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[everyone_takes]

It probably wasn't exactly the catered party Reggie had been looking for, but it was still a party, which was exactly what Kate needed. The past month had been fucking weird, between everything that had happened with Esther and all the stuff on Halloween, most of which she was neatly repressing and avoiding at all costs. Parties always helped with the whole avoidance thing.

Especially parties where there was tons of alcohol with which to get totally shitfaced.

They hadn't bothered to decorate, but there was food and there were drinks and Kate had even decided she'd share some of her stash -- the one she actually hadn't touched in months -- with some of the guests if they were nice. She'd also realized that having a party where shit was likely to get out of hand with a gun nearby was probably a bad idea, so she'd locked it up and had given it to Danny for safe keeping, a move she thought Harley would approve of.

Especially since the last time she'd held it, she'd shot someone.

But she wasn't thinking about that tonight. She was thinking about the amazing party and the amazing drink she had in her hand.

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[not_so_smooth]

"If I had known this sort of thing would be happening at your hut, I would have ditched living with Cassie and applied to move in with you myself," Sam said with a grin. It was so, so, so not the truth but amusing anyway.

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"No way, because you totally wouldn't be getting laid at my hut," Kate pointed out with a grin, gesturing at Sam with her drink. "And your girlfriend's, you know, your girlfriend, so I'm pretty sure that puts her way at the top of the totem pole. Or it should and if it doesn't, I'll probably remember it tomorrow and kick you."

[not_so_smooth]

"Wait, what? Why?! Why is there no getting laid at this hut?" Sam asked, the horror on his face only partially for comedic effect. The idea of being cut off, even in this hypothetical universe, was terrifying.

"I mean, I don't live very far. I hear things from here, Kate. I hear things."

Sam didn't hear things. At least not sexy time things, not from here. But Kate didn't need to know that. If anything, Kate probably had to put up with hearing Sam and Cassie.

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"Rude," Kate said, but she was laughing, even as she swatted at Sam with her free hand. "I meant you wouldn't be getting laid in my hut because I'd be living here and the only guy that I have sex with is my boyfriend, because I may not be good at a lot of stuff, but I am good at that."

She paused, frowning, then said, "Good at being a girlfriend, I mean, not good at the sex. Except I'm totally good at that, too and... you know, this is a weird conversation."

[not_so_smooth]

"I could bring my own girlfriend for sex!" Sam protested, even if he left their hut to live with Kate he probably wouldn't have a girlfriend anymore.

"But you made this conversation weird. I made it about your hut being the bestest. You brought getting laid all up in this conversations business."

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"No way, you're the weird one," Kate insisted. That was pretty much why she liked him and why they'd stayed friends for so long. They were both kind of weird, which she was more than happy with. "Is your girlfriend here? You should have brought her. Tell me you brought her."

[not_so_smooth]

"I brought her. She's around somewhere," Sam said, looking around to see if he could spot Cassie. That made him a bit dizzy though, so he didn't move his head too fast.

"I have to watch her around the booze though."

[everyone_takes]

"Why? Is she a crazy booze hound who goes nuts whenever she gets drunk?" Kate asked. "Because I'd actually kinda like to see that. Unless she, you know, breaks down a wall or something. Then it's not cool."

[not_so_smooth]

"No, no, no, she gets... friendly? She gets friendly when she's drunk. She'll be all up in this," Sam said, indicating his everything, "If she has too much."

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"So?" Kate asked, staring at Sam like he was completely insane, which she sort of thought he was right in that moment. "Your totally hot girlfriend wants to get with you super bad when she's drunk and that's a bad thing? Getting Harry drunk is like, my favourite thing ever."

She paused, then said, "That sounds bad. You know what I mean. I love it when he's drunk and gets friendly."

[not_so_smooth]

"Oh, yeah, it's awesome," Sam said with a vigorous nod. It was way, way awesome and he really liked the friendly. The friendly was awesome.

"But, I mean, unless the guest rooms are open for guest grinding it's not good to get too friendly at a party."