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Mikey didn't feel like eating. He just sipped his drink. Just let her make her own mistakes, he told himself. His feelings for Meranda were still very much alive and it took everything inside of him to not get emotional.
Meranda finally noticed the group and waved over at them.
Iyhan glanced back, "You know them?"
"My cousin is Mermista. Her boyfriend is SeaHawk or Sebastian to her. Then Figg, Moe, Paulie and Mikey in the chair." She told him. "Wanna go say hello?"
"Not at the moment. I just wanna be with you." He sweet talked her and she blushed.
Meranda noticed that Marika and Jordan weren't with them. Maybe they are doing their own date night, she thought. Amara rarely came to any hang out. She'd rather be with her girlfriend or other friends.
"Your head is gonna get stuck like that if you don't stop." Figg said to Mikey.
Mikey awkwardly smiled at his friend. "I can't help it."
"Get up and go kiss her." Figg told him.
Mikey laughed to himself. "Yeah and have her slap me, no thanks."
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Mikey forced himself to not turn around. Now Moe and the rest of them were doing it too. Everyone cared about her. Meranda was family to all of them.
Paulie was checking on her more than the others. He saw Meranda turn away and start talking to someone she knew. This is when it happened. Iyhan decided it was time for a shot of something. He looked right and left to make sure no one was looking. He didn't think to look behind him. Paulie saw the guy pull something from his shirt pocket. It was tiny, but Iyhan unscrewed the top quickly and dumped it into Meranda's drink.
Paulie slapped Mikey's shoulder and pointed at the bar. "He spiked her drink." He whispered to his friend.
Mikey's face turned red in anger and he pushed himself out of the chair.
"What's going on?" Mermista asked curiously.
"Just watch!" Paulie told the table.
Iyhan pretended like nothing had happened. Meranda turned around to see Mikey. Mikey's blue eyes burned in anger. She saw the way he was looking at her date. "Hey." Iyahn said to Mikey.
Mikey turned to Meranda. She was holding her drink. "Don't drink that." She furrowed her brows in question and laughed. Then she put the glass to her lips. "Meranda, he drugged it." Still holding the glass, she locked her eyes with his. His tone was of worry and grave concern, "I would never lie to you. Never." She watched as tears flooded his love filled eyes.
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Iyhan now looked at Mikey in strange concern. "Are you crying?"
Mikey said nothing to him. He prayed that Meranda believed him.
"Here take a sip it's really good." Meranda told Iyhan.
He politely declined. "That's yours beautiful. I just couldn't."
"Sure you can. Here, I insist." She shoved it at him.
Iyahn smiled convincingly. "Nah, I'm good."
Meranda felt a rush of disgust run through her veins. "Mikey, could you please take a few steps back."
Mikey did as she asked him to.
