Dani and Gigi are peaceful sleeping when Dani's phone rings waking her up. Dani checks the caller ID before answering. "Hello?"
"Hey, Dani. Can we meet?" Maribel asked. "Um. Sure." Dani answered. "Brunch at Giovanni's."
"Alright." Dani said. "See you then." Then Maribel hung up. Dani rolled over and let out an audible sigh. She gently kisses Gigi on the head. Then she gets out of bed.
Dani pulls up to Giovanni's and spots Maribel sitting outside at one of the tables. "Hey." She greets Maribel as she sits across from her. "Hey. How are you?"
"I'm doing well." Dani answered. "So am I. I'm throwing Micha a birthday party and I want you to be there." Maribel said. "I'll see what I can do?" Dani said. "Or you could just say no."
"You understand why I won't." Dani said. "Come on. You've moved past that. Can't you set aside your frustration for one night. It'll be fun." Maribel replied. "I can't." Dani said. "Please?"
"Fine." Dani gave up. "Great. Be there Friday at 7 and don't tell Micha." Maribel said. "Okay."
Friday snuck up on Dani. Usually, she can't wait for the weekend but she was dreading this one in particular. She thought about not going to Micha's party.
When the clock struck 7:30 and Dani hadn't arrived yet, Sophie asked her sister to give up hope. "She's not coming." Sophie said. "She said she'd be here." Maribel replied.
Another few minutes had past and Micha entered the party pleasantly surprised. He looked around at all the people he knew but 1 person in particular caught his eye.
"Dani?" He walked over to her. "You thought I'd miss your birthday?"
"Yes." Micha answered. "That does sound like something I'd do." Dani laughed.
Later into the night, Dani found Finley at the bar with a beer. "You've got to be fucking kidding." Dani said. "I only had one." Finley replied. "I don't give a shit about how many you've had. You're not supposed to be drinking."
"And who died and made you the sobriety police?" Finley asked. "Why do you even care anyway?" Finley questioned. "You know what? You're absolutely right. If you want to drink yourself to death, enjoy that. Be selfish. Be Finley but, don't do that to Sophie. If you love her like how you think you love her then stop hurting her."
"I'm not hurting anyone." Finley said. Dani steps closer to Finley. Threateningly close. "Every time you pick up a fucking drink you're hurting someone." Dani said. "Fuck off." Finley pushed Dani back. Then Dani punched Finley in the stomach.
"Hey. What's going on over here?" Sophie asked as her Micha and Gigi made their way over to Dani and Finley. "Nothing." Finley stood up straight and rested her arm on Sophie's shoulders.
"We were just talking." Dani said. Gigi looked over at Dani confused. "Let's go dance." Finley said. "Okay."
"What happened?" Gigi asked Dani after Micha, Sophie and Finley left. "I'm going to start by saying she put her hands on me first." Dani replied. "Say no more."
"Drink?" Dani asked. "No, I'm driving us home. You have fun." Gigi answered.
