Page 25 of What Happens In Vegas
Debriefing on guys the morning after had been the norm in college and, even now, they still texted when a date turned intoa disappointment, but it didn’t feel the same to talk about Quinn that way. Quinn was different. Bonni took another sip of coffee and then gave in. ‘Yes, I “enjoyed” myself and Quinn is, uh, well proportioned.’
Celia squealed.
Fredi had been quiet but nowshe smiled at Bonni. ‘I’m glad to hear that. It would have been such a disappointment if he wasn’t.’ She winked at her, and Bonni laughed.
Ava sighed happily and took a delicate sip from her Mimosa. ‘I knew Quinn was a good guy. How was your first kiss? Was it soft and gentle or fierce and passionate?’
‘It was in the elevator on the way up to his room. It was definitely in the passionate category,until these kids got on.’
‘Rotten kids.’ Celia drained the last of her Mimosa then twisted to flag down the waitress for another.
Bonni laughed. ‘Actually, no, it gave us some breathing room. And it showed me a little bit about him. He was pretty good with them.’
Ava sighed and nodded. ‘He likes kids. That’s good.’
‘What?’ Bonni turned to her. ‘Do you have us having kids now? Ava, c’mon, beserious.’
Fredi leaned forward and tried to diffuse the questioning. ‘Bonni’s right. This is a fling. Nothing more.’
The waitress came with Celia’s Mimosa. They ordered food, and Ava waited until the waitress left before she asked, ‘So are you going to see him again?’
‘Oh, no, wait, we’re not done talking about the sex.’ Celia tapped the table demandingly.
‘Sorry to disappoint, but I’m notgoing to give you a play-by-play, you can forget about that.’
‘But we want one,’ Celia insisted.
Bonni shook her head, and the image of Quinn, firmlybetween her thighs, flashed through her mind. Heat warmed her cheeks and she ducked her face down so the others wouldn’t see.
‘Holy shit!’ Celia cried out. ‘You’re blushing. Bonni, I don’t remember if I’ve ever seen you blush. It must’ve beenreally good. How many times did you come?’
‘For the love of God, Celia, only dogs can hear you at that pitch. If she doesn’t want to talk about it, she doesn’t want to talk about it!’
An awkward silence fell on the table at Fredi’s outburst. Then Bonni held up her hand and flashedfouron her fingers. Ava gasped, and Celia squealed again. Fredi just huffed and said, ‘I’m running to the bathroom.’
After Fredi left the table Bonni looked at Ava and Celia. ‘Okay, what did I miss?’
‘So, we left the club around 2 a.m. in the cab Quinn got for us—’
Bonni interrupted Ava’s retelling. ‘Wait. Quinn got you a cab?’
Celia answered as she idly doodled in the condensation on her Mimosa glass. ‘Yeah. I guess he’s a regular at the club, so he made arrangements with that security guard to make sureour drunk asses weren’t roaming around Vegas at dark o’clock.’
‘I had no idea.’ A wave of softness swept Bonni that Quinn would do such a thing for three women he had just met.
Ava continued, ‘It was really a sweet gesture. Anyway, we’d just stumbled into the suite when Fredi’s boss at DWD called her on her cell. Apparently, some bride who’s getting married next week started harassing them aboutthe lace on her train or something and they wanted Fredi to fly home to fix it. She told them no. There was this whole big argument and curse wordsI’ve never heard before. I don’t think she got much sleep last night.’
‘Yep, and the whole conversation ended with abless your heart.’ Celia gave them a wide-eyed look and shook her head. ‘Aves, you are so PG-13, if you didn’t know some of thosecurses. I keep telling Fredi to quit and open her own studio, but no, it’s never the “right time”.’
They all had stubborn streaks, but Fredi was the most loyal. It took a lot to get her to walk away. Bonni finished her coffee, and the waitress came over with a pot to refill her mug. Just as she left, Fredi came back and slid into her seat, snapping her napkin back on to her lap.
Fredi asked,‘Did you answer Ava? Are you seeing Quinn again?’
Bonni, Ava and Celia glanced at each other and silently agreed to ignore Fredi’s red eyes and freshly re-applied make-up. Bonni fidgeted a little and then answered, ‘Well, he did give me his number. And invited us to watch him work.’
‘He gave you his number? I knew it wasn’t just a one-night stand!’ Ava nodded her head.
‘Watch him work? Is hea stripper? Oh, we aresogoing. We need the check,’ Celia announced.
