don't threaten me with a good time

Everest

Ever absolutely does want to go home. He's wanted to go home since they first got into the Uber and the feeling has only grown. But, having promised Mateo he would do this, it never once occurred to him to try and convince his friend to leave before he was ready.

Now that he was?

"Here. Take my phone. Order from the restaurant to the apartment. My card is on file in the app. I'll go tell the girls that we have to go, and by the time I'm back, the food will be on the way and we'll hail a cab." Looking down, Ever's jaw feathers with as flagrant a display of frustration as he's ever liable to produce. "Cara." He mumbles wearily, handing Mateo his phone and then buttoning up his shirt. "I'll be right back."

Inside he isn't able to find Cara, though Carnation has been swarmed. Pressing his way through the gaggle of men, he explains (and then explains again more loudly) that he and Mateo have an emergency and have to leave. Though she looks annoyed, she looks significantly less annoyed when Ever pushes a few $20s into her hand, says drinks are on him, and if he could please put Cara in a cab he'd appreciate it.

"Oh cheese and crust!" Ever quotes cheerfully as he returns, hoping not to find Mateo a frothing mess by the door.

I was a dead man walking,
with bloodshot eyes—right place, wrong time.