tongue-tied on how to reply, "You were listening to me and Anna?"

"Not on purpose!" Quinn swiftly explained, waving her with complete sincerity in her voice, "I saw the train of people with my brother bringing in the drinks and snacks and realized you must have been back. Caught you heading up the stairs and was coming up to see if you'd want to play pool with me, Mindy, and Avery...that's when I heard the shouting,"

Kenny rested his hands on his waist, wet his lips, and let out a sigh, "Yeah...it wasn't exactly our best moment, that's for sure,"

"Not trying to pry but Anna did rush off in a huff, is there anything you want to talk about? I'm a good listener," Quinn sweetly offered, taking a tentative step closer to Kenny,

"I appreciate it, but...but it's private, you know? I'd feel bad about airing any dirty laundry the second we have a disagreement," Kenny replied causing Quinn to retract away from him, "I really do mean that though, thanks for the offer," The redhead halted her retreat,

Quinn kept her warm look at the teen, her cute dimples staying defined on her cheeks as she kept going without skipping a beat, "Well, what do you say about letting me at least cheer you up? It is a party, after all, no need for you to be frustrated and annoyed all night,"

"Don't worry, it'll give way to fear and freaking out soon enough, my brain loves to make me do that," Kenny jokingly replied earning a full, charmed laugh from Quinn in response,

"I know the feeling, trust me," Quinn giggled in agreement before sighing, giving her amber locks a quick flick and putting one hand on her hip, "So, was that a no or..."

Kenny's looked back at Quinn and lightly pursed his lips as he thought her offer over genuinely. On the one hand, being in some kind of argument with Anna didn't exactly make him want to go out partying with people now, nor did he think it was a fully appropriate option. He wanted to pursue Anna, pull her aside again and try to get to the bottom of the problem, but another part of him was not too worried about making matters worse. Not to mention that Anna stormed off to go back to her friends, so maybe he should do the same, let the pot simmer for a little bit, and then try to talk again once both their heads were cleared. From the very beginning, Kenny knew he didn't want anything to turn into a fight and he crossed that line way too already.

"Alright," Kenny almost reluctantly agreed, "That...that sounds a lot better than me sulking on my own somewhere," The teen weakly joked again only for Quinn to let out a soft, "Aw" and move closer to him, letting her hand rub and down his arm, "No, it's nothing, I'm just a big baby," Kenny scoffed as he waved off Quinn's sympathy, "I do have one request if that's cool,"

"Anything Ken," Quinn immediately agreed,

"I know pool was the original idea with you guys but I'd prefer to stay away from the rec-room for right now. Anna wanted some space, and I do want to respect that at least,"

"No problem, consider it done," Quinn said with no hesitation, "We can go hit the dance floor! Devin's band should be starting soon, and I have to admit, I'm curious to see what moves you got,"

Kenny gave a half-hearted chuckle and shook his head, "Trust me, no one wants to see that, but sure, we can dance," The teen shared a small gaze with Quinn before nodding, "Thanks Quinn, you're a good friend,"

"Not a problem, someone has to look out for you until Julie gets here," Quinn teased as she gave Kenny a small sock in the arm. Kenny let out a light laugh and the pair started to walk down the stairs returning to the first floor of the party. Quinn couldn't help but think to herself, "Hopefully Juliet doesn't get here too soon though, this is going great..." She kept her eyes on the teen in front of her, her gaze almost longing by the time they hit the first floor.

Kenny slightly grimaced as he and Quinn immediately had to push through a crowd at the bottom of the stairs, and at that exact moment, Devin's voice came over the speakers, calling out to the party before White Glass started their first song. His own thoughts were almost drowned out as the mixture of a cheer and music filled his ears, "Where is Mindy and Ave?!" Kenny called out, looking back to Quinn,

The redhead's sauntered closer to him, pushing up on her toes and bringing her lips right to his ear, "Here follow me, last I left them, they were over by the basement entrance," Quinn reached down, taking Kenny by the hand and leading him through the party with relative ease. While the teen thought nothing much over the action, Quinn was desperately fighting off her blushing cheeks and the butterflies that now filled her stomach. She didn't want to make a fool of herself; if there was ever a chance for her to see if she could maybe get somewhere with her best friend's cousin...tonight was that night.