A friend

"How about her?"

I turn to where Will ispointed and see a plain faced girl dancing with an equally plain guy.

"Seriously? Four."

Will shrugs and takes a swig of his beer. "She's not that bad. I'd give her a six at least."

"You have a pretty bad taste man," you say with a shake of your head.

It's my third day in this town and my new and only friend decided that now would be a good time to take me out for a drink. Will was a good guy, pretty friendly and outgoing. I was honestly expecting a repeat of high school, people ignoring me for the large part and me failing to socialize. Will was a welcome surprise who just happened to sit next to me on the first day of college.

I have no idea what he found appealing but he decided in the first five minutes that we were going to be buddies. Not that I was complaining. Two days was hardly enough to settle down and I have house hunting to do but Will's sudden urge to take me to a nightclub put that plan on hold.

"You found a place to stay yet," he asks me, eyes already scanning the the crowd for another girl to rate. Even though I had managed to get into a decent college, the dorms were unfortunately pretty bad. The reviews and even my college counselor suggested that I get a place of my own to stay in.

"I would have if someone let me instead of dragging me to a club to ogle girls," I say accusingly. Will merely waves me off and points to another girl.

"I'll help you look for a place later. That one. I say eight."

I pinch the bridge of my nose and sigh in annoyance. "Seven. Seriously, what are we doing here?"

"We're celebrating of course! You said it was your eighteenth birthday yesterday wasn't it?"

"This is your idea of celebrating? Rating random girls while sitting in a corner," I ask incredulously. Granted, I never actually expected him to care, given that we'd only known each other for two days. I appreciated the thought but I wasn't going to tell him that.

"No, I'm waiting for someone. We'll do something fun later. Why do you think I got you that fake ID?"

That had been a surprise. I have no idea where he managed to get a fake ID in a few hours but it seemed legit enough to fool the bartender.

"Can't we do something now?"

"We are doing something. Come on, Your turn."

I sigh again and search the throng of girls in the club. None really catch my eye. Given that it was late evening, I expected the place to be at least a little packed. To my disappointment, that wasn't the case today. The couple of girls that did catch my eye seemed to be chatting with who I assumed were their boyfriends.

When Will invited me to the nightclub, a part of me hoped to get lucky tonight. No such luck it seemed. With nothing better to do, I resign myself to my fate when my eyes land on a blonde making her way to the bar. Compared to the existing dull women I found so far, she is on a whole other level.

She's tall and leggy, almost reaching my chin in height. A stunning face framed by long flowing blonde hair. She seems extremely petite, easily shown be her casual, if modest clothes. Tight jeans covered her perfectly shaped ass. Her strapless blue top hid what were evidentially firm perky breasts.

To my surprise, she takes a seat next to Will, flashes him a smile and orders a drink.

I lean over to whisper in Will's ear. "Now she's definitely a ten. Easily beats everyone here."

Will gives me a surprised look and grins. "Is she now," he asks in a tone I find incredibly suspicious.

"Hey miss," he calls out to the said blonde. "My friend here says you're a perfect ten. What do you think of that?"

I wince at his blunt approach. There are so many ways to hit on a woman and this how he does it? Way to make a first impression of us buddy.

"Does he now," the blonde asks with a raised eyebrow. I expected her to be at least mildly offended but all I can see is how amused she is.

"What I meant," I say with a glare towards an equally amused Will, "was that I think you're very beautiful. Forgive my friend here. He's very... direct. He's also an idiot."

The blonde shakes her pretty head and laughs aloud. "Oh I'm well aware. He is my boyfriend after all."

A/N: Feel free to add chapters. I'll continue with whatever chapter is added next if I like it or I'll take it in my own path if I don't.