𝑀𝓎 𝑀𝒶𝓃#1~When Love Lasts

The next few hours, Anna and I were both much drunker than we intended to get. She carried on ordering drinks, and I continued on drinking them. It's not her fault, though. I know when to stop, I just chose not to. Instead, I kept on drinking, dancing and even learned to twerk.

After Anna and I watched Cedric and his partner and also best friend Lucas hog the pool table for thirty minutes, Anna practically laid herself across the pool table, demanding that it was our turn.

Cedric and Lucas either were done playing or just didn't want to deal with her tantrum, but they both handed us their cue sticks, stepped back.

We were horrible at it. We kept knocking the balls so hard with the pool stick that they ended up flying off the table and onto the floor with loud bangs. One even hit the wall.

My fault.

I never played before. I tried telling her I never played before and wouldn't be good at it, but she didn't want to hear it. She still wanted to play and taunted that she could beat me. The thing was, she was just as bad as me. I don't know if it's because she never played or because she was too drunk, but she was sucking too.

We were both so horrible and kept shooting the balls off the table so much that Conor stomped over from the bar and marched towards us.

“You girls need to either lay down those sticks or have them show you how to shoot, cause you're gonna fuck up my walls and floors.” He growled before heading back towards the bar where a woman is waiting and watching us, Anna and I, hate filling her eyes.

“That's the baby mama.” Anna came over and whispered in my ear. "She is a bitch. Makes his life hell and he puts up with it for his son. They had him young. I think he is around six years old. Maybe five."

That explains his shit mood.

“Come on.” Cedric grinned and took the pool stick from my hand and bent over the table. “Put your fingers like this.” He wrapped his fingers around the stick and looked up to make sure I was watching before adding” Push it gently but hard at the same time. Shoot down. Not up.” He said before handing me back the stick.

I took the stick from him, my hands shaking from being so close to him. I slowly shake the fog out of my head and bend over the table, took a deep breath, prayed to God that I got it right and shot.

The white ball hit one of the stripped ones, which was Anna's, but I did it. The ball went super, super close to the hole. I call that a success.

Definitely a win.

“Yay!” Anna cheered and pumped her hands into the air. “You go girl”

“Yay!” I whooped back, jumped up and down and laughed along with her in my drunken state.

“Good job.” Cedric whispered so low that I'm sure nobody else heard it but me. I didn't say anything back to him. I was too excited about finally hitting a ball. Anna and I didn't even care that we kept hitting each other's balls.

“You have to hit the right ones, are neither of you will win.” Grumped Lucas, who continued shaking his head at us.

“We don't care.” Laughed Anna as she hit the white ball again into one of mine, and that time it went shooting straight into a hole in the left corner. “Hell yeah” she hollered.

Both men gave up on us and left us alone and headed towards the dartboard.

“They are just party poopers. They play to win. We just play to have some fun.” Anna fussed and stuck her tongue at her brother's back.

“Men are like that. Their pride rules them sometimes, and they want to be top dogs at everything they do.” Informed her drunkenly and felt my body swaying to the right.

“Dogs. That's precisely what men are.” She giggled before yanking my pool stick out of my hands and announced. “Time to hit it again.”

Oh, lord help me.

Two hours later, it's now closing time, which was two am, and we are all four standing outside the bar arguing. Anna and I are practically screaming that we were just going to grab a cab after Cedric took Anna's keys from us. Cedric arguing that it was not safe for two drunk women to do that.

“Leave me alone, Cedric. I'm not a kid anymore.” Anna groaned and jumped to swipe her keys from her brother's tight grip.

“Stop fucking acting like one then, Anna. It's not safe.” Cedric growled. “Lucas lives five minutes from you. He is going to take you home. I'll drive Avery home.”

What?

Oh! Heck no.

I'd rather have Lucas. Therefore, I say just that.

“I'd rather have him drive me,” I mumbled and swung my hand up, pointing directly towards Lucas.

“Not going to happen.” Cedric growled. Again. Clearly running out of patience with Anna and me both.

“I'm not driving out of my way. It's already late as fuck, and I need to study tomorrow.” Lucas grunted while crossing his arms.

Study? What? Is he still in school? I thought he was a cop.

“Study?” I asked, confused.

“Firefighter test.” He confirmed.

“But you're a cop.” I stated for no reason because we all already knew that.

“Yeah, and I'm about to be a firefighter and to achieve that, I need to get home and sleep so that I can wake up at a decent time to study. My evaluation is Monday.” He informed me before turning to Anna. “Let's go.”

“Um, I can just sleep over at Anna's house. You know? I think I rather do that.” I rambled out and headed towards Anna as she walked towards Lucas.

She was not leaving me with her brother.

I didn't make it a few feet away from my original spot when I felt Cedric reach out, grabbed my arm and stopped me.

I'm getting tired of him doing that shit.

“Let's go.” He commanded.

“I don't want-” I started to complain, but he didn't let me finish.

“The faster you get into my truck, the faster I can drop you off.” He said, his gorgeous eyes looking down at me.

“Really, I could sleep at-"

“Nope. You have nothing there. What you gonna do, not brush your teeth tonight? Your breath smells the straight alcohol.” He smirked.

That jackass.

Jerk.

Dickhead.

“How dare you say that? I bet your breath doesn't smell good either, asshole.” I snarled and tried to jerk my arm out of his hand, but he didn't give.

“Stop being up tight and let's go.” He grunted before looking back towards Anna and Lucas. “Later.”

"Bye honey. Text me when you get home." Anna called before shooting her brother a you better behave look.

"I will." I assured her.

“I'm not uptight.” I mumbled and jerked my arm out of his grasp before giving up and following him towards his truck in the parking lot behind the bar.

He doesn't say anything but continued to lead me through the parking lot and I heard him unlocking his truck. The bright lights from his truck blinding me for a second. Of course, he would have a big jacked up man truck. I'll have to monkey climb like I did on the barstool.

Hopefully, I don't flash this man my damn panties. Next time, no matter what his sister says, I'm wearing jeans.

Cedric opens the passenger door for me and orders, “Get in”

“Um-” I start to say that that's pretty high, and I'm kinds short, but he growls and talks over me.

“For god’s sake babe. Get in. I'm tired. Today's been hell, and I'm ready to sleep.”

Okay, okay. Sheesh. Keep your pants on, handsome.

Fuck, did I just say that. I meant asshole. Jerk. Prick. Yeah, that's better.

“Fine” I snapped before quickly adding," Close your eyes.”

“What?” He demanded and raised his eyebrows while looking down at me, confused at my request.

“I will not steal your damn truck, Cedric. I'm going to have to climb in. My panties are red. I don't want to end up flashing you. Close. Your. Eyes.” I snarled, getting frustrated.

“Your panties are red?” He chuckled.

“Never mind that. That ain't your business.” I sighed before trying my best to climb in while keeping one hand down, holding my dress in place. “Thanks for the help.” I snapped at him as soon as my butt hit the seat.

“Why would I help you? Maybe I wanted to see those red panties.” He smirked before slamming the door, cutting off my surprised squeak.

Ugh. This man.