This Time Next Year

toast

  Gabbie POV 

                   He looks adie up and down real quick as she bites into a shrimp...then me

ConM: so um...i presume you two are...friends?

Con: mom uh come on-

ConD: ...i thought you said she had a girlfriend?

                    Adie starts choking on the shrimp until she downs some soda

G: i-i'm sorry???

ConD: oh we don't care no we're allies i just thought...you had a girlfriend

G: i do-

ConD: oh!...oh i see

G: what the hel-

A: g-gabbie...gabs it's fine honest mistake ...come on lets go talk with rene and pay

G: ...fine

                 I eye Conners dad as we walk away

Adie POV

                 ...i knew that'd happen eventually...i don't really mind it i mean i can see how people'd assume that

G: *whisper* bastard

A: hey gabs it's okay really

G: but-

A: it's fine...yanno i don't really care about that 

G: he just assum-

A: it's okay...okay?

G: *sigh* okay

*ding ding ding*

G: toasts! we should go sit real quick

A: ight hold on

                       Gabbie gets some plates for dinner and i go sit with Pay and rene. She comes back with like three plates

G: i figured i'd get an extra plate with your favs 

A: thanks

I: hey again

G: heyyy

                      Gabbie drinks some wine as the toasting starts...i make unintentional eye contact with Conners dad...i look away and start eating some food...he's probably laughing bout how i go to the gym...he'd be right anyway...what's the point of going if i always eat so much at events like this? I feel a hand on my thigh 

G: babe

A: hm?

G: i think they're expecting you next

                   I drink some soda and Gabbie grips my thigh a lil

A: *whisper* stop yanno that drives me crazy

G: that's the point~

A: stop

I: looks like someone's having fun

P: hm?

I: not you babe

                     I move gabbies hand away and stand to do this toast...i hope i remember everything

A: u-uh hey guys...um..sorry i'm not too good at stuff like this so bare with me...first off obviously congrats on the lucky men...conner if you do anything wrong i WILL find you and charlie KNOWS i ain't joking 

                    Some people laugh including charlie

Con: *nervous laughter*

A: but yeah seriously i honestly haven't seen charlie as happy as he is right now like...i think EVER...other than of course when he met his man...thanks to me *hair flip*

G: hey!

A: and gabbie...okay MOSTLY gabbie but hey like...i was...there 

                    This is good people are laughing this is good i'm doing fine-

A: so most of y'all are probably wondering..." who the h-*looks at kids* H E double hockey sticks is this...girl" right?

                     The kids in the corner laugh 

J: she knows how to say hell right?

A: ppffft ahaha *snort*

                        Oh God not the snort-

A: u-uh yeah so um hey...i'm adie rider...charlie and i've known each other for i'd say...a while...we go way back-

Char: ugh you're making us sound old-

A: NEED i remind you he's older then ME so yanno aha...but um yeah...i think...i'll tell the story of one of our best moments yanno ignore all the bad stuff...for the lil ears...i remember one time we were talking about marriage...N-NOT US cus yanno we're gay wait no- not like that way YANNO WHAT I MEAN-

                      everyone laughs at that one but i know it's more at my stupidity 

A: anyways...he always talked about how...he'd find a man...before me which like he wasn't WRONG but wasn't right aha...*clears throat* one day he described the perfect man to me

Char: oh no-

A: and lemme tell yuh conner...you got OH so lucky...that you were...about half the man he wanted...but i can see now and i think we all can...you're the EXACT man he n-needed...i am SO fuc-...uh funking proud... *tears up* oh yuh charlie...i'm so happy we-...that you found your man...so um this has gone on too long anyway...conner...take care of charlie...

Con: i will-

A: oi! i wasn't done!

*laughter*

A: ...or again i WILL find you, you can bet your pink speedo on that and OOP CHARLIE SAID NOT TO SAY THAT-

Con: *blushes*

*laughter* 

A: anyways i think i've bashed ya enough conner...so a toast to charlie...*rolls eyes and* conner the only man i'd trust...with my drink...

*everyone toasts*

A: which ps ya left it on the back table conner not cool, not cool