Page 74 of The Fire Walker
Dee
The door closed behind Jessie,and I fell back onto her bed with a sigh. I was obliterated in a good way. The sheets smelled like her, and my skin reeked of sex and vanilla perfume. I could stay here for the rest of my life and be completelyhappy.
Letting my thoughts wander, I realized it had been a couple of days since I’d called Zoe. I knew she was probably dying for an update, and since I’d turned off my phone again, I could imagine the messages that waited for me. Rolling over, I pulled it out of the pocket of my jeans and switched it on. As the screen came to life, so did the alerttone.
So?
Anyprogress?
Love you, Dee Dee. Call meASAP.
Have you turned your phone off again, or are youdeliberately ignoringme?
You suck balls,Dylan.
Shaking my head with a chuckle, I dialed hernumber.
“Dylan Cosgrove,” she shrieked when she pickedup.
“Calm down, hotlegs.”
“Do you realize this has been the longest we’ve gone without speaking in our entirelives?”
“Threedays?”
“I thought you were dead.” I could hear the amusement in hervoice.
“Alive andkicking.”
“So I take it all iswell?”
“I’m naked rightnow.”
“Dee,” shecried.
“Can’t lie to you, Zo. I’mstarkers.”
“Gag me now.” Shegroaned.
“What’s that?” I heard Will in thebackground.
“Dee’s naked, and the picture ain’t pretty,” I heard her answer. Then to me, she said, “Now you’ve made Will sick,mofo.”
“Then my work here isdone.”
“Seriously, is everything okay? You soundokay.”
“We worked it out,” I said. “There are still some things we need to talk about, but things arebetter.”
“Fucking A,” Zoe declared. “I knew it. Where youat?”
“New York. I’m at Jessie’splace.”
“You stayingawhile?”
“For now,” I replied. “I don’t know what’s going to happen next, but we’ll work itout.”
“Good for you, Dee Dee. I’m happy foryou.”
