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“About the Barbie movie.”
“Wait.” Millie Sue laughed. “He saw that?”
“No,” Ivy replied. “And that’s the problem. First off, he’s a man.”
“Right.”
“And secondly, he’s a man, for God’s sake.”
“I think I see where you’re going with this.”
“’Cause thirdly, how can you have an opinion about something like Barbie if you have balls and haven’t seen the movie?”
“I guess that’s a valid argument.” Millie reached for another chocolate. “What was your mountain?”
“Mountain?” Ivy looked confused.
“The thing you wouldn’t give up? The argument at the top of your mountain?”
“Oh.” She blushed. “I don’t really remember on account of me being drunk. I might have tripped, and then he grabbed me by the waist, and then I…well, that’s when I shoved my tongue down his throat.”
“I see.”
“Don’t be facetious.”
“I’m not,” Millie said. “I’m trying to visualize two of my best friends making out.”
“It was hot.” Ivy jumped to her feet and began to pace. “So hot.”
“He’s a good kisser.”
“What?!” Ivy stopped mid-pace. “You’ve kissed him?”
Millie Sue shrugged. “We had a moment. Once.”
Ivy looked horrified. “You two didn’t…”
“No!” Now it was Millie’s turn to be horrified. “God, no. We had one kiss and it was awful, and we both agreed that we could only be friends.”
“Our kiss was amazing. What does that mean?”
“It means that maybe you should explore it. Didn’t you want to do more?”
“Oh, we did,” Ivy exclaimed. “We did some exploring on my sofa and then on the kitchen table.” Her eyes were big circles. “Twice.” She paused, chewing her bottom lip. “He didn’t tell you that?”
“No.”
“That’s kind of shocking, isn’t it? I mean, guys share that stuff all the time.”
“This feels different to me.”
Ivy made a face. “It’s Mike Paul. He’s the biggest player in the county. Hell, in all of Montana, for that matter. The vet who does house calls, and not just to check on the animals, if you know what I mean. He’s not the settling-down type.”
“And you are?”
Ivy shrugged, clearly confused. “I didn’t think I was. I like my life. All the travel and meeting new people and the craziness of the music business. Cal and I are the same. We don’t see Big Bend as home.”
Millie kept her expression blank, even as Ivy rushed to apologize for her blunder.
