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Jake raised his brow "Ticklish feet, huh? I’ll have to re a math lesson"

"No, you don’t!"

"But see, it s You need to just reood times with him Your brother’s last days don’t define who he was You can choose to remember him however you want, like I choose to re out for a ride It’s why I draw It’s therapy for s I want to remember in stone"

He folded up the sketchpad and returned it to the closet I was kind of disappointed that he didn’t go through soful to hih This was the most information that Jake had ever offered , except for the fact that he returned to the chair by the desk, instead of sitting back down next to ed off of his computer, he clapped his hands and said, "You knohat you need tonight, Nina?

Interesting question and you could guess where

"What do I need, Jake?"

"You need to get shitfaced," he said getting up and putting on his black jacket "Coht"

I followed hi in ?" I said as he stood in

"Don’t worry about it You’ll like it Trust me" The questionable smirk on his face told me that maybe I shouldn’t

After a seven-block walk to Brooklyn Avenue, we stopped at a building with a bright pink neon sign that flashed: Kung Pao Karaoke

"We’re doing karaoke?" I shouted through the sudden onslaught of noise as he held the door fora scorpion bowl or two, but if you get drunk enough, yeah, rease and booze filled the air A clearly drunk wo out Bon Jovi’s Living on a Prayer while the patrons ild She couldn’t sing to save her life, but clearly, that didn’t matter here

"So, whaddya think?" Jake asked as ere seated into a small booth in the corner, thankfully, furthest away froe

"It’s cool I have never been to a Chinese karaoke bar You’ve been here before?"

"Once, with the guys from work I was too drunk to remember much"

"Ah Do you usually eat or just drink here?"

"That depends on what you’re hungry for"

So when he said that seeet a Poo Poo platter of appetizers and a scorpion bowl Sound good?"

"Great"

After the waiter caedabout sad stuff tonight, okay? I want you to have fun"

"You’re not going to et up there are you?"

His mouth turned slowly upwards There were the di out up until now "You know that I don’tyou don’t want to do"

"Good, because I would need a lot of alcohol in et up and do that"

A woous scorpion bon on the table It lookedof the devil," he said

"I think you’re the devil tonight, Jake What are you trying to kill "

"I have…heard that before," he said winking

Lordy I set es that conjured up by taking a huge sip out of the bowl This concoction ay stronger than it looked, and I coughed frooodness There were those iain

Jake pulled the board hiain "That is so! It looks like fruit punch and tastes like rubbing alcohol"

"After a while, you won’t notice"

"It’s a good thing we’re walking ho you home"

"Possibly"

"In all seriousness, Nina, I can tell you’re a lightweight, so you should pace yourself I don’t want you to get sick" He paused "Oh, speaking of lightweight, as your date’s nao?"

"Haha, very funny His naain, though"

"Any particular reason why?"

You

"He just turned out to be kind of a loser"

"Well, I could have told you that He earing fking boat shoes What is he, seventy?" He laughed

"Yeah, I don’t really have the best luck withof the losers, actually"