asked.
"Whiskey. You sure?"
He must've thought I was some sort of lightweight. I guess there were still some things he had to find out about me.
"It's So-Co, Liv, your favorite," Gavin divulged. It was nice the way he always remembered my drink.
"Well, then yeah, I'm in. How could I say no to that?" I said.
"SHOTS!!!" Gavin called.
I passed out the shots to everyone as Gavin poured them, giving Matt a quick hug during the process. He became less creepy every time I saw him. Considering I had been spending time at Logan’s shop, Matt’s creepiness had become almost non-existent. Almost.
Once everyone had their shot, Gavin toasted, “To friends!”
“To friends!” everyone else repeated, and then we all downed our shots. The liquor burned slightly going down, but it was a sweet burn that I hadn’t tasted in a while. It felt good.
“Holy shit, that stuff is disgusting!” Melody choked. Nate laughed until Melody glared at him. Then he abruptly stopped.
“Yeah…Nasty whiskey,” he agreed.
Mel rolled her eyes then glanced at the pool table. “Let’s play doubles. Evan, Liv, you want to play?”
“I’m game,” Evan said.
“I’m in,” I said.
“One more round first?” Gavin called out, already pouring more shots. Logan, Chloe, Gavin and I were the only ones who did the next round. Hailey took a seat on the couch and started flirting with Matt. Geez, that girl got around.
"I’ve never seen a girl take a shot like that without flinching. I think you might be the coolest chick I know." Logan looked at me in awe and a little out of focus. I wondered how many shots they had before we got there.
Chloe let out one single sarcastic laugh.
"To cool chicks!" I toasted. I clinked Chloe’s shot glass with a smile, trying to be nice, then we slugged our second shots. "Hey, wait, I'm not a chick."
"Well, what are you?" he laughed.
"Just a girl. I'm just a girl in the world." I smiled at my Gwen Stefani quote.
He nodded in Evan’s direction. “I see you’re with the porn star.”
“Not a porn star!” Evan called out, as he chalked his cue, completely unfazed by the remark. “Liv, you want to break, or should I?”
I wanted a minute to talk to Logan and clear the air, but Chloe stayed tightly glued to his side. It looked like I would have to wait for the right moment.
“I’ll break,” I said to Evan, leaving Logan and Chloe at the bar.
As the pool game progressed, so did the closeness between Logan and Chloe. I saw them take at least two more shots together.
“Nice one, Liv!” Evan said as I sunk my second stripe. Evan was good at pool too, and we had a strong lead.
“This is so unfair!” Melody said. “Next game we’re playing boys against girls!”
I missed my next pool shot but not on purpose.
“Good try, babe,” Evan said as I sluggishly walked over to him, acting much more disappointed than I really was. Out of the corner of my eye, I saw Logan turn his head towards us.
Evan finished the game on our next turn, sinking the final two stripes and the eight ball. I went to give him a congratulatory hug, and when I put my arms around his neck, he took me by the waist with one hand, by the neck with the other, and dipped me down, planting an unexpected kiss on my lips. I giggled as he lifted me back up to a standing position, holding on to him for balance. Those whiskey shots had clearly kicked in.
“Ok, Liv. Let’s kick some boy ass,” Mel said.
I leaned back against the wall, waiting for the next pool game to start and looked over at the bar. Logan’s eyes were on me with an expression I couldn’t quite figure out. It wasn’t a happy one. His intense stare made my heart flutter. For a few seconds, the world seemed to go away, and it was just the two of us, staring into each other’s eyes.
What the hell is going through his mind?
A moment later, he looked down at the floor,
"Whiskey. You sure?"
He must've thought I was some sort of lightweight. I guess there were still some things he had to find out about me.
"It's So-Co, Liv, your favorite," Gavin divulged. It was nice the way he always remembered my drink.
"Well, then yeah, I'm in. How could I say no to that?" I said.
"SHOTS!!!" Gavin called.
I passed out the shots to everyone as Gavin poured them, giving Matt a quick hug during the process. He became less creepy every time I saw him. Considering I had been spending time at Logan’s shop, Matt’s creepiness had become almost non-existent. Almost.
Once everyone had their shot, Gavin toasted, “To friends!”
“To friends!” everyone else repeated, and then we all downed our shots. The liquor burned slightly going down, but it was a sweet burn that I hadn’t tasted in a while. It felt good.
“Holy shit, that stuff is disgusting!” Melody choked. Nate laughed until Melody glared at him. Then he abruptly stopped.
“Yeah…Nasty whiskey,” he agreed.
Mel rolled her eyes then glanced at the pool table. “Let’s play doubles. Evan, Liv, you want to play?”
“I’m game,” Evan said.
“I’m in,” I said.
“One more round first?” Gavin called out, already pouring more shots. Logan, Chloe, Gavin and I were the only ones who did the next round. Hailey took a seat on the couch and started flirting with Matt. Geez, that girl got around.
"I’ve never seen a girl take a shot like that without flinching. I think you might be the coolest chick I know." Logan looked at me in awe and a little out of focus. I wondered how many shots they had before we got there.
Chloe let out one single sarcastic laugh.
"To cool chicks!" I toasted. I clinked Chloe’s shot glass with a smile, trying to be nice, then we slugged our second shots. "Hey, wait, I'm not a chick."
"Well, what are you?" he laughed.
"Just a girl. I'm just a girl in the world." I smiled at my Gwen Stefani quote.
He nodded in Evan’s direction. “I see you’re with the porn star.”
“Not a porn star!” Evan called out, as he chalked his cue, completely unfazed by the remark. “Liv, you want to break, or should I?”
I wanted a minute to talk to Logan and clear the air, but Chloe stayed tightly glued to his side. It looked like I would have to wait for the right moment.
“I’ll break,” I said to Evan, leaving Logan and Chloe at the bar.
As the pool game progressed, so did the closeness between Logan and Chloe. I saw them take at least two more shots together.
“Nice one, Liv!” Evan said as I sunk my second stripe. Evan was good at pool too, and we had a strong lead.
“This is so unfair!” Melody said. “Next game we’re playing boys against girls!”
I missed my next pool shot but not on purpose.
“Good try, babe,” Evan said as I sluggishly walked over to him, acting much more disappointed than I really was. Out of the corner of my eye, I saw Logan turn his head towards us.
Evan finished the game on our next turn, sinking the final two stripes and the eight ball. I went to give him a congratulatory hug, and when I put my arms around his neck, he took me by the waist with one hand, by the neck with the other, and dipped me down, planting an unexpected kiss on my lips. I giggled as he lifted me back up to a standing position, holding on to him for balance. Those whiskey shots had clearly kicked in.
“Ok, Liv. Let’s kick some boy ass,” Mel said.
I leaned back against the wall, waiting for the next pool game to start and looked over at the bar. Logan’s eyes were on me with an expression I couldn’t quite figure out. It wasn’t a happy one. His intense stare made my heart flutter. For a few seconds, the world seemed to go away, and it was just the two of us, staring into each other’s eyes.
What the hell is going through his mind?
A moment later, he looked down at the floor,
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