It was almost time to leave, and all her work was complete, so she wandered into Kerrie’s office.
“Hey,” she said, not bothering to knock.
Kerrie continued to type away at her computer, not bothering to look up. “Hey.”
Instead of sitting down, Reese walked over to the window to look out. There were men smoking outside Sparrow, a few throwing an old football around. It was the end of the day, so they were enjoying the downtime before dinner and then the nightly meeting.
“Watching for your girlfriend?”
Reese flushed. “We’re not officially dating yet. At least, I don’t think we are.”
Kerrie snorted. “I remember that phase. I was so nervous to ask. I was practically sweating. When are you going to ask her?”
“Ask her what?”
“Ask her out. Like, hey Matty, want to be my girlfriend?”
Reese looked mortified. “I can’t ask her that.”
“You can have sex, but you can’t ask her out?” Kerrie raised an eyebrow at her.
She crossed her arms. “You don’t know for sure if we slept together.”
“Uh-huh. I’ve been friends with Matty for a while now, and not once has she made me breakfast in her underwear. Bette told me what she saw.”
“You know, I think y’all need to get out of that house more.”
“And I think you’re changing the subject.”
She sighed. “What if she says no?”
“Oh, come on, we both know she’s going to say yes. It’s just nerves getting to you.”
“What if she wants to ask me out?” She glanced out the window again and spotted Matty trudging up the hill. “Here she comes.”
“She might, but then again, she might be waiting on you to make the move. Either way, the goal is to get a girlfriend out of it, right?”
“Yeah, I suppose.”
“You suppose?” Kerrie lifted an eyebrow at her.
“Yes, okay? It is the whole point. I’m just nervous. I haven’t had a girlfriend in years, and I wasn’t in the best place to have one back then. This is like starting all over again.”
“I’m sure—”
“Shh!” Reese hissed when she heard the back door open.
Kerrie rolled her eyes but smiled as she shook her head.
“Hey,” Matty greeted as she walked in.
“Hi,” Reese returned with a big smile, then frowned as she looked Matty over. “What in the world happened to you?”
Matty had black stains all over her from a smudge on her jaw to her T-shirt and down her jeans. Matty looked down at herself shyly. “Uh, yeah, one of the work trucks went down. I guess I didn’t pay a lot of attention to the grease.”
“Yeah, looks like it.”
She tugged on the strap of the backpack slung over her shoulder. “Good thing I thought to pack a change of clothes. Do you mind if I shower at your place?”
