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“What?”
“I know you said you had something cool planned, and I really, really appreciate it, but I was kind of hoping we could check out this new club in the West End…”
“A new club in the West End…?” I repeat.
“Yeah. It sounds really fucking cool. My dad knows the owner. He can get me, you, and River in for free, all expenses paid as my birthday treat. You only get to leave the teenage years behind once, right? I figured we all deserved this.”
“Sure, of course.” I shrug off the stupid feeling of unworthiness and plaster a smile on my face. Clancy grimaces and slings her arm around my shoulder.
“Oh God, I’m so sorry, Pen. I’m such a bitch for even suggesting we do something else. Let’s do what you had planned.”
She looks so disappointed that I shake off my feelings of inadequacy and put them to the side. To be honest, what I had planned was shit anyway. A homemade curry, a few bottles of wine and turning one of the studios at the Academy into a private club for three wasn’t exactly what she had in mind.
“Fuck, seriously. My plan was shit in comparison. I can’t believe I even thought it was a good idea.”
“You sure?”
“Yep,” I nod my head. “I’m absolutely positive. A night out all expenses paid sounds fucking perfect actually. I could use the chance to let my hair down.”
She grins, squeezing me tightly in a hug before smacking a kiss on my cheek. “What would I do without you, eh?”
“Probably end up in some dodgy swing club in a sleazy part of town, no doubt.” I wink, teasing her. She cocks her head then sucks on her fork provocatively.
“Yeah, you’re damn right, and I’d fucking enjoy it too.”
“You’re intolerable, do you know that?” I giggle. “Such a saucy, little minx.”
“Pot, kettle, black,” she retorts winking, and my cheeks flush. “By the way, don’t think I’ve forgotten about your little smoochy-smoochy session with York, girl.”
“There’s me thinking it’d slipped your mind,” I joke.
“See, what Ireallywant to know is if he can make you come without touching you? Are the rumours true, Pen Scott?” she asks, putting on a serious interviewing voice and holding her fork up as a pretend microphone.
“A lady never tells.”
“Because we all know that’s a skill that no man has had,ever. Though those vibrations are something else, I’ll give him that.”
I burst out laughing, shoving her on the arm. “He really does tap that floor hard, doesn’t he?”
“More like tap that ass.”
We burst into a fit of giggles, and it feels really good to just hang out with Clancy and laugh like this. It’s been a while since I’ve felt relaxed enough to do that.
“So, whatdidyou have planned for my birthday?” she asks a few minutes later as we head back to the Academy. I tell her about my shitty plan and we both end up laughing hysterically. “Oh God, Pen. I love you, girl, I really, really do. We’ll do the curry night another time, yeah?”
“Yeah,” I reply, linking arms with her.
As we walk up the steps of the Academy, I hold onto this moment of happiness knowing that these days they’re few and far between.
