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"Oh, it’s not for me, my friend is coming down soon," I say, and they all go quiet, which I think is odd. I ignore them and start eating.

"Who is upstairs? Are we finally going to get to meet this prick?" Sebastian asks, and I frown at him. He clearly means the guy they know I’m dating. They don’t know its Blake yet, and I’m worried about his attitude already.

I'm about to answer when Allie comes in and sits in the seat I left for her. "Wow, perfect hangover food, which one of you cooks?" she asks and starts eating.

"Me, I’ll cook for you anytime." Luke winks at Allie, and she laughs at the playful flirting.

"You’re both hung-over, what did you two do last night?" Elliot asks in a stern voice, and I'm shocked as he rarely joins conversations when I'm near.

"We went to a bar and made friends with tequila," Allie says, like it’s no big deal. The rest of the room is silently waiting for Elliot’s reply. I’m a little confused about the amount of tension that’s going on between Allie and Elliot as they stare at each other.

"Right, well I had guessed you’d be the bad influence on Izzy." Elliot glares at Allie.

She glares back. "Maybe you just need to lighten up, cookie."

"Maybe you just need to leave and stop with the fucking nickname."

"You’re such a dickhead, cookie," Allie emphasises the nickname, drawing it out as Elliot’s anger rises.

"Well, you’re a crazy bitch,"he finally says.

"Fuck’s sake, stop this. It's too damn early," Harley says. I look over at Allie and Elliot as they both stare at each other in anger, neither of them willing to back down.

‘My milkshake brings all the boys to the yard and they’re like…’

A phone starts ringing, and we all look around in silent confusion as Elliot pulls his phone out of his pocket and cancels the call, stopping the music. The end of the night comes rushing back to me as I stare wide-eyed at Allie, and we both burst into laughter.

“Dude, I didn’t know you liked that song,” Luke says, laughing his head off with Harley and Seb.

“Which one of you did it?” Elliot glares at both me and Allie.

Allie holds her hand up. “Totally didn’t know it was your phone, but I’m not sorry.” She laughs as he glares at her.

"I'm going out," Elliot says angrily and glares at Allie one more time before leaving. We soon hear the door slam.

It's quiet for a while before Sebastian says, "If you two just fucked and got rid of the tension, I bet you could be friends."

I choke on my bacon and cough it back up as Allie hits my back, and Luke lets out a massive laugh.

“I’m leaving this conversation,” Harley says and walks out with a bottle of water.

"I wouldn't ever sleep with him," Allie says tensely and drinks her orange juice.

"I bet you will," Sebastian says with a challenge.

"What do you want to bet?"she answers, raising an eyebrow.

"If you sleep with Elliot in the next two years, you’ll have to bake me a cake every week for a month, and if you win, I’ll give you my car."

I look, shocked, at Sebastian. He must be mad, or he is sure something will happen, which would mean he isn’t risking his car. Sebastian wouldn't even let me drive it. Luke shares a confident look with Sebastian before winking at me.

"Deal," she says with a smirk, and Sebastian laughs, offering his hand out for her to shake. They shake, and he looks very damn happy.

“Why would you want her to make you cakes?” I ask.

“It’s because she is amazing at baking. Every year at school, she brings cakes to the bake sale, and I always buy all of them. They are awesome.” He grins with a far-off, loving look.

“They’re not that good,” Allie mutters, and Sebastian laughs.

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