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23. The Elevator

Checo got back to the table where Liv was sitting, Max was still at the bar receiving the drinks.

"Liv I'm going to call it a night, are you coming?" asked Checo. Liv was talking to Alice at that moment, Alice was was the senior communications manager at Red Bull, she was always with Checo or Max at press events and interviews. 

"I'm just going to stay a little longer, I'm chatting with Alice" said Liv. They all said goodbye and Checo left the terrace. After a couple of minutes Max came back and gave Olivia her gin and tonic. 

Olivia sniffed him "You smell like tequila" she said accusingly. "Max you know if you are going to do tequila shots you cannot do them alone, that's just depressing" she said to him matter-of-factly.

"Alright then, do one with me" said Max clearly more drunk than he was before his conversation with Checo. He signaled over the server and asked him for three tequila shots. 

"Oh god no, I think I'm gonna go before I get fired" said Alice standing up from the table "good night guys, don't drink too much".

Alice left and now Max and Olivia were the only ones at their table. There still was another table with some Red Bull engineers on the other side of the terrace. 

"There's 3 shots, but there's two of us" noted Olivia when they brought the shots over.

"Well the third one was for Alice, but I guess now it's for you to make up for the one I took by myself. You gotta catch up Perez" he said shrugging. 

"Perez? Okay now I know you are drunk" she laughed " Alright, cheers then" she said taking one of the shots and clinking the glass with Max's gin. He smiled and took a sip of his gin, Olivia drank the entire tequila shot, feeling its effects instantly. The warm feeling that ran through her throat spread to her face and she felt her cheeks blush.  She looked over at Max. He was smiling at her.

"You never do faces when you take tequila shots, how do you do that?" he asked impressed.

"If you do a face you have to take another shot, it's a Mexican tradition. So one just gets used to it Maxie, sink or swim" she said giggling, feeling the tequila kicking in. 

"Maxie?" said Max loudly while he laughed "now I know that YOU are drunk" he kept laughing, which made Olivia laugh too. 

They stayed there talking until they were the last ones on the terrace. Even the servers had left, they just left them a few extra shots of tequila per their request. They had already finished their drinks and had a couple more shots of tequila on the table. Both of them were clearly wasted, they laughed at the stupidest things. 

"I dare you... to jump in the pool" said Olivia.

"I'm not doing that" said Max shaking his head and then he took half a shot. They had been playing this game for a while, it was truth or dare but if they refused to go through with it then they had to take a drink.

"I dare you... to jump in the pool" said Max copying Olivia.

"Not doing it Max, you just keep copying my dares!" said Olivia indignantly as she took a little drink from her shot glass. 

"Because you refuse all of mine!" said Max.

"Because your dares are terrible" said Olivia matter of factly.

"Well.. I dare you to give me a kiss" said Max, thinking she wouldn't do it. 

Olivia smiled, she leaned closer to him, he leaned in slowly as well. Their faces grew closer together, Max could feel Olivia's breathing on him as she lingered in front of his face for a moment. Then she slightly bent her head to the side and kissed him on the cheek instead, right next to his lips.