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“Sometimes I get so high
Falling is the only out I see
And I don’t wanna take you down with me”

“Ember is looking for you,” Hal said.

“Ember shmeber,” Mango replied, scrunching her nose indignantly. “If he wants me to be home at night, he has to stop bringing blue boy over. The berry is a screamer Hal. He does so in French. My poor virgin ears can’t handle it.”

Provence laughed behind her. “Virgin ears? That’s a good one Mango. You’re one of the dirtiest berries I have ever met.”

“You know what?” Mango started then shook her head, “Tea. But I’m still not leaving.”

Hal sighed, “What do you plan to do? Sleep here?”

Mango looked over at the discarded mattress in the corner behind her. “I could just sleep here.”

“Mango,” Hal replied, his face contorted in disgust, the mattress had faded to a shade of brown-grey that made him not only wonder how it had been there but also fear for what had been done on it. “Do you want the plague? Because I’m pretty sure that’s how you get the plague.”

“Fine, I’ll go home, but if they’re doing it when I get there, I’m calling you so you can suffer with me.” She forced herself up from Provence’s lap, sticking her tongue out at Hal as she passed him by. 

Hal crouched down next to Provence, giving her a concerned smile. “Do you think you can stand?” he asked.

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“When I close my eyes
I’m fighting in the dark
Trying not to break your heart”

Hal could hear them long before he could see them. The sounds of their laughter drifted through the air guiding his steps. He found them, on the floor, of course, the bottle of vodka in hand, Mango trying to calm her waves of laughter as Provence pressed the mouth of the bottle to her lips. He wondered if their position on the floor was because they were too drunk to care or too drunk to stand. Intuition told him it was the latter. 

Ember and Lubomir: [pretty much forget Clover is even their and proceed to chat and flirt with just each other for the rest of the date]

Clover: Looks like it’s just me and you, Mr. Fire. Think they’ll be made if I duck out? Yeah, I don’t think so either.

[Clover takes out her phone and starts texting]

Clover’s Text:

I’m sorry to leave without saying goodbye, but you two looked so happy together I didn’t want to interrupt. The truth is, I’m relieved to know you two found each other. Less hearts that end up broken. I guess while it’s Clover truth hour i should say… I think I’ve known who I wanted from the start. It was never going to be either of you.

Anyways, I’ve paid (by I, I mean I used Altair’s credit card) for you two to stay for a few extra days in the cabin. 

Go crazy kids.

-Clover

Final Single Double Date – Lubomir & Ember

Lubomir: It’s really beautiful out here, is it not mon chou?

Clover: Stunning, really. Ember picked a good spot. But it is cold. So, so cold. So cold that my toes are going to fall off.

Lubomir: I am afraid we are both doomed to such a toeless fate.

Ember: [off] Are you too going to join more or not?

Clover: Ember, I’m afraid that you’re going to have to carry us. I am literally frozen to this spot and Lubomir. We’ve have fused together to become one giant ice creature.

Ember: Of for crying out loud.

Lubomir: I am afraid it is true.

Ember: [heavy sigh]...you’re both so melodramatic. It’s warmer if you don’t actually sit in the snow.

Clover: Details, Emb, details.

Ember: Hey… Clover. Can we talk about… what you saw earlier?

Clover: Oh you mean when I caught you and Lubomir feeling each other up behind the bar?

Ember: You really are straight to the point aren’t you?

Clover: I’m not mad.

Ember: You’re not?

Clover: Nope. I’m just going to treat you two as a packaged deal.

Ember: Y-you’re what?

Clover: You got a problem with that?

Ember: No… I just–

Clover: You just what? Thought I would let you off the hook easy? Maybe you should think harder next time before sticking your tongue in people’s mouths.

Ember: … [nervously] poly date it is, then?

 Clover: I’m looking forward to it. 

Clover: But then he was all, the loser has to shave their eyebrows off. Of course, I just had to accept.

Fox: Who ended up winning?

Clover: [laughs] Bonsai always talked the talk, but outside of books there wasn’t much he could do well. I also happened to be Peanut Brittle Bay’s reigning Ice Fishing champion.

Fox: Bye, bye Bonsai’s eyebrows. 

Clover: It took a whole month for them to grow back properly!

[both laugh for a few minutes]

Fox: What did Bonsai end up doing for a living anyway? Did he become an ice fisher? Because that would be hilarious.

Clover: Uh… no. I don’t know much about what Bonsai does. Whatever it is it’s “classified” as he always likes to rub in my face. All I know is he works for Macaron Pharmaceuticals.

Fox: Macaron what-a-whats?

Clover: [giggles] They develop… wait…. [pauses]  Where did Ember and Lubomir go?

Hangout Day!

Clover: Hey Ember, don’t you want to join us for Don’t Wake the Llama?

Ember: I’m really more of darts guy.

Clover: Suit yourself… Lubomir is cheating anyway.

Lubomir: [gasp] I’m offended at the accusation. 

Fox: Wait… what’s happening again?

Clover: …Oh boy.