God fucking Damnit! That’s got to be the oldest damn trick in the book and I fucking fell for it! I pulled myself away as quickly as I possibly could and slapped his arm while he snickered.
“Max!” I said crossly “You know I’m here with CC!”
“I know, I know, I just wanted to see the look on your face!” he chuckled. I didn’t particularly care why he did it, it didn’t change the fact that I was upset that he’d done it. I moved to furthest point of the sofa away from him and crossed my arms. “Oh c’mon, don’t be like that, Hailz! It was a joke! Besides, it was just a peck!” He’d crossed the line and I wasn’t going to chill out until he was comfortable distance back behind it. God Damnit, I wish CC was here to tell him off! CC where are you? Actually, now that I’m thinking about it, I’m kinda grateful he didn’t just walk in on that, what if he’d gotten the wrong idea? I would probably cry until I died of dehydration and/or got shot by Alex for keeping him up all night with my wailing.
“Hey, Hailey!” said a voice above me suddenly. I looked up and saw none other than Sheriff Ashley Purdy standing there.
“Hi, Ash!” I said with a smile.He glanced over at Max and emotionlessly acknowledged his existence with a nod before going back to smiling at me.
“You know, sitting on the couch all evening is pretty poor party etiquette,” He said “why don’t you come and dance with us?” Damn, of course it just had to be dancing.
“I’m not much of a dancer…” I said as I recalled the time I tripped during my ballet recital and took all the other girls in my row down with me when I was six. I still can’t hear the music for ‘Swan Lake’ without blushing like a dork.
“Well, I know CC likes his booty shaken, not stirred, I’m sure he could teach you some moves…” Ash began but was interrupted by Max
“Or I could teach you, because you know, I’m actually here.” He said
“Well, I think CC ought to be the one dancing with her, because you know, he’s actually her date, not you.” Ash said dripping with sass as he looked Max dead in the eye. Never before in my life have I felt such an intense desire to shout ‘AW SNAP!’ at someone. Ash and Max stared each other down for a second before Ash broke into a grin and turned back to me. “Well, I guess if the Green Machine wants to help out so much, he can come and help me find CC for you.” He said as he pulled Max off the couch and onto his feet then putting his arm around his neck kinda like a chokehold.
“Really? Thanks you guys! That’s so nice of you!” I said before he could protest
“No problem, we’ll have your lover-boy back in no time so you two can Santa dance the night away!” said Ash with a wink. Max grumbled something along the lines of ‘see ya later’ before Ash hauled him off to look for my date. Once they were gone, I realized I was right back where I started, awkwardly sitting alone on the couch. I sighed as I put my elbow on the arm of the couch and rested my head on my hand. I usually don’t mind being on my own, in fact, I spent most days wishing a plague that band members and awesome people were immune to would put a dent in the human population so I could get some down time, but there’s a vast difference between being alone and being lonely, the latter being what I was currently. I looked around and felt my chest hallow out. I didn’t belong here, I wasn’t a party girl who could strut up to any guy and flirt with him, I wasn’t a heavy drinker who could chug a bottle of Jack and spend the night in drunken euphoria, I wasn’t a social butterfly who could make friends wherever they went. I was a shadow, a silent observer, a listener, background noise, a defective jigsaw piece that had to be forced into place. God, I’m so damn cheerful, aren’t I? I finished off the last of my drink and stood up. I needed something stronger to make the darkness creeping up in my mind go back to its cage in the shadow at the back of my mind. I maneuvered my way past several people until I got to the suite’s bar. Most people were drinking beer from the fridge so it was still pretty well stocked. I grabbed the Bailey’s and Kahlua and was about to make myself a couple basic blowjob shots when I remembered that unlike the bars downstairs, there weren’t any glasses on the back wall for me to use. Deciding to be lazy, I took the bottles and the shaker to the kitchen where I assumed the glasses would be.
“What’s this then? Making shots for your lover-boy, are we?” asked Ben when I walked in with my stuff
“Nope.” I said as I set everything down on the counter and pulled a shot glass from the cabinet. “Lover-boy is MIA so this is for me.” There was a chorus of ‘Aww’s and ‘Poor thing’s from their girls for tonight.
“What? Is he still not done dicking around with Craig?” asked Danny. So he was with Craig, huh? Maybe he just got distracted and lost track of time.
“I guess. He went to get me a drink like half an hour ago and hasn’t gotten back yet.” I said
“Are you serious?!” Ben shouted “You’ve been waiting half a fucking hour for a drink? That’s horrible! I’d kick his ass for making wait that long!”
“Max actually ended up bringing me one after a while, so it’s all good.” I said with a giggle as I started pouring the Bailey’s into the shaker.
“You know old Maxy boy fancies you quite a bit, too.” Said Danny as he drained the whiskey from his glass.
“Oh she knows, I saw him sneak a little peck with her earlier…” said James making everyone’s eyebrows fly up “and she fucking hit him for it! Looked like it bloody hurt too!” he continued which made them all break into laughter
“That’s one of the first rule of Texan women I ever learned” said Danny while I started shaking up the booze for my shot. “They can fucking pack a punch!”
“I’ll drink to that!” said one of their girls to which the rest of the girls agreed and toasted to
“Oi! What do you think you’re doing? You’re not taking a shot without the rest of us!” said Danny when he saw me pouring a shot. The others all seemed to feel the same so I grabbed a couple more glasses and filled them up before I slid them over. After we finished Danny enlisted me to make the most badass party shots I could with what I had to hand and that’s how I ended up working on my night off.

Notes

So making CC walk in on Max kissing Hailz seemed like the obvious thing to do therefore I didn't do it. If you're missing CC then don't worry, he will be back in the next chapter, I promise :)