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“You say that like it’s a bad thing!”
“It’s not—that’s not what I meant, Teague. I just meant, sometimes it would be nice to just spend a weekend out of bed instead of in it, talking about the things that I’ve never told anyone, instead of yelling out God’s name in vain.”
I grin. “Well,” I say. “If it’s that important to you, then starting now, all we will do is talk. It’s Friday night, right? So, say until Sunday, you and I will do no fucking. We’ll just talk.”
“You say that now,” Mia says, and runs a hand along my thigh. “But wait till we get home and I slip into something more…comfortable.”
“Fuck, Mia.” I say when her hand reaches my crotch.
I glance at the couple but they’re still not concerned with us in the least bit. Mia’s hand starts to massage and I stop her. “Please,” I say. “You’re going to embarrass the both of us if I get an erection!”
Mia kisses me and takes her hand off. She gets up, hands me the drink glass to hold. “I need to use the restroom,” she says. “Need to freshen up.”
“I think I saw a sign over there,” I say, pointing to my left. “Do you want me to go with you?”
“No, thank you. I’m capable of finding the bathroom on my own, Teague.”
“I know, but are you capable of using it the right way?”
She grins and kisses me again. “Shut up.”
She leaves and I get busy searching out Sebastian but there’s no sign of him anywhere. I finish my own drink and what’s left of Mia’s and place both our glasses on the floor next to the couch.
“Mind if I sit here?” Ashley asks.
“I don’t know, Ashley.”
“Have you seen these heels?” Ashley says, turning around so I can see her back. What the fuck, Teague. Heels. Heels…lower you idiot… “I’ve been walking around in these since I got off work today,” she says and turns to face me. “If you don’t mind, I can just sit here until Mia comes back.”
What the hell, I think. “Sure,” I say and move a little closer to the couple so I won’t be touching Ashley. But there’s barely any space so we do touch. Clearly, she doesn’t seem to mind it so I try to tell myself it’s nothing. Just an ex, meeting another ex, it’s not the most unbelievable thing in the world. You can handle this, Teague.
“So,” Ashley asks, taking a sip of her drink. “What have you been up to?”
“Finishing college,” I say.
“What’re you doing now that you’ve graduated?”
“I’m not sure yet.”
“Didn’t you want to go into UFC or something?”
“That was a long time ago, Ashley.”
“Teague,” Ashley says. “UFC was all you ever talked about. You had it all planned. Are you seriously telling me it’s not even on your bucket list anymore?”
I need more drink to have this conversation but I’m afraid if I get up, something will go wrong so I keep sitting there. “It was a childish dream.”
“All dreams are childish,” she says. “To normal people.”
“I don’t want to talk about it, Ash.”
She smiles. “I always loved it when you called me that.”
I get up. “I should probably go look for my girlfriend,” I say, using that word instead of Mia’s name so Ashley might get it. But the look on her face says she’s not ready to take subtle hints, or even really strong ones.
She gets up. “Why don’t you wait here for her?”
“Ashley…”
