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unsure about joining us, I yanked her onto the kiddie dance floor. She
smiled like I was the best brain she ever had and I agreed with her. If I was
running things up in that pretty head, her life would be a hell of a lot
easier.
    “I never took
dance classes,” Bailey said, swaying her arms.
    “Neither did I,”
Sawyer yelled, bouncing around. “I’m a natural.”
    Rolling my eyes,
l laughed. “You’re both dorks. It’s Chuck E Cheese. No one cares how you
dance.”
    Bailey and
Sawyer proceeded to display their lack of formal training by holding hands and
jumping in place. I stepped back and allowed them a little sisterly bonding.
    Lark and I used
to do goofy things together. I missed those easy times, but I’d left and she
built a life without me. Despite my pride in what she created with Aaron, I
longed for what I left behind. With those days gone, I could only follow my
sister’s lead and build something better.

Chapter Six - Vaughn
    Relieved to have
company, I refused to run back to Raven. Nothing said a guy was hooked like
spending two nights in a row with the same chick. No, I needed to keep my
distance and play it cool. Problem was most days were boring as shit and my
evenings were even duller. That was where Judd and Tawny came in.
    The dark haired couple
walked into the restaurant connected at the hip in the way couples tended to
enter any room. Judd’s arm was wrapped around Tawny’s shoulders and he walked
slower so she could keep pace. Normally, the pretty girl who stole my buddy’s
heart was bouncing or nearly humping him. Tawny always seemed in a state of
happy since snaring her man. Tonight, her dark eyes looked depressed.
    “Something I
said?” I asked as she sat across from me in the booth.
    “Fuck off,” Judd
growled.
    Even grumpy,
Tawny smiled at his growling. She thought the sound of it was hilarious.
    “What’s the
deal? Are you that upset about having dinner with me?”
    Judd’s blue eyes
glared at me and I knew he was really pissed. Like jump across the booth and
cut my throat pissed. While he might kill me, I figured I’d make him work
for it.
    “Therapy is
hard,” Tawny said, staring at the menu in front of her. “Not everything is
about you, Vaughn.”
    “Fair enough,” I
said, backing off now that Tawny looked ready to cry.
    Judd stopped
trying to murder me with his eyes and rested an arm on the back of the booth.
He glanced at Tawny who seemed smaller than usual. When his gaze returned to
me, I knew I was about to get mocked. I mentally prepared to give as well as I
got.
    “The chick last
night marked you,” he said, gesturing to my throat. “Might be a stalker. You’ll
want to prepare to wake up with your balls removed.”
    “Raven might cut
off my balls, but not because she’s a stalker. More like she’s just in a bad
mood or gassy.”
    Tawny looked at
me then shook her head. “Oh, Vaughn. You’re fucked.”
    “Actually, I was
and quite well. In fact, I think she bruised my hip bones.”
    Laughing, Tawny
cuddled against Judd. “When’s the wedding.”
    Once Judd
started laughing, I flipped them off and looked at my menu.
    “We’re fuck
buddies. Nothing more.”
    Judd nodded.
“Makes sense. A man of your stupidity couldn’t handle a relationship. Best to
keep your life simple.”
    “She’s hot.
That’s all I care about.”
    “She is hot,”
Tawny said, smiling easier now. “She could probably land a rich guy with those
looks.”
    “Did you just
call me poor?”
    “I only mean she
could get someone better than a manwhore with commitment issues.”
    “Fuck you,” I
said and Judd looked ready to hit me. “I could commit if I wanted to. If I
wasn’t expecting to die soon, I’d commit all over the fucking place.”
    “You don’t even
have a pet.”
    “Who would take
care of my pet when I died?”
    “If it was a
cat, we’d take it in.”
    Judd frowned.
“No more cats.”
    “One more
wouldn’t hurt. In fact, if we have a bunch of cats, people