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Lyric rubs her eyes with her fists, clearly not caring about the status of her makeup. “I told you I am strictly reserving that expensive shit for dick appointments only.”
I bend down and squeeze my friend tightly. I’m afraid if I let go, she’ll disappear. “I love you.”
“I love you too, babe.” Lyric pushes off the floor, sauntering over to my couch and plops her ass right in the middle. “Now get the fuck over here so we can veg out and talk about everything we’ve missed the past few months.”
I squeeze Brenna in a hug similar to Lyric’s and when she pulls back, I follow her around the couch to sit in the middle of them.
“Before we get into the deep stuff, what was the emergency?”
Brenna’s eyes widen and her cheeks turn into two twin flames as she reddens like a tomato.
“Spill, now.” I look between the two of them.
Lyric, God love her, has never been the best at keeping secrets. She leans forward and gives Brenna a knowing look, and when it becomes obvious that Brenna isn’t going to say anything, she blurts it all out.
“Brenna was cleaning her and Flame’s new house, which you need to go see, by the way, because Flame did a fuckingamazingjob. But anyway, she was organizing his closet and guess what she found!”
Lyric looks at me with wide eyes. I hope she isn’t wanting me to guess because I feel like you can find pretty much anything in a man's closet.
Lyric, the ever so impatient queen that she is, screams, “She found an engagement ring!”
My eyes widen, flying over to Brenna’s. “What?”
If it were possible, her cheeks redden even more. She nods her head, biting her lip while smiling.
“Oh my god!” I join Lyric’s excitement as I clap my hands together. “That is amazing!”
“I told you!” Lyric turns and looks at Brenna with a knowing smirk.
“You guys don’t think it’s too soon?” Brenna asks, worriedly.
“Hell no!” I yell.
“See, you bitch! I fucking told you Pebbles would be on my side!”
Brenna rolls her eyes playfully before turning to me again. “Please don’t tell him I found it.” Her eyes widen and dread fills her face. “Oh my god. Please do not tell Maria I found it!”
I laugh, waving her worries away. “Your secret is safe with me, Brenna.”
She smiles thankfully before settling further back on the couch. “Now, enough about me. I want to know everything we’ve missed.”
The next few hours are spent with my two favorite girls, cuddled up on my couch, telling them everything I’ve learned about my pregnancy so far. We stay far away from anything to do with the incident and strictly stick to all things pregnancy, and even Trigger, related. I tell them all about Winnie, her little crush on Bull, and everything I’m planning with the studio. They’ve both tried apologizing for being absent, and I hope they understand now that I didn’t mean to push them away the way I did.
Around eleven o’clock, Flame starts calling Brenna to see if she’s ready to be picked up. When he gets here, she promises to come over this weekend to help finalize everything for my open house.
Lyric takes off shortly after them, and I lock up the house with the biggest smile on my face. I can’t wait to tell Sophia about all the progress I’m making.
* * *
“I’m looking for Heather?” the young girl says, coming up to the front desk where I’m sitting.
“Are you Clara?” I ask, and based on the smile the girl points my way, I would say my assumption is correct.
Just going on her body type and the pale pink leotard that adorns her body alone, you can tell she’s a dancer.
“Yes,” she nods, enthusiastically.
“Then you’re in the right place, I’m Heather.” I reach my hand across the desk and she immediately takes it, shaking it firmly.
