The Wild's Coffee Shop

Posted originally on the Archive of Our Own at http://archiveofourown.org/works/28402377.

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences

Archive Warning: No Archive Warnings Apply
Category: F/F
Fandom: The Wilds (TV 2020)
Relationship: Shelby Goodkind/Toni Shalifoe
Character: Shelby Goodkind, Toni Shalifoe, Dot Campbell, Martha Blackburn, Fatin
Jadmani
Additional Tags: Coffee Shops, Alternate Universe - Coffee Shops & Cafés, Love a good
bickering, Shelby is a top duh, Toni's got a sleeve tattoo, Humor,
Enemies to Lovers, Slow Burn, Sexual Tension, Fatin and Dot are bad
detective, Fatin is wild, Marcus the mouse
Stats: Published: 2021-01-02 Updated: 2021-01-17 Chapters: 5/? Words:
16144

The Wild's Coffee Shop

by SarahGrace23

Summary

Toni is a clumsy barista with a bad temper, so when a blonde girl comes barging in the shop
she works at complaining about the waiting time, shit goes south... Or does it?

Even Toni is a bit confuse about that last part.

Notes

See the end of the work for notes

 Chapter 1

Toni never thought going into college, that she would spend the majority of her time making
awefull coffees and having to deal with shitty costumers.

What she had in mind when she got to uni was spending half her time taking naps in class and the
other half playing basketball. Okay and maybe a bit of her time getting smashed with Martha, Fatin
and Dot. They had been her roommates for a month now. She couldn't believe Martha and her got
lucky enough to find this Craiglist add of a girl who needed two new roommates right before uni
started. Since Toni didn't get a full basketball scholarship like she had hoped, they needed a place
to stay and Fatin welcomed them with opened arms into her big ass appartment.

When it was time to find a job to pay for rent, The Wild's Coffee was the only place that called
Toni back. Let's face it, it was surprising she even got one call back since she got fired from her last
job as a waitress for having too bad of a temper.

They had to be out of option because Toni was probably the worst barista in town. She barely had
the strength to smile at costumers and pretend like she cared about anything they had to say to her.

And the coffee. Fuck. The coffee was the worst. The number of times she got burned trying to
make a simple espresso is kinda embarassing. She always keeps a straight face but that shit hurts
like hell.

Just when she thought her life was already a living hell, Nora the girl she works with on most of her
shifts, couldn't make it to work. Her manager called her and said she didn't have anyone to fill in.
So here she was at her shitty barista job, being obligated to deal with all the stuff Nora would
usually do with ease.

She wanted the floor to swallow her as she kept fucking up the quantities of the two drinks she had
been trying to make for the past 5 minutes. She was starting to fume.

Once the Iced Sugar-Free Vanilla Latte With Soy Milk and the small Triple Soy No Foam Latte
were done she let out a relieved breath. Toni wondered why there was not a single fucking person
walking through these doors asking for a simple black coffee.

"Good thing I've got lots of free time on my hands, cuz it seems like we will be here for a while" a
clear voice with an annoying Texan accent pierced through the silence.

Toni whipped her head around seeing a girl with a blond ponytail. She was dressed in tight, pink
and white leggings and a matching sport bra, looking like she was fresh out of Nike commercial.
The girl followed her statement with a soft laugh. Looking around the other two costumers like she
just said the funniest thing ever. Here's the thing. Toni was not one for patience. In fact patience
was probably one of the last word people would use to describe her. She liked to believe she had
come a long way since high school but although she didn't flip tables and hit people anymore, it
didn't mean she wasn't thinking about throwing her newly done iced latte in the girl's face just in
hope to see her perfect smile disappear.

"You've got a problem ? Cuz you are welcome to fuck off and go get your fancy ass coffee
somewhere else." Toni can't control the words flowing out of her mouth like vomit.

Okay.
So maybe Toni didn't come that far since high school, but rude people deserved rude comeback
and she stood by that. The girl took a step back, her eyes almost bulging out of her head. She
looked around letting out an uneasy laugh.

"Well aren't you friendly as fire ants" The girl said gaining back her composure . Her little miss
perfect smile settling back on her face, but this time she was staring at the menu on the wall
pretending like the conversation they just had didn't even happen.

Toni could have said something rude back, but she kept her lips tightly shut, remembering she
needed a job to live and pay rent. Not to mention the sleeve tattoo she just got that cost her 2000
fucking dollars. So with that in mind, she walked to the costumers waiting for their two drinks
telling them to "have a nice day". By the way they scattered off like they had just seen a ghost, it
made it clear Toni's comeback had been a little too intense.

Taking a deep breath she walked to the cash register and put on the fakest smile she could muster,
standing in front of the girl she oh so wanted to kick out of fhe store.

"Well hello!" The girl spoke cheerfully making Toni wonder if she imagined the argument they
just had. After a few second of Toni ignoring her she resumed "I would like a Iced Half Caff
Ristretto medium 4-Pump Sugar Free, cinnamon dolce Soy Skinny Latte please!" The longer the
drink description went on, the stiffer Toni's finger got on the register. Was this girl for real? Toni
was this close to taking her apron off and saying "Fuck it" but she knew very well she didn't have
that option.

Clenching her jaw she suddenly got an idea. Toni decided with a smirk that they were out of soy
milk.

"Damn what a shame, we are actually out of soy milk" Toni said with a sorry grimace, staring up at
the girl. The blonde's green eyes stared right back at her, her eyebrows forrowed.

"I just saw you pour some soy milk in that girls drink a minute ago"

"Yeah well it was the last of it, hence why we don't have anymore"

"Okay... Well can I get a medium Iced Skinny Hazelnut Macchiato, Sugar-Free Syrup, Extra Shot,
Light Ice, No Whip."

"Mmmm we are out of hazelnut macchiato too." She raised an eyebrow at Toni. Just to squint her
eyes at her a second later catching up on Toni's little game.

"Well can I get a simple medium iced coffee with sugar-free syrup then"

"You know what, now that I look at our inventory we are out of coffee, ice and syrup. Really sucks
to be you." Without missing a beat, the girl let out a laugh, shaking her head like Toni was the
funniest person ever.

"Ha. I see what you are doing and I have to admit it's very funny. But you see I need a rush of
caffeine to survive the end of my run. So either you give me my drink and I leave or I take a seat
and wait 'til you give me my coffee."
The wise thing to do would have been to make the drink quickly and get it over with, that Toni
knew. The thing is, she didn't like the girl's attitude and the way she thought she had the upper
hand here. So Toni did what she did best and decided being rude was the best option.
"Well then take a seat sweetie, I can get you a glass of good old air if you'd like, we still got plenty
of that to go arround" The surprise on the girl's face almost made Toni laugh out loud, but then a
second later she saw her walk to her left and sit down on the seat next to the register. She then
looked up and smile sweetly at Toni. And that's when Toni realized her mistake. This girl was just
as stubborn as her.

"I'mma take you up on that offer... Toni." She said after checking out the name tag on her uniform"
Can you whisk that air a little, I love myself a good creamy drink" she said making herself
comfortable her head settled in between her two open palms, staring back at Toni with her stupid
smirk. Toni could see how childish and stubborn they both were, but there was a rush in fighting
with a complete stranger that always got Toni interested. And if that stranger was a hot girl then be
it.

Toni got to work making a glass of... nothing, under the stare of the amused girl by the counter.
She made sure to not give her the pleasure to see her whisk...air and quickly put the glass down in
front of the girl's face.

"Here you go Blondie. Make sure to take a good sip to let me know if you like it" Toni said with a
wink. The girl ignored her and in seconds her annoying voice started ringing in the shop once
again.

Toni was not being dramatic when she thought her ears were about to crawl back into her skull just
to stop the torture of listening to that girl for more than a minute. Not dramatic at all.

"Like I was saying, I'm sure you cannot wait to hear all there is to know about me so let's start
now." Toni made a gagging sound as she took an horrified glance at the girl in front of her. The girl
kept going unbothered.

"My name is Shelby Goodkind, I'm from Texas and came all the way here to catch a break. A
break you ask? Well let me tell you having a pastor dad and being a beauty Pageant in my
hometown can be quite the responsibilities. I mean don't get me wrong it ain't all sunshine and
rainbows being in a new city and all, but as long as I have god in my life I'm good..."

The second god entered the conversation Toni was out. She let out a pained breath walking to the
espresso machine pretending to be doing something that got her total attention. Of course, the girl
was not only a pain in the ass and a know it all, but she also was a stuck up little Christian girl.
Toni knew those kind of girls. And they were not the kind of people that liked Toni very much.
Maybe it the fact that Toni was a raging lesbian or it could be the fact she swore too much and had
a bad temper. Whatever it was Toni and religion didn't go very well together. " She was so sweet
and fluffy and when my uncle hit her with his jeep I felt like a part of me died, you know? Don't
get me wr..."

The ringing of the door got Toni's attention and she made her way back to the counter where a new
customer was now waiting and thank god for that man, Shelby had finally shut up for a second.

"Welcome to The Wild's Coffee what can I get you today?"

"Can I get a small, Iced, Sugar-Free, Vanilla Latte With Soy Milk?

"Of course! It will be 3,99$". After the client paid Toni went in the back to make the coffee. She
didn't miss the shake of Shelby's head as Toni got the soy milk out of the fridge with a smug smile
stretched lazily across her face.

She made her way back with the coffee in hand and wished a good day to the middle aged man,
who was now, not so subtly, checking Shelby's boobs out.

Men were fucking pervs. With a disgusted face Toni tilted the cup a little just enough to spill some
coffee on the man's hand as he was grabbing the drink. The man shot her a nasty look and left
quickly after seeing the death stare Toni was sending his way.

"So as I was saying I was totally devastated when mittens ..."

"You know what" Toni cut Shelby off with a sigh "I'mma make you that fucking obnoxious drink
but you gotta shut up, I swear I cannot listen to you talking for one more second" Toni concluded.

Yes she was stubborn, but she also needed to keep the little sanity she had left. For once she
decided to be the bigger person and went to make the drink without even waiting for an answer
from the Texan beauty queen, sitting at the counter.

"You know you are awefully rude, right? But since I am a good Christian and I do try to forgive, I
will go pass that filthy mouth of yours and will just be glad I won this little disagreement."
Toni rolled her eyes feeling her blood boilling beneath her skin. She did agree to make the drink,
but what she didn't agree to, was to make it good. So what if she did ten pumps of that, two pumps
of this, emptied the whole fucking cinnamon jar inside her cup and went crazy with the soy milk.

Oops wait was that dairy milk?

Toni snikkered to herself watching her beautiful creation unfold . After Toni was done making a
mess of the original order. She took a black sharpie and wrote in her messy handwritting " Hope
you have a shitty day :)"
She slid the drink to Shelby

" That'll be 4,50$! Lucky you, I won't charge you that glass of whipped air you just had. It's on the
house , but only if you get your ass out the door in the next minute"

Shelby laid a hand on her chest after handing her 6 dollars.

"Keep being so sweet and I might just stay" She smiled to Toni like they were just exchanging
pleasantries.

She stood up from the stool, reading the little note on the coffee cup as she made her way to the
exit. "I feel my day getting better and better the farther I get from you" She held the door open and
turned to Toni who was just standing there confused as nothing she did seemed to bother the blond.

"Maybe it ain't very nice of me but I do enjoy a bit of bickering, when I get what I want in the end"
She raised her drink in the air, winked and out of the door she was.

Toni shook her head, eyes squinting at Shelby's ponytail. She was so glad right now that the shop
had glass windows because just when Toni thought she wouldn't have the satisfaction of seeing
Shelby take the first sip of that radioactive drink, Shelby raised the cup to her mouth and the
grimace of disgust that followed was all Toni needed to feel a little better.

She was half expecting the girl to come back demanding she redid her drink but after she stopped,
clearly considering that option, she shook her head, the hint of a smile on her lips and walked away
head held high.

Far into the distance, Toni couldn't believe it when she saw the girl raise the cup to her mouth once
again and take another sip from the cup. This girl was so fucking stubborn. Shaking her head Toni
couldn't decide if she was feeling annoyed or amused by what had just happened.

She decided to go with annoyed.

 Not you again
Chapter Summary

Hey guys! Hope you will like chapter two :) sorry it took a while to post, I was
constantly rewriting this chapter because I couldn't make up my mind on where I
wanted things to go.

Chapter Notes

See the end of the chapter for notes

The second time Toni saw Shelby, it was on a Saturday. The shop was completely empty and her
and Nora were playing a game of mini hockey with two coffee stirrers and a rolled up piece of
paper they found in the trash. Toni may have been a great basketball player, but it was clear she
wasn't so good when it came to hockey. Nora, on the other hand was a gifted hockey player and
was in the process of mocking Toni's Pout that had settle on the girl's lips, after loosing for the
third time in a row.

When the door bell echoed in the coffee shop, both girls stood up, clearing their throat as Nora
made quick work of hiding the stirrers and the ball of paper in the tip jar.

Toni went to stand behind the counter snikkering as she looked at the tip jar full of all their crap.
She was pretty sure Nora thought it was a tiny trash can by now.

When she took a look at the newcomer, Toni couldn't believe her eyes. It was none other than
Shelby Goodkind walking in Toni's direction with a spring in her step. Her blonde hair was once
again in a tight ponytail bouncing with the girl's every step. This time she was wearing a yellow
summer dress and was holding a light brown enveloppe in her hands. Toni couldn't believe the
girl's audacity to come back here after the encounter they had three days ago.

The blond offered Toni a smile, putting her oversize black sunglasses on top of her head. Toni
could feel her body tensing up. The girl's fruity perfume was already empesting the whole Shop.
Although the smell might have been pleasant if it were on anyone else, knowing it was coming
from the blond made Toni grimace.

"Hi!"She said in Nora's direction. Nora answered back with a kind smile and a shy "Hello". Then
turning her attention to Toni, the girl's smile got even bigger.
" I was hoping to run into you" She said her eyes shining with excitement.

" Aww well that makes one of us." Toni answered back flatly.

"Always so welcoming arent you?"

"Always so annoying aren't you?" Toni Mimic, not being able to look away from the girl's green
eyes. There always seemed to be a challenge in the blonde's stare that made Toni ache to start an
argument.

"Oh please stop it. I might start thinking you like me" Shelby announced.

"I think you might be projecting here" Toni bit back. Shelby was unfazed, looking back at Toni
without even denying her statement.

"Should I take over?" Nora asked Toni.

Toni jumped a little having forgotten she wasn't alone behind the counter. She turned to Nora who
was clearly unconfortable. Nora was not one for fights or arguments. In fact Toni never had it in
her to even raise her voice in the girls direction.

Toni should have said yes. That would have been clever on her part. But then again when was Toni
ever taking the easy way out. Toni liked trouble and trouble liked Toni back.

"Nah I'll deal with the shitty customers, you go take your break." Toni said with a reassuring look
in Nora's direction. Nora nodded eagered to get out of here. Before leaving, she turned to Shelby
with a rueful look.
"Sorry but it's all for ourselves when Toni gets like that." With a sorry grimace, she turned around
and out the back door she was. Toni stared at her retreating figure, offended. Nora was suppose to
have her back.

Realizing it was useless to have a silent conversation with the back door, Toni turned back to the
girl with a huff. Shelby's lips curled upward as she focused her eyes back on Toni. she deeply
hoped Shelby wouldn't be able to see the frustrated blush taking place on her cheeks.
"Can you stop doing that with your face for a second I need a break" Toni uttered, pointing to
Shelby's smile like it was offending her.

" Do what? Smile? Would you prefer I become a total grump like you? Feels like I am having a
conversation with the Grinch right now" A scowl made it's way on Toni's face the second the
Grinch was mention. She hated that hairy green dude.

"Oh shut up Cindy Lou" she barked back. " Okay although I'm really enjoying being in a constant
state of torture can you tell me why you're even here? Do you want a coffee? A muffin? Are you
on your way to find god and have very bad GPS signal." Toni asked.

"Oh I'll be damned if I ever let you make me a drink ever again. That cow milk you put in my
drink made me spend all my day in the bathroom and I'm secretly scared you'll spit on my muffin
so that's also out of the question. And I'll have you know I don't need GPS signal to find God. God
is everywhere."

"I'll ignore all this god is everywhere bullshit, but only because I can't get past the fact I made you
shit your pants." Toni couldn't help the laugh that bubbled from her mouth."I swear I don't wanna
sound like a bitch but that kinda makes my day" She added

"Wow thanks for caring." Shelby answered flatly.

"That's the thing though, I don't fucking care."

"Could you keep the swearing to a minimum." Shelby demand her full lips pinched in a thin line.

"God have I been swearing? Shit, I'm so fucking sorry I'll try and take it down a notch ." Toni said
a smirk playing on her lips as she saw the girl wince in front of her like she was getting slapped in
the face at every bad word that left Toni's mouth.

"Alright I should have expected that coming from you" Shelby said exasperation clear in her voice.

"Anyways..." She let's out a breath."I came here to give my resume and I was hoping you could
maybe slip in a recommendation to your boss for me."
"What" Toni looked at the blond startled.

"I came here to give my resume." She repeated.

"To work here?" Toni added a panic now clear in her voice.

"Well yeah."

"No."

"No?"

"No".

" Why not?" Shelby asked with a disappointed pout.

"Because! I work here and we clearly don't get along. I swear you don't want to spend hours in a
row with me" Toni explained, exasperated.

"Oh please we do get along just fine. In fact I think we could be great friends!" For the first time
since she pictured Shelby shit her pants Toni laughed.

"Oh my god you really got all this..." She said moving a finger in between her and the blond.
"Wrong."

"Fine okay you don't like me. I get it. I still need a job and I wanna work here so can you please
give that to your boss."

"Whatever give me it" Toni sighed reaching out to snatch the resume from Shelby's hands. Toni
stared at the enveloppe where Shelby's full name was written in a black Sharpie. A small heart
drawn on top of the i.
"Alright well, I'll give that to my manager but I'll have you know there's an awefull lot of resume
coming in lately so I would go somewhere else if I were you." Toni lied. Customers and coffee was
enough of a pain in the ass, she didn't need Shelby making her job even more of a living hell.

" Sure. I'm not gonna believe anything you say right now, you made it clear you don't want me to
work here" Shelby said rising an eyebrow almost playfully.

"Whatever, your lose if you don't take my advice." Toni turned around to settle the envelope on the
counter on her left. She then went back to settle behind the counter.

The girls were now staring quietly at each other, the silence getting kinda awkward. Toni fidget on
her feet. Shelby inhaled as if to say something but then stayed quiet.

"Alright are you gonna move or do I need to call the garbage truck to come get you? you're
keeping me away from serving customers?" Shelby looked around the empty coffee shop.

" Seriously? You are such an ass" Shelby said turning around on her feet and walking toward the
door.

"Woah you say your prayers with that mouth?" Toni smiled, happy to finally get a rise out of the
girl. Shelby turned her head suddenly a wicked smile on her lips.

"You have no idea what I do with that mouth" She is out the door before Toni has any time to
process what had just happened. Was that girl rehearsing before coming in every time? Because
she always managed to leave Toni speechless.

Of course there's no way that Shelby Goodkind intended that sentence to sound so sexual. The girl
was too pure. Toni tried to make sense of what had just happen. She probably meant it as
something totally innocent . Like maybe her mouth could speak three different languages or she
could blow balloons super fast.

The second the door closed Toni took the resume the blonde had just given her. It still smelt faintly
of the girl's perfume. Without another thought Toni threw it in the trash can, a smile playing on her
lips. "Try working here now blondie"

What Toni didn't know was that later that day when Toni had her back turned, Nora took the
resume out of the trash, cleaned up the coffee stain edges and laid it softly on their boss' desk.
Work was about to get very interesting she thought.

...

Toni was in the process of being swallowed by pink fluffy pillows on Fatin's giant "L" shaped
couch. She had just gone home from work to the girl's all crying their eyes out watching a sappy
movie in the living room. They all had a glass of wine in hand and a tissue in the other. Toni found
the remote control and paused the movie , ignoring the girl's loud complaints has she did.

"You guys would not believe this girl that keeps coming to the coffee shop. We had a fucking
argument three days ago and here she was again today with her stupid smile and annoying Texan
accent. The worst part is that she gave me her resume! Like why on earth would she do that?
There's a hundred other places she could have gone too. And when I told her that, she was like
:"No thank you, I wanna work here. I think we could be good friends." Toni was doing an awefull
imitation of the girl's accent. It was even worst since Toni's voice kept cracking at how high she
was trying to make it go. The girl's were all cracking up at Toni's expand. Toni looked around
wondering what on earth was so funny.

"What?"

" Someone has a crushhhh." Fatin singsong.

"What the fuck, no I do not" Toni fired back offended.

"Is she pretty?" Fatin asked.

"I don't see what that has to do with anything I've just said"

"So she is."

"I ... What? I mean maybe she is, but her being hot does not change the fact she is annoying as fuck
and gets on my nerves"

"I know a nerve of yours that could use some action you know. It might make you less cranky"
Fatin said wiggling her eyebrows in Toni's direction.
"You are so gay Fatin" Dot exclaimed throwing a pillow in the girl's direction.

"Ok first of all, keep it in your pants you pervert and second of all, the girl talks about god every
chance she gets. If she heard you right now she would already be cleansing her soul in holy water."

"Wait ! " Martha exclaimed "Are you talking about Shelby? Shelby Goodkind?" Toni lift her head
from the mountain of pillows she was being swallowed in, trying to get a look at Martha's face. Her
friend was sitting up her mouth wide open.

"Wait what? You know her?"

"Yes! She's the girl I met in class! I told y'all about her remember? Three days ago she was suppose
to come hang and watch a movie with us but she wasn't feeling that good and had to cancel!"
Martha was sitting up now holding her hands up to her mouth like she just discovered the earth was
flat or something.

"No way" Toni stared at her friend incredulously. " I'm the reason she couldn't make it! I made her
shit herself that day" Toni cracked up falling back in the pillows picturing once again Shelby going
at it in the bathroom. The girls where all looking at Toni with confuse expressions.

" Toni whatever you did you have to stop. She is literally the sweetest thing. You know she texted
me asking me if I knew The Wild's coffee. She was so excited to tell me she might work there"

"Really? Did she talk about me?"

"No" Martha said looking curiously at Toni.

"Oh" Toni took the heart shaped pillow with "Bad bitches live here" written on it and held it up to
her chest. Realizing her answer might come off as her being disappointed Toni added:" Surprising
cuz I swear that girl is obsessed with me"

"Huh huh"

"Sure"

"Oh fuck off you guys" Toni let out loudly. Her friends were the worst sometimes. Deciding to just
ignore them she stared at the ceiling fan. They were clearly delusional and Toni had better things to
do then constantly justifying everything she did. Her resolution was short lived as she open her
mouth again seconds late.

"Can we just pretend I never even mention that girl please"

"You know we can't!" Fatin said a goofy grin on her lips.

"Damn right" Dot agreed.

"Now come here and hug me bitch. You'll feel all better." exclaimed Fatin dramatically.

" I'm not moving." Toni pouted.

Fatin not taking no for an answer got up and with a shit eating grin, she jumped on her friend who
barely had any time to shield herself from the attack. Toni let out a pained groan after Fatin's knee
smacked her right in the vag.

"Hugh nothing feels better than a good lesbian hug" Fatin breathed out a content sigh in Toni's ear.

With a roll of her eyes Toni went ahead and hugged the girl back. Even though Toni was a tough
nut to crack, her and Fatin had totally hit it off since day one. She was now one of the few people
Toni was confortable sharing a hug with.

"Alright alright you guys let me in on that gay shit" Dot called out, joining in on the hug.

" Hey what about me?" Martha said feeling left out.

"Come here ... Eventhough you're fraternizing with the enemy, you traitor" Toni said with a playful
tone. She was barely able to talk under the weight of the girls crushing her body.

"Hands off my ass Fatin" Dot blurted out, one minute into the hug, making them all break in a fit of
laughter.
Chapter End Notes

I'm in the process of writing chapter 3 and 4 and let me tell you that's where the fun
begins.

Next chapter Fatin and Dot play detectives while Toni tries to survive her first shift
with Shelby.

Ps. Toni might sound like such a bitch right now but it gets better in the next chapters I
promise.
 Chapter 3
Chapter Notes

See the end of the chapter for notes

It was Monday, all four girls where in the kitchen eating breakfast together. Martha looked like she
had been awake for a while now, while the three other girls where all looking like they barely
survived the night, hair wild and dark circles under their eyes.

They rarely had the time to eat all together since their uni schedule didn't add up. So when they
could, Martha made sure to wake them up at the crack of dawn so they could share breakfast
together . Martha was cooking bacon, eggs and toasts at the stove while the other girls were sitting
around the kitchen isle, devouring their plates.

Martha suddenly turned from the oven to look at Toni. She was holding her phone in her left hand
and had a sorry look on her face.

"Toni, I got a text from Shelby. She just got a phone call from your boss Gretchen telling her she's
got a job." Toni was staring back at Martha in shock. Her toast now tasting way less appetizing . It
hadn't even been two full days since Shelby came to the coffee shop. Her boss, must have been
fucking desperate to go look for possible resume in the trash can. The girl's all had a shit eating grin
on their face staring at Toni.

" I don't wanna hear a thing " Toni groaned arround a mouth full of toast, staring back at her empty
plate. She could hear the girls snickering beside her. Hopefully Nora or their manager, Janette
would be the one teaching Shelby her way around the coffee shop because Toni sure as hell
wouldn't.

Toni got off the stool she was sitting on and walked to Dot. She lifted up her hand carefully and
snatched a piece of bacon from the girl's plate. Toni couldn't keep the moan from escaping her
mouth the second the bacon hit her tastebuds..

"Get your paws of my bacon, you pig" Dot cried out hitting Toni's hand with her fork. Toni smiled
Angelically at the girl making her way out of the kitchen, to her room.

"Next time think again before laughing at my misery, bitch " Toni shouted over her shoulder.

Toni wasn't working at the coffee shop Today so that meant she had a long day jumping from class
to class and going to basketball practice.
Tying her hair up in a tight ponytail, Toni let out a breath. She really wished she could just play
basketball without having to attend all these other classes she didn't care about.

...

Later that day, as she was changing in the girl's locker room, Toni got a text from Nora.

Nora: Boss wanted me to tell you you'll be working with Shelby (the blond girl you were talking
too two days ago at work) on your shift tomorrow morning . You'll show her how to open and I'll
show her how to close later that day.

Toni let out a groan. Feels like things couldn't get worst now. Having to spend the morning shift
with Shelby was gonna be hell. The fact that Toni was incapable of having cordial conversation
before 10 am was not gonna help either.

Toni: I may call in sick tomorrow then.

Toni was half jocking here, because let's be honest, if Nora gave her a way out she would take it.

Nora: Pls don't :(. I have class tomorrow morning and Janette has to go get her sister at the airport.

Toni: Fine. I'll be there.

Toni sent the text before putting her phone back in her locker. She let out a breath as she slammed
the door shut.

Toni could not wait for tomorrow morning to be over with already.

...

When Toni woke up at the inhumane hour of 5 in the morning, she immediately wanted to go back
to sleep. Maybe it was the fact her bed was all warm and cozy or maybe it was the fact She had to
meet up with Shelby in an hour. Knowing sleeping more wasn't an option, Toni rubbed the sleep
out of her eyes and got up to go put on a blue shirt and a pair of black skinny jeans. She then slowly
made her way in the kitchen to go make herself some breakfast.

Waking up in her bowl of cereal was not really part of Toni's usual morning routine. Toni got her
phone out to look at the time. 6:13.

"Shit shit shit Fucking shit " Toni let out as she jumped off the stool, leaving her cereal bowl sitting
on the counter and running out the door barely remembering to put on her black vans and to bring
her keys.

Toni had to run to the coffee shop, something she did not enjoy doing so early in the morning.

As she got closer to the shop she could make up the silhouette of Shelby waiting outside. She was
leaning against the window of The World's Coffee, one leg pushed against the glass. The girl was
dress in blue overalls and a white t shirt. Her hair was once again held in a ponytail just like Toni's.

As Toni got closer she realized the girl had airpods in her ears and was humming to some melody
Toni didn't recognize.

" So tell me why my gods look like you. And tell me why it's wrong. So I'll wait, for you, I'll
pray." The humming turned into clear lyrics the closer Toni got. Of course Shelby was signing to
some Christian music so fucking early in the morning.

Toni grumbled under her breath she really needed some coffee right now if she was gonna survive
the day. Shelby opened her eyes and jumped when she saw Toni standing in front of her, a bored
look on her face. She fumbled with her phone looking almost panicked as she stopped the music
and placed her phone back in her back pocket. Her airpods followed shortly after. Turning her face
back toward Toni she smiled widely.

"Hi!" She finally let out, her eyes focusing on Toni's left cheek. Toni felt a bit self conscious as
Shelby let out an amused laugh reaching up to touch Toni's cheek. What the fuck was wrong with
this girl. Toni took a step back a scowl taking place on her tired face.

"Don't touch me"

"Relax you had something on your face." Shelby said holding up a cereal in between her fingers.
Toni started blushing immediately after realizing how stupid she probably looked, a piece of food
stuck to her cheek. She wiped at her cheeks for good measure, making sure none were left there.

"Cheerios, good choice although I usually prefer eating them instead of wearing them on my face"
she laughed at her own joke.

Toni was about to defend herself but the girl would probably just crack up even more if she could
picture Toni asleep in her bowl of cereals.

"You're late." Shelby said after Toni ignored her last sentence.

" And you're annoying"

"You know telling me I'm annoying kinda lose it's impact, if you tell me every single time I open
my mouth."

"Well not my fault everything that comes out of your mouth annoys me."

"I seriously can't believe Martha is friends with you" Shelby suddenly said looking at Toni with a
quizzical look.

"What are you trying to say"

"I just mean she is a really sweet girl and you're... Angry. Like constantly." That was a low blow.
Toni knew she could be quite the shitty friend, but she was good to Martha. She made sure she
was. Not her fault Shelby did not deserve the same treatment.
"Well maybe I'm just a bitch with you, ever thought about that?"

Toni got her keys out and ignored the girl next to her getting herself busy by opening the shop door.
An alarm started blaring as she made her way to the alarm pad. She tapped in the code making the
shop go quiet once again. She turned back to Shelby still standing outside.

"Are you coming in or what?"

"Well I thought you were gonna show me how to open the coffee shop. That was not very helpfull"
Toni groaned it was gonna be a long morning.

After establishing with Shelby that the less talking she did the more explaining Toni could do,
things went alright. Shelby kept quiet and Toni went over everything she could think of in the
moment. She then proceeded to give Shelby her apron. Well the used apron of the employee
Gretchen had fired a few weeks ago. "Alex" was written on the name tag. Toni was glad Shelby
didn't know they had brand new apron in the back of the store, because seeing the girl's face right
now was almost enough to put Toni back in a good mood.

"That apron smells weird, can I at least take the name tag out"

"Sorry the boss doesn't like it when we mess around with the uniforms"

"Alright..." Shelby said uncertain as she stared down at her apron in disdain. Shortly after, their first
customer entered the shop and they got down to bussiness. Professionally speaking, Toni had to
admit Shelby dealt with customers with an ease Toni could never muster. She had a friendly smile,
talented hands and an impressive ease at remembering people's order. Maybe it was because she
was the queen of obnoxious drink herself, who knows.

Toni was furious. This girl was on her first day and was already better than her. What made it even
worst was that Shelby was very much aware of how good she was. The knowing smile and the
pleased look in Toni's direction were only adding to Toni's frustration. The customers calling the
blonde "Alex" every once in a while, did put an extra pep in Toni's step.

When clients were around, the two girls would behave.

"Shelby could you please step over a little I need the cinnamon.

"Sure thing"

"Toni could you take that customer's order I need to go get some more milk"

"Okay"
But when the shop was empty, oh shit went down. Shelby was in the process of cleaning the
espresso press and Toni wanted to fill back up the sugar container. They could have easily done
both of these things next to each other, but the girl's couldn't seem to breath the same air without an
argument emerging.

"You are in my way!" Said Shelby.

"No YOU are in my way." Said Toni back.

"I was here before."

"Well I worked here before."

"Fine" Shelby almost yelled pushing Toni out of the way with an elbow well placed in the girl's
ribs. Toni took a step back mouth open in shock.

"Violent much?"

"Oh please I barely touched you."

" I'm not sure god would be very proud of you right now."

Shelby's jaw was clenched as she took a step in Toni's direction. She lifted her arm and made Toni
stumble back with a push to her shoulder. Toni was smiling widely now. She knew that girl was
secretly fiesty. Her good girl act was over.

"That's all you've got?" Toni asked daringly.

" Oh I have way more but you're not worth my energy."

The door bell broke their little fight and back at tolerating each other they were. When Nora came
in around noon to take over her shift, Toni couldn't have been happier. It meant she could finally
get away from the blond.
"My Savior " Toni had shouted in Nora's direction. Shelby was ignoring Toni's comment and
walked up to Nora a soft smile on her lips.

"Hi! Nora is it? I' m Shelby Goodkind it's really nice to see you again" Nora smiled back almost
smitten by the girl's perfect smile. Toni was livid. She could already tell these two would hit it off.
Ignoring the two girls, Toni grabbed her keys and shouted a goodbye in the girl's direction before
getting out of there.

...

Toni really had hoped she wouldn't have to work on a second shift with Shelby. Since luck was
never on her side, three days later she was back in the coffee shop working the closing shift with
the girl.

The coffee shop was buzzing with people when she came in, so the girl's didn't have time to get on
each other's nerves for most part of the day. Around 4 in the afternoon, only two couples remained
sitting down by two small tables in the far back. Shelby was cleaning up the mess they had made
after running around the shop for the past hours.

"Toni could you stop playing around with coffee stirrers and maybe, I don't know, work a little."

"Cut me some slack okay, it's a ritual when we get a break from customers, we play hockey."

"Well I'm not about to do all this job by myself am I?"

"Might as well" Toni turned back around.

"Time to paint your butt white and run with the antelope don't you think?"

"What?" Toni whipped her head back around confuse as to what the girl had just said. That Texan
slang out of the girl's mouth couldn't have made Toni more confuse.

"We are not paid to play hockey, you know" Shelby ignored Toni's question and kept talking.
"No shit? And I'm not paid to deal with your ass , but here I am" said Toni now standing up and
taking a step in Shelby's direction.

Shelby didn't say a word and whipped the coffee stirrer out of Toni's hand. She took two step
toward the trash and threw it in there.

" I can't believe you " Toni said shocked.

Without a second thought she reached out behind the counter and grabbed Shelby's iced coffee that
the girl had just made herself a few minutes ago. With a perfect aim she threw it in the trash where
her poor hockey stick had ended. Shelby stared at the trash can, fire dancing in her eyes, then she
turned her head back to Toni.

"That was so mature of you Toni .Wow."

"Could say the same to you."

"It was a stick."

"It was MY stick"

"I'M TAKING MY BREAK" Shelby's loud voice echoed around the coffee shop.

"Fine" Toni spat.

"Fine" Shelby added storming off to the back door.

Loud snickers coming from the back of the shop caught Toni's attention . Turning around Toni
could see two girls sitting down at one of the farthest table, wearing obnoxiously big sunglasses on
a rainy day. A news paper held up to their nose, hidding the women's face almost entirely. Toni
squinted her eyes in the girl's direction. A laugh that Toni would recognize anywhere echoed
arround the shop.
Fatin. And the girl next to her was without a doubt Dot. Toni couldn't believe it. Shaking her head
she took an empty paper cup that was sitting on the counter and with a perfect aim threw it right on
top of Dot's head. Both girls jumped lifting the newspaper higher to hide them completely. The
loud Snickers that followed got Toni rolling her eyes.

"I think we're spotted" Dot loudly whispered in Fatin ears. They waited a bit in hope Toni would
have forgotten about them. After a few seconds they lowered the newspaper slowly, scared that she
would still be looking their way. They jumped as the saw Toni standing right in front of them arms
crossed, a scowl on her face.

"No shit, you guys are the worst fucking spy I've ever seen"

"Oh please we were amazing." Dot said turning to Fatin and giving her a high five. Toni thought
the two girls looked absolutely stupid. The sunglasses and the questionable piece of clothing they
had been hiding under the news paper, made them look like rich grandmas with an addiction to
leopard print.

"Why are you guys even here"Toni asked still confused.

"Well... We heard you complaining about your shift with Blondie today so of course the logical
course of action was to come here and spy on you two a little"

" Don't you guys have a life?"

"Fatin's fuckboy canceled on her so she needed some distraction" Dot explained.

"Yeah I tought to myself, if I can't have sex the least I could do is watch my friend get her freak on
with a cute girl." Fatin added a small smile playing on her lips. Toni couldn't believe her
roommates right now.

"Shelby and I have nothing going on for fuck sakes, how many time do I need to tell you guys. I
just don't like her."

"I'm sorry Toni, but we just spent an hour watching you guys bicker and god the sexual tension is
out of the roof. You don't wanna know what I'll be thinking of next time I'm having a special
moment with my electric toothbrush." Fatin said a dreamy look on her face. Dot whipped her head
around.

" Fatin I told you to stop using my toothbrush for fuck's sake, don't you care even a bit about my
dental hygiene." Fatin rolled her eyes, annoyed.

" Oh please that was one time okay! Not my fault you thought buying the exact same toothbrush as
mine was a good idea." Toni's frown turned quickly into a grimace wishing she never had to hear
this conversation.

"Okay well now that you've rubbed one out watching me work y'all can get the fuck out of here"
Toni sure as hell was not taking the chance of Shelby coming back of her break with these two still
around.

" No" Fatin shook her head " We're staying, it's too much fun"

"Yeah!, It's like watching an 8 year old bully her crush at resess."

"It was MY stick " Fatin added doin a poor imitation of Toni's deep voice.

"Out!" Toni said leaving no room for arguments. She was livid.

"Alright, alright I would rather you don't kill me in my sleep" Fatin accepted Toni's order, her
hands held up high in surrender.

Toni pushed them out the door and considered locking behind them but knew she couldn't. With an
annoyed wave in her friends direction she got back behind the counter.

Shelby got back from her break a few minutes later and the two girls did not speak a word to each
other for the rest of their shift. Toni really couldn't understand how delusional her friends had been
to see sexual tension where there was absolutely none.

...
 That night when Toni got back to the appartment after going for a run in the neighbourhood.
Martha was the only one still awake watching The Bachelor on tv.

"Hey Marty how was your day?" Toni asked sitting down next to the girl and letting her head rest
on the girl's shoulder.

"Ewww get off me you're all sweaty" Martha protested.

"Girls would kill to have me on them right now ya know, all sweaty and hot" Toni joked arround
wiggling her eyebrows.

"Gross" Martha turned her face to Toni making the girl lift her head up to look back at her. "So
Toni...are you in a good mood?"

"I'm in a better mood then I was an hour ago, why?"

" I have to tell you something but you can't be mad at me okay." Toni was confuse but nodded
anyways, curious to know what got Martha so nervous.

"Well you know next Friday Fatin wants us to have a girl's night and... well...I kinda invited
Shelby. "

Toni stared at Martha. She knew her friend did not do that to mess with her, that was not something
Martha would ever do. And she also knew she needed to keep her temper in check because Martha
had told her one too many time she was done dealing with Toni's shit. So trying her best at a smile
Toni let out a strangled sound that sounded close to a "Great"

That was so fucking great.

Chapter End Notes

Next chapter should be out by Wednesday and let me tell you the girl's are about to
have a blast on girl's night! Also Toni and Shelby might progress from hating each
other to being okay with each other. Hurray!
Until then thank you for all your sweet comments I really appreciate them all!! Have a
good day :)
 Chapter 4
Chapter Notes

See the end of the chapter for notes

Toni had been jogging around Uni for an hour now. She couldn't wait to get in the shower and
wash away the sweat from her aching body. Running up the three flight of stairs leading to her
appartment was definitely the worst. Her thighs were on fire by the time she made it to her front
door. Toni swung the heavy wooden door open, taking her shirt off in a swift motion and whipping
at her forehead with the damp piece of clothing. she walked up to the fridge, noticing Fatin
standing up on the kitchen counter looking like she was searching for something important in the
cabinet. Toni got herself a beer, unscrewed the cap and took a long sip. A content sigh escaped her
lips as the bitter liquid hit her taste buds.

"Damn it Toni you just cost me 10 bucks" Dot whined as she stood up from the couch and went to
get her wallet by the door. Toni turned around leaning against the kitchen counter, too drained out
to move. She sent a confuse look in Dot's direction as the girl got 10 bucks out of her red wallet.

"Well Fatin here said you would run off somewhere and come back in the morning. I said you
would come back late at night and Martha Argued you would come back before Shelby even got
here." Dot explained sending an annoyed look at Martha when she was done.

"Told y'all she would keep her promise " Martha bragged, opening her hand has Dot gave her the
money. Toni shook her head at her friends, they really had too much free time on their hand.

She wished she had it in her to not keep her promises. The thing is she would literally go through
hell and back for Martha. Which was basically what tonight was gonna be.

Truthfully Toni had spent half her run trying to make up excuses to just spend the night in her room
and avoid the whole evening. But then she came to the conclusion that she was not gonna spend
her friday night hiding from a girl she didn't care about. She decided she was just gonna ignore the
blond and have a good time. Fatin jumped down from the countertop with her arms dangerously
full of alcohol bottles and took a look at Toni.

"Damn Looking hot Shalifoe, although you just took one of my beer so that's a turn off" She said
an annoyed look on her face as she made her way to the coffee table in the living room. Toni
laughed softly at Fatin's feet stomping on her way there. The girl crouched down, settling the
bottles of alcohol as gracefully as possible on the table. Fatin's description of a girl's night was
mostly to drink alcohol and talk shit about people. Martha went to sit on the counter next to Toni.

"Thanks for being here Toni, you're the best" She smiled down at toni who shrugged her shoulder.

"I know. And the fact you made 20 bucks off my back probably isn't half bad either huh?" Toni
smiled up at her friend, playfully shoving her with her left elbow. Three light knocks at the door
startled the two girls.

Toni bit down on her lips apprehensively. She knew Shelby was on the other side of that door and
her shoulders immediately tensed at the prospect of having to interact with her. She already had to
deal with the annoying girl at work now she had to see her at her apartment too. Last night they
closed the shop together and didn't even speak a word to each other for the whole 8 hours shift.
They literally acted like the other one didn't exist. So Toni was all but thrilled to be welcoming her
here.
Fatin ran to the door a delighted look on her face. With no hesitation she swung the door open, a
bottle of vodka still in her hand. Toni took a long sip of the cold beer she was still holding, trying to
regulate her heartbeat a little bit. Toni's eyes immediately trailed back on the front door where she
could now see the blond.

Shelby had her hair down for once and was standing in the entrance of the appartment in blue high
waisted jean and a black intricate crop top.

"Look at you, hot piece of ass" Fatin exclaimed looking Shelby up and down appreciatively.
Shelby whipped her head up to look at Fatin an amused smile playing on her lips. Toni winced at
Fatin's word, the girl really didn't possess a filter and it was painfull to witness sometimes.

Toni stared at the two girls interacting. She could not picture a world where Shelby and Fatin
would get along. The girls were basically opposite from eachother.

"Okay let's not scare my friend away please " Martha said, sending a disapproving look in Fatin's
direction. Toni didn't even realize Martha had left her side to go to Shelby's rescue.

" So that was Fatin, she ain't usually that bad but she just had like four shots of vodka, so I'm sorry
for what is yet to come." Martha said a sorry smile on her lips pointing in Fatin's direction.

" It is I! " Fatin exclaimed, opening her arms up to the blond, who happily went for the hug like
they hadn't just met.

"Okay Fatin chill " Dot said as she pulled Fatin away from the embrace. Probably before she did
something stupid like cup a feel at the blond's butt.

"This is Dot the mom of the group" Dot waved warmly in the girl's direction "and the antisocial
one in the back is Toni, but you know her already." Shelby hugged an awkward Dot with a wide
smile and then turned her attention to Toni who was still leaning against the counter trying to
decide agaisnt greeting the blond or not.

Toni ended up nodding her head in the girl's direction, but Shelby was too busy staring up and
down at Toni to see it. The blond was probably confuse as to why Toni was standing shirtless in
the kitchen. Her green eyes were darker than usual, her pupils blowned wide, probably due to the
dim light of the appartment.

"Hey Toni" she finally said a small uncertain smile on her lips. Toni stayed quite, her eyes still
trained to the girl, not wanting to be the first one to look away. Their little staring contest was cut
short as Martha proposed to show the girl arround the appartment. Her friend was clearly eager to
stop whatever was happening between the two girls.

When they moved to the living room Fatin turned in Toni's direction fanning herself with her free
hand. She mouthed "sexual tension" as she opened her mouth in fake shock. Toni rolled her eyes,
deciding it was best if she just ignored tipsy Fatin. She walked out of the kitchen flipping Fatin off
on her way to the bathroom. She needed a fucking shower.

Toni might have spent a lot of time in the shower trying to relax. It ended up being useless because
she still felt cranky when the water turned cold. The fact she had to jump out before her ass got
frostbites didn't help with her crankiness. She dried herself off quickly and threw on a pair of dark
grey sweatpants. As she was about to put on a red thank top, a ear splitting scream made her jump
up and hit her elbow on the bathroom mirror.
"WHAT WAS THAT?"

Toni immediately recognized Fatin's voice and ran out of the bathroom her thank top arround her
neck, almost slipping in a puddle of water she had forgotten to wipe. When she got to the living
room, all four girls were huddled up on the couch hanging to each other like they barely had a
minute left to live.

"What the fuck is happening? Toni asked, worried clear in her voice, as she looked around the
living room and then in the kitchen, trying to understand what the fuck was happening.

"We were just sitting down, gossiping about our Uni's teacher and then a fucking mouse walked on
my leg." Fatin screamed again as if she was reliving the traumatizing moment.

Toni let out a breath of relieve, glad she didn't have to fight a burglar or something like that. Then
realization hit her. There was a fucking mouse in their apartment and Toni hated these fast little
fuckers.

"What? Where is it" Toni asked panick clear in her voice, as she joined the girl's on top of the
couch.

"Wait no Toni! You're suppose to be our knight in shining armor! Get back down there " Fatin
exclaimed trying to push Toni back down. Toni grabbed onto the other girls not budging.

"Not happening! Stop pushing me you fucking ass" They all started arguing trying to figure out
what the plan of action was gonna be.

"Do you have a thing against shirt?" Shelby's voice tickled Toni's ear. Toni turned her face to see
Shelby looking down at her stomach. In her frenzy, Toni didn't register she had jumped right next
to Shelby and had been holding onto the girl's waist. Toni's hand quickly let go of the girl, almost
like she had just been burned. Deciding she would rather feed herself to the mouse than stand close
to her mortal enemy a minute longer, Toni jumped back down on the floor. Putting some much
needed distance between the two and taking thie moment to finally put on her tank top.

" Alright so... I'll take care of it! Do we have a broom?" Toni asked looking around paranoid like
she had just jumped in a tiger's cage and could get eaten alive anytime soon. Shelby was staring
down at the brunette shaking her head from side to side, annoyed.

"A broom? What will you be doing with a broom? Sweep the mouse away? Have you ever seen a
fucking moose Toni?" Asked Dot exasperated.

"Well what am I suppose to do?"

"Whatever we do we can't hurt the mouse. Mouse are super sweet okay!" Martha added not very
helpful.

"We need a big bowl with some tasty snacks at the bottom. Let's make the side slippery so when
the mouse gets in, to eat the food it can't get out. " Toni rolled her eyes ready to laugh at Shelby's
idea when the three other girls all but swoon over it.

"Fuck yes Shelby you are so clever." Dot cried out hugging the girl Shelby was beaming and Toni
was radiating anger.

"Well if you're that sure of your plan might as well do it yourself" Toni said confidently, as she
grabbed the girl's wrist and pulled her down on the floor. The girl all but scattered back on the
couch.
"Get back here" Toni said between clenched teeth.

"Nope" Shelby fired back crossing her arms in front of her.

"Shelby for fuck's sake"

"I'll help." Martha said probably eagered to stop the imminent argument. She got off the couch and
went to go get the bowl in the kitchen.

"Toni can you give me that bottle of vodka? I need liquor courage" Fatin asked from her privileged
place on the couch. Toni rolled her eyes.

"Courage for what? You ain't doing shit"

"Just give me the damn bottle" Fatin whined.

Toni was the one now stomping to the coffee table. She took a large sip of the alcohol, before
handing it to her whiny friend.

...

If Toni had known that she was about to spend an hour chasing a mouse arround the appartment,
there's no way in hell she would have stayed here.

Dot and Shelby had gone down the couch to help after ten minutes of Toni and Martha uselessly
waiting next to the bowl of cheese. Fatin had moved from the couch to the top of the counter a
bottle of gin now in hand, shooting encouragement every once in a while.

When the mouse finally ended up in the slippery bowl, the girls all cheered and hugged like they
had just ended world hunger or something.

"Poor baby come here " Martha said reaching toward the little fella who was running in circle
clearly freaking out.

"Ew Martha don't touch it"

Ignoring Shelby's comment, Martha grabbed the small grey creature with expert hands and released
the little guy in the ice cream container she had prepared. She put the pierced lid on the container
and smiled at her friends.

"Go clean ya filthy hands" Dot added looking at Martha's hand like they were repulsive.

"Fine" Martha half heartedly agreed grabbing the bowl of cheese and going into the kitchen.

Toni grabbed the ice cream container victoriously.

"This must be what cave woman felt like when their man came home with meat. Like shit, I'm legit
hot for y'all right now." Fatin exhaled dreamingly from up on the counter. Everyone cracked up at
Fatin's drunk speech.

"Not much of a compliment coming from your horny ass." Dot fired back around a mouth full of
pizza they had ordered from a pizza place down town.

"Bitch" Fatin stick out her tongue at her friend.

"Now that this traumatic experience is over...Who's fucking ready to drink their body weight in
alcool?" Fatin screamed getting down from the counter acting like she didn't already just do that.
All the girl's scream back a "me" even Toni did, because If she had to spend the night with Shelby
she would rather not remember about it in the morning.

Martha came back to sit down next to Toni excitement radiating from her. She took back her ice
cream tub, holding it close to her chest.

"I think I want to keep it"

"Ew no way Marty that's gross" Toni looked down at the container in disgust.

"Hey don't be mean to Marcus you bitch" Martha was frowning playfully at Toni.

"Marcus huh?" Toni asked chuckling at the fact Martha had already named the mouse.

"Yeah he's the only man I need in my life right now." Answered Martha, staring dreamingly at her
new pet.

"If you had a thing for small hairy man, you should have told us" Dot said jokingly as she sat down
next to Toni, whipping some sauce off of her mouth. Fatin came to sit down with everybody
holding up her bottle of gin and a bottle of vodka that she settled in the middle of the circle they
had just created.

Shelby grabbed the bottle of vodka and took a sip wincing as the liquid burned down her throat.

"Isnt drinking a sin?" Toni said raising her eyebrows at Shelby. The blond looked annoyed as she
turned arround to look at Toni.

"You really can't get over the fact that I'm Christian right?" Toni's friends all signed loudly.

"I know your kind of people okay. Christians are up there on my list of shitty people" Toni raised
her hand as high as she could physically reach. She could already see Martha staring in between the
two clearly uncomfortable at the argument rising.

"Can you imagine just one fucking second that maybe I'm not the stuck up bitch you seem to take
me for "

"Alright! y'all really know how to set the mood." Fatin let out an exasperated groan. Shelby looked
away jaw clench and took another sip out of the vodka bottle. Everyone was staring at Shelby in
amazement as she put the alcohol down once again.

" So how about a little ice breaker game?" Shelby propose staring at everyone but Toni.

"I think the ice is like smashed by now but why not." Dot agreed.

"What about a little strip pocker?" Everyone denied Fatin's request with loud no's and she pouted.

"You just wanna see us all naked" Dot snikkered.

"Well I do think it would bring us all closer" Fatin said with a wink. The girl's all cracked up at
Fatin's constant state of horny.

" What about Never have I ever?" Martha propose and the girl's all agreed.

"Never have I ever fucked my toothbrush" Dot started, amused as she handed the gin to Fatin. Toni
let out a husky laugh as Fatin rolled her eyes. The look of confusion on Shelby' face was truly
priceless.

"Thanks for making me look like a perv" Fatin pouted.

"Never have I ever watched 2 season of Bear grill in a single weekend" It was Dot's turn to drink
now not shutting up about her love for the man in question while she did.

"Never have I ever had sex with a guy" Shelby said letting out a drunk giggle. Toni looked
curiously at Shelby. They were the only one not drinking as the other passed the bottle arround.

"There's no way you didn't" Shelby said looking at Toni with a sceptical look.

"No way that Toni didn't have sex with a dude?" Fatin asked laughing loudly with the girl's while
Shelby was just sitting there confuse. " Don't worry, she gets her fair share of vaginas, if you know
what I mean."

Toni shook her head at her friends, they really needed to shut up once in a while. She locked eyes
with Shelby and the girl immediately blushed and looked away.

"Are you uncomfortable now? You're little Christian ears are bleeding?" Toni said clenching her
fist as she was trying not to loose her chill.

"Oh please Toni shut up" Dot said already sensing Toni's need to start another argument.

"No I won't! If she's uncomfortable with who I am then I would rather know about it."

"I'm not"

"You clearly are, I saw the look on your face, you fucking shuddered"

"I was just surprise that's all"

" Sure."

Shelby let out an annoyed sigh .

"Alright you guys can we maybe not jump each other's throat before midnight." Fatin begged.

"Okay so never have I ever kissed a girl" Martha admitted her eyes trailing back and forth in
between her two friends, hoping Toni drinking some alcool would calm her down.

"Way to change the subject Martha" Fatin whispered arround a sip of vodka. Dot drank too,
remembering the time her and Fatin made out trying to get one of Fatin's fuckboy to leave the
appartment. It ended up making the dude even more eager to stay so that was a fail. Toni took a
long sip from the bottle and as she was putting the bottle down Shelby snatched it from her fingers
to bring the bottle to her lips.

Toni stared in stupor at the blond, as her friends all cheered her on.

"This is priceless" Dot screamed.

"Fucking hilarious" Fatin added. Toni was trying to ignore the fact she made a total fool of herself.
But then she realized the girl was probably only trying to shut Toni up by making up lies.

"Stop fucking lying"

"What do you mean?" Shelby was now staring at Toni with anger clear in her eyes"

"You did not kiss a girl"

"How the fuck would you know?" She asked her face flushed. Toni was not sure if it was the
alcohol or the anger that got the girl looking like a human tomato.

" I just know"

"Seriously Toni stop" Martha asked Toni with pleading eyes.

"She's just here lying to make herself look fun and quirky" Toni said between clenched teeth.

"Alright do I need to kiss a girl right now so you believe me ?"

"You wouldn't"

"I would" Shelby said, chin held high.

"I volunteer as a tribute" Fatin eagerly proposed, raising her hand up high.

Shelby smiled in the girl's direction and without a word she stood up on her knees and made her
way to the drunk brunette who was smirking widely at the blond.

"Shit alright It's happening" Dot screamed in a high pitched voice.

Toni was suddenly even more furious at the prospect of the blond kissing her friend. She
swallowed difficulty, clenching her jaw as the two girl got even closer. Shelby softly grabbed
Fatin's neck with one hand, pulling her in until their lips met. The kiss was soft at first, their lips
barely brushing. That was until Fatin hungrily pushed into the kiss, opening her mouth to slip her
tongue past Shelby's parted lips. A throaty moan left Fatin's lips and Toni snapped.

"Alright you guys can fucking stop now, I get it!" Toni's heart pounded in her chest as she tried to
take her eyes off of the flustered blond.

"Well shit I might be questioning my sexuality now" Fatin said as her and Shelby separated,
giggling loudly.

"Yeah that was hot" Dot agreed fanning herself with her hands. Martha laughed at Dot, as they
were all ignoring Toni's little outburst. They all sat back in the circle like nothing even happened.
Shelby was smiling softly a blush still apparent on her cheeks.

"Okay I've got one! Never have I ever fuck someone in this exact living room." Dot said looking
suspectfully in Fatin's direction. Toni was still staring at Shelby a frown on her face, not able to pin
point why seeing the blond kiss Fatin made her inside filled with something close to rage. Toni
knew she was in for a fucking ride if she tried to understand herself right now.

"I'm not a perv!" Said Fatin offended and then her eyes got bigger as realisation struck her " oh
wait I did." Taking a sip, she send a sheepish smile in Dot's direction as Toni jumped back into the
conversation, a disgusted grimace stretching on her face.

"Ew I don't ever wanna sit on that couch ever again"

...
The girls were all way too drunk to care about anything now. It was arround 2 am and the group
had ended up painting each other's nail while gossiping for a good hour after their game of never
have I ever. Toni's mixed feeling flew out the window by the time they decided to sing some
karaoke and her ears bled for a good hour as the girl sang their hearts out.

Martha was now dancing in the middle of the living room her ice cream container still glued to her
hips. Fatin was dancing next to Martha. Singing loudly and pretty badly to Akon's song "Dont
matter". She was holding her electric toothbrush close to her chest.

"Nobody wanna see us together but it don't matter no, cuz I've got you" Fatin's voice kept cracking
and the awefull scene playing in front of Toni's eyes made her laugh loudly for the fifth time in the
last minute.

She had tears streaming down her face at some point from laughing too much. Okay so maybe
Toni was very drunk.

Dot was laying down on Toni, snuggling her and lazily whispering weird ass things in her ears.

" Teach me how to survive in the wilderness Bear Grill. I'm gonna be a good Jedi. We'll fight the
empire together " Toni snickered at Dot's nonsense.

Shelby was sitting on a bean bag next to the tv stand, all slouched down laughing at Fatin's
performance. Then she turned her eyes to Toni. After a minute, the blond stood up, a bit too fast
judging by the moment she took trying to steady herself. She then made her way to the two girls on
the couch, swaying every once in a while, before falling down not so gracefully next to Toni.

She looked at her, a lazy drunk smile on her lips. Her green eyes fell to the brunette's tattooed arm.
She then lifted her finger and with a bit of hesitation, she started tracing the ink on Toni's arm.

Toni had half a mind to tell her to fuck off, but then her sense got overwhelmed with Shelby's smell
and Shelby's touch that felt a bit too nice on her skin. She also was too drunk to care.

"So we survived a night together without being paid to do so... that's an accomplishment" The
blonde laughed to herself.

"Wouldn't have done it without alcohol"

"You're so dramatic. You know maybe if you stopped hating me for absolutely no reason we could
get along" Shelby presumed.

" Maybe" Toni acknowledged.

"So we agree"

"I mean I don't disagree"

"Wow alcohol really did a number on you" Shelby laughed softly.

"Makes me soft and mushy" Toni agreed. The blond turned her head to look at Toni's dark eyes. A
soft giggle escaping her lips at the brunette's drunk smile.

"So tonight was fun." Shelby added. Toni remembered then, that the girl was awefully talkative.

"Yeah what did you have in mind before getting here?"

"I don't know watching movies and eating candies 'til we burst" Shelby giggled.

"That sounds like a movie night with Martha. With Fatin though, you barely walk in a straight line
when the nights over." Shelby laughed softly still tracing the Toni's tattoo, she was so close, Toni
could feel her warm breath hitting her arm.

"Your tattoo is so beautiful" Shelby whispered.

"Thanks"

"I wanna get a nose piercing." She admitted.

"Yeah well you should, piercings are hot" Toni agreed now picturing the blond with a nose
piercing.

"I already have a piercing" The blond announced, pulling on the hem of her pants to show Toni.

Toni swallowed as she looked down at the girl's stomach her eyes getting caught on the girl's belly
button piercing. She couldn't ignore the feeling in her lower stomach anymore. Shit. Toni really
wished she wasn't so gay and could resist looking at a girl's stomach without getting all hot and
bottered. Toni looked away trying to say something bitchy so she could stop the fire in her lower
stomach from burning her alive.

"Not very ch..."

"Christian of me I know" Shelby rolled her eyes annoyed at Toni. " But it looks nice doesn't it?
Catch the attention." She turned hooded eyes back to Toni.

Toni turned her eyes away immediately, trying to regulate her body heat by looking back at
Shelby's belly piercing. That did not really help. Her eyes caught on the girl's thumb still grabbing
at the hem of her jeans. With a nervous chuckle she trailed her eyes up to the ceiling.

"Yeah it's... Nice " Toni's raspy voice admited. Shelby laughed softly at Toni's clear nervousness.
Loud snoring interrupted the moment and Toni turned her head to look at the back of Dot's head
where the sound was coming from. Thank god for Dot, Toni breath out a thankfull sigh. Shelby
looked down at Dot's head burried in Toni's shirt.

"I think she's out". Shelby said grabbing a blanket from the couch and wrapping Toni and Dot in it.

"Hey wait I don't wanna be stuck here! She's gonna drool all over me."

"Just go to sleep you were about to pass out anyways " Pass out her ass! Toni was very much
awake right now.

"I was not"

Shelby eyes twinkled with amusement, a smirk playing on her lips. Toni needed to note that alcool
made Shelby a bit too confident and made Toni a bit too horny. Hence why alcohol with Shelby
should never happen again.

Martha came in, a second later, settling her ice cream tub on the coffee table and laying her head on
Shelby's shoulder.

"For how long will she keep going like that" Shelby asked looking at Fatin still dancing in front of
them.
 "She can go all night if she's got alcohol and music." Shelby giggled.

Toni was not sure what else was said that night since the constant snoring in her ear and the fluffy
blanket around her lulled her to sleep. Hopefully she didn't join in on the snoring fest

Chapter End Notes

Hey guys!

I have to say I'm so sorry this chapter took me so long ! I literally spent way too much
time overthinking everything and rewriting a lot of parts

Hopefully you guys will enjoy it, although you might not and that's okay! If you ever
stumble over the name Darin please know it's meant to be Fatin but my phone keeps
changing it to Darin, Hugh the struggle.

Anyway, please let me know what you think, I love every single comment you guys
leave on here, they make me so happy!

Have a great day

-Sarah.
 Chapter 5
Chapter Notes

See the end of the chapter for notes

Toni's heartbeat was through the roof as she trailed down the blonde's stomach, leaving a path of
wet open mouth kisses over her soft skin. She kissed over the girl's silver piercing and let her lips
wander further down to the waist band of Shelby's jeans. A breathy moan left the blonde's lips as
Toni felt the girl's lower stomach contract underneath her lips. Toni shuddered, feeling her nerves
dissipating into thin air. She looked up to the girl through her eyelashes a smirk playing on her lips.
The blond huffed eagerly as Toni toyed with her waist band.

"Off. Take them off" Shelby's voice was raspy and desesperate.

All of a sudden Shelby's voice was replaced by loud snores and Toni's vision went dark. She could
hear Taylor Swift's music playing in the background. Toni's eyes fluttered open as she looked
around the bright living room. Toni didn't move a limb, too mortified by what she had just been
thinking about. She couldn't believe she just woke up in the middle of a sex dream about Shelby.
Shelby for fuck's sake!

She squirmed uncomfortably at the state of her underwear, pushing a lock of hair away from her
eyes. Shit . What was wrong with her?

Another loud snore brought Toni back to reality. Dot was the one to blame once again for the
raucous as she was sleeping peacefully on the floor next to Fatin. Toni's head was pounding and
her body aching from sleeping on the couch all night.

A mouvement to Toni's left caught her attention. Turning her head she saw Martha and Shelby
standing in the kitchen whispering to each other quietly. The second Toni's eyes laid on Shelby,
segments of her dreams came flashing back to her. Toni flushed as Shelby caught her starring and
waved a hand in her direction. Toni turned her eyes away from the blond and immediately laid her
head back down wincing as the pounding in her head intensified. There was no way she could face
the girl right now. Next wise thing she could do would be to go lock herself inside her room until
the girl left.

"Toni's awake!" Shelby happily informed Martha.

"Hey Toni! Want some breakfast?" Martha asked.Toni sent a weak smile to Martha. Then she
caught a whiff of bacon and her stomach growled loudly.

"Duh do you even have to ask?" Toni's voice was awefully raspy this morning, she sounded like
she just smoked a whole pack of cigars before speaking. Toni caught Shelby looking ather from the
kitchen isle and blushed immediately. She felt like if she stared at the girl too long, Shelby would
be able to read her thoughts.

"Are you okay Toni? You're all red." Toni jumped at Martha's comment. She touched a hand to her
cheek and felt how warm it was. Well Shit. Way to not look fucking suspicious. Desesperate to find
an explanation , Toni's eyes trailed onto the opened curtains in the living room.

"Oh yes! It's the sun, shit it's hot" Toni fanned herself sitting up straight, which reminded her of the
state of her panties. Toni grimaced , stretching her arms up high, trying to hide how flustered she
was.

As she was about to jump on her feet and leave for the bathroom to try and compose herself some
more, the couch sagged next to her.

"I hope you're hungry" Shelby's announced happily.

Toni squirmed under the stare of the blond.

Shelby was sitting down, one leg pulled underneath her. She was holding up a full plate of bacon
and eggs with a mug of warm coffee.

Toni's eyes caught on the red pijama shorts and the white basketball t-shirt the girl was wearing.
Toni was positive these were her clothes and she had no idea what Shelby was doing wearing them.

Toni Frowned comically, trying to understand what was happening, but her head was too hungover
to process anything.Looking back up to the girl's face with a blush, Toni kicked herself mentally
realizing she had just been ogling the girl for a minute straight. Accusing her hangover brain once
again, she cleared her throat.

"Nice shirt" She decided to go with as she took the plate and mug from the girl's hand. Their
fingers touched and Toni cleared her throat once again, trying to hide how flustered she was by the
small touch. Toni settled the plate on her thighs and took a long sip from the black coffee.

"Oh ! My clothes were kind of uncomfortable to sleep in so Martha got me those. I hope you don't
mind? I would have borrowed Martha's but we don't dress the same size." The girl was blushing
lightly, staring down at the clothes she was wearing and then staring back at Toni nervously.

Toni stared at the girl from over her mug as she was still sipping on her coffee, not sure how she
should be feeling about getting her clothes stolen. Honestly she didn't have it in her to be mad at
something so stupid right now when she literally had a very inappropriate dream about the girl.

Shelby didn't look half bad in her clothes either. Toni immediately cringed at the thought that
passed through her mind.

"It's fine. Just don't steal the shirt, it's my favorite. " Toni admitted, putting her mug down on the
coffee table and sitting back up to eat some of the delicious food Martha had made.

"Of course not." Shelby laughed softly as she stared at Toni. This was weird. The whole having a
decent conversation without insulting each other was weird. As she kept eating the blonde kept
staring. Toni huffed.

"Want some? Or are you just gonna stare at me like that the whole time I eat?" Toni asked
annoyed. Shelby jumped a little like she had been miles away.

"Huh sorry I was just lost in my thoughts" Toni nodded . She took two slices of bacon tentatively
and before changing her mind she offered them to the girl next to her. Shelby looked at the bacon
in Toni's hand bemused.
"Well do you want some or not?" Toni asked impatiently. The girl could be so annoying
sometimes.

"Thank you" She said hesitantly as she took the bacon and turned to settle into the couch her eyes
trailing to the two girls sleeping on the floor.

"Don't mention it" Toni said refusing to look in the blonde's direction as she kept eating her
breakfast.

Martha came in a minute later two plates in hand as she settled one in Shelby's laps and one on the
couch next to Shelby, she left again probably going to get their coffees.

"Well now you owe me two slices of bacon" Toni remarked flatly as she pouted at her now empty
plate. Only eggs were left but that was not Toni's favorite.

"I don't give my bacon to just anyone " Shelby said a playful smile on her lips as she cast a glance
at Toni.

"Colonizer" Toni muttered arround a mouth full of eggs.

"Don't be dramatic" Shelby laughed softly as she set three large slices of bacon down in Toni's
plate.

"Well that's more like it, although don't ever call me dramatic again." Shelby giggled at the disdain
on Toni's face.

Martha came back with two mugs that she set next to Toni's. She then took the spot next to Shelby
and smiled at the girls.

"Well this is nice" Martha remarked pointing in between the two with her fork. "Quite"

"Don't mention it or it's gonna get weird. I just don't have the energy to argue with anyone right
now" Martha and Shelby both rolled their eyes in synch and Toni made sure to ignore them,
finishing up her plate of eggs.

"Thank god cuz I don't have the energy to witness that" Martha breath a sigh of relief.
For the next few minutes, Toni could feel Shelby's eyes on her. The girl was starting to irritate
Toni now. Did she have something on her face? Or maybe her hair looked weird? Toni peeked at
the blond exasperated and the second she did the blond looked away.

...

The three girls chatted for a while after that. Well Shelby and Martha chatted while Toni listened.
The girls were way too awake and Toni couldn't keep up with their excited conversation so early in
the morning. Well so early in the afternoon she corrected herself as she saw on the living room
clock that it was 1 pm . She must have passed out eventually, because by the time she opened her
eyes again Fatin and Dot were now awake and chatting happily on the floor. Toni blinked slowly
her eyes trying to adjust to the bright light in the room. Her newly awake friends looked awefull,
makeup smudged under their eyes and hair going all over the place. Toni let out a relieved breath,
realizing she did not wake up to a dream about a certain blonde this time. She caught Fatin's eyes
on her and Toni already knew her peace was ruined.
" Fucking finally! I was about to call the morgue to ask them to come get you, you're ruining
perfectly good sitting space on my couch" Toni furrowed her eyebrows at Fatin. She didn't expect
to be absolutely attacked, the second she opened her eyes.

"Rude much?" Toni weakly replied, as she tried to sit back up on the couch.

"There happy?" She asked grumpily.

"Very" Fatin admitted walking to the couch and sitting down next to Toni. Dot stayed on the floor
looking pretty green. Toni looked around the apartment hoping Shelby was long gone so her mind
could stop obsessing over her.

"If you are looking for your girlfriend, she's in Martha's room. They went to Petco and bought an
aquarium for the new dude." The second Fatin was done talking, the blonde's annoying laugh rang
through the house.

"Not my girlfriend" Toni grumbled as she stood up slowly and made her way to the fridge getting
herself an apple.

"Alright, then you won't mind if I ask her out? I'm kind of obsessed with her after last night. I mean
that kiss..." Fatin had a dreamy look on her face almost moaning to that sentence.

Toni froze apple in hand as she was about to close the fridge door. She had half a mind to kick the
door close but she didn't want the sound to make her headache worst.

"Shup up" She decided to go with as she closed the door softly, turning to the sink and cleaning up
the fruit.

"I sense jealousy"

"I don't do jealousy"

"Sure....and I don't do sex" Fatin added with a shit eating grin on her face.

"Cut me some slack Fatin"

Fatin opened her mouth to say something else, but she quickly closed it back up, staring at the
hallway.

"Of course no worries I'll be there in 30 minutes." Shelby's muffled voice spoked from what Toni
believe was the hallway.

Shelby and Martha walked into the open kitchen and living room smiling. Shelby had her jeans
back on, but was still wearing Toni's favorite shirt. Martha was holding a large aquarium that
should probably not be moved around like that. There was a ton of cardboard, Tunnels and ledges
inside the aquarium. Martha was staring arround a wide smile on her face.

"Guys look at Marcus' new house." Toni looked arround, trying to find the little creepy dude. As
she caught him running into a yellow tunnel, Toni grimaced.

"Gross. Was kinda hoping.you were joking about keeping it"

"First of all it's not a "it", it's Marcus and second of all Don't be rude he deserves a loving home."
Toni knew she better not argue with Martha when it came to animals and what they deserved.
"The guy's cute! Reminds me of Ratatouille. " Dot said to Martha from her spot on the floor.
Martha smiled down at Dot.

"Guys it's been super fun but I have to go. Gretchen called me in to work because Janette's sick."
Shelby announced walking to the coffee table to grab her phone, keys and crop top.

"Huh sucks, I thought we could go on a tour of all the night clubs downtown." Fatin's idea received
groans and loud "No". All the girl's were still trying to recover from their hangover, so getting
wasted again was not an option. Fatin pouted.

" I really hope I'll see you guys soon" Shelby added after laughing at the girl's interaction. She went
ahead and hugged Fatin with her free arm.

"You come back anytime". Fatin said in the blonde's ears seductively. Shelby pulled out from the
hug chuckling softly. Toni frowned irritated.

After hugging Dot, Shelby made her way to hug Martha ending up hugging mostly the aquarium in
a weird embrace. Toni chuckled until the blond walked up to her.

She stood in front of Toni, holding her hands out as if asking if she could hug the girl. Toni shook
her head from side to side staring at the girl nervously. She was not about to let Shelby hug her.
That would just make things weird.

"Not there yet, better luck next time" Toni added. Shelby deflated.

"And here I thought we had a truce after I gave you my bacon"

"Nah. But Keep trying, I love your tactic" Toni said cockily.

"Fine." She turned around walking to the exit door. Toni realized then that the blond was still
wearing her shirt.

"I'm pretty sure you forgot something." Toni said.

Shelby turned around confused. Toni pointed her chin to the girl's shirt. The blonde looked down
and her mouth opened up in realisation.

"Can I bring it back on our next shift together?"

"Nope. I've lost too many shirts to girl's that promised to give them back. Not making that mistake
again" Toni concluded arround a bite of her crispy apple. Shelby shook her head annoyed.

"Fine." She exhaled walking back to Toni and setting her crop top down on the kitchen isle. Toni
opened her mouth in shock as the blond took her shirt off in a swift motion and threw the material
on Toni's chest. Toni got a whiff of the girl's parfume as she caught the material as best as she
could, while chocking on her apple. The girl was freaking perfection. Her hangover dream did not
do justice to her at all and Toni had to look away from Shelby's flawless body before she chocked
to death.

Toni could hear Fatin's not so subtle laugh in the background as Martha's worried voice was asking
if She was okay. Toni wasn't a prude, she lived with a bunch of girls, so seeing a girl change in
front of her was not like totally out of the ordinary. But seeing Shelby change in front of her was
like next level.

When she chanced a glance at the blonde she was almost a bit disappointed to see she was already
dressed in her black crop top. Toni cleared her throat and trailed her eyes back to the blonde's
amused face. Realizing she remained speechless for a bit too long as all eyes were turned on her
Toni sprung back to life.

"Huh... Thanks" Toni said a blush spreading on her cheeks. Wow she really outdid herself on that
comeback.

Shelby nodded, turned back around and with a wave and a last goodbye to the girl's she was out the
door.

The room was dead silent. All eyes were trailed on Toni.

"You guys better all shut up" Toni grumpily uttered. She opened the trash can and threw her
unfinished apple as if the fruit had personnally offended her.

"I'm not sure I can, after witnessing you loosing your cool like that" Toni clenched her jaw
annoyed.

"I just forgot to chew"

"But you didn't forget to look " Fatin responded waving her eyebrows suggestively.

"I'm going to bed " She grumbled leaving a shit eating grin fatin behind.

" That's it! Go masturbate a little you'll feel better" Toni took the tissue box sitting on the hall stand
and threw it at Fatin's face. Well it was suppose to be Fatin's but Dot's yelp indicated Toni that she
was not only loosing her chill but also her aim.

Storming into her room Toni immediately toss the shirt in her dirty pile of clothing on the floor and
then threw herself down on her bed. A tentative knock made Toni raise her head from her pillow.
She knew it was Martha since the two other girls had a hard time remembering to knock.

"What Martha?"

"Can we talk" Martha asked tentatively.

"Sure" Toni's mufled voice answered annoyed. Martha took tentative step inside the room coming
to lay down next to Toni like they always did when one of them was mad. Toni turned her head to
look at her friend.

"Fatin is seriously annoying me with all this Shelby crap" Toni spoke after having to live through a
minute of unbearable silence.

" You know Fatin, she's not one to keep her thoughts to herself"

"Well she should"

 " I know you Toni, if you're so mad about this it's because there's some truth to it." Toni groaned.

"Fine! I might be all of a sudden weirdly attracted to her, although I believe that's alcohol damage.
But like that's not a big deal! Last year I was attracted to Harry style and there's still no way in hell
I would sleep with the guy." Toni admitted, defensive.

"Why don't you wanna see if it leads to something more?"

"Have you seen her Martha? She might go around kissing girls but she's straight. And I don't do
straight girl's. Been there, done that and it's not about to happen again"

"Toni...you don't even try to get to know her, maybe if you did you would not be saying these
things." Martha said weighing her words. Toni frowned at her friend.

"Chill, I gave her some of my bacon! That was clearly a peace offering."

"And then you took them back"

"Well one step forward two step back what can I say" Toni pointed out "I still think she is
annoying tho"

"Of course you do" Martha let out an annoyed breath. Toni turned on her back and stared at Martha
offended.

"I think you might be more annoyed at yourself right now because you don't wanna like her, but
you clearly do"

Toni grabbed her pillow and put it over her head, exhaling loudly in the mushy material.

"This therapy session is over." Toni muttered through the pillow.

"You cannot end the therapy session when you don't wanna face the truth"

"Yes I can"

"Alright then I don't wanna hear you complain anymore about Shelby understood? You wanna be
grumpy then fine but don't have us deal with it"

"Fine." Toni muttered, not having much to say in exchange.

The rest of the day, Toni spent it watching basketball games on her phone and falling in and out of
sleep.

Chapter End Notes

Hey guys!

I know I take forever to post chapters, but I promise I'm not being lazy haha. I just
have a lot going on with work and life in general and I also can spend hours correcting
and rewriting each chapter hoping it will turn out good. I really wish I could describe
things better sometimes so please remember this is not my native language when you
stumble over weird phrasing. Anyways this chapter was originally 6000 words long so
 I split it up and will either post the other half tonight or later in the week. :)

As always, I hope you guys will enjoy this chapter I really enjoy reading your
comments and thoughts❤️.

Ps. All Toni seems to be doing in this chapter is eat and sleep but to be honest that's
pretty much what I do hangover so yeah.

End Notes

Hi!!

Just to situate you guys a bit better, this story takes place in a world where the experiment
on the island didn't occur and they all meet at University.

There might be a moment where you ask yourself "did she write that mess half asleep?" and
yes. Yes I did. Also I am french so I did my best but there might be some mistakes here
and there, so please feel free to point them out to me so I can fix them!

Next Chapter should be posted by tomorrow :)

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