And then I let out a breath.
Tobias and Griffin are going to become friends, and all will be right in my world.
I’ll still get them both.
For the first time since the night at Tobias’s house, where he said he’d try, I feel like I can breathe again.
Lose my best friend because I’m getting married.
Ha.
That will never happen.
CHAPTER FIVE
TOBIAS
Do you know how some people look like animals?
I don’t mean it in a cruel way, but more in why do I look at this girl and think I see a bird, or why does that old man make me think of a turtle?
The longer I look at Griffin’s picture in the one Natalie posted of her with him outside Lovers Lodge, the more I see a giraffe. A baby giraffe, like he’s trying so hard to extend his neck to show how tall he is.
It’s that or the fact that somewhere over the last four years, I have grown to dislike the man.
At first, he seemed pretty cool. Nat would laugh a lot around him. She’d come over swooning over him and the fact he sent flowers to her on the first of every month. Or that he surprised her with date nights when she didn’t even know he was back in town.
She was happy, and I was happy for her. Then they got serious. Nat and I still hung out a lot, but it was less and less often as time went on.
Perhaps I dislike him for the sole fact that he’s taking away the one constant in my life. Between that and this book, life sort of sucks right now.
Still, as every day goes by and it gets closer to their wedding, I find myself finding more and more reasons to dislike him. And it’s not because he’s stealing Natalie from me.
I know it’s not.
Take, for example, tonight. He’s going to fly in from California and drive straight to meet me for a beer.
He’s not going home to shower or unwind. He didn’t suggest another night after he hadn’t been traveling. And he sure as hell didn’t say another night was better because he wanted to be with Natalie after being away for two days.
What man in love does that? I might not be an expert from experience, but I know plenty of men who are.
I pull up a group text.
Tobias
You’re two nights away from your girl, and the only thing you want when you get back is to meet another guy for a beer. Yay or nay?
Surprisingly, they all answer swiftly.
Beck
Is this a real question?
Zane
Is this where you’re stuck in your story?
Graham
