baby you're the right kind of wrong.

Ebony had stormed out of the kitchen in a rage and made it all the way to the door planning to leave all together before she walked back needing to get something out in the open and off her chest before she left, and while she was still pissed off and courageous enough to say it.

"I hate you." She said pushing her fingers through her hair trying not to just blow up right there. "And that I can't get over you even though you're the biggest ass I've ever met. I deserve someone who will believe me when I tell them I wasn't sleeping around while we're together, and someone who doesn't take five months to make me breakfast but just one night with some girl they'd just met. And someone who doesn't bring out the worst in me which clearly isn't you." She added wanting to just find someone to move on from Zayn with.

---

"Thanks, and it's cool. Maybe I just don't look old enough to be a senior or something." Liam said laughing softly, he supposed his face just didn't look like that of a senior or something. Really he didn't know, but it wasn't a big deal either way. "I am pretty excited though. I mean I've loved it here these last four years but I'm kind of ready to take that next step in life and see what else is out there." He added not really sure what he'd do right after he got out. He could go looking for a job that he'd hopefully be able to get with his degree, or he might take some time to himself and use part of the money he had stashed away for a rainy day to travel some. Really as of right now the future was still a little unclear but he had no doubts that things could clear up when the time was right.

Zayn just stood frozen while he listened to Ebony speak. It wasn't anything he hadn't heard a thousand times before. It was the same fight they'd had multiple times after he had found out about Harry before they finally broke up. When she was finished, he took a long, deep breath and swallowed, pressing his lips together while he gave one soft nod of his head. "Good," he said simply. "I'm glad we agree on something."

---

"It sounds exciting," Maisie said with a nod of her head. Graduating seemed so far away for her, but for Liam it was just right around the corner. It was strange to think that so many of the girls in her sorority and guys like Liam would be gone when she came back for the fall next year. It wouldn't really be the same without them. "You've got the whole world in front of you," she said simply. "Are you nervous?"

Ebony sighed wanting to just punch him, "I didn't fucking sleep with him while we were together. I know that's apparently hard for you to believe but it's the truth. And I wouldn't have slept with him while we were together either because I actually cared about our relationship. I wouldn't have even slept with him last night if I hadn't been so pissed off that you were hooking up with that blonde girl and hadn't wanted to piss you off for pissing me off. But I'm sure this is pointless because you don't care. Fuck you!" Ebony said before she just stormed out more pissed off at Zayn than she had been all day.

---

"It is, it's kind of scary too though. I mean school is pretty much all I've known nearly my whole life and in less than a year I'm not really gonna have it anymore. So I am a little nervous, plus I mean what if I can't get a job even after all this schooling and there are just so many things about going into the world that do make me nervous. But I mean we all have to do it." Liam said shrugging his shoulders some. She was right about one thing though, he had the whole world in front of him, and when he was out of this place he was going to figure out what to do with the world in front of him. "So what're you studying?"

Zayn couldn't believe that Ebony was still trying to uphold that she'd been a little angel throughout their relationship when Zayn knew that she had been the reason things ended. If she hadn't slept with Harry, they wouldn't have gotten into the whole trust issue mess that caused their eventual downfall.

As Ebony walked out of the room, Zayn just stood still in the kitchen with Lindsey next to him, looking completely shocked. She clearly didn't know that a blow up happened nearly every time they were in the same room.

"That was..." Lindsey trailed off, tilting her head to the side before she finished. "Interesting..."

Zayn sighed and shook his head once. "Interesting doesn't even begin to explain it."

---

"I don't think anyone has it all figured out," Maisie admitted, shrugging her shoulders as she looked at him. "Everyone else is probably just as nervous as you are." She paused and clicked her tongue to her teeth. "But, it's a big world out there. I'm sure you'll find your calling." She thought everyone had that one thing in the world that they were meant to do, even though life had tried to convince her many times that was not the case. She still believed it though, if only because it made life less scary. "I'm doing nursing," she finished. "I think it's the only thing that really makes sense for me."

Ebony her never felt so pissed off before, and she knew she just needed to calm down and take a breather. So she left the frat house in an emotional rage pretty much, and instead of going back to the sorority house started walking to the ice cream shop her and Zayn had went on their first date together at. Even though she knew every time she went there it brought back memories that pained her to think about since her and Zayn were over, but well they still had the best ice cream anywhere near campus and well what girl didn't like ice cream when she was upset?

---

"That's true." Liam said nodding his head, and it made sense that they'd all be nervous. It was kind of a nerve wracking thing graduating from college. It was one of the biggest steps of a persons life aside from landing their first real job with a salary, getting married, and having kids. All of which Liam did hope to accomplish one day. He just needed to find the right woman to marry and have kids with but he was still young and hoped he still had time. "Nursing seems like it would suit you." He told her not sure what it was about her, but there was something about her that said nurse. "I'm here for mechanical engineering. Because well it's what makes sense to me."

"What happened with you two anyway?" Lindsey asked, though Zayn was almost certain she knew at least something. How could a Kappa girl not know about the explosive break up that was Zayn and Ebony. It was a talk around greek row longer than it took Zayn to pick up the drywall from the hole he'd punched in his closet.

"She cheated. We broke up. That's about it," Zayn said simply, not wanting to discuss it any further. He turned back to the sink, so he could work on the garbage disposal and get his minds off of things.

Lindsey came up next to him, leaning against the counter as she faced him. "I'm hosting a bonfire at the Kappa house tonight. All the girls will be there. You should come and bring the guys."

Zayn really wasn't in the mood for another party, whether it was a bonfire or not, but he knew his fraternity brothers would be all in. "I'll let them know."

"Great," Lindsey said as she gave Zayn a smile and a wink. "I'll be sure to let the girls know you'll all be there." She paused before she turned away from him and called over his shoulder. "Can't wait to see you there."

---

"Engineer? I wouldn't have pegged you as one," Maisie said softly as she tilted her head to the side. "Not that you don't look smart enough to be an engineer. It's just most of the frat guys I've met are either in business or sports management. I guess I just assumed you would be too." Maisie didn't know much about engineering, but she knew it took a lot of math and studying, which didn't seem appropriate for a fraternity brother. She didn't mean to, but she guessed she was just assuming an awful lot about Liam.

"Oh, little Maisie," Lindsey said next to her, nearly startling her and causing both her and Liam to look at the other girl. "I have good news." She smiled at them both while speaking in the most cheery voice possible. "It looks like the boys will be attending our bonfire tonight, so make sure you dress your best!" Before Maisie could say anything else, Lindsey had walked away, probably to boss around someone else, and Maisie looked at Liam again.

Ebony, luckily, was pretty much in love with ice cream and had joined this thing the shop had and pretty much got a free double scoop every month, they did other things like special things for birthdays and once you got all the cones on this card clipped you got a free cone but well she didn't have her card with her or any money for that matter so she just settled on the free monthly double scoop.

"Can I get a double scoop of the chunky monkey." She told the guy behind the counter who nodded, and a couple minutes later was handing her the bowl. She took one of the seats next to the window and quietly ate her ice cream not really feeling that much better when she was done but she did feel a tad bit better. Which was something at least. Maybe what she needed was really to just move on. Which was a lot easier said than done.

---

Liam laughed a little before replying. "Well I was here for sports management at first. Because it was what everyone else wanted me to do, I mean I ran track and played soccer in secondary school but I didn't want to do either of those things professionally and so I was kind of pushed into sports management at first because everyone thought it would be my way of sticking with sports without actually having to play them. But after like a month I just knew that wasn't the path for me and being here isn't about what everyone else wants from me it's about what I want. So I kind of threw a curve ball and changed my major and I've felt like I was on the right track ever since." He remembering how unhappy everyone had been at first, but luckily they'd all came around since then.

After a few minutes of working, Zayn was finally able to get the garbage disposal working again. It wasn't broken, just unable to work because someone thought it would be funny to throw their sex toy down there, which made Zayn want to take the longest shower possible. He gave his hands a thorough washing before he made his way around the house to tell the guys about the Kappa bonfire. Lindsey would have killed him if no one showed up, though he did neglect to tell Harry about it.

---

"As long as you're happy, it shouldn't matter to everyone else what you do," Maisie admitted. A lot of her family members had said that she was too smart to be a nurse and should go for something that paid more, but Maisie was happy with her decision for the time being, and she wasn't going to change it based on what other people thought.

"House is clean!" Lindsey shouted from the top of the coffee table, where she was clapping her hand loudly to get everyone's attention. "Let's go, girls! We've got a bonfire to get ready for."

Maisie knew that if she didn't follow Lindsey out that door, she was as good as dead, so she looked back at Liam and gave him a soft smile. "Well, if I don't go help set up Lindsey is going to ring my neck. But maybe I'll see you later?" She said, more of a question than a statement.

Ebony wasn't really sure how long she'd sat in that little ice cream shop more or less playing with her ice cream rather than eating it, and the chunky monkey was her favorite so she never passed up free chunky monkey. She was just too upset for even it to be helpful today.

When she did happen to check her phone though and saw how late it was she knew she should get back to the kappa house. Lindsey had been going on for the last week about this bonfire and the great idea she had for it and even though right now Ebony didn't want to see anyone, especially Lindsey or Zayn who would most likely both be there, she knew it was the better choice. Who knew, maybe if she saw them together enough she'd be able to convince herself that she didn't still love Zayn and she could move on. Or maybe she'd just avoid him all night and actually be able to avoid him all night.

---

Liam was pulled from the conversation he was having with Maisie when Lindsey called all the girls. "I'm sure you will." He told her with a smile positive that he'd show up at the bonfire, even if they had just had a huge party the night before and he was sure that attending a kappa bonfire would just lead to another massive headache in the morning, but it'd be worth it.

And he'd really enjoyed talking to her, after of course they'd gotten everything settled and started over. Which was good, because even if she was just a freshman so far she seemed pretty cool. And Liam liked cool level headed calmer girls like she seemed to be. Really he wasn't even sure he would've seen her as a sorority girl if it weren't obvious she were in the sorority since she showed up with them and all.

Zayn was still debating whether or not he should go to the bonfire. Not even the smallest part of him wanted to go, but he didn't want Ebony to think she had that much effect on him. He didn't want to see her there, but at least there would be plenty of other girls to take his mind off of her. Lindsey seemed to be pretty into him, and that would surely piss Ebony off. At this point, he just wanted to hurt her as bad as she had hurt him by cheating on him and ruining their relationship.

With a sign, he put on his favorite pair of sneakers and met the guys downstairs. There were already a few of them that were heading over there, but the last of them were still grabbing up the alcohol to take. Zayn grabbed two cases of beer and lead the way as the rest of the guys followed behind him. He could feel his stomach dropping more and more with every step closer he got to the Kappa house.

---

After Lindsey dragged the girls away, she had forced them to spend the next two hours putting up her tiki decorations, which made the place look like a giant luau with a bonfire in the middle. It looked absolutely ridiculous, and Maisie wondered briefly just how stupid Lindsey was. She couldn't honestly think that a bonfire and luau would be a good mix, could she? They were two completely different things, and she had told the boys to plan for a bonfire, not a luau, so all the girls would look absolutely ridiculous in their swimsuits while the boys would be wearing street clothes. Maisie hoped Lindsey realized just how stupid she was going to make them all look.

When the boys starting walking towards the house and Maisie caught sight of them, she began to feel a nervous tingling in her stomach. It was partly because she was apprehensive about being half naked in front of them and partly because she was nervous as to whether or not Liam would be coming.

Ebony had arrived back at the Kappa house only to put to work almost as soon as she got there helping put up tiki decorations at a bonfire. Lindsey hadn't really told anyone about her huge plans for the bonfire until now so no one had had the chance to make her change her mind, but now Ebony felt like an idiot standing around in her bikini for a luau bonfire while the guys were probably not coming prepared for this at all. But whatever, she supposed as long as everyone had fun then it wouldn't really matter. And well Ebony was planning on avoiding Zayn and Lindsey all night, and tomorrow too for that matter if he stayed the night. She didn't even care if she had to do it alone or had to hide in the broom closet with a case of beer.

Tonight Ebony refused to even acknowledge that Zayn existed. She was just sick of their never ending cycle of getting back at one another, and all because he still believed that she'd cheated on him. Honestly she didn't even know where he'd gotten that insane idea from to begin with. Unless Harry had told Zayn they'd been sleeping together to break them up so he could sleep with her, which was totally absurd. She hadn't slept with Harry while they were together though, maybe like 2 days after but not while they were together. But Zayn didn't believe her, and she was just done trying to get him to understand that. Though if she did run into him thinking about it she did want to ask where he'd heard she was cheating from just so she'd know.

---

Liam was carrying his own cases of beer over to the Kappa house, since he was sure they were going to need as much as they could get over there. It not only was a party, or a bonfire, or as he got closer and saw it, a uh he was pretty sure it looked like a luau, but it was a social event and all social events here on Greek weren't social events unless there was alcohol. That was something he'd picked up on when he was a freshman, and while he was still in the process of becoming a drinker really. Honestly until he'd joined the fraternity he hadn't been that much of a drinker, he went to a few parties before he'd came here but nothing nearly as outrageous as the ones he went to now.

As the guys were all arriving at the kappa house though he was positive that it was set up to be a luau. There were tiki torches and other decorations set up around the yard, and all the girls were in their bathing suits. Which honestly seeing them all in their bathing suits made him feel a little over dressed. Had he known this was the kind of bonfire it was going to be he would've dressed more appropriate. But he wasn't going to make Lindsey or the other girls feel bad or awkward for that matter just because the theme wasn't what he'd been expecting. And so he set the beer down next to the coolers and then walked away to see if he could find Maisie.

When Zayn arrived at the Kappa house, he went around back first thing and nearly dropped both cases of beer when he saw the sight of things. Was he supposed to be prepared for this? Had Lindsey told him to tell the guys about the luau? He was almost certain that she hadn't. No, she had definitely only said bonfire. He was sure of it.

"Well, this is odd," he said to one of his brothers before Lindsey came prancing up to him wearing her bikini and a tall pair of high heels, while most of the other girls were only wearing flip flops or no shoes at all.

"Zayn!" Lindsey shouted as she walked up to him, gripping onto his arm immediately. She began dragging him to the booze table as she spoke to him, nearly overwhelming him with all the excitement at once. "I'm so glad you're here," she finished as Zayn set the beer on the table. He was thinking about some way he could ditch her when he spotted Ebony just a few feet away from him. How was it possible that he'd been at the party barely a minute and she was already right there?

He almost met her eyes before he looked down at Lindsey and gave her a good, long kiss. He knew he was being manipulative, but he honestly couldn't care. When he pulled away from her he looked down at her with a convincing smirk. "You look phenomenal," he said as he ran a hand over her naked hip.

---

Like she had a radar for him, Maisie's eyes fell on Liam almost immediately, though he didn't seem to notice her. He was walking over to the booze table while she was standing on the opposite fire, trying to hide herself as best she could. She felt insanely uncomfortable in her bikini, especially when she was around her sorority sisters who looked amazing in theirs. It wasn't that her body was hideous or anything, but she was just 18 while most of the other girls were a few years older, which meant they had much more time to develop their breasts, while hers left something to be desired.

Even as nervous as she was, Maisie was dying to talk to Liam, and it was becoming increasingly more obvious to her that she was beginning to develop a crush on him, which was an impossibly bad idea. Maisie had seen enough Lifetime movies to know that freshman girls getting crushes on senior boys never ended well.

Ebony wanted to groan, oh and vomit, when the party hadn't even been going on for five minutes and she'd already failed at avoiding Zayn. She didn't know how her luck could be so bad that she honestly had to see him everywhere. And she really didn't know how she'd gotten unlucky enough to spot him as soon as he decided to put on some sort of show and shove his tongue down Lindsey's throat. It was actually kind of disgusting. But if she really was going to stick with her whole 'get over Zayn' plan then she was going to have to step things up and just she guessed pretend that she wasn't totally disgusted seeing Lindsey throw herself at Zayn, and then equally disgusted seeing Zayn let her cling to him like he was. And Ebony knew he couldn't possibly be enjoying this other than to piss her off anyways, because he hated clingy.

After a few moments of trying her hardest not react to whatever the hell was going on with Lindsey and Zayn though she did notice a few of the other frat brother she knew show up, so she walked over to grab a couple beers and walked away calling after Chase with a smile. Honestly she didn't know if she could've been happier that she'd spotted him when she had because another second near that table would've probably killed her.

"Ebony hey." Chase said smiling down at her before she handed him the beer. "Uh so I thought this was supposed to be a bonfire." He said looking around clearly confused because he, like all the other guys, were in their street clothes while everyone else was in a bikini.

"Yea we all thought it was going to be a bonfire too. Until we started setting up and this is what we get. But well there's free booze so at least something's right." She said causing him to laugh a little in agreement.

---

Liam had been looking around this luau thing for Maisie when his eyes landed on Zayn and Lindsey for a split second and he wasn't really sure how that had happened, but didn't even want to think about it. And soon enough he was spotting Maisie across the yard, and probably looking like an idiot, he waved a little while he walked over to her happy to see her familiar face.

"So um no offense to the decorations or anything since I mean you guys did a great job at setting it all up, but well I thought I was attending a bonfire. And truthfully this looks more like I don't know, but not a bonfire. Or at least it doesn't look like any of the bonfires I've attended. I mean I'm pretty sure Lindsey was wearing heels with her bathing suit, and I don't think I've ever seen either of those things at a bonfire. Ever." He said not really sure what was going on here. Sure the theme was interesting, but well bonfires didn't usually have themes. And usually everyone was fully clothed while they sat around drinking and talking with a huge fire going on somewhere close. But whatever.

Ebony didn't really seem to pay attention to Zayn, so he took a step back from Lindsey once he thought that she was far enough away. He was beginning to wish that he hadn't gone to the party at all, seeing as his night was probably going to be spent with Lindsey and avoiding Ebony. "Well, I think I need a drink," Zayn said to Lindsey, only giving her a half smile now that he didn't have a show to put on. "Do you want anything?"

When she nodded her head, Zayn took it as his cue to step away and walk over to the drink table, where he grabbed a tall beer for himself and a cup of whatever punch the girls had made up.

---

When she saw Liam walking towards her, Maisie instantly smiled, though she felt that nervous churning feeling erupting in her stomach. She hated that he made her feel like a school girl. She was supposed to be in college, dammit.

She laughed as he spoke, her smile widening with every word he said. "It's supposed to be a luau," Maisie said, laughing as she folded her arms across her chest. She was suddenly feeling very exposed in front of Liam, and she was thankful that it was dark outside so he wouldn't see her blushing. "Though, I don't really know where the heels came from." She paused, scrunching up her nose. "I think that's just Lindsey being Lindsey."

Ebony stood around chatting around with Chase for a few minutes about pointless things really, like how he was enjoying his sophomore year, but it was interesting enough to keep her occupied. And that was all she could've asked for, for someone to keep her occupied.

"I take it you have professor Hicks for English then?" Ebony asked after hearing Chase tell her about how the professor drew all over one of the students faces with a sharpie when he fell asleep in class. "Zayn and I had him together our freshman year, and I remember this one time we were in class and one of the girls in the back had fallen asleep so he threw a cup of water on her to wake her up. It was priceless seeing her face. I'm sure you'll love him, well as long as you stay on his good side. So don't fall asleep." She said laughing a little.

"I'm going to go get another drink, and I don't want to keep you from your friends all night but we should go get a coffee or something together sometime." He told her.

Ebony smiled and nodded her head, "sounds great. Just uh call me, or you could always come find me I suppose to. Just let me know when."

"Will do." Chase said before finally walking over to the drink table to get another drink leaving Ebony kind of lost for words. She hadn't really been asked on a date in so long that she'd forgotten what it felt like, and it felt nice. Maybe the night wouldn't be that bad after all.

---

"Gottcha, so we're at a luau." Liam said looking around some and nodding his head, "yea I guess I see that." He added laughing a little. "And yea I'm sure all of this is some kind of attempt to do something that only Lindsey would do." He added honestly not sure what she was planning though. And really when it came to these kappa girls he kind of liked to be in the dark with their plans. It was probably always better off to just not know what they were planning to do and just stay out of the way.

"Anyways do you want a drink? I mean we're attending this thing we should at least do it right." He added hoping that maybe after a couple of drinks he wouldn't still be questioning why the hell Lindsey would set up a luau of all the things in the world that she could've set up. Plus what was a, well a luau without drinks? He could answer that, it was a boring luau is what it was. Drinking kind of made everything better, even though now that he thought about it Maisie might not even been able to legally drink yet since she was probably only a freshman of course he wasn't even sure if that kind of thing bothered her or not.

Zayn was still stuck with Lindsey by his side, who had apparently followed him to the drink table. The second he turned around, she was right there, batting her eyelashes at him. She was really a very pretty girl, and though she was almost intolerable sober, he could almost handle her once he'd had a few drinks. And if it meant getting his way, he could be nice to Lindsey for just a little bit longer.

Once Zayn looked through the crowd and saw that Ebony was standing alone again, he instantly put his arm around Lindsey, pulling her close as he took a long swig of his beer.

"What do you say we go over there and dance?" Lindsey asked, pointing in the direction where other people were dancing around tiki torches, which just happened to be perfectly close to Ebony.

Zayn nodded his quickly and held onto Lindsey's hand, guiding her to the dance floor swiftly.

---

"I'd love one," Maisie said as she nodded her head, though this would only be the third drink she'd had in her lifetime, and she hadn't actually finished the other two. She was going to try not to be a baby about it though, because Liam probably knew how to make drinks well enough and she didn't want to feel any younger than she already did. "Thank you."

Ebony's smile dropped when Zayn and Lindsey were in her sights again and she was knew that Zayn was purposely trying to piss her off. Of course Ebony was pretty sure that since the break up they'd both kind of been living to hurt one another every time they saw one another, which wasn't even often since they'd both did everything they could to not have to see each other. And it all did still sting a little, after all they'd dated for over a year before they broke up and over something that she really didn't even do. Which made her wonder who'd even put the thought into his head to being with again.

Even though she didn't want to talk to him, and she wasn't even sure he'd actually tell her, it couldn't possibly hurt to ask right? Plus if she was interacting with him she could just focus on him rather than what he and Lindsey were doing.

"Who told you that I was cheating on you?" She asked him, "I need to know who you trusted more than your own girlfriend? Or what they could've possibly said to make you hate me so much."

---

Liam led Maisie over to the drink table and mixed them up some drinks, and he had to say that he knew how to mix drinks pretty well. Of course after four years you kind of learn how to make drinks and if you don't then well hopefully you know someone who can. Because even though Liam did drink a beer usually at parties he wasn't sure he'd survive if that was the only thing he drank. After a while it just kind of got old, and it'd actually taken him a lot of parties before even even grown a liking for it. Usually it was just brought to parties because it was cheaper than buying the heavier stuff. "No problem." He told her handing her the drink with a smile.

"I didn't have to hear from anyone, Ebony. I saw the way you were always looking at him, and him at you, like you couldn't wait to get each other alone." Zayn breathed out, shaking his head. "And don't tell me forgot about the Halloween party. You were dancing all over him and grinding your ass on him. I was right there, Ebony, and you were dancing with him, sitting on his lap and whispering in his ear. Enough of the bullshit, Ebony. I saw it with my own two eyes."

---

"Thank you," Maisie said as she took a drink. It was much stronger than she expected and it was almost hard for her to stomach it. She tried to bite back the grimace that was dying to reach her lips and smile at Liam, though she could tell that her lips were puckered a bit. She didn't understand how anyone could like the stuff. "It's great, thank you."

Ebony pushed her fingers through her hair afraid she might actually start to cry. "I should've made him stop. I knew he liked me and didn't think anything of it because we were friends but he was your friend too and I didn't think that how he felt would be such a big deal. But I promise nothing ever happened while we were together. And I shouldn't have drank so much, but I was having fun and after a while everything just became blurry and I didn't really know what I was doing or maybe I did and I just don't remember." She said hiding her face in her hands for a moment before she swiped her fingers under her eyes to stop the tears and backed up a little. "I'm sorry." She breathed out feeling worse right now than she even knew was possible.

---

Liam bit his lip to keep from laughing before he started to fix another drink that wasn't as strong, "you don't have to lie to me." He told her with a small smile. "Really if it's to strong you can say something. Or if you don't like it that's fine too. I promise it won't hurt my feelings. I mean I was in your shoes once and half the shit I drank tasted awful, I had no idea how anyone could drink it. But I figured out you have to ease yourself into it. You can't just dive in head first when it comes to drinking, unless you want to hate it. And a lot of things you have to just drink until you acquire a taste for it." He told her, and that was how he'd been for some things. "Here try this one." He said handing her a new drink.

"Sorry just doesn't cut it, Ebony," Zayn said, letting out a long sigh as he shook his head. "You broke my heart a thousand times over and I want nothing to do with you." He paused and looked at her with his lips pressed together as he crossed his arms over his chest. "I hope you and Harry are happy together."

---

"Is it that obvious?" Maisie asked, chuckling a bit. She'd never been really good at putting on a show, so she wasn't surprised he saw through her act. She took the next drink from him and gave it a quick taste, finding it was much better than the one before. She wasn't sure if it just had less alcohol or was simply better made. "This is much better, thank you."