back
As
soon as we get out back, I notice that Lacey and Jason are standing by the
grill deep in conversation. Barbie and Ken are sitting at the table, she’s on
his lap sucking his face. I mean seriously, if he doesn’t have a red ring
around his mouth –the kind you would get as a kid when you sucked too hard on
your cup- I would be shocked
Alex
doesn’t let go of my hand as we walk further out, I can hear Ryan growl as we
make our presence known, but I choose not to look, for fear that it might burn
my eyes if its bimbo doing what I assume she does best
Jason
turns around as we approach them and yells “A-man what the fuck took you so
long”? They pound fists Alex lets go of my hands and hugs Lacey.
She’s
just started to show, she has been buying the most adorable maternity shirts
that are pretty form fitting around a budding baby bump, she’s the cutest damn
pregnant woman I’ve ever seen
“Hi
mommy” he says to Lacey with a laugh
She
giggles, turning pink and rubbing her belly
She
leans towards me and smiles “Ryan is fucking pissed”
“Oh
well, he can take it out on his date”
Alex
leaned in too “what are we whispering about?” he smiled
He
really was a good looking guy, I don’t know why Lacey didn’t talk about him
before last night other than in passing with Ryan
“Ryan
being a douche” I tell him
“What
else is new?” he snorts
“He
doesn’t matter, he just wants shit for free and that’s not how life works” I
said, grabbing his hand and leading him towards the table
Ryan
was glaring at me from his seat, Kelly was leaning over whispering something
into his ear
“Hey
bro” Alex said as soon as we were within ear shot of Ryan
“Hey”
Ryan replied, anger evident in his voice
I
thought these guys were best friends. I guess considering Ryan has been at our
house for months on end, and this is the first time I am actually meeting Alex,
I might have been wrong.
Lacey
and Jason joined us later, we laughed, and Jason told really horrible jokes.
Alex was funny too, like insanely funny but Ryan didn’t really laugh. After a
while, I stopped paying attention to him and his brooding behavior and focused
on Alex, Lacey and Jason. I don’t understand why he came if he wasn’t
interested in everyone else, but I was tired of his shit
Yes
he was my boss, but this wasn’t working hours and I wasn’t going to let him
make me feel bad
When
everyone was done eating, Alex and I agreed to clean up together so everyone
else went inside
He
washed, I dried, Lacey put all the food away before she came in and told
everyone that “baby sickness” was kicking her ass and she totally needed to get
some sleep. She gave me a kiss goodnight, and told me to put a movie on and
hang out with Alex for a bit.
I
looked behind her and noticed that Ryan was watching our exchange with
annoyance
Alex
and I sat down on one couch, and Ryan and Kelly sat on the other. We picked out
some drama suspense romance movie.
Alex
sat pretty close to me, his arm draped behind me on the couch, one leg crossed
in an alpha male sort of way. I felt him playing with a few locks of my hair,
rubbing them back and forth between his fingers. I looked at him and grinned.
We
started watching the movie again, I glanced over at Ryan who was watching me
his head leaned back against the couch. I looked over at Kelly, who had her
hands under a blanket that was on Ryan’s lap. At that moment the screen lit up
bright and I noticed that the blanket was moving up and down.
Seriously,
he was getting a fucking hand job about 4 feet from us?
I
leaned over and whispered in Alex’s ear
“I
am pretty sure they are a step away from having sex”
Alex
glanced over there and I looked back too, Ryan had his head back, eyes closed.
Clearly he was enjoying himself
I
tried to ignore them, Alex moved slightly closer to me putting his hand on my
thigh
He
leaned in and whispered “is it totally weird that I just met you and I
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