(AN: Right, now, this one's really short, so I have to chapters for you. :D)
A Very Non-Enjoyable Party
"You don't look like you're enjoying yourself, Adrian."
Adrian glanced down at his friend, Timothy. "Of course not. I'm still attempting to prove that there's some sort of hoax going on."
"What? You think she–" Timothy gestured to Kathryn, David's life, who was having a conversation with her uncle, "–is lying about this whole thing?"
Adrian observed Kathryn for a second; the girl was smiling joyfully, glancing at David every other second. "Intentionally, no."
"Intentionally? What's that supposed to mean?" Timothy asked skeptically.
Adrian didn't respond, instead watching David. "Oh."
"'Oh' what? Are you going to say anything?"
It took a moment for Adrian to respond. "David's still in love with Mary Margaret. He's looking for her. She didn't show up, mostly because she still likes him. I'm sure David will go to look for her in a bit."
"Oh, well that's certainly uplifting." Timothy rolled his eyes. "Gabbing about a man having an affair the day he gets back from the hospital."
"I'm not the one making his life choices; I'm only the one guessing what they are." Adrian defended himself. "Besides, I have enough tact not to tell Kathryn that."
"Tell me what now?" Both men jumped when they noticed Kathryn was standing behind them. She had only just arrived, and gave them both suspicious glances.
"Tell you that–" Timothy paused, then gestured to Adrian. "Adrian here just loves these muffins. Don't you, Adrian?"
Adrian opted to shoot Timothy a death-glare instead of affirming this.
"And you know how he is with compliments." Timothy continued. "He'd probably just end up upsetting the party."
"Oh." Kathryn's cautious gaze dropped. "Thank you."
Adrian nodded as Kathryn ran off to ask Spencer if he'd seen David. Adrian turned to Timothy. "It had to be the muffins, didn't it?"
"What's wrong with the muffins?" Timothy asked.
Adrian then launched into a rant. "They're undercooked by five degrees fahrenheit and Kathryn added too much flour as well as–"
Adrian abruptly stopped talking when Timothy stuffed a muffin in his mouth.