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“Yes.”
“Hush, please stay a little longer. I don’t want to go home yet.” She grabbed my hand and laced her fingers between mine.
“Why? The guy who came to see you at the bar waiting for you?”
“Oh God, you saw that?”
“Yeah, I did. He your man?” I felt stupid asking that but I was insanely curious.
“No. My sister’s man.”
“Seems like he wants to have his cake and eat it too.”
“He does. If I could let my sister see that shit for herself then…” Her words trailed off and she looked at me, hopping up.
“What?” I laughed when she swayed to one side. I put my hands on her waist to steady her.
“Thanks, Hush. Oh…yeah. I think I found a way to show her that Eric is an asshole.” She snapped her fingers then dug in her bra and tossed money on the table. Whatever was going through her wild mind didn’t seem smart.
“What the hell are you going to do?” I asked, chasing behind her. She was moving at a rapid pace toward the doors and I didn’t want her to fall. She was fucked up after five glasses of whiskey. She had to weigh one hundred thirty pounds soaking wet, so how she could put away liquor like she did was beyond me.
“I’m going to fuck him,” she grinned.
“Your sister’s boyfriend?” I scoffed. “Don’t.”
“How else will she know he’s trash? I can’t tell her because she’ll brush me off but I can show her.” I grumbled a bit then opened the truck door for her.
“You can let her find out on her own too.” I started the engine and Lucy shook her head, thick locks of brown hair fell in her face.
“I need to prove it.”
“You’re drunk.”
“And you’re a good friend. Thank you.” She said as her eyes slid shut. Just like that, I was friend-zoned. I let out a sigh and drove back to work.
I parked beside Lucy’s car for a while, thinking. Maybe it was better to be her friend. A girl like her would probably ruin me. I was trying to be better. I was trying to get off of probation.
Lucy spun around and around, wildly and I was in awe of her but I knew if anyone tried to hurt her I’d go back to jail. I had to stay away. Well, we could be friends. That was it. “Hey, wake up.” I shook her shoulder and she whined, slapping my hand away. “Wake up,” I said, shoving her shoulder. She finally opened her eyes and looked at me with a mean glare. “We’re here. I let you sleep it off some. Are you okay to drive home?”
I didn’t want to take her home with me. I couldn’t be that close to her as a friend yet. We had to have more platonic dates first. There’d definitely be more. Even though she was drunk as hell, hanging out with Lucy was the most fun I had in a long time.
“Shit…I didn’t even know I fell asleep.”
“More like passed out, but yeah. Let’s go with fell asleep.” I used air quotes and she glared at me. “Let me get your door.” I got out and opened it for her and let her use my hand for leverage as she hopped out.
She stretched and I watched her, unashamed. She was gorgeous. Long lithe lines and tight curves were hard to turn away from.
Before I could slip away to the driver’s side, she wrapped her arms around me in a hug. “I had fun tonight,” she told me.
“So did I.”
“Will we do it again?” She grinned, still holding on to me.
“Yeah,” I nodded.
“Back to the one-word answers?”
“Yeah.”
