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Hope you had fun last night Take these and drink lots of water Hope you're not too hungover : )

I was indeed hungover, but the Excedrin she left ht I even kicked so, then I took Oliver golfing in the afternoon It seeht to continue the celebration of Oliver and Avery's visit, and thus the reason we're at The Fox and Hound in North Hills poundingbeers Vale and Avery are again sipping at some wine

While Avery was just as irl as Vale, she see ht status They're now sitting at the small round table that we had taken e first arrived We ate dinner with a few drinks, had dessert with another drink, and then decided to have more drinks on top of that Well, Oliver sort of decided by proclai me from the table up to the bar to order so mood because he ordered shots too

I wondered briefly if Vale would be bothered by this While I'm not the party animal I was in my early twenties, I can drink with the best of the was the only reason I needed to jump full in to the celebration And while Vale has made it clear on more than one occasion that she doesn't party anyirl ti at her and she looked over tos it out with Oliver tonight

This is good, because no ht of partying that led o not to leave with Vale when she wasn't feeling well It was a bad choice that led to a series of events that broke us apart I don't want to ain

While I'm still not quite sure what exactly this is with Vale, I know enough to know I'h to know I care about her greatly and that I'h to know that e have is enough right now and I don't want to fuck it up

"Another shot?" Oliver asks, his voice now slightly slurred

"Sure," I say, risking another punch by glancing over at Vale "I need to take a leak, though Be right back"

I really don't need to piss, but it just so happens that if I head to the bathroo at our table She looks to be in need of so

I swear I hear Oliver et up and walk toward Vale She's leaning forward, elbows resting on the table and hands clasped as she listens thoughtfully to whatever Avery is yaaze catches thesht there That's what she needs

Leaning down, I give her a kiss No tongue, but not a quick brush either Her lips part slightly and she accepts what I give her with a soft sigh Pulling back, I give her a char?"

Vale shakes her head, eyes staring at lance over to Avery "You want another glass of wine?"

Avery declines so I lean back over Vale and press h fro to the bathroo snarky that Avery will say about o and never came between me and Vale, so I'm pretty confident she won't now Exceptwell, maybe she could I mean, Vale and I don't have the same closeness we did back then The same level of trust and commitment

Shaking my head, I put that out of o ahead and piss, because "when in Roive a quick swipe ofhair and swivelmy beard I wonder if I should shave it off? It's kind of a pain in the ass to keep trimmed, but Vale seehs

Chuckling over the thought and high on life and alcohol, I exit the bathroo there Her arms are crossed over her chest and she pins a baleful stare at me

"What's up?" I ask as one and Oliver is now sitting there For a brief moment, my head spins as I consider that Vale has left the bar and a tiny flash of panic seizes me

"Vale's in the bathroom," Avery says blandly

Immediately,so like that bother me "Well, okay then," I say as I start to move past Avery

"I'lad you two broke up," she says quietly, but it's loud enough I hear it over the din of chattering voices in the pub area

I halt midstep, turn to look at her with astonishment "Excuse me?"

"I'lad Vale cut you loose before," she says simply

My hackles immediately stand to attention While I know Avery wasn't fond of ht she had Vale's best interest at heart I feel like I was in Vale's best interest, despite a bad ht Avery knew that too, but apparently I'

"That's kind of a bitchy thing to say, Av," I say with anger tinged in my voice "Especially since that's old history"

"Exactly," she says, inclining her head to the side as if to eain Now is your time"

I blinkonce, twicestupidly a third time "Now is my time?"