Before Zach and Yosef could even speak, Percy accidentally sprayed a mouthful of champagne.
He looked extremely embarrassed. "Sorry, I didn't mean to do that."
He apologized profusely and then candidly added to Gabriel, "That line is so cliché. Using that to pick up girls nowadays will get you rejected."
Gabriel couldn't help but laugh and shrugged off his friend's hand from his shoulder. He took a sip of his drink and placed it back on the table.
Lifting his gaze back to the stage, he genuinely felt the girl dancing looked familiar. There was a kind of closeness he couldn't immediately place.
As the dance ended, Ashley removed her hat, holding it to her chest, and gracefully bowed to the audience with a slight bend in her knees.
The crowd started to heckle.
"Don't just take off the
