only all the time haha
whats up honey
Honey.
Baz read the word over and over.It was just a joke, of course.Probably.Unless it wasn’t, and that… Baz pressed his lips together before they did something stupid, like smile.
I’m stuck at an awful party.
Was Sami the partying type or would he hate this as much as Baz?
have you tried leaving?hope that helps xoxo
Haha.
Can’t.Half the firm’s here…
oh one of thOSE parties
that sucks
anything I can do?
Not unless he could teleport himself over.That would be a crazy thing to ask, though.
Unless—what was one more person to stuff up the air?As long as no one learned who Sami was to him… But no.Well—no.He couldn’t risk it.
“Bazzy!You made it!”Collin’s voice pierced the bubble of dissociation that had kept the music out.It hit Baz twice as hard, ringing in his ears.
Collin stood with two partners, holding a beer bong while an associate kneeled on the floor and gobbled sixteen ounces of beer through a plastic hose.
“Hey, your turn, bro!”
Oh, hell no.Not for any promotion in the world.Baz’s breath hitched in his throat; the room spun around him.Air.He needed some, right now.
He pointed to his phone—texting hardly made for a good excuse.Before he knew it, he hit the call button and bolted past the DJ station onto the terrace.The embrace of the night cooled the boiling heat consuming him, tinged with the stink of weed.
He clawed into the wooden balustrade, away from the couple shamelessly making out in front of the backdrop of dark trees that rustled as loud as a power drill.
“Baz?Everything okay?”A quiet voice came out of his speaker.
“I-I’m sorry, I panicked.”Every word hurt in his tight throat.“They wanted me to do a beer bong.Taking a call was the best excuse I had.”
“A beer bong?”Sami’s chuckle was low, rough even, like he hadn’t spoken in a while.A shiver ran down Baz’s spine.Now he regretted not bringing a jacket.“What kind of weird networking event is that?”
“A partner’s birthday.”
“Oh.Wait, what’s the problem then?”
“Thatisthe problem!”Wasn’t that obvious?
A beat.
“I’m not following.”
Baz pinched the bridge of his nose.Of course not.No one ever did, that was why he hated explaining this.
But… Sami trusted him with all of his thoughts too, unashamedly spammed his phone whether Baz cared or not.Maybe his aversion to parties wasn’t so weird in comparison.
