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Lucia
What does that mean?
Ari
You’ll see *winking emoji*
Lucia
Ari, what does that mean?
Ari
ARI
Turns out Ari ‘helping me with that’ was actually his way of saying he was going to get me a giant peppermint mocha so I had some extra caffeine.
I thought he was being dirty.
Maybe I don’t give him enough credit.
Though to be fair, heisabsolutely filthy.
The extra boost of energy has definitely helped. I’m just about halfway done around eight, and I take a break to video chat with my girls.
“I’m so jealous you’re in Florida right now,” Ella chides as soon as everyone joins the call.
“Cold in New York?” I ask.
“It’s New York,” Rory deadpans. “Of course, it’s fucking cold.”
I laugh at their dramatics. “It’s raining down here. It might be warm, but it’s not like the weather is great.”
“I’m so excited to come down next weekend,” Harlow chimes, and Olive nods in agreement.
“You guys just want to come fuck your husbands,” I laugh.
“I’m not married,” Olive says, not at all denying that she wants to come down here to have sex with her man.
“Semantics,” I say with a dismissive wave of my hand. I take another sip of my coffee, and Ella looks at me, surprised.
“Are you drinking coffee right now, Luc?”
I shrug. “Ari grabbed it for me. I need the extra caffeine. I’m working on an injury prevention plan for Rivas. I’m only about halfway finished.
Lo lights up. “Ari got you the coffee?”
I roll my eyes. “I tell you guys I get to make a plan for Dr. Coltrain, and you hyper-fixate on Ari buying me a coffee?”
“We’ll get to that part in a minute,” Rory says, leaning forward. “Why did Ari get you a coffee?”
“Because I’m going to be up all night working on this?”
“What coffee did he get you?” Liv asks, holding back her smile.
I bite my lip. The girls know my favorite coffee, so I know exactly why they’re asking.
“Um… a peppermint mocha.”
