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“Thank you, but I’m doing perfectly fine. I had a wonderful morning and the afternoon has been enjoyable. I can’t wait to see what the evening has in store,” I said.
I stole a glance over at Sydney and saw her blushing. I had never noticed how easily embarrassed she was, or how she seemed to be with me. I hoped she would catch my meaning about the evening and by her blush, I knew she had. There was only one way I wanted the evening to end and that was with her in my bed.
“Really? Care to share what you mean by that?” Alison asked.
“No, but it’s nice that you care,” I said.
“I want you, happy. I want all of us to be happy,” Alison said and shot a look over at Sydney. She knew what I was getting at and when she looked back at me, I winked at her. We had always been close and had developed a short hand with each other. We could communicate a lot with a simple look.
“For now, I am. I’m hoping things get better as the week progresses. It’s looking promising but I don’t want to jinx it,” I said.
“Then don’t,” Laura said and smiled at me. She looked over at Laura and asked, “What are you thinking of doing for dinner tonight? You know your parents aren’t going to want to do sushi, should we do that before they show up?”
“It’s funny because I was thinking the same thing. Is that okay with you, Syd? I know you don’t like fish but there should be something else on the menu that you might like,” Alison said.
Before Sydney could answer I said, “I’m going to bow out. There’s an Irish band playing at the pub tonight that I want to go and see.”
“You’re more than welcome to do that on your own,” Alison said and shook her finger at me.
“You know the band isn’t the same as Liam’s,” I said.
“It doesn’t matter. I swore off all Irish bands, I don’t care who they are. How about Laura can keep me company with the sushi and Sydney can go with you to the bar. Everyone wins,” Alison said as she slid off her floaty.
“Works for me,” Laura said and then looked over at Sydney. “Is that okay with you? I don’t want you to think that I’m ditching you.”
“It’s fine and I kind of did the same thing last night,” Sydney said.
“You weren’t feeling good, that was different. We’ll go to the Mexican restaurant tomorrow night before your parents show up. We can get liquored up on Tequila and Muppets,” Laura said.
“You mean you can. One Muppet is my limit,” Sydney said.
“It’s too bad she could never hold her 7-up,” I teased.
“You know it isn’t the 7-up. It’s the equal parts tequila and how they slam it on the table before you have to drink it that does me in,” Sydney said.
“Or the fact that you did nine of them the last time you were here,” Alison said.
“Everyone has that one drink or liquor they can’t do. That is mine. I will gladly go with you to the Mexican joint tomorrow but just margaritas for me,” Sydney said.
“And not nine,” Alison added and we all laughed. “If I’m going to do the Jet Ski tour tomorrow, I should go and get it set up. Didn’t you want to see about doing a spa treatment, Laura?” Alison asked her.
“Oh, that’s right. I should see about getting that set up,” Laura said and stood up.
“You have a butler that will do that for you,” Sydney said.
“I know but I like to do it myself. Sometimes they don’t have the time or the treatment I want and they just put something in. I want to make sure I get who I want, when I want it,” Alison said as she slid into the pool and then headed towards the stairs.
“Did you want me to come with you?” Sydney asked Laura.
She shot me a look and I gave her the slightest shake of my head. It was so small I worried she wouldn’t have seen it but she said, “Don’t be silly. You should stay and enjoy the pool a little while longer. Have another drink. I got this. There’s no point in you having to leave early too.”
“Oh, okay,” Sydney said. “We just haven’t hung out a lot,”
“We’ll do it tomorrow. I promise. After my treatment. We can go and get a pedicure. I’ll set it up for us while I’m there.
“Okay, sounds good,” Sydney said. “See you later.”
“Have a good evening,” Alison said as she walked off with Laura.
