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Her rant was over with and she was so certain there would be smugness or joy over her misery or something that seeing Marisol so confused, so hurt by everything she was saying just made absolutely no sense. Because no one who did that on purpose would act like that. And all of that had been on purpose. It wasn't just a horrific and terrible over reaction that had just threatened their friendship because she was awful at human interaction.

F**k f**k f**kity f**k f**k.

"I.......just it.......why....." most of what she was saying didn't come out in any real order or sense really but Alice wasn't really capable of making much sense and just kind of descended into some really ugly sobbing. Because it was even worse now. She'd basically just accused a friend of being some kind of pure evil beast who was toying with her entire life.

Taking some deep breaths to give her some modicum of control over her ability to think."I just, you managed to hit the worst possible panic button apparently. I," pausing, she realised the only way for this to really make any sense was to tell Mari what was wrong, "I never had a 'daddy dearest' or a dad. He wasn't around, and by not around I mean he didn't even acknowledge I existed. At all." Which was putting it mildly.

"I am so sorry. I, wasn't thinking clearly to put it mildly and you just managed top be right on the money twice on the worst parts that I kind of maybe had a panic attack." Which was new. That was a fun thing to look forward to.

Giving Mari a weak grin, "I guess that means you won though."

It had been going very well, they been laughing, they'd been flirting and while Mari was very close to the truth by either luck or some other kind of knowledge it was still a whole lot of fun. Sure her brain was fighting agaisnt itself between the horny and logical parts and one part was very clearly winning but she was at least giving as good as she got.

So of course, it had to go to s**t.

Mari knew. She f**king knew and she'd been laughing at her, to her face for god knows how long. Alice just couldn't believe she could find on her her worst buttons to push, by accident, while playing a game she had suggested. No one got that on the mark by accident and she never would have believed that sweet and frankly shy at times girl had an evil streak.

In almost a fuge state, she managed to excuse herself politely and leave the apartment in some semblance of order. After that it she didn't actually remember leaving the apartment just leaning up agaisnt a wall trying to to be sick from pure anger with the occasional white flashes in her vision. She was kind of surprised at the visceral level of her reaction. That, had never happened before. Not from thinking about the waste of skin who abandoned her, or even in the arguments with her grandmother but something about that coming from someone who was probably her best friend in the city hurt.

Worse than anything else, which was saying a lot.

Apparently her worrying had been pointless because it was Emily. Late. In the cold. Some people just couldn't handle the serious responsibility of acting out that they really should leave it to the professionals, but Alice wouldn't hold it against her. As long as she was up for fun then the night was salvageable.

"Fashionably late dear?" she queried, one eyebrow cocked, "or just taking your time enjoying the lovely weather." No one could say that Alice was nice and freezing her tits off didn't exactly improved her mood but Emily seemed to bring the bitchiness out of her. Taking on final drag of her cigarette before stubbing it out on the floor she pulled a not terrible bottle of rum out of the bag at her feet and took a hefty swig, enjoying the burning heat that little bit more since it helped her actually feel her toes. Or just care less.

"Now, did you manage to get hold of the other stuff? Been dying to relax properly since I moved here." Being in a foreign place had had her tense, so sue her, and if she could use some perfectly natural remedies to alleviate that then well why shouldn't she? "Oh god and please tell me you have an ID. I know a couple half decent places but they have to look like they're making an effort to stop underage people getting in."

"Yeah, I feel like I don't have a choice in those to be honest. Kind of a package deal with you aren't they?" It's not like the hugs were bad but Alice wasn't that kind of person. That and she generally hadn't really been close to more than one other person in her life so she wasn't used to them being normal.

She could afford more. Or she could keep saving for the monster of all gaming rigs and replacing controllers wasn't cheap. "You learn quick when it's for a console that's out of production. Took me weeks to find one for one of my older systems the last time I broke it."

Alice nodded along, already having figured out her sister hadn't had much time for co-op stuff. After all she'd hardly stayed put long enough to play any longer term games let alone ones needing 2 people. Still, it meant they had alot of ground to cover, given some of the great games that had come out recently. Ground they would definitely dent tonight.

"Just a cola for now, unless you have some real cider. It's been ages since I've had any and the stuff they have here just isn't the same." What kind of monster made non-alcoholic cider? "I've also got snacks with me so we should have plenty to chose from."

Considering the last question she didn't have much really going on other than school work. "Not much, really. Been getting ready for last few school months and finally got my acceptance from NYU." That had taken an annoying amount of time to get hold of, but at least it was through. "I even floated the idea of moving in with a friend when uni starts past mum and she seemed weirdly happy for some reason."

"Only as sweet as you deserve dear," she responded easily.

To Alice, the place still didn't look amazing but considering how terrifyingly bad the others had been, that wasn't really saying much. Sure it had the basics, the cupboards didn't look too bad and the fridge at least looked semi clean from the outside but it didn't have any personal washing at all. Alice was used to having a dishwasher and washing machine pretty much to herself at home and the mansion facilities were pretty damn good. This, well it was just a little sad to her.

But it wasn't horrific and with a little work it would at least be a livable space in her friends budget. It also didn't have a drug deal happening right next door so that was a big bonus.

The blush on the mans face was certainly something, either from the mental image or he wasn't as accepting as he looked. It certainly helped her not focus on the idea of her friend, and her, beneath a blanket. Nude. No she wasn't blushing, it was just surprisingly warm all of a sudden. "Not without turning a few heads," she laughed, "but I'm sure we can always find an excuse for that. I'm not ready to give up the cuddling for anything."

She would not break first. At all.

"But I'm sure this gentleman doesn't need to hear all our dirty secrets," she added, giving the man a warm grin. "I'm sure we can find a use for so much, space, just imagine being able to dance in here like we did when we met."

Alice finally had a friend that wasn't uptight when it came certain substances of an alcoholic or more interesting variety. A friend who knew how to score some of the interesting things while she could supply a decent hidden spot, some premium quality cheap booze, a few snacks for the inevitable hunger dropping and a decent excuse for being unavailable for an evening. All in all it was shaping up to be fun.

Or it was, is a certain someone wasn't f**king late and Alice was now stuck outside on a day that was a lot cold than she'd expected it to be, waiting for Emily to arrive with the last couple of things needed. Pulling out her phone she wasn't that surprised to see her little hiding spot didn't actually have any reception, so she couldn't even browse the internet or play some casual games while she waited. All in all, it sucked.

Lighting a cigarette, sods law struck in full when she heard approaching footsteps. Of course it would be a guard, rather than her friend right at the moment she looked about as stereo typically guilty as someone possibly could. Sure, she might be able to hide some of the incriminating evidence but she frankly couldn't be bother, so she just waited with cigarette in hand, taking the occasional puff.

Breaking out in a big smile at the recognition of the reference, "Damn right, sharp, bitter and liable to make you cry. Sounds like me." Emily was actually a nerd, sure little bit less obvious than Alice about it and maybe a little lacking in skill compared to her but she could always help her improve that, the main thing is she got Alice.

It was good she didn't have to insist further but Emily appeared willing to take the thrashing and in fairness to her, put up a decent fight to start with before the boy got his eye in and started to punish her mistakes hard. Good teaching moment for them both and it gave the budding gamer some confidence which he'd been lacking for a while. Alice might be a bitch but she did look after her own and the kid had grown on her after a few sessions at the mansion. For Emily, well she wasn't going to lie to herself, it was fun to watch her suck a little.

"Well, as fun as that was I think I'll give you a chance from now on," she laughed bringing up her own menu and kicking Emily from the party, shivering a little at the sensation of the sudden disentanglement before shifting her focus back to the screen. "Now if you just hold on a second I'm sure we've got one of the smash games somewhere and enough controls for some chaos."