“I’m really excited about your New Year’s Eve party,” Dusty said to Dimitri. “Do youwant me to DJ?”
Dimitri went quiet for a moment. “That is fine, just please don’t post about it on your social media until the next day? My kitchen has never fully recovered from the roller skates.”
“Done.” Dusty nodded.
They caught Carlos up on things and asked us questions.
“We know Clark has partners, but are you single?” I asked, trying to make conversation.
“Are you offering your friends?” Anders waggled his eyebrows.
“Her friends would eat you alive.” Saoirse took a sip of her wine.
“I am quite busy raising my siblings. My younger sister lives with me and attends an omega academy, though she will be moving to the dorms. My younger brother goes to boarding high school.” There is a wistfulness to Dimitri’s voice.
This was the sound of someone pining, but it was unhopeful pining. My heart ached for him.
We finished our food and drinks.
“Can we still watch the game at your place, or should we go to mine?” Clark asked.
“We can go to my place. We’ll order pizzas. I already got some beer,” Dimitri offered.
We were already full of bar food and now they’re ordering pizza? But alpha boys ate a lot. I knew that from my brothers.
“Thanks,” Clark said.
Carlos looked at us. “Since we’re down the street, anyone who doesn’t want to go can just go home.”
“I want to see Gwen play. I remember how much she loved it–and disliked figure skating,” I replied.
Anders made a puzzled face as the check came. “When did you move down the street from Dimitri, Carlos?”
“I’ve got it,” Dimitri waved us off as he paid the bill.
“Thanks, man, I’ll get it next time,” Dusty replied.
“Last night. I closed right before Christmas. It's the one that Dimitri suggested to Clark and Bucket. After you turned it down,I checked it out and put an immediate offer on it because it was perfect.” He looked at me and grinned. “I’m glad I had the foresight to get a place for all of us.”
“Oh, that was a nice place. We only passed on it because we already were attached to the place we ended up buying,” Clark said.
“It is a nice neighborhood. I think you will be very happy there,” Dimitri said.
“Bucket?” I blinked.
“Bucket is one of Tenzin’s nicknames. Carlos gave it to him, because Tenzin is Gwen’s racoon in a bucket,” Dimitri explained.
We left and headed to the subway to go to Dimitri’s.
“Do you have anything harder than beer?” Anders asked.
Dimitri gave him a hard stare. “I am Russian.”
That would be ayes.
I glanced at my phone. Saoirse had texted?
Saoirse
