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Beside her was the girl version of Rhett. Same dark hair, only much longer. Those pretty eyes. Less tats though, with only a sleeve covering her entire left arm.
“Oh, hey!” she let her spoon hit the side of her bowl and got up. “It’s so nice to meet you.” That was followed with a hug.
“You too.” I patted her back awkwardly.
“I thought we met her last night,” the redhead said. I’d called it before she even spoke, she didn’t like me. That meant her and Rhett had some sort of history, or she was bitter because I got what he wouldn’t give her.
There was too much cock in the world to be so upset over just one. Then again, after going round after round with Rhett, I almost understood.
“Ignore Evie, she’s a bitch to everyone with a vagina other than me, and that’s only because I’ll drown her ass in the lake if she pisses me off.” The girl stepped back, smile still on her unnaturally beautiful face. “I’m Angel by the way.”
I laughed at the irony.
“I’m Tripp,” the guy at the fridge announced, holding his bear sized paw out for me to shake.
This was all out of my comfort zone, but instantly liked him so I took his hand and shook it. “Nice to meet you, both of you.” I purposely left of Evie. I didn’t feel the need to make nice with her. She was majorly insignificant in my life.
“We’re gonna be besties, I feel it,” Angel enthused.
Um, no. She seemed cool as hell, so that sucked, but me and Rhett weren’t a thing. Emery and Callum’s arrival saved me from the approaching awkwardness. They entered the kitchen hand in hand, her laughing at something he’d just said.
Now that I knew he and Rhett would be leaving at the end of the summer, I wanted to snatch her away from him and safeguard her heart.
“Morning!” she greeted everyone sweetly while Callum ignored them, giving me a, “Sup?”
“I gotta get home and ready for work. Want to ride with me?” Em asked.
I could have kissed her right then. All I wanted was a sitz bath, a morning after pill, and then a long nap. “Yeah,” I replied. “Do you know where Rhett is?” I asked Angel, who had since returned to her cereal.
“He’s outside!”
“Damn, Angel. Did you need to yell?” Callum cringed.
“Sorry. He’s down by the docks.”
“Thanks,” I said, withholding a laugh since she looked embarrassed.
I told everyone goodbye and agreed to meet Em by her car in five.
Finding the dock was easy as there was a path leading right to it. The walk, however, was hell.
Rhett was facing the water, turning to face me when I got about halfway there. He was wearing fresh clothes, his hair damp from a shower.
“Em’s going to give me a ride home.”
He met me the rest of the way, placing his hands on my hips. I had to tilt my head back a little so that I could see his face.
“You don’t have to go.”
“Actually, I do. I need to take a sitz bath and then track down a morning after pill.”
“I’ll see you later then.”
No mention of our lack of protection. Just, later. I was already looking forward to it. I had this gorgeous man for a few more weeks and I wanted to enjoy them.
“Guess you will,” I replied.
He kissed my lips, softly, wrapping his arms around me and pressing another to the top of my head.
When I finally turned to go, I knew he watched me the entire way to the car.
I was going to ask Em when she got her car back, but I could feel her giddiness as if it were my own. Sighing, I shifted in and gestured for her to speak.
“What?” she asked, pretending to be innocent.
“You’re like dancing in your seat. Go head and let it all out, but before you drive all through town, I need a morning after pill.”
“Oh.” Her lips puckered.
“Is that the surprised kind of oh or a disappointed one?”
“I heard you last night so there’s nothing to be surprised about. And I’m not disappointed, I am proud. Its just…I need one to. I left my birth control at Tyler’s.”
That was the first time I’d heard her say his name in what seemed like forever. “Oh.”
“See. It’s okay though. I’m glad that I’m not a lonely whore. I have you.”
“We’re not whores,” I laughed.
“Maybe not, but I still should have asked to see Callum’s papers. You need to ask Rhett for his too. And birth control, we need to make you an appointment.”
“You need to calm down. What do you mean by papers?”
She took her eyes off the road long enough to look at me as if I were insane. “Papers. You know the kind dudes carry around that say their clean.”
