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She gives me a skeptical look "That’s a pretty sweet drink Are you sure?"

"I’, London shakes her head as she turns "There are so many possible responses to that, I don’t even knohere to start"

I watch as she pours, shakes, and serves up an orange, frothy glass I’ll ade Julius with Mia after school our freshht and restless

Taking a sip, I iister my mistake It’s so sweet I ale once I’ve forced it down "Still not my drink"

The bar is dead and London leans forward on her elbows, thinking "Well, what can I inally"

"Scotch?"

I sigh, wincing because I actually hate this question "I feel like I should, because it’s such apenis"--London snorts--"but sadly, no I don’t like scotch"

She pats ot you Hold, please"

It takes everyfro over the bar to kiss her It’s like I’ve opened the back door and let the swarm in

Burst the dairl

But the problem with Dad’s advice is that I know London isn’t intoto convince her to co

The other problem with Dad’s advice is that I don’t know that I want to date London No, that isn’t exactly right I don’t know that I should date her I feel too close to htmare hookup from last week I don’t want my brain to lump London in with the masses, to fall back onto easy, casual patterns with her It’s claustrophobic to feel the iirls I’ve slept with even when I’enuinely like

I’h I want to blast it off, I’radual process of wearing it down, filing it away Learning fro up one, then two, and then I see five drinks lined up on a tray She lifts it, turning, and carefully slides it down on the bar in front ofthis the scientific way," she says "Close your eyes"

I closeto duh makes an entire body’s worth of blood rush to ood liquor over your head"

"Because I’an"

"I see that" She places a tumbler in my hand "Sip"

I lift it, smell it, and immediately shake my head "I can’t do tequila I did a bazillion body shots junior year and I think I lost ht in a toilet"