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“Huh? Oh, yeah, it’s fine,” she replies.
“Sweet! Let's get white girl wasted!” Bex sings, and Aadi groans.
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‘Young dumb and broke’ by Khalid pumps through the speakers as we all walk into the pub. Bex high fives a table of guys.
“Happy birthday,” she says, winking at the guy on the end.
“Do you know him?” I ask.
“No. Should I?” She frowns back at me.
“You just told him happy birthday,” Katie adds, sounding as puzzled as I feel.
“Well, I probably won’t see him before his birthday so it’s only polite to say it in advance.” She shrugs like what she just said is a perfectly reasonable explanation and skips off towards the bar, high fiving the bartender when she gets there. The young guy leans over the bar and kisses her on the cheek. I hope she knows that guy.
“She’s...interesting,” Katie says. I nod. That’s one way of putting it, but I do like her.
We spot Crystal sitting near the pool tables and she waves us over.
“She sure is. I’ll go order us some drinks. Any requests?” I ask.
“Nothing fruity,” she replies before heading to join Crystal.
I make my way towards Bex, who is animatedly talking to the bartender still, laughing at whatever he just said.
“Ordered any drinks yet?” I ask. She looks back at me and smiles.
“Not yet, I was waiting for you. I wasn’t sure what you wanted.”
“Nothing fruity.”
“Me either girl, my legs tend to fall open if I drink that girly shit.” The bar tender grins lasciviously and nods. I know he’s filed that information away for later. I see fruity girly drinks in Bex’s future if the bartender has anything to say about it.
“Can I get eight tequila shots and a jug of Jack? Four cups, please.”
We wait while the drinks are being made. I look back over at Katie and think how she really would make a good girlfriend for Smalls. They’d look super cute together and she’s so much nicer than skank face Sarah.
“You hot for her?” Bex asks, bumping my shoulder.
“Me? No, I have four boyfriends. They’re hot, but a handful. Don’t need any more.”
“Four?! We have to talk about this, but first what’s the deal with the girl?”
“I was thinking of setting her up with Smalls.”
“Jason? It would make it hard for sixty niners though.”
I snort. This chick really just says the first thing that comes to mind. The bartender slides a tray towards Bex and she passes the cash to him.
“Keep the change, Nick.”
“I kind of thought that you and Jason were a thing. He always talks about you. I’ve been curious to meet you. He holds you on this pedestal, and I reckon it will be pretty impossible for anyone to measure up to that.”
“We’ve sorted it out, we’re both moving on,” I say dismissively. I like Bex, but I don’t want to get into that whole mess with her. My relationship with Smalls is complicated enough without spilling my secrets to a virtual stranger.
We reach the table and Bex introduces herself to Crystal and takes a seat after letting me slide in ahead of her.
