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Gunner glanced at Noah, who didn’t look as shocked as Gunner might have hoped for.
“Early days, isn’t it?” he finally asked me.
I shrugged. “If you know, you know. You know?”
Gunner shook his head. “I need a drink if you’re going to talk in riddles.” He waved at the bartender. “What are you guys having?”
“Nothing for me,” I said.
“What?” Gunner asked. “Come on. Your cut-off is fucking low, but not nothing.
“I think I’m done, too,” Noah said. It was nice of him to back me up.
Gunner rolled his eyes. “Whatever. More for me, right?”
“Hey,” Noah said, looking at me. “Do you want to get out of here?”
“Actually, yeah,” I said.
Gunner groaned. “Now you’re going to leave me to drink alone? Fuck, man, what’s gotten into you? Both of you?”
I shrugged again and laughed. “We just have better things to do with our time than hang around and get wasted.”
“Well, I’ll take one for the team…pussies, the both of you.”
Noah and I laughed and waved goodbye to our fathers before leaving HQ.
“Where are you parked?” I asked Noah.
“I came in a cab. I meant to take the night off and get wasted, since Ava is all good with me having a guys’ night now and then, but I don’t think it’s what I want. I’d rather be with them.”
“I get you,” I said. “Come on; I’ll drive you.”
We walked to my car and got in. I felt the same way Noah did. I wanted to be with Jade and Ben, not out drinking myself into a stupor only to feel like shit the next day. I would get around to hanging with the guys, but I wanted my family right now.
“It’s weird,” I said to Noah when we were in my car, headed toward the high-rise where he lived. “I used to want freedom, to get away from all the responsibility and just live my life. When I had the chance to get it, I didn’t want it anymore, and now…who even says no to drinking with the guys? It’s fucked up, right?”
Noah laughed. “I think it’s a matter of choice. When you felt like you couldn’t choose it, you didn’t want it. Everything changed the moment you chose this life, and now, you know it’s exactly what you want, so why would you want to get away from it?”
“That sounds about right,” I said, nodding. “You can be pretty fucking wise if you want to be.”
Noah laughed. “Yeah, it’s because I have a good woman behind me. She’s the one that’s wise, you know?”
“I know,” I said with a chuckle.
“Things are good with you and Jade?” Noah asked.
I nodded. “Better than good. I fucking love her. I want her in my bed all the time. I want to share my life with her in every way possible. I was never like this––when last did you hear me get this serious about a girl?”
“Not even with Sabrina,” Noah said.
“That’s exactly it. I guess they’re right about finding your person.”
“It appears that they are…whoever the fuck they are.”
I laughed, and we drove in silence for a while.
“She makes me want to be better,” I said. “But in a good way.”
