“That’s so lazy.” Ava shook her head as she picked up her lipstick. Which was white, and I had no idea where Mia had gotten it from, but it was perfect.
“So, you what?” Mia asked as she handed her bank card to Ava, who zipped it into her pocket. “Didn’t dress up?”
“Oh, I did, I just always looked stupid beside, you know, three fully dressed footballers.”
“Which outfit was most popular?” Ava asked as we left my apartment after I decided a bank card, key, lipstick and cell phone were all I could feasibly “hide” on my person.
“Slutty cheerleader.” I laughed as we got into the cab. “Even Jett made me wear a coat that year before we got to the party. Until we got there, and half the girls were dressed as Malibu Barbie, and suddenly I was overdressed.”
“It’s a shame you never had anyone to theme it with,” Ava said as she looked at Mia again. “We always match.”
“I suppose I kind of matched them,” I mused. “Cheerleader, nurse, stalker, zombie.” Seeing their looks, I clarified, “They were zombie footballers that year.”
We made small talk until we arrived, and then we headed into the bar to a chorus of catcalls and whistles, which thankfully were from fellow students and not the normal patrons of the bar.
The band was dressed up as vampires, which, in my opinion, suited the lead singer anyway.
Ava snapped a selfie with the three of us and sent it to Jett before she made Wade take one of the three of us together. Jett’s reply made her blush scarlet, and I looked away to give her a moment.
My phone vibrated in my bra, and I turned slightly from the crowd to pull it out and then laughed at my best friend’s message.
Jett:Were all the nun costumes sold out?
Me:We’re covered from top to bottom
Jett:Keep that coat on my girl.
Me:Yes boss
I went to put my phone back when it vibrated again.
Gray:Be alert, remember the prick last time
Me:I’ll be careful
Gray:Wearing what you’re wearing . . . I think that ship sailed
Staring at the phone, I chewed my inner cheek.
“Send it,” Mia said quietly from beside me.
I looked at her and my phone. “I haven’t written a text.”
“I know, but you’re thinking about it.” She shrugged as she smoothed her hair back. “Whatever you’re thinking, send it.”
“You don’t even know who I’m texting.”
Her hazel eyes stood out in her blue makeup. “It’s a guy, I know that much, and the way you were smiling when you read his text, you like him. Send it.” Her eyebrow arched as she looked at me. “I thought you were aDevil?”
Touché.
Me:You like it?
Completely inappropriate, considering everything, but Mia was right. Iwasa Devil, and why were they the only ones who got to be reckless?
I burst out laughing when I received the eggplant emoji with the water drops emoji beside it.
I was still smiling when the music started, and I danced all afternoon to country rock with my girlfriends.
