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cause you know we all have to go together.”
Brian laughed and nodded in Jason’s direction. “Well, man you’re about to get the bathroom test.”
Jason winked at Natalie. “Hope I pass.”
“Hey,
querida
,” Brian called out to his fiancé. “Go easy on him. We like him.”
Christine winked and Natalie smiled at Jason as she allowed herself to be pulled off to the ladies room.
“Okay, you didn’t tell us how hot he was.” Brandy swatted Natalie on the shoulder as soon as they were alone.
“I told you he was cute.”
“Okay, cute yeah, but not ‘ dayum he’s fine! ’” Brandy screamed as she and Christine fell into laughter.
“Honey, he’d better be your plus one at the wedding,” Christine said.
“Jeez, you bitches move fast,” Natalie scoffed. “We’ve barely started dating. I don’t want to freak him out by bringing him to a wedding. He might think I have ideas.”
“Oh, get over yourself,” Christine said. “The wedding would just be like another date.”
“Seriously, cheapest date ever,” Brandy said. “Someone else pays for the dinner and booze, and then he gets laid at the end of the night.”
Christine burst out laughing and Natalie rolled her eyes. “You’re gross.”
“Oh please, honey, it is way past time for someone to come along with a bolt cutter and take off that padlock. I mean, he looks pretty cut. I bet he won’t have
any
trouble getting that thing off.”
Natalie dropped her face in her hands as Christine and Brandy both howled, their shrieks bouncing off the bathroom walls. “Would you shut up?”
“Come on, chica, we’re just happy for you, that’s all. He’s awesome. We approve.”
“Yeah, we’re just busting your balls. Seriously,” Brandy said.
“I’m gonna bust something over your head,” Natalie said.
“Okay, okay, all jokes aside, so you like this guy,” Christine said.
“I do. He’s sweet and funny and smart, interesting and . . . and . . . nice.”
“Well, girl, hang onto him then, because those guys only come around once in a while. So I’ve been told,” Brandy said.
“I’ll see what I can do,” Natalie said as she reapplied her lipstick and ran a swipe of powder across her nose.
They rejoined the table and the rest of the evening passed in a blur of laughter and an abundance of side conversations among everyone. As Saturday tiptoed into Sunday, the group’s enthusiasm began to wane as yawns started to chime around the table like bells.
Everyone trooped out into the hot, humid night, where Natalie, Brandy, and Christine promised to meet midweek for dinner while the guys did what Christine called “the bro handshake thing.” On their way back to the car, Jason grabbed Natalie’s hand and kissed it.
“So . . . how’d I do?”
“I don’t know what you put in those girls’ cocktails, but they were all about you.”
“Oh yeah?” he said as he unlocked the car and opened her door.
She waited until he slid into the driver’s seat, smiling as he enveloped her hand in his once again. “Well, no surprise, they thought you were hot and just now when I hugged Christine . . . she whispered ‘good job.’”
Out of the corner of her eye, Natalie could see a broad smile stretch across Jason’s face, which made her heart leap. It mattered to him what her friends thought of him. Because it was important to her.
“I told you that you didn’t have anything to worry about.”
“I know.”
He headed toward Lake Shore Drive and kissed her hand. “See? You just need to trust me.”
“Just play along for a little while. . .”
Man, you got that bitch eating out of your hand. You said she’s smiling and whatnot during your sessions? Yeah, I’m telling you, it’s a matter of time before they spring your ass. And that was good, letting them do that electroshock therapy on you. That was a nice touch. Really make them think you’re serious. I mean, it was a risk, ’cause, you know, you could have wound up with
Brian laughed and nodded in Jason’s direction. “Well, man you’re about to get the bathroom test.”
Jason winked at Natalie. “Hope I pass.”
“Hey,
querida
,” Brian called out to his fiancé. “Go easy on him. We like him.”
Christine winked and Natalie smiled at Jason as she allowed herself to be pulled off to the ladies room.
“Okay, you didn’t tell us how hot he was.” Brandy swatted Natalie on the shoulder as soon as they were alone.
“I told you he was cute.”
“Okay, cute yeah, but not ‘ dayum he’s fine! ’” Brandy screamed as she and Christine fell into laughter.
“Honey, he’d better be your plus one at the wedding,” Christine said.
“Jeez, you bitches move fast,” Natalie scoffed. “We’ve barely started dating. I don’t want to freak him out by bringing him to a wedding. He might think I have ideas.”
“Oh, get over yourself,” Christine said. “The wedding would just be like another date.”
“Seriously, cheapest date ever,” Brandy said. “Someone else pays for the dinner and booze, and then he gets laid at the end of the night.”
Christine burst out laughing and Natalie rolled her eyes. “You’re gross.”
“Oh please, honey, it is way past time for someone to come along with a bolt cutter and take off that padlock. I mean, he looks pretty cut. I bet he won’t have
any
trouble getting that thing off.”
Natalie dropped her face in her hands as Christine and Brandy both howled, their shrieks bouncing off the bathroom walls. “Would you shut up?”
“Come on, chica, we’re just happy for you, that’s all. He’s awesome. We approve.”
“Yeah, we’re just busting your balls. Seriously,” Brandy said.
“I’m gonna bust something over your head,” Natalie said.
“Okay, okay, all jokes aside, so you like this guy,” Christine said.
“I do. He’s sweet and funny and smart, interesting and . . . and . . . nice.”
“Well, girl, hang onto him then, because those guys only come around once in a while. So I’ve been told,” Brandy said.
“I’ll see what I can do,” Natalie said as she reapplied her lipstick and ran a swipe of powder across her nose.
They rejoined the table and the rest of the evening passed in a blur of laughter and an abundance of side conversations among everyone. As Saturday tiptoed into Sunday, the group’s enthusiasm began to wane as yawns started to chime around the table like bells.
Everyone trooped out into the hot, humid night, where Natalie, Brandy, and Christine promised to meet midweek for dinner while the guys did what Christine called “the bro handshake thing.” On their way back to the car, Jason grabbed Natalie’s hand and kissed it.
“So . . . how’d I do?”
“I don’t know what you put in those girls’ cocktails, but they were all about you.”
“Oh yeah?” he said as he unlocked the car and opened her door.
She waited until he slid into the driver’s seat, smiling as he enveloped her hand in his once again. “Well, no surprise, they thought you were hot and just now when I hugged Christine . . . she whispered ‘good job.’”
Out of the corner of her eye, Natalie could see a broad smile stretch across Jason’s face, which made her heart leap. It mattered to him what her friends thought of him. Because it was important to her.
“I told you that you didn’t have anything to worry about.”
“I know.”
He headed toward Lake Shore Drive and kissed her hand. “See? You just need to trust me.”
“Just play along for a little while. . .”
Man, you got that bitch eating out of your hand. You said she’s smiling and whatnot during your sessions? Yeah, I’m telling you, it’s a matter of time before they spring your ass. And that was good, letting them do that electroshock therapy on you. That was a nice touch. Really make them think you’re serious. I mean, it was a risk, ’cause, you know, you could have wound up with
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