“Hey,” Nori greeted the stranger with a little wave as Kyle introduced them.

"I'm Zac. It's nice to meet you both,” The man replies, before shifting to address Nori.  "Sorry about what happened with that guy, earlier. Least you had your friend there to loan you his shirt."

“Yeah, that was lucky,” Nori admits, tugging up the shirt were it had started to ride down a little. “That kind of stuff happens a lot around here. People can be jerks when they’re drunk,” she finished with a shrug.

Nori takes a sip of her whisky sour (It was perfect, like it always. That girl could really make a drink.) as Kyle asked where the other girl, Sabine, had gone to. Zac let out a miserable sounding sigh and looked up at the stairs that led to the VIP lounge before telling them that’s where she was.  “Hm,” Nori hummed, following his gaze to the staircase. Only a handful of employee were allowed to work up there and they were paid quite a bit of extra money to keep their mouth shut, so Nori had no idea what people did in those rooms. There were plenty of rumors though, everything from S&M parties to dog fighting, but Nori didn’t put much stock in them. Mr. Bickford was an asshat, yes, but surely he wouldn’t let anything that seedy go on in the club.

Right?

"Sorry, but I think she might need help," Zac said abruptly, standing and making a bee-line for Sabine as she came down the stairs and headed towards the bathroom. The lithe brunette had her arm up over her nose, like maybe she had allergies? Nori wasn’t 100% sure why Sabine would need Zac’s help with that, but maybe they were just the kind of couple that did everything together.

“They’re cute together,” she says, eyes softening as Zac catches the other girl on her exit from the bathroom, laying his hand on her shoulder and looking down at her with a concerned expression on his face. Nori was such a sucker for romance.

“So,” the blonde starts, looking over to Kyle and meeting his tourmaline eyes, scooting closer so that the outsides of their thighs were just barely touching. “Do you think they’ll be okay?”

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