What Happens Abroad by Jen McConnel

Author:Jen McConnel
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Published: 2015-04-20T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Nine

The next night, back in the apartment, I was leaning out the kitchen window, looking at the city. I was nearly horizontal, my stomach pressed against the window frame, my hair falling around my face as I stared down at the street below. The breeze was almost cool that night, and I shook my head, enjoying the movement of the night air against my skin.

“Hey.” A male voice startlingly close to me spoke, and I straightened up, surprised.

Leaning out the next window a few feet away from me was the curly haired guy who’d broken into our apartment the other night. He was staring at me. Nervously, I pulled my hair away from my face.

“Hey,” I began, not sure what to say.

“Look, we’re really sorry about all that. My mates and I were a bit pissed, and I think we made a poor show of ourselves.”

His accent was thicker than I’d realized, and I struggled to understand him. “No worries, I guess.” I gestured to the window. “Looks like you made it home okay, after all.”

He laughed. “It was an honest mistake! At least we were on the right floor of the building.”

Someone next door called out something unintelligible, and his head disappeared for a moment. I was just about to go back inside when he reappeared with a grin.

“Good, you’re still here. Can we make it up to you girls?”

“You don’t need to do that.”

He smiled, and a dimple appeared in his cheek. God, he was pretty cute. “Yes, we do. My mates and I need to show you that we can be proper gentlemen when we aren’t too pissed to see straight.”

I laughed despite myself. “What did you have in mind?”

“Meet us down at the little park around the corner. We can all have a chat and a drink.”

I thought about it. “I have to ask the girls.”

He grinned at me. “So ask away; I’ll be out here waiting for your answer!”

I giggled as I pulled my head back inside, then headed down the hall to Joelle’s room.

She was propped up in bed, reading, and Sarah was staring vacantly at her phone. They both looked up when I came in.

“What’s up?”

“Do you remember those guys from the other night?”

Joelle snorted. “I don’t think I’ll forget them anytime soon.”

“Well,” I hesitated, realizing how dumb it sounded, “they want to hang out with us.”

Sarah stared at me. “What do you mean?”

“I was in the kitchen, and one of them started talking to me.”

“What, they came back?”

I shook my head. “No. Their hostel actually is next door, and I had my head out the kitchen window.”

Joelle laughed. “Why were you doing that?”

I shrugged. “I like to look at the city at night.”

Sarah shook her head impatiently. “Back to the guys.”

“Right. They’re next door. I was hanging out the window when the cute one with the curly hair leaned out his window, and we started talking.”

Joelle cocked an eyebrow.

“Yeah, I know. But anyway, they asked if we want to hang out down at the park on the corner.

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