“I need to confess something…I did it. Now can you pass the wine?” I say to Max, reaching my hand across the poker table toward the bottle. Seth chuckles and slurs out “no way, man. She went home with her boyfriend I saw them leave the bar.”

Max points to my glass, and i pass it over to him as he smirks. “Yeah, but that doesn’t mean she went home with him, right ZB?” Already privy to the story’s outcome. He fills the glass generously, and hands it back to me. Before taking a sip, I count out a few chips and toss them toward the center pot. “A gentleman never kisses and tells, I call”.

Liam burns a card and flips over the nine of hearts as he chuckles. “No wayyy, I don’t believe it”. Glancing again at my cards, i already know I have a winning hand: a flush. It’s just me and Connor left now, who winces ever so slightly, takes a sip from his wine glass and looks at my chips. “Raise $75…and I will say this…We did hit the Starbucks drive through when i took her back in the morning”.

The boys erupt in disbelief, as Connor mucks his cards shaking his head.

“ZB strikes again!”

“How - how did you? I mean wow - “

“Goddammit you dirty dog”

I proceed to scoop up my winnings with the biggest grin on my face, and feel my phone vibrate. Amidst the chaos, a quick peek at my watch reveals a text:

“what are your plans the rest of the night?