#Chapter 78: The After-Party

“Ow!” I pulled back and rubbed my arm. “What was that for?” “For being the world’s biggest idiot,” she said. “You need to marry that man already.” “I’m not talking about this anymore,” I said, throwing the bathroom door open. I heard Maria sigh and we left the bathroom to go back to the banquet hall. I almost considered just leaving and going back home, but we did have some really expensive steaks waiting for us, which was more appealing than going back to my family. We rejoined Logan and Dylan at our table. We sat in quite an awkward silence for several minutes. Dylan finally cleared his throat. “So, do you ladies have anything exciting coming up?” He asked. I looked at Maria and she looked at me. “Um…” she said. “Oh! We were talking about going to one of those paint and sip things next Tuesday.” Dylan raised his eyebrows. “Oh okay! I’ve always been curious about those. I used to draw and pain