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Fake It (part 1)

 "Bye guys. I'm gonna be off hanging out with my human friends today," White Moonstone said as he opened the door.

"Alright have fun Moonie," Obsidian said waving to Moonstone.

White Moonstone waved back and starting walking to town. Along with him, he had brought some of his favourite snacks, potato chips, small chocolates and raw shrimp. He was going to what his friends called a barbeque. From what he could gather it was a human tradition of going outside and cooking things. White Moonstone didn't see what was all fancy about cooking outside but he wasn't going to turn down an opportunity to see his friends. As he got closer to town he remembered they told him to go to the outskirts of town where a small park was. Soon he saw the park in sight and his friends Dougal, Neil and Ringo, Alice though couldn't make it today.

"Hey, Moonie!" Ringo yelled waving.

"Hey, guys. I'm so excited about this barbeque" White Moonstone said with a smile as he jogged up.

"What do you have in there?" Dougal asked.

"I bought some food for us, some crisps, chocolates and shrimp," White Moonstone said with a grin. Neil who was standing by grill looked over.

"Hand me those shrimps Moonie, we can cook them and have some grilled seafood too," Neil said.

"Yeah, sure they're all yours" White Moonstone said as he handed the bag over to Neil.

"We have some drinks in the cooler if you want any, and I've already grilled some kebabs and hotdogs if you want to eat too," Neil said. Moonie nodded and rushed over to the big plate with the food on it.

White Moonstone went over to open the cooler and found beer. A face of disgust went over but he was able to hide it behind the lid of the ice chest. White Moonstone didn't enjoy alcohol at all. It tasted much too bitter and he didn't quite see the enjoyment of it. There was also bottles of soda which was so much more appetizing than the beer.

"Moonie can you hand me a beer while you're over there," Ringo asked.

"Yeah sure," White Moonstone said cheerfully, he realized that he was going to have to drink some too so grabbed a bottle for himself.

"Here you go," White Moonstone said as he slid one of the bottles across the table for Ringo.

"Hey Moonie, can gems get drunk or is that not something that happens," Ringo asked.

"Oh yeah, we can" White Moonstone lied. Mentally he starting beating himself up over what he said.

Neil walked over with another plate of food and set it on the table. He walked back over to watch over the shrimp. Throughout the evening White Moonstone sat having to drink more disgusting beer and then scarfing down whatever food was in front of him to kill the taste. He gradually began to see his friends get a bit tipsy. Catching on to this he realized he was going to have to just fake it and hope that he can just be convincible enough. White Moonstone started slurring his words more and trying to be less coordinated. It was getting late and White Moonstone had downed more drinks and now was heavily acting. He realized it might be a bit too much faking but he couldn't turn back now.

"Moonie let's take you back home," Dougal said.

"Sssuuree Doooogie" White Moonstone slurred.

His friends began walking him back to his beach shack. They walked up to the door with White Moonstone leaning on one of them. They knocked on the door waiting for a response. Aquamarine opened it and scrunched up his brows.

"Moonie got kinda drunk when he hung out with us," Neil said. White Moonstone looked dead at Aquamarine and just winked hoping that'd get the message across. Lucky for him his friends didn't see.

"Oh well that's fine as long as he's in one piece," Aquamarine said cooly. Moonstone leaned himself onto Aquamarine and turned to wave his friends goodbye.

"Bye Moonie," Ringo said.

"Make sure to take care in the morning," Dougal said with a slight hint of concern. White Moonstone just nodded.

"We'll come over later in the week so you can come with us for a little drive around town," Neil said before he closed the door behind him.

"What the fuck are you doing Moonie" Aquamarine asked. White Moonstone stood up straight and looked at his friend "You know that it's physically impossible for us to get drunk,"

"Yeah well they asked if I could and I accidentally said yes. So I decided I'd just fake it and hope they believe me" White Moonstone explained.

"I swear you make things so difficult for yourself sometimes," Aquamarine said.

"I thought they'd enjoy me being drunk," White Moonstone said sheepishly looking down.

"They like you for you, Moonie. You don't have to put on a big show for them. You don't here" Aquamarine tried to explain.

"Look Aqua it's just different with them," White Moonstone said obviously not wanting to talk about it more.

"Well do you at least wanna cuddle with me tonight," Aquamarine asked. White Moonstone's attitude completely changed.

"You don't even have to ask," White Moonstone said grabbing his friend's hand and pulling him to the bedroom.