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Zoey then returned, apologizing for "crashing" their conversation, though Hudson didn't see it that way, and then proceeding to discuss with Riley how their blonde roommate had left. He was glad that Riley had mentioned, albeit playfully, that it wasn't a night out without drama, simply because he was happy with himself for correctly picking up on the tension that he had felt when Jetta had taken her jacket from them a minute ago. He knew that girls, especially college-aged, tended to come with lots of drama. He didn't think that in an insulting or demeaning manner, but simply a factual one. He remembered back in high school and college how it seemed like every other day one of his female friends hated a new girl. Even to this day, he felt like a lot of the girls he socialized with carried around too much drama with them. That wasn't to say that guys couldn't be dramatic and unnecessarily petty too, because they could be, but Hudson found girls to be much more passive aggressive about their problems, whereas guys were aggressive, and would hash it out in the moment and then move on.
He was going to insist that it was fine, and that if they wanted to go sort it out there was no pressure to stay with him, though he doubted that even needed to be said, but by the time he had finished swallowing some of his drink, Zoey was colorfully responding to Riley's comments about him. Even if she was putting him in a position that others would likely feel was awkward and uncomfortable, Hudson couldn't resist smirking. This was probably the alcohol in her shining through, though he didn't know her at all to say so for sure, but she was still funny. The two of them were an interesting pair, and he wouldn't have believed them if they had told him that they didn't know each other that well. Riley was the more reserved, yet poised and more thoughtfully spoken one, while Zoey was vibrant, humorous, and carefree seeming. They meshed well from his point of view, even if he caught the embarrassed look that Riley was wearing after her friend spoke. "Daaaaammn, CEO?" he asked, playing along because he got the sense that Zoey was really just talking out of her ass. "I mean, that's the ultimate goal one day, but I haven't reached it yet. I was working as a gym teacher at a high school, actually, and I recently quit that to focus full time on personal training. [color=#BEA353]"The money's a little better and I want to open up my own gym in the near future, so it just seemed like it was time to go all in on it." Smiling lightly, he continued, "And just because I know that's not gonna let me beat out the CEO, I will name drop and tell you that I train Karlie Kloss pretty regularly when she's in New York. She's one of those models, you know who I'm talking about?" Looking back at Riley, he continued his lameness from earlier. "I mean, I know you must know her, but what about you, Zoey?"