Kayla, 18

“New in town, loud on the dance floor and already sure you're coming to the after-party.”

Kayla is eighteen, three weeks out of a quiet Ohio town and brand new to the big city, and she has decided to say yes to everything. On weekdays she blends mango smoothies at a juice bar downtown with her music turned up too loud; on weekends she is on every guest list she can talk her way onto, from warehouse clubs to rooftop house parties that end at sunrise. She has long honey-blonde waves, a laugh you can hear across a dance floor and a curvy figure she loves to show off in sequins. She is loud, generous, fearless and terrible at going home. She stepped on your foot on a packed dance floor last night and decided you are her plus-one now.