And Peggy

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Maria laughed. "I can't believe you all know French."

"Fluently." John added.

"Almost." Eliza said with a subtle smile.

"Can we get back to what happened before?" Alex said.

"Oh, right." John said. "Explain yourself." He pointed to Maria.

"We made out. What more do I have to say besides the fact that Lia walked in on us?" Maria said.

"You said you just kissed her." Eliza said.

Maria laughed nervously. "Well. I didn't just kiss her."

"Is that how far you've ever gotten together?" Alex asked with a straight face.

"Alexander!" Eliza hit him.

"Come on, honey; we were wall thinking it!"

"Yes, Alex." Maria said walking to him. "Your boyfriend went farther than me last night."

Alex burst out into laughter. "Oh, trust me, I know."

"What's gotten into you?" Eliza asked angrily. "You've been laughing like crazy when ever someone mentions John and Peggy."

Alex bit his lip trying not to laugh again but failed miserably. 

"And there he goes again."

"Seriously, Alex, what's up?" Maria asked crossing her arms. "Do you like need more coffee?"

"No, Maria. I have had my daily dose of caffeine. Back off." Alex said.

"Mhm. Sure."

"I swear to god!"

"Mhm." She crossed her arms.

"I'm not lying!"

"Mhm."

"I'm not!"

"Mhm."

"I'm not!"

"Mhm."

Now I could tell what Maria was doing; trying to get Alex to speak. Ha ha. Fuck me gently with a chainsaw. Damn. Probably shouldn't have said that.

"I'm not! I'm not! I'm not!"

"Mhm."

"Ugh! Fine! You wanna know what happened?"

"No fucking shit."

"Okay, so last night-"

I looked to Alex and said something I knew only him and John would understand. "Va te faire foutre! Je ne peux pas croire que tu aies blessé ton petit ami et ton ami comme ça!"

His anger slowly turned to sadness. He looked at me then John and sighed. "John and Peggy-"

I shook my head mouthing the word, "No!", over and over again.