He stayed with her throughout the rest of the party, and when it was time to go he leaned towards her.

“Sure you can drive yourself home?”

She'd not taken a lot of alcohol, but something told Alana wasn't what he was referring to, “I'm fine. Thank you,” she replied.

“I’ll walk you to your car then,” he said and reached for her bag, “In fact, let me hold that for you,”

But she pushed his hand away. “It’s okay. I can hold my bag, Stefan. It's not heavy at all,”

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