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dead.”
I laughed it off. “I guess this is the downside of dating someone with a colorful past.”
I looked back over there and Liz was staring right at me so I took a page from her book and gave her a big, fake smile. Morgan watched the exchange and just looked—I don’t know—a little sad maybe. I was ready to bail. I found Beth, Caitlyn, and Jenna. We left Rene making out with Tanner at the last party. The four of us went back to our place and chatted in my room until we coul d barely keep our eyes open.
The next morning I couldn’t shake that uneasy feeling from the night before. This was the first Sunday in a while I had no desire to go running—tequila will do that to you. I was still up at the crack of dawn, though. I really never could sleep past seven. I made my way from the bed down to the couch. I was curled up on the couch thinking about last night and trying to force down some water to take care of my well-deserved headache. I looked up when I heard people laughing and through the sliding glass door, I saw Rene and Tanner making their way towards our place. He was holding her hand and they were both smiling. Way to go, Rene . I didn’t want to be a creeper but I did watch as he gave her a sweet kiss before she came in. She collapsed on the couch next to me and smiled.
“Rene, that was some kiss!”
She looked happy. “You are not cooking today. I’m treating us to take-out later to thank all of you for dragging my sorry ass back out into the world. I had so much fun! Tanner and I danced all night. We talked for hours after everyone left and then we just curled up on the couch together and slept.”
I looked at her, surprised. “Really? From the looks on your faces this morning, I thought there was some earth-shattering baby-making involved.”
I thought a pained look flashed across her face and then she shook her head and laughed, “No! I would never do that day-one with a guy I liked. Seriously, I like him. He’s sweet. We’re going out Thursday night. He’s taking me to dinner.”
“I’m so happy for you, Rene. Tanner is a great guy.”
Not someone who gets blow jobs from dirty skanks. I had to stop thinking like this.
As she made her way upstairs she said, dreamy-eyed, “Thanks, Darce. Alright, I will see you in a few hours. I’m going to go dream about Tanner Westerly.”
My phone buzzed with an incoming text:
Did u miss me last nite? I missed u.
I smiled. I was going to have to just get over it because this was reality, not what Liz said. How was I letting this girl get in my head? I wrote back:
I missed u. Beth makes me drink tekillya when
u r not around.
He wrote:
Hope I didn’t miss u dirty dancing or anything.
I wasn’t going to tell him what he’d missed. I teased:
What happens in the village stays in the village.
A second later:
I’m coming over to interrogate. Coffee?
He had read my mind.
Hell yes. Cream no sugar.
Tom was a little “under the weather” himself. We both nursed our hangovers with coffee and then he rubbed my feet as we talked. A foot rub? Seriously, I felt like I’d struck gold in the boyfriend department. Tom gave me the game highlights and told me about the party. His friend Marty apparently had gotten totally naked and was walking up to just about every girl at the party attempting to engage them in conversation with a straight face—pretty typical for a rugby party from what I ’d heard. I’d never been allowed to go to rugby parties when my brothers played. The big local tournaments were an exception, everyone goes, but even then Luke and Caleb made sure I was out of there before things got wild.
When Tom asked about my night, I omitted the part about meeting Liz and my pa thetic jealousy over Morgan. I stuck to telling him about Rene hooking up with Tanner. Tom thought that was a good match too. After I got out of the shower, Tom and I
I laughed it off. “I guess this is the downside of dating someone with a colorful past.”
I looked back over there and Liz was staring right at me so I took a page from her book and gave her a big, fake smile. Morgan watched the exchange and just looked—I don’t know—a little sad maybe. I was ready to bail. I found Beth, Caitlyn, and Jenna. We left Rene making out with Tanner at the last party. The four of us went back to our place and chatted in my room until we coul d barely keep our eyes open.
The next morning I couldn’t shake that uneasy feeling from the night before. This was the first Sunday in a while I had no desire to go running—tequila will do that to you. I was still up at the crack of dawn, though. I really never could sleep past seven. I made my way from the bed down to the couch. I was curled up on the couch thinking about last night and trying to force down some water to take care of my well-deserved headache. I looked up when I heard people laughing and through the sliding glass door, I saw Rene and Tanner making their way towards our place. He was holding her hand and they were both smiling. Way to go, Rene . I didn’t want to be a creeper but I did watch as he gave her a sweet kiss before she came in. She collapsed on the couch next to me and smiled.
“Rene, that was some kiss!”
She looked happy. “You are not cooking today. I’m treating us to take-out later to thank all of you for dragging my sorry ass back out into the world. I had so much fun! Tanner and I danced all night. We talked for hours after everyone left and then we just curled up on the couch together and slept.”
I looked at her, surprised. “Really? From the looks on your faces this morning, I thought there was some earth-shattering baby-making involved.”
I thought a pained look flashed across her face and then she shook her head and laughed, “No! I would never do that day-one with a guy I liked. Seriously, I like him. He’s sweet. We’re going out Thursday night. He’s taking me to dinner.”
“I’m so happy for you, Rene. Tanner is a great guy.”
Not someone who gets blow jobs from dirty skanks. I had to stop thinking like this.
As she made her way upstairs she said, dreamy-eyed, “Thanks, Darce. Alright, I will see you in a few hours. I’m going to go dream about Tanner Westerly.”
My phone buzzed with an incoming text:
Did u miss me last nite? I missed u.
I smiled. I was going to have to just get over it because this was reality, not what Liz said. How was I letting this girl get in my head? I wrote back:
I missed u. Beth makes me drink tekillya when
u r not around.
He wrote:
Hope I didn’t miss u dirty dancing or anything.
I wasn’t going to tell him what he’d missed. I teased:
What happens in the village stays in the village.
A second later:
I’m coming over to interrogate. Coffee?
He had read my mind.
Hell yes. Cream no sugar.
Tom was a little “under the weather” himself. We both nursed our hangovers with coffee and then he rubbed my feet as we talked. A foot rub? Seriously, I felt like I’d struck gold in the boyfriend department. Tom gave me the game highlights and told me about the party. His friend Marty apparently had gotten totally naked and was walking up to just about every girl at the party attempting to engage them in conversation with a straight face—pretty typical for a rugby party from what I ’d heard. I’d never been allowed to go to rugby parties when my brothers played. The big local tournaments were an exception, everyone goes, but even then Luke and Caleb made sure I was out of there before things got wild.
When Tom asked about my night, I omitted the part about meeting Liz and my pa thetic jealousy over Morgan. I stuck to telling him about Rene hooking up with Tanner. Tom thought that was a good match too. After I got out of the shower, Tom and I
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