Verge of collapse

Chapter 17

Christopher 

"Come on babe... we have to go." I call for her standing by the door waiting for her to get ready. That woman tries too hard to look better when she's already perfect.

She opens the door to the bedroom and walks out, making my eyes go wide. She's not wearing one of her usual dresses, like I assumed. She's wearing black trousers that sit low on her hips and a black tank top with white straps that make an 'x' on her chest. Her stomach is open, showing her waist. She flips her straight, blonde hair to a side as she walks over to me.

"We are wearing the same shoes." She points to our black converse, always something that I liked her wearing.

"You look beautiful." I say and take her hand to turn her in a dance motion and pull her closer to me.

"And you look very very handsome." She says placing her hands on my chest and bringing her lips to mine slowly.

"Let's go or we'll never leave." She laughs at my cocky remark as she takes her handbag and leads me outside.

She unlocks her car before I can do the same with mine. I guess it's okay as she always pouts that I never let her drive her car. I get into the passenger's seat and close the door as she starts the engine.

"New song?" I ask her as a Dua Lipa song starts to play. She listens to her a lot lately.

"Yeah, I like this one very much." She drives out from the spot.

"Who needs to go to sleep when I got you next to me?" She sings along and winks at me. Ah, she'll be the death of me...

All night, I'll riot with you

I know you got my back and you know I got you

So come on, come on, come on

Let's get physical

Katherine sings along with the song while driving through the night city. When she stops at the red light, she starts to tap her fingers on the steering wheel. I love when she's happy like this. I place my hand on her thigh and lean in to kiss her cheek. She pushes the gas pedal on park to make a noise and speeds up as the light changes to green. She's crazy, but she's my crazy.

She parks the car in a spot in front of the restaurant and we head inside. The place is more like a bar, with round tables and a huge bar in the middle. The lighting here is very dim and a dj is playing dance music.

"Hey guys!" Diana greets us as we approach the table that they're sitting.

Katherine leans in and kisses her cheeks before taking a seat at the table and I sit next to her.

"Change of plans." She leans over me to talk to Hayley.

"What do you mean?" She asks with a frown.

"I invited another friend." Katherine explains. Yeah about that... She invited Owen. Katherine said that Hayley is probably going to kill her and honestly I hope not because this whole thing is because of me. I told her that I would be fine with her inviting Nate, but she said that she doesn't want to hear it and closed the discussion.

"I trust you Kat." Hayley says. Mhmm...

"I wouldn't..." She says evasively.

"What are we drinking?" Diana asks.

"Shots." Katherine says and takes the menu from her.

"Which one?"

"Let's do the passion sour shots." Katherine answers, pointing her finger at the menu.