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TEAGUE
“Why does Holden have to be such a jerk?” Mia says, as we lie in bed soon after Jamie has left.
“He’s not a jerk,” I say, as Mia inches closer to me and places her arm on my chest.
“He’s kind of a jerk.”
“Mia, he loves her,” I tell her. “Even I could see that and I don’t see anything! Ever. He misses her, it’s obvious but he’s being a stubborn son-of-a-bitch, that’s all.”
“I’d be furious if you left me pregnant and with no one to help.”
“You know I didn’t even think about that until today. And now that you said it, we’re her friends, right? We can do what Holden is supposed to do, can’t we?”
“We can. But wouldn’t it be weird?”
“Mia, two of our best friends are both in love with the same woman and now they don’t know who the father is. I think we’re way past weird, don’t you?”
“You think Daniel’s really in love with her?”
“I know he is,” I say. “But in case you haven’t noticed, Jamie wants Holden.”
“So it’s decided,” Mia says. “Starting tomorrow, Jamie will not be going to the doctor’s office alone. We will help her out every way we can.”
“Even if Holden gets mad at us.”
“You think he will?”
“He was lashing out at me for siding with Jamie verbally. How do you think he’s going to react when we’re actually doing something for her?”
“Won’t that put a strain on your friendship?”
“Mia. There have been a lot of strains on our friendships throughout the years. Nothing has ever caused it to break. Real life is full of problems, misunderstandings, bad shit happens to people all the time. Everyone reacts differently to all that happens to them which is why those strains happen in every relationship. But at the end of the day, you have look past all of that and choose the relationship over everything else.”
Mia climbs on top of me and straddles me on the bed. “You know you’re sexy when you’re sweet.”
“I am?”
She laughs. “Yes!”
Her mouth lowers on my abdomen and she kisses me on my chest. “I love that you care so much about your friends,” she says. “I love that you care so much about me. That you’re able to look past everything and help your friends. I love that when you say you’re friends with someone, you make sure that it’s the most important thing in the world to you. You take every relationship seriously, and I love that, Teague. I’m lucky I found you and I’m lucky you found me, for however long that lasts.”
“However long that lasts?” I say. “Excuse me? Don’t you know that I’m with you for life?”
“Forever is a long time, Teague. I don’t want us to be bound. I don’t want us to be together because we made some contract on paper. I see people, every day, who would have been better off marrying someone else but can’t leave their contracts because of their children or their assets or their social status. I want you to promise me that will never be us?”
I pull her towards me and kiss her. “That will never be us, Mia. I promise.”
“I can deal with a lot but I can’t deal with lies.”
“And I will never lie to you.”
“Promise?”
“Promise.”
We kiss again. This time, when she breaks off she runs her tongue over my pecs. “Don’t start what you can’t finish, Mia.”
She giggles like a schoolgirl.
