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“Dude” Landon throws his hands up in the air then points to the pool table

I wrinkle ot to be a hole at the bottom of this cup because there’s no way I sucked that down so fast “Go on I need to go to the bathroom anyway”

“You’re the best” Josh dips his head and kisses et time to relish them because he pulls away a fraction of a second later and turns towards Landon “You’re going down, fucker”

I wait in line, bouncing on ent need to pee, for about ten minutes before a stall opens You’d think that a place as busy as this would have irl’s bathroom, but no

As luck would have it, it’s the handicap one that’s free I look behind me to see if there’s anyone who needs the oversized stall more than me, but everyone looks able bodied Fuck it

I take a quick tinkle and look down at the X as I wash my hands The soap has already faded the black marker If I scrub a little harder, the ink would barely be visible I puernails in a circle over the foam It takes a minute, but the X disappears I ser putting Josh in danger for contributing to a minor

When I leave the restroolance around the game area, but can’t find him Nervous needles creep down my spine, but I push theht him with his pants down Literally I wasn’t heartbroken I didn’t love Ashley, but seeing the man who promised himself to me balls deep in another woman hurt “Did you see where Josh went?”

Hattie, sweaty and out of breath from the dance floor, rubs an ice cube over the back of her neck and shakes her head “I thought he ith you”

“I was in the bathrooain but don’t see hi is fine Josh isn’t Ashley Give him the benefit of the doubt

“Relax” Hattie rests her hand on my arm “That man is crazy about you I doubt he went far”

“I’o find him”

Hattie givesherself off I circle the ga sure I didn’t miss him Convinced he’s not up here, I step down to the main level I walk around the dance floor and head towards the bar Just when I think all hope is lost, I catch a gli into a rooeous blonde

“If you don’t co drinks for a h demands

I grit h a side doorarrested would look worse on a first date than disappearing for a few uys saw me duck into a breakroom with Amanda, any and all chances I have with Layla would be shot Hattie’s taken a liking to her, which ets hurt

I cross lare Amanda needs to realize that this is the last place on earth I want to be Had I known she’d gotten a job at Cowboy’s, Layla and I never would have come here “What do you want?”