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Ava’s laughter immediately halts as her eyes find her big brother, and I see the daggers shooting out of them. I grab her, knowing her next move, and lift her slightly off the floor. “Hey!” she yells and turns her face to meet mine as she kicks her feet slightly to try and touch the ground.
“Hold on before I let you at him.” I try to calm my hot-headed girlfriend.
“Why the hell does he still have keys?! Babe, change your locks.”
“Don’t be so dramatic,” I tell her as I set her back on her feet.
“I’mdramatic? He’s the one throwing a temper tantrum because he’s jealous you have a new best friend or some shit.”
I chuckle at her very juvenile explanation of this situation.But a part of me wonders-- is there more to Tucker’s anger?
“You’re both dramatic,” I tell her. “It must be in the Remington DNA.”
“Bite me,” she retorts, and if her brother wasn’t ten feet away from us, I’d already have her pants off.
“Don’t try and seduce me in front of your brother, Ava,” I growl in her ear before I bite down on the lobe gently. She giggles, and for a moment I’ve forgotten he’s even in the room until he clears his throat.
I turn back to Tucker as I make my way over. “Can’t take any of my calls?”
Upon closer inspection, Tucker looks exhausted, and it makes me wonder if he’s been just as unsettled by the recent developments in our friendship. “I just needed some time to process everything.”
“Process what, Tucker? We’re together; get over it,” Ava interjects before I can respond.
“Ava.” I look at her. “Go finish your paper.”
She crosses her hands over her chest and furrows her brow. “Excuse me?”
“Is it done?” I ask her, knowing full well it’s not. She was supposed to finish it last night, but I pounced on her the second I got home from work, effectively derailing her from finishing the twenty-pagedProcedural Lawpaper that was due at the end of this weekend. After that, we’d made a strict no touching of Ava’s womanly parts rule until she was finished.
She scoffs. “You don’t know me.”
“Your books are still in the study,” I tell her, ignoring her petulant “you don’t know me” comment.
“Thanks, dear,” she mutters before disappearing out of the room.
“How’s school for her?”
“Good.” I nod.
“You seem to know a lot about it.”
I shrug. “I ask.”It was meant to be a dig. Tucker used to check in on Ava every few days, but his stubbornness has prevented him from calling to see how she was doing or how school was going.“And I help her study sometimes.”
“That’s nice of you.”
I shrug again. “Least I can do. I’ve banned her from studying with half of the guys in her class.”
He laughs, and for the first time in weeks, I see a glimpse of how things used to be. “This the real thing…? You and my sister?”
“Yes,” I tell him honestly.You finally getting that through your thick skull?
“Marriage?”
“I’ve mentioned it. She thinks I’m crazy. But… I’m twenty-eight. I know what I want. I would say she’s not sure but-- she is. She just enjoys tormenting me.”
“You sure about that?” He raises an eyebrow at me.
“Yes, dick.”
