Peaches & Cream

“Don’t all penthouse apartments have the private elevators? That way we don’t have to,” she motioned her hand. “Mingle with you commoners.” She laughed with a slight roll of her eyes. “Anyway, yes. I will definitely invite you. I always need new shopping friends.”

“I’m not sure actually. I live in one of the regular apartments,” she laughed at the girls joke. “Shopping friends stay friends. Am I right?”

We’re friends because you love me. Yeah, yeah, I’ll get to Stranger Things eventually. I don’t know if Issa would want to watch it too.

“You’re lucky I love you, N. Eventually? Come on, it’s the hit show right now. I’m sure she would love it.”

“I’m going to trust your judgement and say yes.”

“Have you not watched Bojack Horseman?”

“See, I’m just two eight-year-olds. One’s on the other’s shoulders trying to mask as a grown-up.”

“So, you’re pretty much Vincent Adultman from Bojack Horseman. Right?”

“No, haven’t really thought of it. She pays rent on time, so that makes her good enough to keep.”

“Even though she ignores your calls?”

“I’m not the pickiest, I just have good taste that you don’t agree with. I haven’t but it’s on my list to watch on Netflix.”

“Good taste is up to interpretation, N. Seriously, how are we friends? You have to step up your bingeing skills.”

“You’re probably my favorite cheerleader to have a round. You motivate me.”

“R to the I to the L-E-Y! Riley!”

“Please. There’s no point. It’s every girl, all the time. I would go nuts if I was Issa.”

“Oh, same. I think I would stop in the bar whenever he was working just so I could keep my insecurities at bay.”

“Naw, just an oversized eight-year-old.”

“I mean, I could see it.”

“We all gotta start somewhere.”

“I believe in you, Riley! Make me proud.”

“That’s one way to describe her.”

“Have you tried finding a new one?”

“In my opinion, they’re lucky they don’t know what Laguna Beach is. It took a while, I had to make sure I liked the show enough to own it. You know I don’t like to rewatch stuff often.”

“Excuse you, Laguna Beach was a classic. How could you not love the drama over Stephen? You are the pickiest person when it comes to tv. Have you even started Stranger Things yet?”

“Flirt with Noah or Dev like the rest of the girls in this place?” 

“Those poor girls who flirt with Noah and don’t realize he’s got a girlfriend. Do you guys take bets on how often he gets hit on?”

He laughed, turning around to face the girl on the other side of the bar, “You could just get a glass and drink it really fast but I’m ethically bound to advise against that.” He smirked, putting together a double shot glass of tequila and set a salt shaker and a lime down with it in front of her. “Long day?”

“Oh, no no no. This is not the time for ethical bartender. This is the time for you to do tequila shots we with.” She looked down at the shot glass then back at him. “I’ll talk about it about that shot you do.”