Free Big Fat Liar 2 (Big Fat Liar #2) by Cookie Moretti

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    "Y-you see," Callie said drunkenly, hanging her arm on the shoulder of a man she just met by the bar. "You-you see, he th-thinks I'm a man!" Callie laughed crazily, "c-can you imagine!?" Callie tossed her head back and laughed over the blasting music around them. "He thinks I'm a man!"
    "I don't think you're a man," the guy beside her said, amusement and interest in his eyes. "I think you're pretty cute."
    "Reeaaaaaaaally?" Callie blinked at him and leaned closer until their faces were only inches apart. "You reaaaaaaaaaaally think I'm cute?"
    The man chuckled. "Yup."
    "Oh my god! Oh my god!" Callie gasped, "you're like...sooooooo awesome."
    Across the room, Abel and Mizz Ivory watched Callie with the unknown man. "The girl is totally drunk," Ivory chuckled.
    Abel chuckled with his closest friend. "Hmm, think it's time?"
    Mizz Ivory's eyes sparkled with mischief. "Time to call our missing knight in shining armor?"
    Abel nodded and took out his blackberry. "Let the fun," he speed dialed Chris's number, "begin." Like they predicted, Chris didn't answer his phone, letting it go to voicemail. Humming, Abel waited until the beep before dramatically saying, "Chris! Dear, you simply must come and get Cal! We've tried to take him home but he's completely drunk!"
    "My poor baby, "Mizz Ivory wailed in the background.
    "We're at Vanity's Karaoke Bar, a couple of blocks from mom and dad's deli. You know the one." Abel sighed. "We just wanted him to have fun but now he's so out of control and won't listen to any of us. He wants to leave with this guy we don't even know."
    "Cal even wants to get a tattoo of your name on his ass," Ivory added.
    "So you see," Abel continued, "you have to come and get him. I think he'll only listen to you, darling." He hung up the phone and wiggled his brows at the giggling Ivory. "Three, two...one."
    His phone started buzzing.
    Grinning, Abel answered. "Hellooooo?"
    "What the hell have you two done with Cal?" Chris's angry gruff voice said on the other end.
    Abel sent Ivory a thumbs up before clearing his throat. "Cal's gone loco, Chris. Hurry up and get him...oh my, I think that's him on the stage right now! And he's going topless!" Abel hung up before Chris could yell at him.
    "We're so naughty," Mizz Ivory giggled.
    "He's on his way," Abel chuckled, "I'm sure of it. Come on, dear, let's drag Callie on the stage for a little karaoke time."
    Abel and Ivory walked across the room and each took Callie's arms and dragged her on the stage with the microphone. "Sing your heart out, dear," Abel told Callie, handing her the mike. "Sing your heart out."
    Callie stared at the microphone as if it was foreign object. She stared at the gathering crowd below her and blinked, raising a hand to block the bright light beaming down at her. What was she suppose to do again?
    "Sing." Mizz Ivory nudged her arm. She too had a microphone. "We'll sing with you."
    "Right beside you, Callie," Abel appeared on her right, grinning. "You know Bonnie Taylor, don't you?"
    "Total Eclipse Of The Heart," Mizz Ivory sighed. "She's a goddess."
    The music started playing and immediately Callie knew what to do. She started to sing. "Every now and then I get a little bit lonely and you never come around."
    "Turn around," Abel and Mizz Ivory sang in unison beside her.
    Callie stared out at the crowed. "Every now and then I get a little bit tired of listening to the sound of my tears."
    "Turn around." Abel and Ivory fluttered around her, waving their boas in the air.
    Callie started thinking of Chris as she sang, wondering if he would ever come around and see her again. Wondering if she should tell him the truth and how she'd go about doing it. It seemed like in the end, she'd lose him anyway.
    "Every now and then I fall apart..."
    "Turn around, bright eyes..."
    "Every now and then I fall apart! And I need you now tonight!" Callie closed her eyes, clutching onto the mike. "And I need you more than ever. And if you'd only hold me tight,