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"I have no idea about anything like that," she says, popping a huge handful of popcorn into her mouth. "JJ is a very generous guy." Her verbal lies are as equally unconvincing as the physical attempts as she chews around the popcorn.
"You're fibbing so hard right now," I say, rolling my eyes. "But thank you. It's hard to know if we should let the house go in Tennessee and find something permanent here."
"You should be where I am," she says, blinking at me with wide eyes. "That's my vote."
I laugh, throwing a piece of popcorn at her head. It gets stuck in her beach waves, and she grins unrepentantly.
"You really won't mind?" she asks, studying my face.
"Nah," I say, shrugging. "He is going through a lot. It'll be fine. As long as he starts treating you better. Otherwise, I'll have to introduce him to the elbow smackdown."
Kitten cackles. "Ohmigosh, I forgot about that. You taught Saint a lesson, that's for sure. He swore you broke his solar plexus for like two months."
I snort. "Not every woman will meekly sit back and be tickled until she pees."
We grin at each other.
Holy hell, I really missed this girl.
We've only known each other a couple of years, but there's something about Kitten that makes it impossible to hold her at arm's length.
I tried.
When the guys first considered working with her, I didn't want anything to do with her. My fears were firmly in control, especially because at the time she was unbonded.
Having any unbonded omega spend a lot of time with my guys made me leery as hell. I was catty and on edge from the very first second. It bothered me knowing they'd be hanging out, writing music for hours. But the first thing she did was invite me to sit in, and from there our friendship grew easily.
"What's been going on with you and Dex?" she asks, carefully studying my face. "He's been hanging around a lot, and he's not acting like himself."
I frown.
I really don't know what to say to that.
I've seen Dexter ice people out before, I've just never been on this side of things.
I know he's hurting, too, but I can't see making more of an effort to fix things between us, because everything I was afraid of has come true.
He's right back to flirting and partying. And it's a fucking mess, that's what it is.
It makes me feel like an asshole, but I really don't want to talk about how Dexter and I are falling apart at the seams, especially while things are finally coming together for Kitten. And she absolutely deserves that. I don't begrudge her that at all, but I'd rather not talk about how I'm hurting right now.
I've always been private about things that are bothering me.
"Okay, new subject. How are things with creepy uncle and grandma?" Kitten asks nonchalantly.
"Ohmigod, stop." I shake my head.
I really appreciate the out, though.
"Nothing, really?" Kitten asks. "I'm disappointed. Riggs especially was putting out majorly interested vibes."
"You're delusional," I say, laughing. "Literally, look at me. I'm not exactly rocking my pre-pregnancy body."
"No, but they're alphas. You're also smoking hot. I know Issac's philosophy is the more the merrier." She turns to face me. "You seriously don't have chemistry with either of them?"
I open my mouth to speak, but close my mouth quickly.
I don't want to lie to her.
