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She shook her head. “We can set them up in the morning. We’ll be too busy tonight.”
“Oh?” he questioned, smirking. “Is there something you want?”
“Mhm. For you not to tease me all night.”
Her boyfriend chuckled. “We’ll see.”
With that, he gave her another kiss, and Talia knew she’d let him do whatever he wanted because she always felt damn good while he was.
13
After taking her last bite of red velvet cake, Talia placed her fork on the dessert plate. She and Kaydence were celebrating their birthdays with their friend group. The night had started with the two of them getting ready together at Talia’s house and Journee picking them up for dinner. Afterward, the eight would head back to Talia’s house to play a few games, since neither she nor Kaydence wanted to do much of anything else.
Their server returned to the table, and they asked for checks to be brought, as the few who hadn’t finished dessert yet did.
“Since we’re returning to your house, we’ll give you and Kaydence presents there,” Nova informed them.
“You know what we haven’t done in a while?” Aariah started. “Have a sleepover.”
Talia thought about it, and the other woman was right. She’d had a couple stay with her, or she’d stayed with someone, but they all hadn’t had one in at least two years.
“If no one has plans tomorrow, we can have one tonight,” Talia responded.
“Yeah, we should do that,” Aryah agreed. “If everyone’s up for it.”
Affirmations went around the table, and a few of them made plans to stop and pack a quick bag before arriving at Talia’s house.
“I’m surprised Slate didn’t pop up tonight,” Alivia stated.
“Why is that?” Journee asked.
“Would it not make sense for him to want to come to celebrate her birthday with her?” Alivia countered.
“Axel isn’t here with me,” Kaydence replied. “Besides, we agreed to a girls’ night dinner to celebrate.”
Talia watched Alivia shrug. “He still isn’t here, and she just invited us to a sleepover, which means he isn’t waiting at her house or coming tonight. I’m only pointing out that it’s kind of unthoughtful and insensitive.”
“Not really.” Talia took a drink from her glass. “He came up on my birthday, and we celebrated.”
“And if he hadn’t, you would have been the insensitive one by bringing this up, Alivia,” Zuri stated.
“He came on your birthday?” Alivia asked. “You didn’t tell me that.”
“Was she supposed to?” Journee inquired. “Maybe she wanted to have the memory for herself. Besides, anyone with eyes can see that she has a new charm on her bracelet. So he’d either sent her one or gave it to her in person. Either way, it meant he thought of her on her day.”
As if on cue, her newest gift from him vibrated on her wrist, and the moon and star lit up purple. Talia couldn’t help but smile. They’d set the bracelets up the morning after her birthday and found they could choose the type of vibration and color it lit up for the different options.He missed her.
“That’s pretty, Tal,” Nova stated.
“Thank you. It was my other birthday gift from Slate,” Talia responded, pressing the center of her bracelet twice, sending the message back to him.
“Such thoughtful birthday gifts from your friend,” Journee teased with a smirk, and Talia rolled her eyes at her playfully. They all knew she and Slate were more than friends, but she knew Journee would never let her live down saying they were, and then staking claim on him not even five minutes later.
The server returned with their bills and passed them around, putting them on the table by each person. Journee reached over and grabbed hers and Kaydence’s. The younger woman held it out of her reach when Talia tried to take it back.
“Don’t be difficult, Tal. It’s your birthday. You don’t get to pay,” Journee told her.
“I got it,” Alivia stated, holding her hand out for Talia’s check.
