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[Indent][indent][indent]The first thing Finn registered when he woke up was the foot in his face. The second thing he noticed was that it felt as if someone was saying his head open with a blunt knife from the inside. The light streaming in through Alice's windows did not help the latter. Finn was just about to drift off back to sleep when the foot in his face almost knocked out his front teeth.  "Fuck, Alice! I'd rather not have dentures at 18, thanks." He cringed at how loud his voice sounded in the soothing silence of the room, and even moreso at the croakiness of it. How much had he actually drank last night? 

After a great deal of moaning and groaning, both Finn and Alice finally managed to force themselves out of the bed they had be lying top-to-toe in. The groans increased tenfold when they realised what time it was - barely past 8 in the morning. Finn was grateful that the pair were so accustomed to sleeping over that they had their own routines figured out to the very minute. First, Finn would go to the bathroom to do his thing there, while Alice chose an [url=http://www.collagecab.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/Awesome-Summer-Outfit.jpg]outfit[/url] and cleaned any mess they had left behind the night before. Then it was Alice's turn in the bathroom, getting changed in there after a quick shower while Finn got [url=http://picture-cdn.wheretoget.it/hinryt-l-610x610-sweater-black-parental+advisory-black+sweater-tumblr-tumblr+outfit-guys-menswear-alternative-grunge.jpg]changed[/url] in whoever's bedroom they were in at the time. They would both then go down to the kitchen together and absolutely butcher a recipe chosen the night before for breakfast, end up binning their radioactive creation and opt for coffee instead. It was little routines like this that kept them both sane. 

It was when they were sat at opposite ends of the breakfast bar, sipping on their coffee, that they both finally let their minds wander to the night before. Finn's mind had to try considerably harder to piece together the events that had unfolded, but he managed and felt the crushing wave of regret all the same. All he could see was Victoria's shattered eyes and tear-stained face as he shut her down. Even in hindsight, he couldn't see a good enough reason as to why he would turn down the most beautiful girl he knew. But, at the same time, part of him knew that he had done the right thing. He would be waking up to a whole load of newer, scarier regrets if he had given Victoria Steel what she had wanted. 

[color=#00ddff]"You disappeared pretty quickly last night, Al." [/Color]Although Finn's tone was playful, Alice knew that he wanted to know exactly why she had abandoned him the way she had. Truth be told, she couldn't come up with a good reason. There was only one that even felt like the truth, and she knew it would not sit well with Finn. That reason started with a capital R and ended with trouble. And yet, Alice doubted that she had never felt the way she had last night, backed up against the side of the pool with Ricardo Ignacio's breath on her lips. She couldn't even imagine Finn's reaction to her saying such words out loud, but the attempts to caused an uncontrollable smirk to spread across her features. 

[Color=plum]"Don't you talk to me about disappearing, Finnlay. No one saw you until the last five minutes, when [I]everyone[/I] saw you. Shirtless. Dancing on top of a bloody table." [/Color]She crossed her arms, raising an eyebrow at the warm flush that seeped into her friend's otherwise pale complexion. 

[color=#00ddff]"Touché. Let's just agree to never talk about last night again. Deal?"[/Color] He held his hand out as an offering for her to shake it, and she couldn't help but notice the signature hangover shakes that made them tremble slightly. Knocking his hand aside, Alice jumped off of her stool in a movement far too lively for the morning after. [Color=plum]"You wish. I have nothing to be embarrassed about."[/Color] [I]At least not yet.[/I] She found herself thinking. It was only a matter of time before word got put about her shenanigans in the pool with a certain host of a certain party.

[Color=plum]"Come on. I have books to return to the library." [/Color]At Finn's crestfallen expression, she rolled her eyes.[Color=plum] "I'll treat you to a milkshake too at the mall, sulky. Even though you don't deserve it after the way you treated me last night."[/Color] Finn was quiet for a long second, probably trying to force the memories to come back to him, obviously failing, from the confused look on his face. 

[Color=plum]"You had a little tantrum on the front steps about our parents, if I do remember correctly."[/Color] Alice spoke brightly as she locked the front door they had just left by behind her, but still stole a quick glance at the devastated face of her best friend. [color=#00ddff]"Aw, shit, Alice. I did it again, didn't I? You know I didn't mean it, right? Did anyone hear. I'm so sorry, man." [/Color]She watched with a tiny pinch of satisfaction at his guilt-stricken face before nudging him gently as a means of forgiving him. 

[Color=plum]"It's fine. Things haven't been too bad recently, anyway."[/Color] Catching his suspicious glance as he opened the door to the passenger seat and climbed inside, her voice picked up from it's hushed tones in earnest. [Color=plum]"Seriously. Damien's at work most of the time anyway. And when he's not, mum's home to keep an eye on things. I can look after myself, Finn, you know that."[/Color]

Of course he did. He didn't know anyone else that could get through what Alice does on a day-to-day basis. He also knew there was little he could do about it, though, and he let out a deep sigh, suddenly feeling the need to punch something. His fingers were just closing into fists when a reassuring hand touched them gently, cutting through his anger and mirroring the way he had comforted her just yesterday, even though it had felt like an age. [Color=plum]"Hey, milkshake, remember? Chill." [/Color]
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