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↬chapter 12

"Why are you so silent?" I asked Rose while she was driving towards the theater.
"You've lost a concerning amount of weight"
"There's no need to worry, Rose" I said rubbing my hand on hers.
I noticed her looking at me from the corner of her eye.
"She always said it as well"
"Who?" I asked, she shook her head and kept on driving.

"Debbie, we have a problem" I said, as we reached the theater, showing her the video of the magnet.
"You can fix it, can't you?
You used to force safes with magnates when you were a child" she said walking stressed around the room.
"I-I can try" she nodded and walked away.

We spent the whole Christmas holiday working on the heist.
Lou and I kept on fucking behind Debbie's shoulders.
Between Daphne and Rose there was such a chemistry, Rose kept on denying it but it was a fact.
Debbie and I weren't arguing a lot especially because I worked with only half of the group and she worked with the other half so we didn't really had any way to end up in arguments.
Food? It was a tragedy.
I didn't eat anymore, nobody seem to notice it or at least no one pointed it out so it was all kinda good.

I was alone in the kitchen, sipping some coffe, it was the December 31st, when I saw Lou coming downstairs all dressed up, with her makeup and hair done.
"Where are you going looking so good? We're not together yet and you're already cheating on me?"
"No, you knob, I'm going to work, it's New Year's tonight" she said, then left a kiss in between my hair and left as Tammy was coming toward us.
"You're with her for real?"
"We're not together and even if we were that would be none of your business"
"She's too old-"
"So were you" I cut her off.
"It was nothing but kisses between us, y/n"
I rolled my eyes and put the cup in the sink.
"Tammy, I love you, but you're being literally so annoying" I said and walked upstairs.

I decided I wanted to go at Lou's and help her, maybe party too.
I wore a short tight silver dress.
I wore a random pair of high heels, one of Lou's lather jackets and a pair of red panties*, I don't believe in fate and that kind of bullshit but trying never killed someone.
I did my makeup, fixed my hair and left.
     
*(red underwead on new year's is an European tradition for good luck, though I'm not sure it's widespread outside Europe)
     
I entered the club, lights were on, it was my first time seeing it well-lit and it kinda looked better then usual.
I made my way through people and walked toward the room with the red door.
"Hey sexy, are you lost?" said the first girl who noticed me as I entered the room.
She was tall, brown-haired and huge, she was like twice Lou, her accent seemed russian and looked quite older.
They're watering Vodka as Lou was working on some documents, I squared the russian girl and ignored her.
At that sentence Lou, as the others, looked up.
She threw her documents on the floor and walked toward me.
She wrapped her arm around my waist and kissed me while squeezing my neck.
"What are you doing in here, little one?"
"I thought you could use a helping hand or jusr some company"
The huge russian girl snorted.
"Karen, instead of complaining, put less Vodka in that bottle
-Lou snorted and walked in her direction-
it's too much, it's 3 fingers from the top, not one, it's three.
It's a rerun, Karen.
She slept with her cousin, crashed the car.
The baby's not his" she took the bottle Karen was working on an poured a little of Vodka in the cork then handed it to Karen.
"What's the taste like?" Lou asked making eye-contact with the girl as she drank the shot in the cork.
Lou wiped her lips from the vodka and I felt like I was going on fire.
I felt jealous, I felt fucking jealous as fucking hell.
"Vodka"
"Vodka. Exactly.But i don't want vodka.
I want vodka and water, and you wanna know why?"
"Uh, sure"
"'Cause when you're drunk, it tastes like vodka"
"Right" Karen said nodding and, I swear to God, I saw her, Karen, winking at Lou, my Lou.
Lou echoed her 'right' and then squared me.
I saw her biting her lip and then turning to the girls.
"April, you're the chief I gotta go take a look around" she said grabbing my wrist and driving me outside the room.
As the red door shut behind us I freed my wrist from her grip.
"What the fuck was that?"
"That what?"
"You touched her lips, she winked at you, who the fuck is that?" I said almost shouting.
She looked like she was trying not to laugh.
She grabbed my hands and crossed our gazes.
"That's just a russian huge girl who was hitting on my babygirl.
I haven't touched her lips but her chin and just 'cause the vodka was gliding down it and I didn't even notice she winked, to be honest.
I'm forgiven, aren't I?"
I rolled my eyes and nodded as I realized I'd over reacted, she smiled and kissed my lips.