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Once inside the ballroom again, Audrey’s signature scowl was right back on her face. The ballroom felt fuller than ever, so getting around became increasingly difficult. This only added to the young woman's annoyance, punctuated by the fact that she couldn't find her friends yet kept seeing Alexandros Mossos’ stupid, arrogant out of the corner of her eyes. Whenever she was forced by circumstance to look him in the eyes, a death glare was exchanged between the two, almost always ended by Audrey storming away in the opposite direction. It was after one of these tiny scenes that she finally came across Christian, who had been sitting in one of the cozy love seats in a corner of the room.

[color=deeppink]“I am positively [i]pissed[/i] right now.”[/color] Audrey began, fuming through gritted teeth as she plopped herself on the empty space next to the dark-haired young man.

Christian’s handsome face turned concerned. He placed a comforting hand in his best friend’s shoulder. [color=slateblue]“What's wrong, doll?”[/color]

The brunette sighed, massaging her left temple with her eyes closed as she begged for God to bless her with the patience she so lacked. [color=deeppink]“Okay, so the reason I disappeared for a bit was because I was trying to hook up with this guy, right?”[/color]

Christian groaned, putting a hand against his forehead. [color=slateblue]“Please don't tell me it was the same asshole who obnoxiously barged into our conversation earlier.”[/color]

Audrey sighed frustratingly again. [color=deeppink]“I know, I know: I'm stupid and I shouldn't have. But I did, and it was nothing but a stupid mistake. He turned out to be this homophobic douchebag, and after putting him in his place I just [i]had[/i] to get away. But even after I left, I keep seeing him everywhere. And he's so stupid, but so [i]fucking[/i] attractive, and all I can do is shoot him death glares across the room, and it's just so- UGH!”[/color]

The young man couldn't hide the smile that rose to his lips while witnessing his best friend’s comical little tantrum. Audrey usually wasn't one for whining, so it was funny to Christian to see her all worked up like that. However, his good mood only served to annoy Audrey even further. 

[color=deeppink]“What?”[/color] she said briskly, scowling deeply at him. [color=deeppink]“What's there to smile about? What's so funny, exactly?”[/color]

[color=slateblue]“You just can't seem to get away from the douchebags, can't you?”[/color]

His comment caused the Latina to roll her eyes, but her expression softened. The ghost of a smile could be seen in her mouth. [color=deeppink]“What the hell can I say? Douchebags love me.”[/color] she teased, softly elbowing Christian’s ribs. [color=deeppink]“At this point, I'm starting to think some jealous bitch cursed me.”[/color]

[color=slateblue]“[i]Or[/i] it can be that you just have shit taste in men.”[/color] Christian teased back, gently shoving Audrey, who laughed.

[color=deeppink] “I mean, I have [i]you[/i] for a best friend, so my shit tastes in men must be true.”[/color]

[color=slateblue] “Wow. Harsh.”[/color]

Their conversation was interrupted by Miranda announcing it was two minutes until midnight, and asking her family members to join her up on stage. Smiling, Audrey excused herself and made her way up, squeezing herself in between her mother and father. 

From her current height, the young woman’s chocolate brown eyes could see the entire room: every face, every action. Although she attempted to concentrate in the present, counting down aloud the seconds to midnight with the rest of her family, there was one person who again caught her attention. Mossos was now rushing around everyone as if late to a previous engagement. Annoyed but captivated, Audrey’s eyes tuned to slits as she saw him approach some dumb red head in the crowd. And when the ball dropped, confetti erupting everywhere in celebration of the arrival of the new year, she watched in fury as he planted a deep kiss on the bitch’s lips.

[i][color=deeppink]‘This motherfucker!’[/color][/i]

Although faking a bright smile in between hugging and kissing her family members onstage, Audrey’s eyes were blazing. Her eyes met Alexandros’ again, and from the way he was smiling smugly at her, the brunette knew he'd just pulled this stunt to get under her skin. Well, he asshole had definitely succeeded.

[i][color=deeppink]Damn him.[/color][/i]

What he [i]didn't[/i] know was that his little scene only added more fuel to the flames, and the scorned young woman was now determined to make him understand he was not the boss around here. This was [i]her[/i] turf, and she he wasn’t about to let some arrogant playboy get away with pissing her off.

Once finished with the protocol congratulations, Audrey rushed back to Christian’s side. While they gave each other a hug in celebration of the new year, the young woman took the opportunity to whisper something in her best friends’s ear. He gave her a nod, and once the hug was broken he headed in the direction of the bar. The young man returned from his little excursion with a glass of deep red wine, which earned him a smile and an appreciative nod. It was then when Audrey took his arm, and the couple headed down in Alexandros’ direction. When they were close enough, the Latina made a point to ‘accidentally’ knock the wine glass from Christian’s hand and into Alex’s suit.

[color=slateblue]“Shit, man! I am so sorry!”[/color] Christian apologized in his most convincing way, pulling a handkerchief from the breast pocket of his suit and attempting to clean up the red stain the wine had left on Alexandros’ expensive white shirt. 

Meanwhile, Audrey took advantage of the fabricated distraction to discreetly lean over to the red-haired young woman Mossos had been kissing and inject her poison on the form of a whisper. [color=deeppink]“Just a heads up, sweetie: you [i]might[/i] want to get yourself checked out after that kiss. I heard from a very reliable source that he’s got herpes.”[/color]

As the young woman's eyes widened in shock and disgust in Alex’s direction, Christian smiled. He took that as his queue that their mission had been successfully completed, so he wrapped up his charade and moved to stand next to his best friend before the other guy could realize what was going on.

[color=deeppink]“Happy New Year!”[/color] the Latina said cheerfully, positively beaming as she took Christian’s arm, knowing the irreparable damage had been done.

With one last triumphant smirk at the furious Alexandros, the brunette flipped back her luscious brown locks, turned on her heel and walked away. She hoped the ignorant young man had learned the valuable lesson of night: Audrey Huntsberg is [i]not[/i] one to be messed with.