Chapter 69 - 69: Birthday Party VIII (1/2)
(Third POV)
Lara was pouting like a sore loser. When Andy was announced as judge, she felt ecstatic. Like, she was expecting him to pick them as winners to help them put those girls in their place. What? Although Elizabeth's group did those acrobatic moves, she and Kate were his friends since forever, plus he even said he likes Michelle a lot! However, the traitor announced that it was a fucking tie. What tie? She was sure that the wanker was thinking with his other head.
Anyhow, on their way back to the table, the girls saw Steven and company.
Lara pulled on Steven's hand to drag him back to their seat.
Jeff followed as he tried to tell Kate how she rocked.
Anthony smiled at Michelle apologetically. Not because their group lost but because of what Andy did. Like she must be broken hearted now.
Michelle, well, if she can read Anthony's mind, she would tell him that she doesn't really care what Andy do. However, she could not. So, she interpreted his apologetic smile as for them not winning. Remembering how she moved back then, she shyly smiled back at him. Trying to flirt and acting embarrassed at the same time.
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”Stop pouting.” Steven said as he gave Lara a glass of water. It's not good if she keeps drinking alcoholic beverage. Though she only had 2 glasses so far. Yes, he does keep count.
Lara pushed the glass of water away and opted for the spritz. ”How could Andy do that!? That imbecile! Steven, you do think we were better, right?”
Steven nodded his head slightly.
Vincent laughed, ”Shiz Larazilla! You're such a sore loser. I mean, you did see how those girls moved. Besides, if I were in Andy's shoes…”
Lara acted like she would throw the glass at Vince, Vince continued to laugh and acted like he was going to dodge, while Steven held Lara's arm to stop her.
Kate gave an eyeroll with how they were acting. ”Lara, stop moping. We had our fun, besides, the night's still young. Don't let what happened get into you.” The she looked at Vince, ”and you, if you have nothing nice to say, just shut up. What are you still doing here anyway?”
Vince only grinned. Why else? Aside from teasing Lara, he wanted to dance with Michelle. But he has to get Lara and Kate out of the picture. If not, well, his attempt would not end well. ”I wanted to console you two, we are friends after all. Hehe…” then he looked at Michelle.
Michelle was shyly sneaking glances at Anthony as she took sips from the glass of aperol spritz. Now she gets why Lara likes it so much. Amongst the 3 she had so far, this one was the best. Now, how does she get to dance with Anthony?
Anthony on the other hand drank his vodka martini totally unaware that Michelle was eyeing him. He felt bad for Michelle. Such a nice girl and Andy… he said he likes her, but tsk tsk. Poor Michelle. She was even looking forward to this party, he recalled her asking about it when they had breakfast, plus she even prepared her gift for Andy lovingly.
Vince felt that the sight playing before him was annoying enough. He just totally lost interest. Besides, how can he flirt with the girl who was obviously pining over his friend? Such a downer. He looked at Jeff, and Jeff also looked at him. Ah, their friendship was close enough that they can have a mental telepathy.