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“Happy one year you guys. You guys make love look easy.” Becca says.

This time Kenz holds up her shot, “To true love.” So perfectly simple. I fucking love her.

We are all pretty trashed at this point. We are all laughing and having a great time.

“Let’s play pool. Girls ve

rsus guys.” Maddie suggests.

“Fuck yes! If we win you girls show us your tits, if you girls win you show us your tits.” Young shouts.

“In your dreams, Young.” Becca says while we all make our way over to the pool table. Dick gets all the balls situated while we all grab a pool cue.

“Who’s breaking?” Dicks asks.

“Ladies first. Kenz will take the shot.” Maddie says. My girl leans over the table, tits on full display, and breaks.

“Ha! Stripes!” She high fives the girls and I shake my head laughing at her. That is one of the many things I love about her; her excitement. When she is excited about something, you feel it yourself.

“Maddie’s turn.”

Kenz says walking over to me.

“Hey you’re not supposed to hang with the opposing team!” Maddie yells.

“Fuck off Maddie, it’s my anniversary. I’ll make out with him on this pool table if I want.” Everyone laughs, except me. I pull her to me and kiss her, letting her know that I have no problem making out on this pool table.

I stopped drinking a long time ago. No one else has slowed down.

“I ... me ... I soooo happy. Girls tell Campbell how happy he makes me.” My girl is trashed. She has been slurring her words for a good half hour already. “Oh, girrlllssss. Soo tell him how I love when he makes me come. Shhh don’t say it loud to Dick and Young.” Everyone is hysterically laughing at her now. Christ, she is done. She normally doesn’t get this drunk. I need to get her home to bed.

“Hey, baby, you ready to get out of here?” I’ve been trying for about an hour to get her to leave with no success.

“Noooo. I wanna play fool ... play tool ... play pool.” She rests her head on Becca’s shoulder and looks up at me with extremely unfocused eyes. I walk over to her and squat down to whisper in her ear.

“Baby, if we leave now I will bring you home and make you come.” I am hoping I can convince her to leave this way. She lifts her drunken head and smirks at me.

“Letsss go.” I stand up and hold my hand out to her. She grabs it, stands, and trips over her own feet. I catch her before she can hit the floor.

“What the fuck was that? Who tripped me?” She has her hands on her hips looking at everyone. I wrap my arm around her waist to lead her out of the bar.

“I think it was a chair baby. Come on let’s get out of here.”

The walk home takes twice as long as it should because she keeps tripping or stopping to try to talk to a stranger. I know the second I get her to bed, she is going to pass out.

We make it to the apartment complex and she says, “Campbell, I’m sorry.” I look down at her to see that she is half asleep leaning on me as we wait for the elevator. She has no idea what she is talking about at this point, so I don’t even question her.

“It’s alright baby. I’ve got you.” I kiss her temple as the elevator doors open. I start to walk forward with her, but she becomes dead weight on me. I pick her up and carry her in. I hold her against me, staring at what’s mine. Fuck, I’m lucky. I carry her to my apartment, open the door, and walk straight to the bedroom. I lay her down in bed and pull her dress off. She opens her eyes and smiles at me.

“Thank you for loving me and not being an asshole anymore.” I chuckle at her.

“You’re welcome, beautiful.” I pull the blanket over her and undress. I climb into bed, wrap my arm around her, and fall into a peaceful sleep dreaming of my girl.

I wake up and immediately feel my head pounding. Shit, I don’t even remember getting home last night. It’s been a long time since I drank like that. I was having so much fun, I didn’t even realize I had that much to drink. I roll onto my back and crack my eyes open.

“Ugh.” I moan when the light hits them. I hear Campbell chuckle next to me.

“Morning, beautiful. How are you feeling?”

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