Glass House

Evie took out her cell phone from her back pocket and began to dial; I gave her one last smile and turned my attention to the messy counter my brother worked on. I went to the back of the shop to get the cleaning supplies and a rag, walking back to the front to see a black haired guy standing in the door way.
“Evie , Harry sent me to get you”. I made no eye contact with him and went back to spraying the counter.
“Where did he go?” Evie said as she looked at her phone and then back to the guy.
“He had to go do something”. Evie hissed while grabbed her bag from the leather seat.
“Aright then I guess, hey “. She said making her way toward me.
“Here, I’m having a party tomorrow. You and your brother should stop by”. She smiled handing me a paper with her address on it.
“Alright thanks , I’ll tell my brother”.
“Okay, thank you again for the tattoo, come on Niall”. Evie gave me a quick hug and walked after the guy named Niall. The little bell made a noise seeing the door close after them.
There was only one last costumer left for the day and then we were able to go back home. But, we had to wait two more hours till he arrived.
“Hey Brody can I go on a lunch break?” My brother was busy sketching all he did was move his head up and down in approval. I grabbed my small backpack and plugged in my earphones making my way downtown. I was craving something salty so I decided to go for a pretzel; the walk wasn’t too long since my brother’s shop is located in the town square.
I finally arrived to the pretzel stand and ordered a pizza pretzel with tomato sauce on the side; the streets weren’t too busy for a Friday.
“Thank you”, I handed over the five dollar bill and decided to go sit on an empty table next to a coffee shop, I began to eat the pretzel remembering I had Evie’s address on a piece of paper. I took out the paper out my pocket and began to search it on my phone.
“Hey, mind if I sit here?” I looked up to see a young man around my age: dark hazel eyes and brown hair. I looked around to see the other tables which were not taken.
“I guess.” The young man smirked as she took a seat and placed his hot coffee on the table.
“You’re not going to ask for my name?”
“Nope” I replied going back to search Evie’s address.
“Really? Well, anyways I’m Liam”. I looked up while he took a sip of his coffee and then made a funny facial expression, guessing the coffee was too hot. And I couldn’t resist but let out a small laugh.
“What’s your name Giggles?”
“You already nicknamed me?” I asked.
“Yes until you give me your name I will continue to call you Giggles”.
“I’m fine with that”. I smiled, Liam just shocked his head.
“So, what are you doing on your phone?”
“You ask a lot of questions”.
“Yup, I do.” We both stayed quiet for a bit, Liam raised one of his eyebrows as I let out a puff.
“I’m searching an address”.
“Ah, I see. Party I’m guessing? Don’t tell me you’re going to Evie’s bash?” Liam added.
“How do you know Evie?”
“Everyone knows Evie!” He added an emphasis on the word “everyone”.
“Is that a good thing or?”
“Well, depends how you look at it. But, are you going?”
“Not sure”.
“Those get pretty crazy”.
“Really?” He looked very amused with this talk about Evie and since I’m new here, I should learn about people. So why not get informed?
“Yup, since her boyfriend has those connections. They get out of hand sometimes”.
“What do you mean connections?”
“Now, who’s the one with the questions?” Liam laughed it out blowing on his coffee and then taking a sip.
“I’m just trying to get informed.”
“So you’re new around here?”
“Yeah, just moved in.”
“Well Giggles I have one thing to tell you, if you want to get in trouble hang out with Evie and them. If not, don’t associate with them. Simple as that.”
“Do you hang out with them?”
“No no “. He shook his head left and right and then checked his phone.
“I have to get back to work, but it was nice meeting you Giggles, here”. He grabbed my phone. “If you decide to go to that party, text me”.
“What if I don’t go?”
“Nope, believe me Giggles , you’re going to go. Everyone does”. He handed my phone back noticing he saved his number under Liam with a heart emoji.
“Goodbye Giggles”. He stood and grabbed his coffee cup turning around to waive goodbye, I waved back.
“He’s so weird”.

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