"told you, worst excuse in the book." layla retorted, before quickly following up with, "besides the dog ate my homework, obviously." the latter one that she'd never tried to get away with, but protesting that she wasn't drunk when she had been was something she'd done plenty of times. this was the one that it actually wasn't an excuse, but it didn't stop it feeling like one. "oh wow, how did that one play out? bet the broken nose didn't buy it, huh?" a stark reminder of just how quickly things could take a turn for the more violent, and layla was counting her lucky stars that she hadn't tripped and pulled him to the floor with her. who could tell how that might have panned out in the long run? "wow, that's a big confession." she joked again, "you've gotta be careful admitting that, i could start all sorts of rumours. could really tank a reputation."
" yeah, it's definitely up there. i've totally used it before. " he wasn't exactly creative when it came to the lying whilst intoxicated department. he was a sloppy bitch, truthfully. " nah, it didn't go well. " he laughs before taking a quick inhale of his smoke, dusting off the ash once again. " my lawyer said something like, 'your fist can't accidentally deck someone in the face, westley'. it was totally legit. " he tried to keep a serious face, but a crack of a smile quickly snuffed that out. " i know, i know. i'm feelin' real vulnerable right now. " he huffs out a heavy sigh, continuing on with his dumbass bit. " you may need to pinky swear that you won't tell anyone, it's that serious. "

















