'Hey Steve. Happy birthday man.' Angel said as he entered Steve's bedroom, shaking his best mate's hand and giving him a hug. 'You all set for your party?' he asked.
'I am set, but what the fuck is that you're wearing? What the fuck does a Hawaiian shirt have to do with cowboys?' Steve was wearing jeans, a flannelette shirt and cowboy boots, and had a cowboy hat on his desk ready to go.
'Mate, I'm not disrespecting your theme. Your theme is western, right? Well Hawaii is one of the most western states in the world.' He replied, looking down at his Hawaiian shirt, jeans and regular shoes. He'd got the shirt for two bucks at the budget store and figured it'd make a pretty decent costume.
'You watch yourself, mate.' Steve said, a little disappointed.
'Cheer up mate.' Angel said to his best mate. 'You are legally allowed to go out and get pissed now! There is no way you can be sad on your birthday. Besides, tonight, you and I are gonna get fucked up my friend…' Angel said as he stole his mate's cowboy hat and bounced out of the room, excited at the night about to come. 'Hey Steve!' Angel shouted from the poolroom.
'Yeah mate?!'
'You know how you booked the footy club? Are we allowed to bring grog in?' Angel asked, walking in with a bottle of OP Bundaberg Rum.
'Nah mate. You have to buy it there mate…' Steve replied, putting on his belt with the sheriff badge on the front.
'Fuck. Oh well…' Angel said, pulling two shot glasses out of his pocket and filling them up. 'Fuck buying it there. I'm getting pissed now fucker! To Birthday!' Angel said, raising his shot glass in Steve's direction. Reluctantly Steve picked up his rum, saluted his friend and sent it down.
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After an hours drinking at Steve's, Angel was feeling sufficiently drunk to begin partying, and it wasn't long before Steve's family was driving to the footy club, which was a short walk from both Steve's and Angel's houses. The party was starting at 7:30 and when Angel arrived he was quickly ushered into the bar where he was urged to carry a microwave and an oven downstairs. Amazingly enough, he didn't drop either in his drunken state and over the next half hour he was given various other jobs to which he attended with some coordination.
At about 7:30 all the guest began to arrive, the music blasted off and the party started. By 8:30 it was fully under way and Angel had had seven more beers to add on to his inordinate amount of rum he had devoured. His vision was a little blurry as he searched the room but he was by no means too drunk and he was having a blast. 'Angel!' someone screamed from behind him and he turned around to see a red-headed girl, jogging towards him, huge smile on her face. Inside Angel sighed slightly, knowing what this would me.
'Fiona! Hi! How are you!' He replied in what he hoped sounded like genuine happiness. The girl had been trying to hook up with him since they'd met and it was getting a little exhausting. She was by no means unattractive but she seemed to hook up with someone at every party and it made her that much less appealing. It wasn't like she slept with them though. She was a dancer and kept incredibly fit, so the idea of hooking up with her was not completely loathesome.
'I'm not so good actually darling.' She said, a little fake pout on her face.
'Why's that?' Angel asked, not really wanting an answer.
'Matt is here.' She whispered, leaning close, pressing her body up against his, lips grazing his ear.
'And what's the problem with that?' Angel asked, trying to widen the distance between them. Her perfume smelled amazing and he found his eyes drawn to her cleavage in his alcoholic state. He also hadn't missed the fact that she was wearing a costume just like every other girl. And just like every other girl she was dressed as a cowgirl. And there were few things Angel found sexier than a cowgirl.
'Well, I broke up with him a couple of days ago.' She whispered again, pressing her body harder against him this time. 'And I'm afraid he's gonna want to talk to me.' She wrapped her arms around him for a hug, and he relented, pulling her closer to him.
'I still don't see the problem. Why not just talked to him?' He asked, moving away slightly and looking down at her.
She looked up at him, their bodies close. He could feel her breath on his lips and his eyes were once again drawn to her cleavage, something he felt was no doubt intended. 'But that's the thing. I don't want to talk to him because if I do I know I'll hook up with him…' she pleaded to him.
'You don't have to hookup up with him you know?' he said, leaning closer so she could hear him above the music.
'I know,' she said, 'but I know I will because I just want to hook up with someone tonight, you know?' she said, pulling his body closer to hers and leaning up to kiss him. Angel caught it just in time and moved his head to the side so she caught him on the cheek, and he turned it quickly into a hug. Looking up he saw Steve laughing at him and tonguing the air. He quickly gave him the finger.
Creating some distance between Fiona and himself he said, 'I promise you, if I see you talking to Matt then I promise I'll come and pull you away, okay?' And he quickly found somewhere else to go.