who: Katie Bell and Adrian Pucey what: Ade comes home damaged when: Saturday night where: their place rating: high for language
All in all, the day went better than expected. His parents admitted that they were all that surprised that he had gotten Katie pregnant, considering his reputation, and were only glad that it was her and not some groupie. His mother's talk about a wedding were kept to a minimum, and Adrian's sister intervened to point out that this was 2004, and that lots of people had babies without getting nowadays. His talk with his dad went decently, even though Adrian got no real advice and the two of them somehow ended up having a conversation about the things that Adrian did that made his father want to ring his neck over the years.
And then he went to see Effy, and it all went to shit.
When he told her, over a dinner of fish and chips, that he didn't want to see (shag) her anymore, Effy didn't exactly take it well. After violently throwing her food to the ground, she kicked Adrian in the shin, screamed about him having a little cock, and then punched him in the eye. Effy then walked off and Adrian was left sitting there with everyone staring at him.
Five minutes later Adrian came home, limping, with his hand over his injured eye and a sour expression on his face. It was so very obvious that the last part of the night didn't go well at all.