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After dropping Sidney off at the airport I headed to the brewery to see how things were going. "Hey Avery, how was Ireland?" Brad asked. "Amazing, I wish we could have stayed longer," I smiled before making my way up to my office. I sat down at my desk, turned my computer on, leaned back and put my feet up. I closed my eyes just as my phone went off. A text message from Colby, 'you asked Sid to marry you huh?' WHAT? I quickly typed back, 'what are you talking about?' 'Haha, Starbucks, ten minutes.' I sat there stunned for a minute and then got up, grabbed my purse and headed downstairs. "Hey Brad, I'm heading to Starbucks to talk to Colby, want anything when I come back?" "Yeah I'll try whatever drink that is you get all the time," he smiled and I left. When I walked in, Colby was already sitting at a table with our drinks. "I didn't ask Sidney to marry me," I laughed as I sat down. "He said you did, on the plane ride back, but you were all drugged up on Valium," Colby laughed. The plane ride back? Belly button, nose, nuckin' halium? "Oh my . . . I did. He said 'fucking valium', what did he tell you?" "I can't tell you," he smirked. "Colby," I whined tilting my head. He starred at me for a minute and finally broke down. "He said if you weren't drugged up he would have put a ring on your finger that minute." "He has a ring? He's carrying around a ring?" "I didn't say that," he said to me with wide eyes, obviously trying to cover the fact that Sidney does have a ring. He really has a ring? "Anyways, BBQ Friday eh? Who's all coming?" Colby asked snapping me out of my trance. I gave him a fake smile, "So far it's you, Mel, Max and I." "And Flower and his girlfriend," Colby added.

Friday came all too soon, but I was happy Sidney was right, this week was flying by fast and he would be home in just three short days. I got out of the shower and heard very loud knocking on the door. I threw my robe on and went out to see who it was. "Max what are you doing here so early?" I asked as he walked in. "I've been knocking for like fifteen minutes, I have to start my ribs early," he smiled giving me a kiss on the cheek. "Okay, well you know your way around, I have to run to the brewery and pick up the beer after I get done getting ready," I smiled before heading back to my bedroom. I curled my hair in nice big curls and threw on a flowy summery skirt with a razor back tank top. "You doing alright? I will be back in probably a hour or so, call me if you need anything," I smiled to Max who was working away in the kitchen. "Yeah, do you have an apron? You look hot by the way." I began to blush and then a huge smile crawled over my face when I remembered the apron I had. I walked towards the front door and opened the hall way closet. I pulled out my apron and tossed it to Max. "Why is Marty Turco on your apron?" he asked holding it up in front of him. "You wouldn't understand Maxy," I laughed before leaving.

The BBQ was very chill, exactly how I wanted it to be, with just the six of us. "Rib's are done!" Max shouted from the back patio. Colby was the first one to jump up and ran outside. "Excited is he?" I asked laughing before making my way to the fridge for another beer. "Avery, your fridge looks like a sea of gold, where do you keep your food?" Flower asked as he grabbed a beer as well. "Who needs food when you have beer?" I laughed making my way out to the patio, "all the food is in the fridge in the garage, just so you know if you wanted anything." "Here take a bite," Max smiled holding a rib a few inches from my mouth. I bit in, tearing away some meat and a big smile came over my face. "Wow Max, those are really good, where do you learn to make these?" "You wouldn't understand Avy," he smiled before eating the rest of it. What a dork. We sat around out back eating the ribs and drinking beer, just kicking back, the perfect afternoon in my eyes. Well almost perfect, Sid's not here. "Hey, are you going to see a psychiatrist?" Colby whispered into my ear. "Yeah, I was suppose to go yesterday but they rescheduled me for Tuesday. I feel so much better after Ireland though, but we will see," I smiled and he sat back in his chair smiling at me. "Good," he said just as Max ran into the house. "Where's the music at?" he yelled from inside. "Dance party?" Flower asked laughing. I made my way inside and opened the huge cabinet holding all of my CD's. "Holy crap, did you buy out iTunes or something? You probably know all the lyrics to every single song too," he laughed looking through my collection."What can I say? I'm a human karaoke machine."

It felt like twenty minutes later Max finally decided on a CD. "What'd you find?" I asked sitting down on the couch watching his eyes read over the CD back cover. "R. Kelly, this album is a classic," he laughed. "Which one is it?" I asked and he put it in the CD player. "12 Play," he smiled. The smooth opening notes to "Your Body's Calling" filled the house and I headed to the fridge for yet another beer. "Beer us!" Colby yelled from out back as he watched me walk to the fridge. I pulled out six beers and took them outside. "Hey, come back here and dance with me, I didn't put music on for nothing!" Max shouted. "I'm happy to see you found a new girlfriend," Colby laughed as I made my way inside. "Okay, let me put it on an appropriate song to dance to," Max said before stumbling around a little bit.

My mind's telling me no!
But my body!
My body's telling me yes! Baby!
I don't want to hurt nobody
but there is something that I must confess!!
I don't see nothing wrong,
with a little bump and grind.
I laughed as he pulled me into him."We're drunk aren't we?" I asked still laughing. "Well we've been drinking since noon," he said wrapping his arm around my lower back. I placed my arm on his shoulder, still holding on to my beer.
See I know just what you want,
and I know just want you need girl.
So bring your body to me,
bring your body here.
I'm not fooling around with you.
We danced for the whole song, and he still held me very close to his body. I pulled away, turned around and flipped up my skirt at him before going back outside.

Two hours later Mel, Flower, his girlfriend, Max and I were completely trashed. "Alright gang, let's go," Colby shouted cleaning up the table out back. "I love crepes," Flower said laughing uncontrollably before continuing, "my name is Jean Girard and I am a racing-car driver just like you except I am from Formula Un." "Is he reciting lines from Talledega Nights?" I asked Colby laughing. "Yes he is," Colby said shaking his head. We walked into the house and noticed Max was passed out on the couch. Colby went over to wake him up but I stopped him, "he's already passed out, might as well leave him." "You sure? Lock your bedroom door alright?" Colby pulled me into a hug, giving me a kiss on the cheek and they all left. I waved to them as Colby drove away and walked back inside locking the door. Seriously? It's only 10 o'clock? "They gone?" I heard Max mumble into the pillow. "You asshole," I laughed kicking him in the legs. "I didn't want to leave yet, but since I want to keep drinking, is it okay if I crash here tonight?" "Of course you can crash here, but I have to warn you before Sid left he said if you mess up our house I get to kick your ass." "I might enjoy that though," he laughed getting up to grab two beers.

About a hour later after a brutal, and terrible low-scoring game of Scrabble there was a knock at the door. I jumped up and looked out the front window. "What the fuck?" I opened the door very slowly. "Hello Avery," he smiled. "Scott? What are you doing here? How did you know I lived here?" "You have some things of mine I need, and your brother told me where you lived," he simply smiled before walking past me into my house. Robert? He talked to Robert? I felt an arm wrap around my waist, "hey baby, who's this?" Max asked and I looked up at him. "Max, this is Scott, my ex. Scott this is-" "Maxime, Avery's boyfriend, nice to meet you," Max greeted him offering him his hand. "Nice to meet you too, I hope your taking good care of my girl, she's a gem." "Oh I know she is," Max smiled looking down at me. What's going on? "Well Avery, you have a box, that is sealed with duct tape and has my name on it, do you still have it?" "Yeah it's in the garage," I said still dumbfounded as to why and how he showed up on my doorstep at 11 o'clock at night. Max tightened his grip around my waist and leaned down placing his forehead on mine. "I'll let you two talk," just as the last word came out of his mouth I felt his lips crash on top of mine. For a moment my mind went blank and I almost felt like I was floating in the air, he ran his tongue along my bottom lip and finally pulled apart. I gasped for air and looked up at Max who winked at me then walked away. Before making my way out to the garage I stopped in the kitchen and poured myself a shot of tequila. "Still drinking I see," Scott stated firmly. "I needed something, it's just odd seeing you here, sorry, I thought you were in Russia. You know I could have mailed it, a simple phone call would have done," I smirked opening the garage door. I showed him where the box was and that was it, he was out the door. Nothing else other than 'thank you' was said. Two more quick shots of tequila and I sat up on the kitchen counter. What the fuck just happened? I sat there for a few minutes before my vision became blurry and I knew I was a goner.

I walked into the living room and stood next to the couch trying my best to stay standing up right without falling over. "Sorry about that," Max said before finishing off his beer. I looked over at him and for a moment I saw Sidney. The dark hair, the big beautiful smile. I walked over to him on the couch and almost fell on the way. "You're trashed aren't you?" he laughed. I looked down at him and threw one of my legs over him, sitting down on his lap facing him. "Av . . . " he moaned before pulling my lips down to his. He grabbed onto my butt pulling me closer to him and I wrapped my fingers into his hair. His hands went up my back and I forced my tongue into his mouth. I could feel his hands moving up my back, moving to my sides, right next to my boobs. I moved my hands to the back of his neck sitting up on my knees, pulling his face up to mine. His hands moved further up my shirt, eventually pulling it up over my head. He began to chuckle a little as he noticed I wasn't wearing a bra. He lifted me up in his arms, lying me down on the couch. I reached up and pulled his shirt over his head. He crawled on top of me and began kissing my neck. "Max," I moaned pulling his face back up to mine. I began to kiss him again, feeling his hands travel all over my body. I pulled back and looked into his eyes. Holy shit! WHAT AM I DOING?!