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nilefreemans · 4 years

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another one: nile organizes a secret halloween party for the team 😊

Cobwebs hang from the ceiling, the glow in the dark kind that had gotten stuck in the fake snakes of her tiara, but had been worth the pain it was cleaning the mess up from her costume. The hotel room she had checked out for the week was a little more luxurious than their usual accommodations, Nile wanting to spare no expense as a thank you to her new family, her new whole family.

One thing she had learned of her older companions is that despite their claims of being reserved, all of them had told her stories of the parties they would attend on vacation, and while most had been for business over pleasure, all of them had been increasingly wild. In long terms, they were well-lived individuals with unique lifestyles that had given them opportunities in which to have grandeur adventures.

In short terms?

They loved to fucking party.

While Nile had been to some great Halloween parties in the States, she had to make do with the fact that she knew her family couldn’t completely relax around strangers and that meant her party would be toned down to the six of them. There wouldn’t be questionable liquor in odd colors but there would be some decent pizza, or however decent pizza could be from Germany - it certainly couldn’t beat the deep dish back in Chicago - and of course good company.

The decorations she ordered had come the night before, and she had spent most of the day alternating between tracking when the rest of her family would get there and preparing the room for a spooky night in. The idea was a surprise, a fun night in while they enjoy the rest of their short downtime between missions. Nile had been put in charge of going ahead and finding a hotel for the rest of them. The others all had rooms on the same floor and seeing that they had been separated for a few weeks it was tradition to have dinner together when they reunited.

When they got there, Nile predicted she would get some raised eyebrows at her being in a costume, but she hasn’t gotten to properly dress up for Halloween in years and she’s heard enough stories of various undercover shenanigans that they probably wouldn’t mind, they might actually give her some pointers and that was a conversation Nile was looking forward to having.

There’s a knock at the door, Joe’s specific knock that she found both silly and endearing, and she adjusts her dress before crossing the room and opening the door.

Nile is greeted by a whole lot of chest and she has to blink because is that glitter?

“Surprise!” Joe says cheerfully, roller skating - yeah roller skating - into the room with an equally glittery Nicky in tow who is also rocking a pair of roller skates. The rest of their family falls behind the skating pair and Nile closes the door and blinks her surprise away.

All of them were wearing costumes.

“What-”

“We wanted to celebrate Halloween with you properly,” Nicky explains, his sparkling fringed arms opened wide, showing off the expanse of his costume. He and Joe are in coordinating ABBA inspired roller disco getup. Joe is rocking a plunging yellow and white sleeveless jumpsuit. The sequences catch the light and the fringe on his pants moves slightly as he adjusts his balance on his roller skates. There’s body glitter on his chest and Nile’s eyes would keep staying on Joe if it weren’t for Nicky’s equally loud costume. Where Joe was showing off his chest with his legs covered, Nicky was the opposite. His own jumpsuit ended in a pair of shorts, stopping midthigh in a sparkling tight dark blue color and went up stopped all the way to his collar bone, his sleeves fringed like Joe’s pants. The two were sparkly and loud and casually rolling through the hotel room with an ease that spoke of many hours roller skating.

The others were more subdued. Quynh was wearing a long red dress, a dramatic slit up one side revealing a fishnet lined leg in a pair of black heels. Her long hair was pulled and curled to one side, the other side revealing two fake puncture wounds. She made a good vampire, and Andy was the handsome pirate paired with her. Her own costume all separate pieces that Nile had seen Andy wear before but when paired with what she suspected was one of Joe’s shirts opened wide she looked like a dashing deadly lady of the sea. A sword - Nile hoped was fake - finished her look and Quynh and Andy, while not as eye-catching as Joe and Nicky, were breathtaking as a pair.

Booker on the other hand?

“What are you dressed up as again?” Nile asks, raising a brow at Booker’s usual appearance.

“I kind of forgot so I picked this up at the gas station on the way here-” Booker pulls a cowboy hat from the plastic bag in his arms and puts it on. “Howdy.”

Joe snorts and the two start bickering, Quynh adding in her own commentary as Andy watches on fondly. Nicky skates to be by her side, pulling out a fake cobweb from her hair with a fond smile.

“Remind me not to look at you directly in your eyes,” Nicky remarks on Nile’s own Medusa costume. The deep green of her Grecian dress was interwoven with gold threads that shimmered as she moved. Her own neckline wasn’t as plunging as Joe’s but Nile’s smooth skin was on display. A gold snake was around her neck and another was banded on her bicep. Her look was finished with a snake tiara and dramatic green and gold makeup, scales painted on her face carefully around her hairline.

“I thought I was going to actually surprise you guys this time,” Nile admits, smiling softly. “Though I suppose it's hard to surprise people that are centuries older than I.”

They quickly eat dinner, their topics going back and forth from what made good pizza and their plans to hit a very exclusive Halloween masquerade that Booker of all people had gotten them into. Andy had a bag of masks for all of them to wear and it was agreed that as long as they didn’t make too much of a scene - this was followed with a fond smile in Quynh’s direction, and if they agreed to keep their masks on they could let loose for a night.

The team had wanted to do something special for Nile, remembering how much she had enjoyed Halloween back in her first life, and Nile could not cry with her makeup at the thought, but it was a near thing.

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sevenwonderwitch · 5 years

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Eyes Wide Open

Part One

Pairing: Xavier x Fem!OC!Reader

Word Count: 1.7 k

Warnings: mentions of drug use, flirting, drinking, smoking, sexual situations, bullying, overdose situation

Summary: Nancy’s been friends with Xavier since they were kids. Now with the night stalker on the loose in L.A he invites her to Camp Redwood as a counselor. She doesn’t fit in well with Xavier’s new friends and their lifestyle, finding herself mostly alone. Until Hunter, another outcast punk shows up to teach wood carving. Xavier’s behavior towards his best friend starts to change. But it can’t mean what she’s always hoped. Can it?

A/N: part one of my AUish Xavier fic. I hope you guys enjoy it! Feedback is always appreciated. Montana is kind of a bitch but she’s perfect for the part I want her to play. Thanks guys!

“Police are still unsure as to who the Night Stalker is. They’re suggesting keeping your doors and windows locked at all times-“ I shit the tv off, stretching my arms above my head and closing my eyes. It’s been a long day at the record store and I was exhausted.

“Shower’s open,” I heard a male voice call out to me. When I looked up I smiled. Xavier was my roommate and he’d been my best friend since Pre-K. “I left you some hot water.” He wears a purple towel around his waist, another one on his head to dry his hair. I take him in, proud of the progress he’d made in such a short amount of time.

I remember the night I found him. His mom had called me, drunk out of her mind and cussing up a storm about how he’d run off. I hated her. She never cared for him, other kids had always picked on him for looking dirty and smelling funny. I’d been his only friend for a long time. So it really hurt when I didn't know he had a drug problem.

I found him in McArthur Park. He’d been lying on a bench, a tourniquet around his arm and a needle sticking out. There was a spoon with something melted in it. I didn’t look too long. In the pale light of the street lamps I could see his face was turning blue and he had pissed his pants. I tapped his face gently.

“X? Xavier?” He didn’t respond. I leaned down, ear brushing his lips, he was breathing, but only barely. “Okay,” I tried to keep my voice calm. “Get up. Come on.” I pulled him off the bench, grunting under his dead weight. Carefully I pulled the needle from his arm, placing it on the bench. I grabbed him under his arms. Hoisting him up as best I could. “Come on X. Wake up.” I began to walk him around the empty park, mainly dragging him. After a while he begins to stagger, groaning. I stop walking and bring him back to the bench. He sat down, eyes still dropping and disoriented, I wiped the sweat off his forehead as he shivered.

“N-Nancy?” I took off my leather jacket, wrapping it around his shoulders. I blink back tears and try to smile reassuringly.

“Shh. Shh. It’s okay. It’s okay.” I rubbed his arms, noticing how violently he shook. “I thought I lost you for a sec.”

“H-how did you-“

“Your mom.” I moved away, pulling out a plastic bag and putting the items I found with him in it before discarding it in the trash before coming back to him. He refused to look at me, keeping his eyes downcast.

“Y-you weren’t supposed to know…” he said it quietly, almost to himself. I hold out my hand to him.

“We can talk about it tomorrow….for now let’s get you home and into bed.”

He had been living with me ever since. I looked him up and down, taking in the complete transformation that occurred within just six months. I was really proud of him, when given the opportunity to change he took it and he ran with it. now his body was strong and muscular, lean from doing aerobics and working at the studio. he had something to be proud of and that made me really happy that I could be a part of that.

He smiled at me wiggling his eyebrows playfully, “ are you checking me out?” I rolled my eyes getting up from my spot on the couch.

“ in your dreams pretty boy.” I tease, trying to walk past him. He grabs my wrist gently, stopping me in my tracks.

“You know I got that counselor job this summer at camp Redwood I thought maybe you could tagalong with me so you wouldn’t have to stay here by yourself all summer.”

“I don’t mind being by myself, plus you know how I feel about kids.” He chuckled but I could still see concern in his eyes.

“I know. I just think that getting out of here for a little while and doing something different might make you feel better. Ive been really worried about you you seem pretty down lately are you okay?” That was true Xavier had been spending a lot of time at the studio and hanging out with his new group of friends that he had made there. I was happy for him, that he had new friends but I couldn’t help the twinge of jealousy that I felt that he didn’t wanna spend all his time with me anymore. I always liked him and even developed a small crush on him. I would never admit that would never admit that though.

“ i’m sure your new friends want to go with you and you guys will have a blast but I’m not sure that camp is really my thing.” I point to myself and Xavier looked me up and down. I was wearing black ripped jeans large combat boots a denim safety pin jacket and a Sex Pistols t shirt. That didn’t exactly scream ‘camp counselor’. He shook his head taking both my hands in his, water dripping on his forehead from his still wet hair.

“But Nancy you are my best friend. and I really don’t want you here by yourself with this night stalker guy lurking around. I know that you were watching the news and I know you heard what he’s done I don’t want you to stay here by yourself all summer and something happened to you. I would never forgive myself for leaving you here. so please can you do this for me? I promise it will be fun.”

And how could I say no to that after everything that we’ve been through? I sighed, shaking my head and shrugged in defeat.

“I hope camp redwood is ready for me.”

Third person P.O.V

“I can’t believe that you actually invited her is she going?” Montana was surprised to say the least. she knew that Xavier and Nancy were close best friends since elementary school but she had hoped that by hanging out with her and some of her friends he would distance himself from her. She was a freak and a weirdo and it didn’t really seem like they had much of anything in common so she couldn’t understand why he hung onto her so hard.

“Yeah she’s going and you are going to be nice to her. promise me.” Xavier knew how his friends felt about his roommate and best friend. but they didn’t know her like he did and he was hoping that this summer they would be able to see in her what he saw and how beautiful of a person she was. Chet rolled his eyes crossing his arms over his chest.

“ whatever as long as she doesn’t spoil my fun I’ll be fine.” The new girl that had just joined the class, Brooke, smiled Shiley that Xavier he thought she was blushing but he wasn’t sure.

“I’m sure she’s great I can’t wait to meet her I think this summer will be fun.” She was so excited that she had only just met these people and they invited her to go with them and hang out. Xavier opened his mouth to say something else but saw Nancy come strolling to the door looking for him. Everyone in the group turn to look at her facial expressions change into annoyance.

“ hey X you’re going to be late for your audition are you ready?” She had a large checkered flannel shirt on a ripped up tank top underneath it black shorts and ripped fishnet stockings with combat boots. A cigarette download from her mouth. Montana made a disgusted noise.

“smoking kills didn’t you know that?” She said in a snotty tone.

“So does bitchiness so I guess we’ll both be in our Graves soon.” Nancy shot back at her. Brooke looked between the two girls and could sense that there was tension there. she would ask Montana about it later Xavier grabbed his duffel bag.

“Right so 9 AM outside of my apartment tomorrow be ready guys I’m serious we have to be there by noon.” With that he gave the group a small wave and took Nancy by the elbow leading her out of the studio.

“You don’t have to be so mean to her you are gonna have to spend the summer with her.” Ray commented to Montana.

“Whatever I can’t stand her and her self righteous bullshit. she’s so full of herself and she thinks that she saved Xavier.I’m gonna make this summer a living hell for her.” She then turned her attention to Brooke a sly smile on her face. I saw you checking Xavier out. I could totally hook you guys up this summer.” Brooke blushed hard shaking her head.

“Didn’t you used to date him? why would you want help me get with him?” Montana stood up, slinging her arm over Brooke’s shoulder.

“We only dated for a couple weeks besides isn’t that what friends are for we help each other out and you two would be the cutest couple.” Brooke giggled, nodding her head.

“Sure. Okay, maybe this summer will be better than I hoped it would be.”

“This summer is going to suck. you’re lucky that I love you.” Nancy sighed, she flicked her cigarette butt out of the window. Xavier sat comfortably beside her, hands on his thighs, drumming along to Anarchy in the U.K by the Sex Pistols.

“You’ll have fun. You guys just gotta get to know each other.” He reached over, taking her hand in his. “I really appreciate you coming along. You know that don’t you?” Xavier have her hand a supportive squeeze, bringing it to rest with his on his lap.

“Maybe.” Xavier leaned over, kissing her on the cheek. Nancy tried to ignore the way her stomach flipped. He only saw her as a friend. A sister maybe. She’d never be his girlfriend. And as much as it hurt, she was fine with it too. “So,” she said, trying to change the subject. “What is the audition for today?”

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nubnubblr · 4 years

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If You Do. 21

"So what function are you hosting tonight that has you closing the entire club?" I raised an eyebrow.

"Uh, it's just a private event," he shrugged avoiding eye contact.

"So you're not going over to see Thea tonight?" I asked.

"No, are you?"

"Of course,"

"Do you really think that's a good idea? She hasn't exactly wanted to be in the same room as you let alone spoken to you the past week," he pointed out.

"It's her birthday, can you imagine how mad she will be at me when she stops acting like a child and I didn't go see her?"

"She has her party tomorrow that she's yet to uninvite you from, maybe you should just wait,"

"But her birthday is today,"

"Have you considered apologising to her?" he raised an eyebrow.

"For what? Pointing out what she already knew and what everyone else tells her? Why should I apologise for treating her the same as everyone else does?"

"Because you're not everyone else to her bro, you're supposed to protect her, not attack her,"

"Maybe she should learn to protect herself, I'm supposed to be her friend, not her bodyguard,"

JACKSON

"So are you going to come tomorrow?"

"What's tomorrow?" He frowned at me.

"Thea's birthday party,"

"Oh right, no,"

"What, why?"

"Why would I?"

"Because she invited you?"

"She only invited me because she invited you and didn't want to leave you awkward like she did at the bar," he pointed out.

"All the more reason for you to come,"

"So I can sit there with a bunch of people I don't know? No thank you,"

"You'll know me, and Thea, and Charlie,"

"I don't know Thea and I don't want to know Charlie," he shrugged.

"Why, what's wrong with Charlie?"

"She's moody, rude, and a little on the hoe side," he shrugged again.

"You met her on a bad day, you don't know anything about her. How annoyed do you get when people assume you're a rude trust fun kid because you don't talk a lot?"

"That's different,"

"Not really, you're judging Charlie on one meeting without even knowing her,"

"I don't need to know her," He mumbled turning his attention back to his phone.

"You're just mad that the girl you stalked on Facebook was mean to you," I commented.

CHARLIE

"Shopping first?" Thea asked pulling out of the driveway.

"Do you want to walk around looking for clothes after you get your hair and make up some?"

"No," she frowned.

"Then shopping first," I nodded.

"Let's go then," she started driving in the direction of the shopping centre.

"So what are you wearing tonight?" she side glanced at me.

"I don't know, shorts and a shirt," I shrugged flicking through the radio stations.

"Ew, what no," she frowned.

"What do you mean ew?" I raised an eyebrow.

"You're not wearing ordinary civilian clothes to my birthday party,"

"Civilian clothes?"

"Yes, I'm getting a new outfit, so are you,"

I just let out a sigh, there was no point arguing with her because she would keep pushing and start to become irritating if I refused.

SAM

"Did you two know?" BM came home in a bad mood.

"Know what?" Had asked not looking up from his phone.

"That Thea was having a thing at Drews tonight for her birthday?"

"Oh, that? You owe me $20," Jae stated side glancing at me.

"For what?" I frowned.

"I bet you $20 that Drew would tell him,"

"I never agreed to that,"

"So you both knew?" BM rolled his eyes.

"Basically," Jae nodded.

"Thea didn't want us to tell you because she didn't want you there, and it is her birthday," I explained.

"She is really blowing this out of proportion, it's getting ridiculous,"

"She's mad, she kind of has a right to be," Jae commented.

"It was a few little comments that she has heard a thousand times before,"

"Not from you," he countered.

"I don't think she's so mad at the comments as much as she is that you haven't apologised and just assumed she would act like nothing happened," I stated.

"You still haven't apologised?" Jae frowned at him.

"For what? She's acting like a child,"

"Your both acting like children, just apologise and stop pulling us in the middle of your tantrum," Jae stated getting up.

"Where are you going?"

"Charlie asked me to do something for her,"

"You're actually going to do something?"

"It beats sitting here listening to McWhiney Pants over there, besides, my for asked me to do and I'm a good bro," he made a small stab at BM before he left.

THEA

"What about this?" I held up a red and black low cut dress.

"It's cute, but I feel like it needs to have some kind of green on it," She shrugged.

"You're not wrong," I nodded as she pulled a smug face.

"Yeah I know, always right," I waved her off.

"You say it m pre than I do,"

"Whatever, so, what are the chances of you letting me choose your outfit?"

"You only want to do that so you don't have to look for yourself," she pointed out

"You don't know that," she frowned.

"Whatever, go ahead,"

"Who is coming tonight anyway?" she let out a sigh.

"The usual people, some old friends, the boys from 1million, Yuri who will probably bring Minsung who will definitely bring Kiwoo," I shrugged purposely throwing the 1million boys in the middle.

I knew Doobin would be there, but I also knew everyone else would be there and the club was closed to everyone but us so it was going to be a little difficult for them to sneak off together. But that being said if they were to sneak off together she may as well look good. I had already picked her out an outfit before I'd even asked her if I could. The mannequin in the store window was dressed in an outfit that practically screamed Charlie, of course, it needed a few additions, like fishnets and probably a belt because her clothes bearly fit her more than once, I swear she loosed weight from simply breathing.

CHARLIE

"Seriously? Are the fishnets really necessary?" I raised an eyebrow.

"Yuri's going to be there," she shrugged paying for it, I'd tried to argue with her but her response had been 'I'm not paying for it, mum is'. Her parents had sent her guilt money on top of money for her birthday because they couldn't make it down, her brother had done the same. She was acting like it didn't bother her but it was just an act. It was the third birthday they had missed. and it was going to be the second Christmas.

"Plus, you wouldn't have tried it on if you didn't like it," she pointed out.

"Your turn," I stated.

"You know I'm right,"

"I know if you don't want to be late for your own birthday you need to find yourself an outfit so we can go see Kiwoo and Eddy,"

"I already know what I'm buying, but we also need new shoes," she pointed out.

"We have shoes at home,"

"What's your point?" she raised an eyebrow.

"You're avoiding BM," I stated.

"Yep, now new shoes," she handed me the bag leaving the store.

She continued around the shopping centre until we both had an outfit including shoes and accessories.

Then she decided we needed to get something to eat, or at least a coffee so we sat down in a little coffee shop. Her phone started ringing, again, it had been raining all day and she hadn't answered it once. At first, I thought it was BM but he would have given up by now so I was guessing it was probably her parents.

"Do you want to share a Cesar salad?" she asked rolling her eyes at her phone rejecting the call.

"Sure,"

I'd given up on trying to call her, she wasn't going to answer so I would just have to go to the club tonight and see her then. She probably won't be too happy with the idea but she'll also be annoyed and both me and herself when she gets over her tantrum. I have never missed one of her birthdays and I wasn't going to stop now just because she was mad at me, especially when her family wasn't going to be here.

"Phone, I'm off the help Jae with some stuff," Sam stated, putting my mobile on the bar top and walking out the front door. Thea's mum's name was flashing across the screen.

"Hey mum," I answered.

"Hey, have you seen Thea today?"

"Not yet, I'll see her later at her get together,"

"I thought her party was tomorrow?"

"It is, but she's decided to have a get together at Drew's tonight because it's her actual birthday and I think she just wants to be around those closest to her to celebrate before having a lot of people,"

"I think she's mad at us for not making it down there,"

"She understands that you can't get away from work, she probably out shopping and can't hear her phone," I explained.

THEA

We sat down in the salon chairs, Kiwoo started my hair while Eddy started Charlie's makeup.

"Bitch, who has been marking you?" Eddy raised an eyebrow at Charlie pointing out the mark on her neck.

"What?" she frowned.

"You have a hickey on your neck. What are you? In high school?"

"She's not," I mumbled before laughing at the comment, that earnt me a glare from her.

"So, who marked you?" Eddy pried.

"Uh," Charlie froze which just made Eddy more curious, I noticed Yuri walking in the door right behind Minsung. The words left my mouth before I had a chance to think about it first.

"Yuri did," I pointed at him, he tilted his head slightly at me.

"What did I do?"

"You left a hickey on Charlie's neck,"

"Oh that, yeah I did that," he nodded with a smirk covering for us giving me a look to let me know that I would have to explain later.

"Oh, are you coming tonight?" I asked trying to divert the conversation.

"Are you offering?" he smirked.

We all chatted away, Yuri kept giving both Charlie and eye side smirks which got a little distracting, I think it made Charlie feel a little awkward. By the time both of us had our hair and makeup done, we had just enough time to get dressed and make our way to the club which is exactly what I had planned for.

I did want to see BM, really I did, we always saw each other on our birthdays even if we were both busy or mad at each other. But I get mad every time that I look at his face, he's my safe place and I feel like my safe place have been compromised and what's worse is he doesn't even see why I'm so upset about it and he hasn't made any attempt to apologise.

"Let's get dressed," I chirped as my phone started ringing again.

"You can use the staff rooms," Kiwoo pointed to the stairs that lead up to their staff only area.

"Thanks," I smiled picking up our shopping bags and answering my phone.

"Hey, my mum,"

"Hey my baby," she greeted before switching me over to loudspeaker so that her, dad and my little brother could sing me a happy birthday,"

"Thank you," I sighed as I walked into the staff room.

"We've been trying to call you all day," My dad scolded.

"Sorry, I was out shopping with Charlie and I guess I must have forgotten to take my phone off silent," I lied.

"Did you have a good day at least? What did you get up too?" he asked.

"I did, Charlie and I went shopping for some new clothes, then we got our hair and makeup done. We've had a bit of a girls day, it was fun,"

"So you haven't seen anyone else?"

"Grandma, Nana, and all of the aunts and uncles have called, everyone else I'm seeing tonight, I'm actually about to get dressed and head over to the get-together thing,"

"Alright then,"

"Okay, it's just me," Mum's voice became the only one to fill the receiver.

"Okay,"

"Is BM going to be at the get-together tonight?" she pried. She was good at that, trying to pry into my business.

"It is my birthday,"

"And form the tone I got from him earlier I got the feeling that you two are arguing,"

"What did he tell you?" I sighed.

"He told me that he was going to see you at your gathering tonight, but I'm getting from that attitude, that's not the case,"

"Mum, I really have to get dressed now, thank you for the Happy Birthday and the money, I'll call you tomorrow, I love you,"

"I love you too,"

SAM

"What time are they suppose to be here?" Austin asked.

Pretty much everyone that was supposed to be here was here, except Charlie and Thea, they seemed to be running late but that wasn't really that unusual and it had only been ten minutes. Drew had done a pretty nice job with the whole club set up. The place looked like it was an actual birthday party, there were balloons everywhere and all kinds of food that I doubted would be eaten, especially with everyone drinking. He's called Jae earlier to go and pick up the cake that Charlie had made and then had to call me because neither of them could remember the type of ice cream cake that Thea had on every birthday.

"I'm sure they'll be here soon," Drew shrugged.

"Who's late for their own party?" Junsun commented.

"Probably you," Koosung shrugged.

"She's on her way, they were just waiting for someone to get ready," Shawn stated.

"Who, everyone is already here?" I frowned.

"I don't know she didn't say," he shrugged.

"Maybe it's BM," Jae stated through the DJ booth microphone.

"I doubt it," I murmured.

"Why isn't BM coming?" McKay frowned.

"They're arguing," Dabit filled him in.

"About what?" Mckay raised an eyebrow.

"No idea," Dabit shrugged.

Dabit and Mckay were Thea's other friends, she'd known them since primary school but they didn't really see each other much anymore, just on their birthdays.

"She said it's Yuri," Shawn answered our curiosity.

Of course, it's Yuri, I don't understand her obsession with him. He's her ex-boyfriend's friend, why did she have to befriend him and what was so great about him that she sleeps with him all the time. I just don't get it. He's not even that attractive.

"Who's Yuri?" Doobin asked.

"Charlie's casual sex outlet," Jae stated. I just rolled my eyes.

CHARLIE

We walked into the club, Yuri, was right behind us, Kiwoo and Minsung were going to make their way over once Kiwoo had closed the salon. I could already hear music playing, but it wasn't as loud as it normally was and judging from the random goat sounds that kept sneaking their way into the song I was guessing that Jae was behind the DJ booth.

I almost stopped walking when I noticed Doobin sitting in the booth next to Shawn.

"Dude," I hissed under my breath.

"What?" Thea frowned.

"Why is Doobin here?"

"Doobin's here?" Yuri raised an eyebrow. He had thought it was hilarious when Thea explained the hickey on my neck, she could have done it with a little less enthusiasm, and she definitely could have not had so much fun laughing at me with Yuri. But he was cool with covering for me, his only question was 'is he attractive?'.

"Yeah, the one over there without the sleeves," Thea smirked as I glared at her.

"Nice," Yuri raised his hand expecting me to high five him.

"I'm not going to high five you," I frowned. he grabbed my wrist and smacked out hands together.

"If you're not going to sleep with him I can right?"

"He's definitely not going to sleep with you," I shook my head.

"Then you should totally get on that," he encouraged.

"Would you shut up, I don't need everyone knowing, especially not his brother," I frowned.

"Did you sleep with him too?"

"What? No, I work with him,"

"I sleep with him," Thea stated making her way to the group.

We followed and sat down across from Doobin and Shawn, which was Thea's doing I'm sure, Doobin smirked at me taking a sip from the beer bottle in his hand, it was unfairly attractive.

THEA

"So, do you want your present now or tomorrow?" Koosung asked taking a sip from his glass.

"Tomorrow I guess, but you didn't have to get me anything," I shrugged.

"Okay, I'm off then," he stated, getting up from his seat.

"Where are you going?" Shawn frowned.

"She said she wants her present tomorrow," he shrugged.

"And that has what to do with you leaving?" McKay raised an eyebrow.

"I am her present," he announced but sat back down.

"I wouldn't say no," I nodded with a smirk.

"He is offensively hot," Charlie agreed.

"Oh, you're flirting with me again," Koosung pointed at Charlie.

"No," she shook her head.

"Why are you punishing me for sleeping with her, I'm not the only one, no offence," he frowned at her.

"Because you're my work wife,"

"Work wife? You mean work husband?"

"No, I mean work wife," she stated, getting up from the table to go see Jae who was still in the DJ booth.

Most people would assume it was to actually see Jae, maybe to stop talking to Koosung, but in reality, it was to get away from Doobin. No one else would have noticed except Yuri judging by the way he gave me a smirk when she left the table, that Doobin kept making pervy faces at her. Well, they probably didn't look like pervy faces to everyone else but when you know that the two have slept together then S.E.X was written all over his face.

I'm pretty sure the only reason that it was actually making Charlie uncomfortable was that he was Shawn's little brother, and I stress the little brother bit, he was 6 years younger than us. I don't think it would end well if Shawn ever found out, I mean he would eventually have to forgive Doobin, but Charlie not so much and they work together so it's not like it would be as simple as not seeing each other again.

Doobin's eye's followed her across the room without any effort at all, I was guessing he'd had a crush on her for a while. Every now and again Charlie would look back towards the group, assumingly to check if Doobin was still staring at her, which he was.

"Stop it, you're making her uncomfortable," Shawn frowned at his brother.

"I don't think I am," Doobin stated.

"She left the table," Shawn pointed it, Doobin just shrugged.

"Who wants a drink?" I asked.

"We all have a drink, except you," Drew said as he placed a tray of shot glasses full of green liquid with a small slice of pineapple on the rim of the glass.

"Try these," he gestured for us to take one.

"What is it?" McKay frowned.

"It looks like leprechaun pee," Dabit pulled a face.

"I call 'The Thea'" He sounded pretty proud of himself.

"Because it's little?" Jae came up behind him, picking up a shot glass.

"I mean kind of," Drew nodded.

"Because everyone has a shot?" Jae smirked, I couldn't help but laugh at that one.

"Nice," I nodded.

"Would you just try it," Drew sighed.

"Why do we have to try it but you aren't," Sam asked.

"Because he's the only one who hasn't?" Jae continued with his insults.

"You're pretty quick tonight, huh?" Charlie asked.

"It's her birthday, it's hard not to," he shrugged.

"3..2..1," Yuri counted down and all at once we tried the green shot.

First, it was sweet then there was a huge kick of alcohol, everyone's reactions were mostly the same which made me feel a little better about feeling like I'd been kicked in the chest.

"What is in that?" Sam frowned.

"It's good," Yuri nodded.

"It's got a nice kick," Austin agreed.

Most of them liked it, I wasn't sure Same ore Jae was a fan but they don't drink a whole lot of hard liquor. I knew there was pineapple juice and Midori but I couldn't figure out it Gin or Rum that was delivering the kick.

"It's Pineapple juice, Midori, Gin, and a little bit of mint,"

"So why do you call it the Thea?" Shawn asked.

"It's little, is a little bit sweet, but has a big kick, also it's green,"

"Can we call them Thea shorts instead of shots?" Jae smirked.

I hesitated outside of the club. Maybe I should just go home and wait for her to cool off completely. I didn't want to upset her on her birthday, but at the same time, I didn't want her to be upset about this when she had cooled off. I sighed and walked towards the entrance, there was music playing and I could hear people laughing before I could see them.

"Hey! I thought you weren't coming?" McKay shouted from across the room. Thea, in the middle of laughing at something someone had said, turned around and the happiness on her face dropped the instant she saw me.

I can't say it didn't hurt a little to see her look at me with disappointment and disdain, but I can't ignore the hurt that she let slip through her hard expression.

"Who told you?" she frowned, then turned her expression towards Drew he just turned around and hid behind the bar.

"Be mad, but I wasn't going to miss your birthday," I shrugged.

"Whatever," she rolled her eyes.

"I don't think I have ever seen you two fight," Dabit commented.

"Drew, can I have more Thea's please?" she asked as she drank the rest of the colourfull cocktail in front of her.

"Thea's?" I raised an eyebrow sitting down at the bar, I didn't think I should push my luck by sitting at the table.

"Yeah, I thought it only appropriate to name a drink after her for her birthday, besides I'm sure they'll make me the money back that I'll have lost for closing the club for the night," he joked.

"I never asked you to close the club," she shot over her shoulder.

"Why are you two arguing?" McKay pried.

"Because BM thinks I'm a whore,"

"I never called you a whore," I sighed with a frown.

"Shut up BM, don't set her off," Drew muttered quietly.

"You may as well have,"

THEA

Out of the corner of my eye I seen Charlie gesturing for Doobin to follow her as she wandered off to the toilet, clearly taking advantage of the fact all the attention was on both BM and I. I was going to drop the whole thing, but with a mixture of not wanting them to get caught, and the alcohol influence, I couldn't let it go.

"You let everyone else attack you, but the second I do it I'm a horrible person?" BM raised an eyebrow.

"You're not everyone else, you're my best friend, you're the reassurance that everyone else is wrong. They all joke sure, but sometimes I take it seriously and the fact that you turned around and agreed with them felt like the joke was over. You're not supposed to agree with everyone else, at least not to my face, you're supposed to be my safe place and instead, you turned around and stabbed me in the back," I shot.

CHARLIE

"Take your shirt off, I'm sick of looking at you through clothes,"

I barely had time to finish my sentence before he was pressing himself into me. I made a note to thank Thea for picking out a skirt, it was far less work.

"Try not to leave marks on me this time," I murmured as his lips connected with my neck.

"No promised," he hummed into my skin which just sent a vibration through my body.

His hands found my waist and he lifted me up on the counter, nearly sitting me in the sink. his hands slid from my waist to my thighs and up my shirt. My back involuntarily arched as his fingers slide under the waistband of my underwear and pulled them off in one smooth motion.

"What did I say about that shirt," my voice came out a little breathless, he didn't respond, he just pulled his shirt over his head as my hands found their way to his belt. I clearly wasn't doing it fast enough because he took over and instead my hands busied themselves with feeing up his perfectly contoured chest.

He positioned himself and I almost let him, until the rational part of my brain managed to gain control for a split second.

"Wait," I placed my hand firmly on his chest stopping him from moving forward.

"What? We don't really have time to chat," there was a sense of urgency that flickered through the lust in his eyes, lust that almost made me forget why I had stopped him in the first place.

"This," was the only word I could manage to say, pulling the condom packed from where I'd hidden it in my bra.

"Seriously?" he raised an eyebrow.

"You're smarter than that. But if you don't want to wear it, then I'm out," he just rolled his eyes ripping the packet open with his teeth.

"Try to stay quiet," he smirked.

THEA

"Wouldn't be the first time he's stabbed someone," Jae muttered earning a glare from Sam.

I saw Shawn looking around for his brother, then he stood up, he does that when he hasn't seen Doobin for a while, being that Doobin gets himself into trouble Shawn tries to keep an eye on him to minimise the trouble Doobin can cause. Of course, if he continued to look for Doobin then he was going to find Doobin in more than just trouble.

"Thea," BM sighed, Shawn took a few steps towards the bathroom, I panicked not really sure how I was supposed to stop him, I also felt obligated seeing as it was kind of my fault that the two were currently boning in the bathroom. The words left my mouth before I could stop them.

"I slept with Drew," it was like word vomit, the weight of the secret I've been carrying for almost ten years lifted and my legs stopped working. I dropped to the floor. Everyone froze, Shawn looked at me worried, not because of what I had just said but because of my being on the floor.

Everyone was looking at me like I was some kind of exotic zoo animal, I felt like I was going to be sick, and the anger and betrayal on BM's face made me want to hide under a rock, but I settled for hiding my face in my hands.

CHARLIE

Everyone was weird, Doobin had come out ten minutes ago. I raised an eyebrow at him he just shrugged. BM had left, Thea was looking down at the glasses on the table, all empty, she looked guilty. Shawn looked mad, everyone else just felt awkward.

"Why didn't you tell me?" Jae frowned.

"What?"

"Thea just told everyone," he shrugged.

"Thea, what did you do?" I asked cautiously.

"I honestly can't believe you to slept together," Sam shook his head.

"Who slept with who?" I panicked.

"I slept with Drew," Thea muttered, her expression emotionless as she drank what was left in her glass.

"It was a long time ago,"

"Oh," relief washed over me.

"Oh? So you did know?" Jae frowned at me. I didn't, but if I said that then it was going to look weird that I was so casual about it.

"Yeah,"

"How long ago?" McKay frowned.

"Before you," Drew commented.

"Wait, seriously?" McKay frowned.

"Why is Shawn so mad?" I asked Jae quietly.

"BM blew up at Thea, so Shawn got mad and made him leave," he explained.

"Oh,"

"How about we stop talking about this and get back to enjoying our selves?" Austin suggested.

"I have an idea," Koosung smirked at Jae.

"Already on it," Jae nodded.

"Ah, no," I pointed between the two.

SAM

Jae made his way over to the DJ booth, a few seconds later Work started to play, Charlie rolled her eyes.

"Seriously?"

"We'll do it with you," Austin nodded, pulling Shawn to his feet, the other dancers followed suit and they started to dance to the choreography. Shawn's bad mood seemed to fade rather quickly, they were all laughing.

Doobin was all but grinding on her, Shawn intercepted and Charlie avoided him but he still made faces at her that insinuated he wanted to sleep with her. It didn't make me feel any better when Koosung replaced Doobin. It was at that point that I realised Thea and Charlie where the only two girls her, which made me a little bit more than a little mad.

Thea was still down, placed a drink down in front of her, which she sipped at but it didn't change her expression. I mouthed the word 'cake' at him, he nodded letting the others know without Thea overhearing. A minute later everyone was singing Happy Birthday placing the pineapple cake that Charlie had made in front of her. A small smile found its way to her face.

CHARLIE

"Here," Drew stated placing the ice cream cake down in front of her with a spoon.

"You're not mad at me?"

"It was bound to come out eventually," he shrugged at her.

"It was word vomit," she sighed.

"That's why I'm not mad," he joked.

"It's better to come out when he is already being a dick, than for you guys to get good and then it comes out,"

"Also you kind of deserved it for telling BM about tonight anyway," she agreed.

"So it wasn't worded vomit?" he teased.

"I guess we'll never know," she shrugged picking up the spoon.

"Photo time," Jae stated, probably another attempt to lighten the mood.

He lifted his phone and everyone tried to get into the frame.

"Someone lifts up Thea, she's so short the camera can't see her," Jae commented.

"I'm sitting down jackass," she frowned at him.

Austin and Shawn lifted her into a seat made of their arms. After the photo everyone sat back down at the booth, continued drinking and ate the cake I had made, they kept telling me how good it was and it better be with how many times I had to sift that damn flour for the cake to be fluffy and moist.

Thea because eating the ice cream cake until she got an ice cream headache, then continued because by that point she was too drunk to realise that it was the cake that was causing her pain.

"Do you want me to take her home with me tonight?" Shawn asked.

"It doesn't bother me either way, ask her," I shrugged.

"Hey Thea, do you want to go home to your own bed or do you want to come with me,"

"I'll come with you," she smirked with a wink.

"Damn girl," Austin laughed.

"Want to join? I could totally go for a Shawn, Austin sandwich," she winked.

"Okay, enough of that," Drew took her glass away.

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If You Do. 21

"So what function are you hosting tonight that has you closing the entire club?" I raised an eyebrow.

"Uh, it's just a private event," he shrugged avoiding eye contact.

"So you're not going over to see Thea tonight?" I asked.

"No, are you?"

"Of course,"

"Do you really think that's a good idea? She hasn't exactly wanted to be in the same room as you let alone spoken to you the past week," he pointed out.

"It's her birthday, can you imagine how mad she will be at me when she stops acting like a child and I didn't go see her?"

"She has her party tomorrow that she's yet to uninvite you from, maybe you should just wait,"

"But her birthday is today,"

"Have you considered apologising to her?" he raised an eyebrow.

"For what? Pointing out what she already knew and what everyone else tells her? Why should I apologise for treating her the same as everyone else does?"

"Because you're not everyone else to her bro, you're supposed to protect her, not attack her,"

"Maybe she should learn to protect herself, I'm supposed to be her friend, not her bodyguard,"

JACKSON

"So are you going to come tomorrow?"

"What's tomorrow?" He frowned at me.

"Thea's birthday party,"

"Oh right, no,"

"What, why?"

"Why would I?"

"Because she invited you?"

"She only invited me because she invited you and didn't want to leave you awkward like she did at the bar," he pointed out.

"All the more reason for you to come,"

"So I can sit there with a bunch of people I don't know? No thank you,"

"You'll know me, and Thea, and Charlie,"

"I don't know Thea and I don't want to know Charlie," he shrugged.

"Why, what's wrong with Charlie?"

"She's moody, rude, and a little on the hoe side," he shrugged again.

"You met her on a bad day, you don't know anything about her. How annoyed do you get when people assume you're a rude trust fun kid because you don't talk a lot?"

"That's different,"

"Not really, you're judging Charlie on one meeting without even knowing her,"

"I don't need to know her," He mumbled turning his attention back to his phone.

"You're just mad that the girl you stalked on Instagram was mean to you," I commented.

CHARLIE

"Shopping first?" Thea asked pulling out of the driveway.

"Do you want to walk around looking for clothes after you get your hair and make up some?"

"No," she frowned.

"Then shopping first," I nodded.

"Let's go then," she started driving in the direction of the shopping centre.

"So what are you wearing tonight?" she side glanced at me.

"I don't know, shorts and a shirt," I shrugged flicking through the radio stations.

"Ew, what no," she frowned.

"What do you mean ew?" I raised an eyebrow.

"You're not wearing ordinary civilian clothes at my birthday party,"

"Civilian clothes?"

"Yes, I'm getting a new outfit, so are you,"

I just let out a sigh, there was no point arguing with her because she would keep pushing and start to become irritating if I refused.

SAM

"Did you two know?" BM came home in a bad mood.

"Know what?" Had asked not looking up from his phone.

"That Thea was having a thing at Drew’s tonight for her birthday?"

"Oh, that? You owe me $20," Jae stated side glancing at me.

"For what?" I frowned.

"I bet you $20 that Drew would tell him,"

"I never agreed to that,"

"So you both knew?" BM rolled his eyes.

"Basically," Jae nodded.

"Thea didn't want us to tell you because she didn't want you there, and it is her birthday," I explained.

"She is really blowing this out of proportion, it's getting ridiculous,"

"She's mad, she kind of has a right to be," Jae commented.

"It was a few little comments that she has heard a thousand times before,"

"Not from you," he countered.

"I don't think she's so mad at the comments as much as she is that you haven't apologised and just assumed she would act like nothing happened," I stated.

"You still haven't apologised?" Jae frowned at him.

"For what? She's acting like a child,"

"Your both acting like children, just apologise and stop pulling us in the middle of your tantrum," Jae stated getting up.

"Where are you going?"

"Charlie asked me to do something for her,"

"You're actually going to do something?"

"It beats sitting here listening to McWhiney Pants over there, besides, my bro asked me to do it and I'm a good bro," he made a small stab at BM before he left.

THEA

"What about this?" I held up a red and black low cut dress.

"It's cute, but I feel like it needs to have some kind of green on it," She shrugged.

"You're not wrong," I nodded as she pulled a smug face.

"Yeah I know, always right," I waved her off.

"You say it more than I do,"

"Whatever, so, what are the chances of you letting me choose your outfit?"

"You only want to do that so you don't have to look for yourself," she pointed out

"You don't know that," she frowned.

"Whatever, go ahead,"

"Who is coming tonight anyway?" she let out a sigh.

"The usual people, some old friends, the boys from 1million, Yuri who will probably bring Minsung who will definitely bring Kiwoo," I shrugged purposely throwing the 1million boys in the middle.

CHARLIE

"Seriously? Are the fishnets really necessary?" I raised an eyebrow.

"Plus, you wouldn't have tried it on if you didn't like it," she pointed out.

"Your turn," I stated.

"You know I'm right,"

"I know if you don't want to be late for your own birthday you need to find yourself an outfit so we can go see Kiwoo and Eddy,"

"I already know what I'm buying, but we also need new shoes," she pointed out.

"We have shoes at home,"

"What's your point?" she raised an eyebrow.

"You're avoiding BM," I stated.

"Yep, now new shoes," she handed me the bag leaving the store.

She continued around the shopping centre until we both had an outfit including shoes and accessories.

"Do you want to share a Cesar salad?" she asked rolling her eyes at her phone rejecting the call.

"Sure,"

I'd given up on trying to call her, she wasn't going to answer so I would just have to go to the club tonight and see her then. She probably won't be too happy with the idea but she'll also be annoyed at both me and herself when she gets over her tantrum. I have never missed one of her birthdays and I wasn't going to stop now just because she was mad at me, especially when her family wasn't going to be here.

"Phone, I'm off the help Jae with some stuff," Sam stated, putting my mobile on the bar top and walking out the front door. Thea's mum's name was flashing across the screen.

"Hey mum," I answered.

"Hey, have you seen Thea today?"

"Not yet, I'll see her later at her get together,"

"I thought her party was tomorrow?"

"I think she's mad at us for not making it down there,"

"She understands that you can't get away from work, she probably out shopping and can't hear her phone," I explained.

THEA

We sat down in the salon chairs, Kiwoo started my hair while Eddy started Charlie's makeup.

"Bitch, who has been marking you?" Eddy raised an eyebrow at Charlie pointing out the mark on her neck.

"What?" she frowned.

"You have a hickey on your neck. What are you? In high school?"

"She's not," I mumbled before laughing at the comment, that earnt me a glare from her.

"So, who marked you?" Eddy pried.

"Uh," Charlie froze which just made Eddy more curious, I noticed Yuri walking in the door right behind Minsung. The words left my mouth before I had a chance to think about it first.

"Yuri did," I pointed at him, he tilted his head slightly at me.

"What did I do?"

"You left a hickey on Charlie's neck,"

"Oh that, yeah I did that," he nodded with a smirk covering for us giving me a look to let me know that I would have to explain later.

"Oh, are you coming tonight?" I asked trying to divert the conversation.

"Are you offering?" he smirked.

We all chatted away, Yuri kept giving both Charlie and me side smirks which got a little distracting, I think it made Charlie feel a little awkward. By the time both of us had our hair and makeup done, we had just enough time to get dressed and make our way to the club which is exactly what I had planned for.

"Let's get dressed," I chirped as my phone started ringing again.

"You can use the staff rooms," Kiwoo pointed to the stairs that lead up to their staff only area.

"Thanks," I smiled picking up our shopping bags and answering my phone.

"Hey, my mum,"

"Hey my baby," she greeted before switching me over to loudspeaker so that her, dad and my little brother could sing me a happy birthday,"

"Thank you," I sighed as I walked into the staff room.

"We've been trying to call you all day," My dad scolded.

"Sorry, I was out shopping with Charlie and I guess I must have forgotten to take my phone off silent," I lied.

"Did you have a good day at least? What did you get up too?" he asked.

"I did, Charlie and I went shopping for some new clothes, then we got our hair and makeup done. We've had a bit of a girls day, it was fun,"

"So you haven't seen anyone else?"

"Grandma, Nana, and all of the aunts and uncles have called, everyone else I'm seeing tonight, I'm actually about to get dressed and head over to the get-together thing,"

"Alright then,"

"Okay, it's just me," Mum's voice became the only one to fill the receiver.

"Okay,"

"Is BM going to be at the get-together tonight?" she pried. She was good at that, trying to pry into my business.

"It is my birthday,"

"And form the tone I got from him earlier I got the feeling that you two are arguing,"

"What did he tell you?" I sighed.

"He told me that he was going to see you at your gathering tonight, but I'm getting from that attitude, that's not the case,"

"Mum, I really have to get dressed now, thank you for the Happy Birthday and the money, I'll call you tomorrow, I love you,"

"I love you too,"

SAM

"What time are they suppose to be here?" Austin asked.

"I'm sure they'll be here soon," Drew shrugged.

"Who's late for their own party?" Junsun commented.

"Probably you," Koosung shrugged.

"She's on her way, they were just waiting for someone to get ready," Shawn stated.

"Who, everyone is already here?" I frowned.

"I don't know she didn't say," he shrugged.

"Maybe it's BM," Jae stated through the DJ booth microphone.

"I doubt it," I murmured.

"Why isn't BM coming?" McKay frowned.

"They're arguing," Dabit filled him in.

"About what?" Mckay raised an eyebrow.

"No idea," Dabit shrugged.

Dabit and Mckay were Thea's other friends, she'd known them since primary school but they didn't really see each other much anymore, just on their birthdays.

"She said it's Yuri," Shawn answered our curiosity.

"Who's Yuri?" Doobin asked.

"Charlie's casual sex outlet," Jae stated. I just rolled my eyes.

CHARLIE

I almost stopped walking when I noticed Doobin sitting in the booth next to Shawn.

"Dude," I hissed under my breath.

"What?" Thea frowned.

"Why is Doobin here?"

"Yeah, the one over there without the sleeves," Thea smirked as I glared at her.

"Nice," Yuri raised his hand expecting me to high five him.

"I'm not going to high five you," I frowned. he grabbed my wrist and smacked out hands together.

"If you're not going to sleep with him I can right?"

"He's definitely not going to sleep with you," I shook my head.

"Then you should totally get on that," he encouraged.

"Would you shut up, I don't need everyone knowing, especially not his brother," I frowned.

"Did you sleep with him too?"

"What? No, I work with him,"

"I sleep with him," Thea stated making her way to the group.

We followed and sat down across from Doobin and Shawn, which was Thea's doing I'm sure, Doobin smirked at me taking a sip from the beer bottle in his hand, it was unfairly attractive.

THEA

"So, do you want your present now or tomorrow?" Koosung asked taking a sip from his glass.

"Tomorrow I guess, but you didn't have to get me anything," I shrugged.

"Okay, I'm off then," he stated, getting up from his seat.

"Where are you going?" Shawn frowned.

"She said she wants her present tomorrow," he shrugged.

"And that has what to do with you leaving?" McKay raised an eyebrow.

"I am her present," he announced but sat back down.

"I wouldn't say no," I nodded with a smirk.

"He is offensively hot," Charlie agreed.

"Oh, you're flirting with me again," Koosung pointed at Charlie.

"No," she shook her head.

"Why are you punishing me for sleeping with her, I'm not the only one, no offence," he frowned at her.

"Because you're my work wife,"

"Work wife? You mean work husband?"

"No, I mean work wife," she stated, getting up from the table to go see Jae who was still in the DJ booth.

"Stop it, you're making her uncomfortable," Shawn frowned at his brother.

"I don't think I am," Doobin stated.

"She left the table," Shawn pointed it, Doobin just shrugged.

"Who wants a drink?" I asked.

"We all have a drink, except you," Drew said as he placed a tray of shot glasses full of green liquid with a small slice of pineapple on the rim of the glass.

"Try these," he gestured for us to take one.

"What is it?" McKay frowned.

"It looks like leprechaun pee," Dabit pulled a face.

"I call 'The Thea'" He sounded pretty proud of himself.

"Because it's little?" Jae came up behind him, picking up a shot glass.

"I mean kind of," Drew nodded.

"Because everyone has a shot?" Jae smirked, I couldn't help but laugh at that one.

"Nice," I nodded.

"Would you just try it," Drew sighed.

"Why do we have to try it but you aren't," Sam asked.

"Becuase he's the only one who hasn't?" Jae continued with his insults.

"You're pretty quick tonight, huh?" Charlie asked.

"It's her birthday, it's hard not to," he shrugged.

"3..2..1," Yuri counted down and all at once we tried the green shot.

First, it was sweet then there was a huge kick of alcohol, everyone's reactions were mostly the same which made me feel a little better about feeling like I'd been kicked in the chest.

"What is in that?" Sam frowned.

"It's good," Yuri nodded.

"It's got a nice kick," Austin agreed.

Most of them liked it, I wasn't sure Sam or Jae was a fan but they don't drink a whole lot of hard liquor. I knew there was pineapple juice and Midori but I couldn't figure out it Gin or Rum that was delivering the kick.

"It's Pineapple juice, Midori, Gin, and a little bit of mint,"

"So why do you call it the Thea?" Shawn asked.

"It's little, is a little bit sweet, but has a big kick, also it's green,"

"Can we call them Thea shorts instead of shots?" Jae smirked.

I can't say it didn't hurt a little to see her look at me with disappointment and disdain, but I can't ignore the hurt that she let slip through her hard expression.

"Who told you?" she frowned, then turned her expression towards Drew he just turned around and hid behind the bar.

"Be mad, but I wasn't going to miss your birthday," I shrugged.

"Whatever," she rolled her eyes.

"I don't think I have ever seen you two fight," Dabit commented.

"Drew, can I have more Thea's please?" she asked as she drank the rest of the colourfull cocktail in front of her.

"Thea's?" I raised an eyebrow sitting down at the bar, I didn't think I should push my luck by sitting at the table.

"Yeah, I thought it only appropriate to name a drink after her for her birthday, besides I'm sure they'll make me the money back that I'll have lost for closing the club for the night," he joked.

"I never asked you to close the club," she shot over her shoulder.

"Why are you two arguing?" McKay pried.

"Because BM thinks I'm a whore,"

"I never called you a whore," I sighed with a frown.

"Shut up BM, don't set her off," Drew muttered quietly.

"You may as well have,"

THEA

"You let everyone else attack you, but the second I do it I'm a horrible person?" BM raised an eyebrow.

CHARLIE

"Take your shirt off, I'm sick of looking at you through clothes,"

I barely had time to finish my sentence before he was pressing himself into me. I made a note to thank Thea for picking out a skirt, it was far less work.

"Try not to leave marks on me this time," I murmured as his lips connected with my neck.

"No promised," he hummed into my skin which just sent a vibration through my body.

He positioned himself and I almost let him, until the rational part of my brain managed to gain control for a split second.

"Wait," I placed my hand firmly on his chest stopping him from moving forward.

"What? We don't really have time to chat," there was a sense of urgency that flickered through the lust in his eyes, lust that almost made me forget why I had stopped him in the first place.

"This," was the only word I could manage to say, pulling the condom packed form where I'd hidden it in my bra.

"Seriously?" he raised an eyebrow.

"You're smarter than that. But if you don't want to wear it, then I'm out," he just rolled his eyes ripping the packet open with his teeth.

"Try to stay quiet," he smirked.

THEA

"Wouldn't be the first time he's stabbed someone," Jae muttered earning a glare from Sam.

CHARLIE

"Why didn't you tell me?" Jae frowned.

"What?"

"Thea just told everyone," he shrugged.

"Thea, what did you do?" I asked cautiously.

"I honestly can't believe you to slept together," Sam shook his head.

"Who slept with who?" I panicked.

"I slept with Drew," Thea muttered, her expression emotionless as she drank what was left in her glass.

"It was a long time ago,"

"Oh," relief washed over me.

"Oh? So you did know?" Jae frowned at me. I didn't, but if I said that then it was going to look weird that I was so casual about it.

"Yeah,"

"How long ago?" McKay frowned.

"Before you," Drew commented.

"Wait, seriously?" McKay frowned.

"Why is Shawn so mad?" I asked Jae quietly.

"BM blew up at Thea, so Shawn got mad and made him leave," he explained.

"Oh,"

"How about we stop talking about this and get back to enjoying our selves?" Austin suggested.

"I have an idea," Koosung smirked at Jae.

"Already on it," Jae nodded.

"Ah, no," I pointed between the two.

SAM

Jae made his way over to the DJ booth, a few seconds later Work started to play, Charlie rolled her eyes.

"Seriously?"

CHARLIE

"Here," Drew stated placing the ice cream cake down in front of her with a spoon.

"You're not mad at me?"

"It was bound to come out eventually," he shrugged at her.

"It was word vomit," she sighed.

"That's why I'm not mad," he joked.

"It's better to come out when he is already being a dick, than for you guys to get good and then it comes out,"

"Also you kind of deserved it for telling BM about tonight anyway," she agreed.

"So it wasn't worded vomit?" he teased.

"I guess we'll never know," she shrugged picking up the spoon.

"Photo time," Jae stated, probably another attempt to lighten the mood.

He lifted his phone and everyone tried to get into the frame.

"Someone lifts up Thea, she's so short the camera can't see her," Jae commented.

"I'm sitting down jackass," she frowned at him.

Thea because eating the ice cream cake until she got an ice cream headache, then continued because by that point she was too drunk to realise that it was the cake that was causing her pain.

"Do you want me to take her home with me tonight?" Shawn asked.

"It doesn't bother me either way, ask her," I shrugged.

"Hey Thea, do you want to go home to your own bed or do you want to come with me,"

"I'll come with you," she smirked with a wink.

"Damn girl," Austin laughed.

"Want to join? I could totally go for a Shawn, Austin sandwich," she winked.

"Okay, enough of that," Drew took her glass away.

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