#hellrisen

several — or more than several — drinks have been ingested, jack had been promptly uninvited before they showed up, the two of them declaring it a girl’s night. she was sure that both bar and bartender must have been sick of them right now, but she stopped caring two rounds ago. or, stopped thinking about how much she cared. it was last call now, and they still had half full glasses in front of them and a tab to be closed out. her heart warms greatly at the other’s words — or maybe it’s the whiskey she’s finishing off. NOT her drink of choice by any stretch of the imagination, but she’d promised odette she’d close out the night with something a little more mature than a sex on the beach or vodka cran. her grimace at the drink turns into an ‘ aww ’ and a beaming smile which turns into her hopping down from her barstool to force odette into a hug as the tab is placed in front of them. keeping arms wrapped around her friend in embrace, emma peeks over odette’s shoulder at the bill.    “   you still owe me fifty dollars.   ”

hated him ? to be fair, he HAD said i told you so. mildly obnoxious. but ... again, in fairness to him — he had told her so. the road, ordinarily busy in the daytime, was quiet and illuminated only by the stars and the streetlights — the latter, of which occasionally flickered. they were a long way from eden, that was for sure, and well ... he had told her so. a broken down vehicle couldn’t be blamed on the ordinary poor driving on sawyer’s part, but teddy had encouraged her to get the car checked and double checked and triple checked for any mechanical issues before they tried to drive anywhere out of state. so much for trying to break out of his comfort zone.   “   that’s t-too bad,   ”   he manages, head craned back as they sat on the hood, awaiting the tow truck that had been called as a hail mary before cellphone battery died. if it hadn’t gone through, teddy would be panicking a lot more than internally. a smile, and he looks back at her, poking her gently on the shoulder. maybe he shouldn’t have said i told you so. more than once.   “   b-because i love you.   ”