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“Oh, no, no.” Pete held it up for her. “You’re going to give us bad juju if you don’t drink.”
“Juju?” Bea questioned, laughing at Pete. She rarely saw him lose control of himself like he had tonight. She kind of liked that she’d be taking care of him tonight instead of the reverse. This year had proved one thing—Pete was a natural caregiver. He’d brought her soup when she was sick, chocolates when she was PMSing, and pancakes when she was hungover. They’d shared a love for horror movies during the month of October, county festivals in the summer, and recently joined a dart league at the bar Pete worked at on Thursday nights.
“Just drink.” He pushed it closer.
She finally took the shot glass and downed the shot, then smiled at Pete. “Happy?”
“Not really. Get drunk with me.” Pete grabbed a pitcher to refill his beer and sloppily poured it into her half-empty glass until it was full again.
Bea knew Trek was now the least of her worries. She’d have to get Pete home as well.
Before she could answer, Pete nudged her with his hip to get out of the booth, took her hand, and led her to the dance floor.
“Should I Stay or Should I Go” by The Clash was playing, and Pete and Trek sang along, their hands in the air as they jumped up and down.
Nia rolled her eyes but laughed. Then the four of them danced and laughed together. Pete spun her out and dragged her back to him. He kept singing the lyrics, his face in Bea’s the majority of the time.
Something happened after that dance. More drinks were brought to the dance floor by Trek’s bandmates. More alcohol was consumed, and they sweated through their clothes, dancing and making complete fools of themselves.
At the end of the night when it was time to go home, Bea and Pete were thrown into an Uber together.
“Jared!” Pete said with a smile once they were secure in the back seat, and he saw who their driver was.
Bea and Pete looked at each other and laughed the entire way back to the apartment. Bea couldn’t remember a time when she’d had so much fun.
