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“They say chivalry is dead around here, glad to see not all of you rich boys are as pretentious and ill-mannered as you seem,” I mutter mockingly.
“Not all of us have bubbly personalities like Silver and his boys,” he jokes, and I can’t help but laugh at his sarcasm.
However, the moment of calm is cut short when my phone buzzes in my hand. I look down cursing the facial recognition shortcut for unlocking it before I was ready and flinch when I see his name appear once again.
CUPCAKE: Don’t say I didn’t warn you baby.
My stomach drops, the anxiety I wasn’t feeling up until now overwhelming me with a coat of fear at his unspoken threat.
“Everything okay?” Liam asks, noting my unease.
I shake it off, Sebastian has no right to tell me what to do. It’s not like he knows I’m, in thispredicament. “Everything’s great, I just realized I’m starving.”
“Well then, let’s get this gorgeous body of yours fed.” I glare up at him for his comment, but he simply smiles, winking harmlessly at me before retreating to the driver side of the car. I roll my eyes at his forwardness as I climb into the passenger seat. Well this is going to be interesting.
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Luckily, the drive to Scottie’s diner isn’t long and given Liam drives a convertible, the conversation we had was hardly a conversation at all. More like him shouting over the sound of the wind blowing through our hair, and maybe the ingestion of a few small bugs.
We pull up to the parking lot of the town's favorite diner, one I personally love coming to. They have the best burgers and milkshakes and their onion rings are literally to die for. My stomach grumbles at the mere thought of the delicious, heart attack inducing, grease filled food. I haven’t eaten since breakfast, and today’s lunch came right back out before I even had the chance to fully ingest it.
Once inside we’re seated by Sally, one of the owners and Scottie’s wife, an older woman in her sixties who looks like your typical TV grandma. She leads us to a booth at the far left of the diner. Which is starting to quickly fill up with their usual Friday night crowd. My fellow classmates. Not many would be caught around this side of town, given girls like Carrington and Kinsley would rather hang out at the five-star establishments closer to the town square or any of the twenty or so sushi restaurants scattered across town. Guys like Ace, Bass, and the other two Horsemen prefer to hide out in their gilded palaces unless they’re hosting a party of some sorts which surprisingly isn’t happening tonight. At least we won’t be running into any of them tonight.
“Shall I give you two a minute to look over the menu?” Sally asks, as she sets down the two menus before us.
“Yes I think…”
“I know what I want,” I blurt out, interrupting Liam. “Sorry I’m starving and if I don’t eat soon, well let’s just say I get hangry and it’s not a pretty sight.”
He lets out a wholesome laugh as he motions for me to go on and order what I’d like.
“Can I get a double cheeseburger with no tomato or onions, with extra pickles, a large order of onion rings with extra ranch, and a peanut butter, chocolate, and banana shake.” Both Sally and Liam stare at me in awe, as if I’ve grown an extra stomach somewhere to fit all of the food I’ve just ordered. Nope just another body inside me begging to be fed.
“I’ll take the same, but instead of extra pickles, I’ll have no pickles and add a small order of chili fries.” I raise a brow at him, questioningly. That was nothing like my order. “Oh and I’ll have a vanilla milkshake instead.”
Of course he’s fucking vanilla. Plain, sweet, and predictable. Not that there’s anything wrong with that, but I’m more of a peanut butter, chocolate, and banana kind of girl, with chunks of fudge brownie. Complicated, overwhelming, and bad for your health, and that just so happens to be Sebastian's flavor.
“You have an appetite, where are you going to fit all of that?” he asks, genuinely curious as Sally stalks back over to the kitchen.
“It’s called cardio Liam. I’ve taken up running. Helps clear my mind and keeps me in shape,” and away from my favorite vice buried in the bottom of a bottle of liquor or said other vice that comes wrapped up in a delectable package of cocky, bossy, and dominant. But I keep those last two to myself.
His eyes roam over me taking in my outfit, as his teeth come out to bite down on his bottom lip. “Well it sure as hell works because I have to tell you Jade, you look good.”
“I thought you said this wasn’t a date?” I sneer, raising a brow as a sly smirk appears over his face.
“Did I, I don’t recall such a thing,” he chimes in with an ear to ear, warm, pearly white grin.
“I’m serious Walker, I’m not interested in dating anyone right now, I only agreed to come tonight because you said we are friends.” His mood visibly changes at the seriousness of my tone.
We both quiet down as Sally interrupts us, carrying our orders and setting the incredible smelling food down on the table before us.
“Alright here you go, you two enjoy yourselves and let me know if I can get you anything else, perhaps a slice of pie to share,” Sally croons, winking at us before walking away.
For once, I’m surprised I don’t gag at the food before me. What do you know, the Little Monster likes his food fried and dripping in oil. So instead I open up my burger adding a load of ketchup and mustard and closing it back up before taking a glorious bite. It tastes fucking amazing and so far I don’t feel the urge to regurgitate it into the bottom of a toilet bowl.
“So you like ketchup, but not tomato?” Liam asks, making me aware of the fact that I’m not alone here. I dip a delicious looking, crispy fried onion ring into the small bowl of ranch Sally placed in front of me, crunching down on it before answering him.
“It’s perfectly normal, ketchup is hardly tomato based and besides, it’s the gooey wet seeds I don’t like.” He stares at me like I’ve grown an extra head before picking up his own burger and taking a bite.
