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"So, I’ll be flying into Raleigh-Durham on Wednesday Co into Raleigh after class on Wednesday Victoria walked through the sliding glass doors at the airport looking as gorgeous as ever in a flouncy cream top, pale pink skinny jeans, and electric blue platfor curls, and her eyes were covered in heavy ht brown leather and rolled a sleek suitcase behind her
Victoria placed her bag in the backseat and dropped into the passenger seat "Hey, bitch! I’ve missed you!"
Liz rolled her eyes and so to a pub," she said, sighing as she looked out the
"There aren’t pubs in the States, Vic You probably need to detox for a couple weeks"
"God I haven’t been in the lab in so long," she said, tilting her head back "I’et back to work"
That hat Liz loved about Victoria: Under all the drama and ridiculousness was a brilliant, beautiful ht that someone who cussed like a sailor and dressed like a superstar would be interested in being a lab researcher in genetics and dreaenes to reverse the effects of Alzheiested Victoria nodded and they headed back into Chapel Hill
Liz parked and they walked across the street to the second-story restaurant Top of the Hill They were seated at a high top table on the outdoor balcony overlooking the Franklin and Coluht of his DUI
Victoria accepted water instead of beer, and they both ordered lunch The weather was hot, but they had an u out with Victoria again Liz had spent half her suirl ti other than the TA the whole ti back into her chair
"Yeah We took a weekend and went to Paris I should have taken more time to see the rest of Europe, but his bed was really comfortable"
Liz rolled her eyes "Did you like London, at least?"
"Oh, yeah! I loved it My kind of city…busy, busy, busy Hot guys everywhere, all with accents, who like to dance Surreal life over there We should go back together so fun? I see you have a tan That’s new I didn’t think vaht"
"Ha Ha," Liz said dryly "I don’t work all the tilasses down so she could stare at her
"Okay, fine I’ve been working the whole ti tennis, and I even went to a frat party with Justin"
Victoria wrinkled her nose "Why the eff would you do that?"
Liz shrugged "Desperate for coot trashed and he drove me home…"
"Did you sleep with AV Justin?" Victoria asked, her eyes going wide
"What? No! Have some faith inhow ht and then was arrested for DUI"
"Shit!"
"Yeah, it was a rough night"
"Well, at least you did so around politicians"
Liz choked on her drink and coughed a few times to clear her throat Oh how true that assess on? Have you talked to hier to her lip "Gah, as his na about It certainly couldn’t be Brady, because she had never spoken about him with anyone It had to be Hayden Lane A trickle of doubt forht about hie to feel bad that sheon with Brady It made her a bit antsy and uncoht he had been with so with hiht of Hayden did her insides squirinning of the suht about her Actually, she didn’t even knohether she was still going to visit him
Her life felt so removed from what it had been last semester, and she kind of liked it that way She liked that Brady consuot to look forward to every ether With Hayden it was more complicated on some level At least with Brady she knehere she stood
"Hayden?" Liz finally offered when it didn’t see to be able to place his name She could remember entire DNA structures of a thousand different plants and aniht! Hayden Lane Have you talked to hiht?"
"Yeah, he has an internship in DC, but I haven’t really heard fro of the su to visit, but I doubt that’s happening anymore"
"Wait What?"
"What?" Liz asked, confused
"He invited you to come see him over the summer?"
"Yeah," she said slowly
"Why haven’t you called hio visit? That boy would not invite you if he wasn’t crushing on you hard"
She hadn’t thought about it like that Hayden had been giving her nals, and she didn’t want to push hiuy was into you It felt strange, considering howhe didn’t even notice her Then when he finally did, he pulled back
"You think?" she asked uncertainly
"No, I know When a?" she asked Liz opened her mouth to speak and Victoria shook her head "Exactly Never"