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"You were so sexy that night," Deaconhooded

Alexandra rolled her eyes "On that note, I’ horabbed her and pulled her to hi" He kissed her hungrily When he pulled away, Alexandra appeared to have forgiven hi back on his barstool, he took a longneck fro Joe "Anyway, as I see it, payback’s a bitch"

"Asshole," I lass"

"Yes, sir," Jolting Joe replied After he retrieved the whiskey and thankfully just a shot-sized glass, rather than a regular-sized one, he placed it in front of Annabel She unscrewed the lid and poured the dark liquid al her eyes in ?"

"Someone needs to stay sober to keep an eye on you"

"Oh, Rev, you’re actually sounding like an old fart"

She knew just how to goad lass as full as hers, she clinked the two together "Bottolass to my lips before she had knocked hers back Her eyes pinched shut as a shudder ran through her body When she opened therinned "That was intense"

I shook my head in disbelief "I can’t believe you just downed that"

She grinned "Let’s just say I learned a lot during extracurricular activities my freshman year"

"I see" When I sed my Jack, Annabel poured us another drink, but this ti Joe left us, ere alone again "You want to talk about earlier?" I asked

"No," she replied, then took another sip She cut her eyes fro the couples on the dance floor back to me "I’m sorry I freaked out like that," she said softly

"You didn’t freak out, and you don’t need to apologize"

She sighed "I feel so selfish being jealous of Alexandra I ht now Maybe it’s so stubborn in me that only wants what it can’t have"

I shook ht to be upset A part of your future was taken away It doesn’t matter if you wanted a child today or if you’d never wanted one"