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Julia and I talked for ages about, well, everything! She was so easy to have a conversation with. By the time we stopped opening our mouths, it was way past 12:00 and the bar was getting ready for it’s early morning customers. We went outside and sat down on a bench. “Hey, Umber,” Julia blushed. “You’re so sweet, you know? Will you be my kingfriend?” “Yes!” I laughed, raising her up in the air and swinging her around before leaning in for our first kiss. (If you haven’t know already, in their world, girlfriend is Queen friend and boyfriend is kingfriend)

I haven’t even seen her face yet, and I was already in love. “Yes-s.” I stuttered. The light flicked on and I was met with beautiful blue eyes staring into mine. They pulled back and I saw all of her. She has gorgeous brown fur and the most attractive smile I have ever seen. “Will you marry me?” I blurted, thinking out loud. “Excuse me?” She said, looking taken aback. “Nothing,” I smiled. “I’m Julia.” She said sweetly, blushing. “A girl from my class said she was going to set me up with a cute, submissive, nerdy, and sweet guy.” Me?! Nerdy?! Ugh, Ruby was going too far! “Yeah, that’s me!” I said nervously. “This might be too fast, but can I get you a drink?” She asked shyly. “No,no, I can pay for it.” I said quickly. We fought over it before she finally gave in and I bought us both cans of soda, since funny this, we were both non-alcoholic!

They started shotgunning beer and joking around. Ruby and Violet were more sensible, though. They ordered some bloody Mary’s and started chatting nonstop about the girl they were setting me up with. “Is she hot?” Violet asked in awe. “Of course!” Ruby responded. “She’s really pretty. I met her in school a few days ago. She just moved here from Cattington and her parents want her to snag a boyfriend.” Her parents were in on this two?! Wow, this was gonna be exciting. After a while of drinking and making out, the two couples sent me to a private room where they said my new Queen friend would be. I rolled my eyes but listened to their instructions. The room was in the back of the bar and it was pretty cool. It was right next to the wine room so you could smell all the scents. Suddenly a slender arm ducked out from a door and grabbed me. I was pulled inside a dark room. “Are you Umber?” A beautiful voice whispered.

I gulped and let them drag me out of the car. We waited at the front of the bar for Thulian and Violet. A few minutes later, I noticed a purple dress and a familiar rock band shirt in the crowd. “Thulian! Violet!” I yelled, waving my arms to make an impact. The dress and rock band shirt started over to us. “Hey dudes! And dudette!” Thulian purred, slapping us both on the back then giving Violet a small hug. “How are y’all?” I pulled him away from the girls. “Yo, Ruby’s tryna set me up.” I said in his surfer language. “Really dude? That’s bomb!” He chuckled. “You needa getta good chick who’ll cook for you and is a dang good kisser. Ha!” I rolled my eyes and we went back to the girls. “Okay, everybody’s here.” Ruby said excitedly. “Let’s gooooooooo!” We went inside the bar and it was louder than it was outside! We got a table close to the blue-haired bartender and ordered some drinks. “Yo, let’s go crazy!” Thulian laughed, fist-bumping Kai. “Yeah bro!” He responded.