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“Sydney, I thought we were taking a break,” I say loudly, hoping Nina is paying attention.
“I missed you though, and besides, Masie is sick, and I needed to see you,” she pouts.
Trying not to lose my mind, I hold her at arm’s length away from me. “The dog who lives with your mom, who you’ve not seen in three years, is sick. That’s why you’re here?” I ask in disbelief. If she’s going to lie, she better come up with something better.
“I’m serious. I missed you, where is your bedroom. I have some serious cooped up energy to work off.” She grabs my hand and starts pulling me in the direction of Nina’s bedroom. Jesus Christ, I need to get this situation under control.
“Come on, babe, I’m horny,” she whines.
I try to ignore that comment, digging my heels into the floor to make her stop and talk to me. “How the hell did you find me?”
“Oh, I showed up at Grady’s, and he was like Travis isn’t here. He totally didn’t want to tell me where you were, but I made him.”
“What did you do, Sydney?” I ask, gritting my teeth.
“I just threatened to break something important,” she smiles. Then she looks over at Nina like she’s just noticed someone else is in the room with us.
“Hi, I’m Sydney, who are you?” she asks, bouncing over to Nina. Sydney is wearing the shortest skirt possible over fishnet tights. Her top is long-sleeved but cut so deeply it can’t be keeping her warm. Normally, I’d be all over her in that, but strangely, now it’s more off-putting than a turn on.
Extending her hand out to Nina, I bite the inside of my cheek, wondering where this is going to go. Sydney is psychotic, even on her best days.
“I’m Nina, and this is my apartment,” Nina replies, taking her hand. The crazy girl shakes it vigorously. I feel a little awkward, but there’s nothing I can do once Sydney decides to do something. It’s like when you’re drunk and sober you, knows that what you’re doing is a mistake, but you can’t get drunk you to listen. Yeah, that’s what being with Sydney is like.
“I’m sorry. I just got a little horny for Travis. You know how it is.” Sydney shrugs, and I want to sink into the floor. She manages to get in a few hip thrusts with her words. How the hell am I going to get rid of her?”
“Sydney, let’s go for a walk and talk about Masie,” I encourage, hoping that will get her attention. If she truly searched me out because of her childhood dog, then she’ll want to talk about it.
True to form, Sydney turns toward me and bursts into tears.
“She’s having surgery tomorrow, Travis!” She wails and walks back into my arms. Wiping her face back and forth against my chest. “I don’t know how to handle it.”
“If she’s having surgery, then they are fixing what’s wrong, right?” I hope I can calm her down and get her out of here. The last thing I want is to have her ruin the rest of the day.
“Yesssss,” she wails, “but something could go wrong during the surgery.”
“Okay, let’s get you some fresh air. Maybe we can stop for a drink somewhere. One with the little umbrellas you like?” I know the words that will get her moving, no matter how she feels.
“It’s two o’clock in the afternoon,” Nina announces and then looks startled by her own voice.
“Yeah, but a cocktail and a cock will make me feel better,” Sydney says, once again causing me to cringe. “We can find a shitty bathroom, and you can push my skirt up, rip my tights and fuck me like you always do,” she says, grabbing onto my arm, giving me doe eyes.
Fucking Christ. Somehow this has gotten even worse.
“I don’t think so,” I reply and tug her toward the door. Once we’re outside, I pull my arm from her embrace. “Jesus, you’d think you don’t know how to act around people.”
“What do you mean? I’m acting like I always do. I can’t help it if I want you on top of me or under me. It’s what we do,” her brows furrow as if she’s confused.
“Come on, let’s go to a bar for real,” I say, steering her toward my car. “It will make you feel better.”
“Okay,” she says as she starts to cry all over again. I turn around to see Nina watching us out of the front window as we leave. Well, shit, that was definitely the worst thing that could have happened. I manage to get Sydney into the car before she starts wailing again, and I’ve never been more embarrassed in my life.
Grady is going to be pissed that she threatened him. I realize this situation is the reason I have to stop seeing her. I have to get my life together and find a woman who isn’t this much of a hot mess. Someone like Nina.
NINA
I stand in the living room as Travis and Sydney drive away. After that display of horniness, my feelings are all over the place. That girl was sexy, with fuck me eyes, long blonde hair, and legs for miles. She was the definition of sex. The way she was all over Travis has me feeling things I shouldn’t. Not to mention their chemistry… ugh.
It would have turned me on, had I not been so jealous. I find myself picturing them together and shake my head violently to get that image out of my head.
