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"but wouldn't it still be considered gossip if people continue to talk about other people's business?" she argued, shrugging. “agree to disagree, i guess. you can think of it whatever you want, cece, but i’m still going to think it’s just gossip.”

she gave a nod before saying, “that’s good to hear then.” the waiter soon came back with two checks and after placing her card inside, her body leaned back against her seat as she slowly shook her head while continuing to smile.  when it came to zack, she enjoyed their little games and even when she attempted to think of a counter argument, she wasn’t able to. “fine. i’ll go on a date with you.”

”well, that’s up to you and what you want to say to her. just try to make things easy for her,” she said simply, pursing her lips a second later. hearing his next words, however, her lips transformed into a smile. “depends. where do you plan to take me on our date?” she would have said yes by now, but she wanted to mess with him a bit.

“and what if it doesn’t?” the girl let out a sigh before using her hands to make small gestures of moving them as she spoke. “the night of the valentine’s day ball, i didn’t want to drink and ended up drinking.“ pausing, the girl closed her eyes then shook her head. “i just don’t want to go back to doing terrible habits.“

"i guess. have you ever thought about telling her that?" she rose an eyebrow at him, being curious to what he would have to say about it. when he talked about what they would be doing, blake didn't see anything wrong with it. "that's fine with me and who says i’m asking you out on a date? i’m just saying if.” she smiled innocently at him before the checks came in and she placed her card inside her’s.

BLAKE: maybe i'll stick with zack for now? it feels embarrassing saying babe to you. everything about this just feels new

BLAKE: also, for the past 5 minutes, i've been contemplating if i should call you babe or not....

BLAKE: thanks for letting me keep it, zack

"it sucks, doesn't it?" she questioned, pursing her lips after as she glanced toward rini for a moment before looking elsewhere. "just when you thought things would be okay, but they don't end up how you expected. guess that's life though." at the mentioning of coffee, blake gave a nod. "yeah, coffee sounds nice right now."

she laughed softly, nodding her head after in agreement. "that's fine with me." when the conversation turned to her, blake bit her lip before shaking her head and shrugging. her eyes glanced away from him as she looked at their surroundings. "honestly? i... i don't know. i wouldn't say i'm having fun, but things haven't been so bad." pursing her lips, she paused momentarily and crossed her arms. “i just made a dumb mistake and i feel like i’m starting from step one again, i guess.”

”why’s that? because almost everybody else sees you differently?” she questioned. “i don’t know about that. i think gemma would still like you for you too. she seems nice that way.” blake may not have known gemma as well, but she assumed she was nice. at least from what zack has mentioned so far. “i guess we will. should we put a label on what we are?” it wasn’t a serious question as blake didn’t mind having a label or not. just as long as they were together, that was what mattered to her. when the waiter finally came, he asked the both of them if they were separate or together and before zack could even say anything, blake replied, “separate.” in which the employee nodded then left the two alone again. “don’t worry, you can cover my bill if we go on an official date.”

she shook her head in disbelief when she heard his him speak. “what are you talking about? you’re a good person, zack. i know you and i had heated arguments in the past, but you’re still nice and kind.” leaning forward, she placed her elbow on the table and her head on top of her palm. blue eyes stared at him, but eventually gazed at their surroundings. “of course not. i like you for who you are.”

tilting her head to a side, she was curious when he said she wouldn’t be happy with me. it only made her want to ask, ”why not? i’m sure you would have made her happy.” sighing, the girl didn’t know what to say at first. she loved being with him and wants to be something more, but she wasn’t the same girl he’s known. “i--... i don’t know either. i’ve changed, zack. or at least i’m trying to. does that make a difference on how you feel about me?”

the brunette finished off his last piece then placed her's on top of his and moved it between them. when hearing about the kiss, however, her eyebrows rose slightly for a moment as pursed her lips. she was unsure what to think, but she felt it wasn't her place to talk about it. "do you like her then?" when he said friendship, she showed a small smile. "so is that what we are now? friends? what an evolution we’ve gone through."

”that sounds pretty cool,” she responded, nodding. “and different. did you get a recording of it by any chance?”

she pretended to ponder, tapping a finger against her chin while looking away and quietly humming. "i believe so," she responded, smiling after. noticing his sushi though, she used her chopsticks to place the left-overs on her plate. "what kiss?" it seemed usual to have a kiss in a threesome, but blake didn’t understand why a simple kiss would make things awkward. “probably. it wouldn’t surprise me, honestly.” the brunette shrugged and took a bite from one of the two pieces. “not much. just that she’s worried for all three of you.”

she laughed quietly and shook her head, amused by his words. “that makes sense. i’d probably feel the same. maybe if you begged for my forgiveness i actually might have forgiven you though.” finishing off her food, the girl leaned back against her chair before glancing around, wanting to see where their server went. however, her attention was back into their conversation as he continued talking about the threesome. “why not? is it weird between all of you?” she questioned, pursing her lips. she’s never been in that situation before, so she couldn’t imagine, but she wanted to help at least. “oh... no, i told her.” blake pursed her lips for a moment then gave a nod. “i mean, shane and her are close too, so i asked her thoughts on it, but i guess she didn’t know and had to tell her.”