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As I gazed at the Met, I couldn't help but wonder about the alternate reality where I had said yes to Clark. Would I even be alive right now? Or would I have drowned already, consumed by the world I’d been trapped in?
“Blake…are you alright?” Monroe whispered, her green eyes wide and soulful as she stared at me.
I gave her a smile, but I knew it felt flat. “There’s a lot of memories here. A lot of demons so to speak.”
She nodded, looking thoughtful. “I know all about demons. I’m conquering a few of my own this season…all the seasons.” Monroe squeezed my hand and my heart thumped.
It was nice to have a friend.
* * *
The limo pulled to the back of the arena where Lincoln was playing, and the driver got out to open the door for us. Before she could get to the door, it was yanked open and there was Ari. He immediately reached in and plucked me out, swinging me around in his arms and burying his face in my neck. His body shuddered like he’d been in withdrawal and I was just the hit he needed.
“Fuck. I missed you. I missed you. I missed you,” he growled, keeping me plastered against him as he smacked a kiss against my lips.
“Hi,” I smiled against his mouth. “I missed you too.” It didn’t feel as hard to be vulnerable with him anymore, not when he was giving me all of him. Every day. “But I’m confused why you didn’t just fly with us.”
He scoffed, and his arms tightened around me once more before he reluctantly slid me down his body. Belatedly, I realized Walker was standing a few steps away, his hands in his pocket, looking adorably awkward as he pretended not to watch us. “You can thank ‘Golden Boy’ for that,” he said with a sigh as he waved to Monroe behind me.
“Oh boy. What did my husband do now?” Monroe said with mock exasperation as she walked up next to us.
“Linc threatened ‘Little Ari’ with bodily harm if he rode on the plane with Monroe without him,” Walker supplied helpfully.
My jaw dropped. But Monroe…she didn’t seem shocked at all.
Ari’s whole body was shaking against me.
“And that would be why he never answered my text asking why he was wondering if you were on the plane with me.”
“I sent him a photoshopped picture of me sitting on the plane next to you.” Ari was bent over now, unable to control himself because he was laughing so hard. “He literally called me fifty million times. And then he called Mabel and Edna just to make sure.”
Walker was shaking his head at Ari…or Lincoln. Both called for a head shake at the moment.
Ari straightened, wiping at his eyes. “It’s too good. I can literally torture him for the rest of our lives about Monroe. You’re the gift that keeps on giving, bestie,” he said, patting Monroe on the head like she was a puppy.
Monroe rolled her eyes, scrunching up her nose adorably. “Let’s go inside before he comes out looking for me.” With the way she was marching towards the arena though, I think she was just as antsy to see Lincoln.
Ari grabbed my hand again and dragged me against him.
“You know I would have been on that plane with you, golden boy aside, but I figured you and Monroe might want some girl time. Did you have a good time?”
“I really did,” I told him, melting against him. “Monroe’s a keeper.”
“Mmmh, you’re a keeper,” he murmured, pressing a kiss on my lips that had me contemplating if we could sneak in a quickie somewhere.
A throat cleared and we both glanced behind us to see Walker standing there. “Can we not make me feel like the thirdest wheel of all third wheels,” he huffed.
Ari smacked my ass. “Disney, I can’t keep my hands off of her. I’m addicted. #sorrynotsorry.”
Walker sighed and shook his head. “I did sign up for this.”
Ari then smackedhimon the ass. “Get in there, Disney. And find yourself a soulmate.”
Walker’s face fell. “Yeah. Yeah.”
But he didn’t look excited about it.
* * *
