Chapter 9: From Sleepover to Party Time
"Wait a minute!" Lupin yells. "A-Axel didn't you have a shooting tomorrow?"
"Yes, I have but it's not like my house is in another country." He points at the hotel his staying just across the street.
"How about you, Seven?"
"I don't mind staying the night here. Besides, I don't trust you with two girls staying in your apartment."
"Hey! What's that supposed to mean?"
Bella shakes her head. "Oh, come on stop arguing and just help me carry Mallory. She'll stay in my apartment so you can all calm down." She pauses and glares at everyone. "No buts! You heard that?"
"You heard the boss. Come on, Mallory."
"Let me do it instead. You should take a rest, Axel. You also drunk too much today." Seven replies as he carries Mallory in bridal style.
"Thank you." Bella gets another bottle of wine as Seven follows her behind. "I'll confiscate this. I think you drink enough for today."
Once they arrive at Bella's apartment, Mallory sighs and touches her head. "What happened?"
"You got drunk." She hands her a glass of milk. "Here drink this so you can sober up."
"Sorry, you must think I'm lame."
"What?" Bella chuckles. "I think you're cool."
Mallory blushes. "T-Thank you."
"I can't believe you got the guts to call Axel a jerk in front of everyone."
"W-What?" Mallory asks as she starts to sober up. "What did I do?"
"Oh, honey! I think the question must be what didn't you do?"
Bella sips another glass of wine. "You throw up in front of Seven and Axel by the way. And on the way home, you kept clinging at Seven like a baby and calling him your angel." She laughs raising her glass. "You're crazy, do you know that?"
"Oh, no!" Mallory blushes. "I-I must apologize to them."
"You can do that tomorrow. Come on, let's have a girl's night."
"I never experience any girl's night," Mallory whispers.
"You don't?"
"Yes. I'm always too busy doing part-time jobs that I never even got to make any friends or go to any of my colleague's party."
"So you never went to any party at all?" Mallory nods as Bella yells in disbelief. "This is unacceptable! A beautiful girl like you should be out there partying and enjoying the single life."
"Wait, you're single, right?"
"Right."
"Then let's get this party started!"
Bella pushes her in the shower as she loads up her favorite party playlist and puts it on at full volume to get them in the mood. "Take your time showering, Mallory. Remember we're going to have a girl's night. We need to look like the best versions of ourselves."
Mallory excitedly sings along the music, she exfoliates, shaving, and conditioning her hair. Once she's out of the shower she blow-dries and then curls her hair. "Hey, drink this before we go." Mallory looks weirdly at the glass before taking a sip.
"What's this?"
"Our pre-drinks. I confiscated it to Lupin a while ago."
"Good job!"
They were almost ready, only a few makeup touches, and everything is already set. "Oh I remember one time, Bob asked me to check on one of his patients which I gladly did but then I later realize that his patient is a pervert," Bella complains as she put fake eyelashes.
"What did he do?" Mallory asks, she's a little too tipsy to put on her fake eyelashes now good thing Bella helps you.
"His eyes are creepy." She imitates his big eyes. "And I'm pretty sure every time I turn around, his eyes are checking my butt."
Mallory gasp. "You should just punch him! Guys like that are so rude."
"I know right."
"Here let's take another shot." Mallory gives another glass of wine before she checks herself in the mirror. She is wearing a red dress with a low back. "This dress is too small for me, Bella." She keeps pulling the dress down to her thighs.
"That's how it's supposed to be." Bella smiles fixing Mallory's hair. "You should be confident in wearing that dress. It fits you perfectly!" She chuckles.
Before leaving the apartment, they took at least two hundred pictures, most of them are identical to each other. It doesn't matter, though since pre-drinks are the best time to take the perfect selfie. "We should post this!" Mallory points at the picture where they are both laughing while crossing their arms together as they drink wine.
"Perfect!"
The girls are not too drunk yet, their makeup and hair look perfect. Mallory sneakily tries to delete a couple of photos she doesn't like but Bella notices and quickly grabs her phone back. "Wow, I didn't expect to see this much crowd."
"Everyone here is VVIP members which means everyone you see has a rich and powerful business."
"Ah, oh. 12 o'clock." Bella widens her eyes and shakes her head slightly while looking over Mallory's shoulder, sending signals that there's a lurker approaching.
"Hi, beautiful!" A well-suited man approaches them and was about to touch Mallory but Bella stops him.
"Sorry. We're having a girl's night." She eyed at him.
The man didn't listen as he tries to keep talking to Mallory. "Hi! I'm Samuel. And you are?"
"Leaving," Mallory replies as they move to sit in the counter. "So that's how it feels like to be asked by someone."
"How are you feeling right now?"
"A little nervous."
"You'll get used to it." Bella smiles. "I bet you can handle their mixers. It tastes good."
Mallory shakes her head, laughing a bit. "Oh, no! I don't want to play bets with you."
"What really? Why not?"
"I've seen you bet. Plus, I don't have any money." Mallory drinks every bit of her tequila. "How about we play a dare game instead?"
And this is where the wild night begins, from a simple sleepover it becomes a wild night for the two. Not that it bothers them, though. "I dare you to make a drink."
Mallory goes to the bartender. "Excuse me. May I join you here? I need to make something special for my lovely friend over there." She points at Bella, who is making cute faces so the bartender could help them.
"Sure."
"Thank you!" Mallory mixes everything she can basically see. "This should do it."
"I dare you to offer this to the hottest guy you'll see." Bella nods her head as she looks for a hot guy. "Be right back."
"Hey, handsome!" The guy quickly raises his eyebrow, Bella's eyes widen as she realizes who it was.
"I made this drink to the hottest guy I'll see. Would you like to try it?" She gives to the guy's beside him before awkwardly going back to Mallory's side.
"What happened?"
"I think I'm done playing this game." Bella roams her eyes everywhere to the dance floor
"Oh, come on. We're just starting. I didn't think you would quit so easily." She challenges.
"I know what you're doing."
"Is it working?" Bella nods her head and smiles.
Bella thinks of something wild dare Mallory can't do. "I dare you to do your silliest dance on top of the bar counter."
Mallory shakes her head in disbelief. "I dare you to do the same."
"How about we do it together?" They take another shot and stand in the bar counter, dancing like they are the only ones left in the world.
Some girls look at the two shaking their heads, they are really drunk that's for sure. People start to take out their phones when they realize that it was Arabella, 2020's world sexiest doctor in the world. "Yow, check this out. The sexiest doctor is dancing for us now." One of the guys said in the video.
When the girls are exhausted, they sit on the sofa. "That was fun!" Mallory jumps when she heard her favorite jam, she gets straight to the dance floor. "This is my song!" She starts dancing and singing along with every verse and chorus.
Then she suddenly feels someone holding her waist, she looks at that person and glares when she sees Samuel pulling her closer. "What are you doing, pervert?"
"Don't be like that, Sugar. I know you like me too."
She rolls her eyes and was about to head back to the sofa when Samuel pulls her even more. "Stop touching me you Pervert!" She slaps him hard that everyone on the dance floor suddenly stops.
"I don't care how rich you are but I'm not someone you can play with Samuel."
"Mallory." A familiar voice calls her. When she looks at the person, she instantly suddenly feel guilty.
"Axel?" She looks confused. It was the first time he sees his eyes filled with anger.
'Why would he be angry, though?' She thought to herself.
"Let's go!" He gives him a jacket to cover her up and they ride the car.
"Wait, we can't leave Bella!" She stops the car and was about to open the door. "We have to go back!"
"Lupin got her."
"Where's is Seven?" She notices his tight grip on the steering wheel. "Are you okay?"
"What do you think, idiot?"
"Stop calling me an idiot!" Axel parks on the side of the road. He takes a deep breath and tries to calm himself.
"The guy you just slaps before, do you even know him?"
"No."
"His name is Samuel. He is the new investor of my project. Why would you slap him?"
"I'm so disappointed with you." He whispers but Mallory heard him.
"I slapped him because he was harassing me!" Axel widens his eyes, his grip the wheel even tighter.
"Then why are you even be in the bar, to begin with, Mallory?! Didn't you have enough of the wine a while ago? Why would you do something stupid like that and go with Bella?"
Tears start to form in her eyes. "I was just trying to have some fun!"
"Oh, so you didn't have fun at the housewarming party?"
"That was different."
"What's the difference? You have fun when we're at Lupin's house. If I knew you wanted to go to the bar then you should just say so!"
"Why are you so angry about? Last time I check you're not my boyfriend!"
Axel glares at her. "I'm your boss, Mallory!"
"Damn right. You're my boss but you don't have the right to get involved in my personal matters." Axel fake laughs, he shakes his head and starts to drive again.
On the way home, they are both quiet. Mallory couldn't stand the silent treatment and although she knows she's also wrong, a part of her doesn't want to say sorry. 'Why does he cares so much about me? I'm just his damn housekeeper.'
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