#int. asher

"I want it to be clear that Uly isn't making me do this," Edie begins semi-ominously, becoming momentarily distracted by the size of the surfboards hanging along the wall.

"I won't run a grocery cart into you again," she continues -- the closest she would likely ever get to apologizing for the incident in the grocery store.

"Unless you deserve it."

asher: would you accept a fantastic blowjob as payment?

sebastian: 'fantastic'. okay buddy don't get ahead of yourself.

Grocery shopping was something that Edie had always enjoyed -- there as a satisfaction in it, like a video game. A budget to stay within, coupons clipped, and armed with a list of items to attain -- her mom had put her in charge of them ever since she was fourteen.

The downside was that she hated running unexpectedly into people there -- which tended to happen in a small town. Which turned out to be happening exactly in that moment as she turned down the chip and snacks aisle and was faced directly with Asher.

Someone she was mentally holding personally responsible for her altercation with Uly at the party.

Jaw tense, fingers gripping at the handle of her cart, she considers abandoning it entirely for a moment before deliberately knocking her cart into his.

"Move."

location: ocean crest apartments pool

"Okay, look, I get it. I know the sign says no drinking in the pool," Edie admits with her face peering over the ledge, covertly taking a sip from her can.

"But -- if you're not above bribery -- I'm willing to offer you a Twisted Tea for your silence."

sebastian: oh my goisd okay okay ooky this is gonna sound wired

sebastian: wired**

sebastian: WEIRD

sebastian: but lik e ..... thougths on me buying this rn????

Hope she sees this, bro.

hear that, miss swift? i expect to see my complimentary tickets to the lover tour any day now.