“What have you decided about a possible second date?Yay or nay?”
“Fuck yay,” she says.
After I stop laughing, I ask her, “What are you doing in four days?On December 30th?”
“I don’t know, what are you doing?”
“I’m picking you up and we’re heading off to have an adventure.”
She pulls back to look at me.
“You have time off, right?”
“Yes, but—”
“Your dad’s fine with it.I checked.”
She tips her head and blinks at me in disbelief.
“Do you have a passport?”I ask.
“Uh, yes.”
“Good.Passport.I.D.That’s all you’ll need.We’ll figure out the rest later.”
“Where are we going?”
“That’s up to you.Noon, December 30th.I’ll pick you up.Be well rested.”
The guests are leaving.I walk Phoebe to meet her brothers at the coat check and manage to sneak a goodnight kiss.Her lips are soft against mine.
Before she turns to go, I whisper in her ear, “Bring the dress.”
I look around.Everyone’s filing out.Finn and Emma are nowhere to be seen.I didn’t see them sneak out of their own party, but I suppose they have a right to some downtime on their wedding night.
Wedding night.I nearly forgot.
I find Declan, Special K, and Cal at a table.Summer’s taken Jasmine to the bathroom.
“Everything ready?”I rub my hands together.
Declan shrugs.“I guess.”
Special K yawns.
“How early are they leaving in the morning?”Cal falls back against the chair and stretches.
“I can’t believe the level of apathy I’m seeing right now.”
“I’m tired and hungry,” K says.
“Where’s Victoria?”Cal asks.“I gotta go home.”
“Revenge, Cal.What happened to your insatiable desire for revenge?”
Summer and Jasmine walk over to us.
“She has something she wants to talk to you about.”Summer gestures to Jasmine.“Go ahead.Tell them.”
