Everest
Their photographer has captured every awkward moment as if this was Britney Spears' 2000 meltdown, and suddenly seeming much more invested in getting through the rest of dinner with his camera raised.
Snaking his hand back just as soon as the girls had disappeared, Ever rubs blearily at one of his eyes before letting his hand flop into his lap. "This is your night. It is only ruined if you say it is." He replies reasonably. Inwardly though, Everest feels shaky and exhausted for all these sudden bursts of adrenaline and were it any other night, he'd have already asked for a rain cheque.
It isn't though, so he doesn't, and they make it through appetizers and their main courses without any more difficulty. The waiter doesn't ask about dessert, but instead brings out a classic Italian lemon cream cake, the recipe of which Ever may or may not have stolen from one of Mateo's albums at the house and demanded the restaurant make.
Snaking his hand back just as soon as the girls had disappeared, Ever rubs blearily at one of his eyes before letting his hand flop into his lap. "This is your night. It is only ruined if you say it is." He replies reasonably. Inwardly though, Everest feels shaky and exhausted for all these sudden bursts of adrenaline and were it any other night, he'd have already asked for a rain cheque.
It isn't though, so he doesn't, and they make it through appetizers and their main courses without any more difficulty. The waiter doesn't ask about dessert, but instead brings out a classic Italian lemon cream cake, the recipe of which Ever may or may not have stolen from one of Mateo's albums at the house and demanded the restaurant make.
even if i had to lose you to know you,
i'd still be that temporary phase that you grow through
i'd still be that temporary phase that you grow through
