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Rob laughed. “I don’t know why, but Penny is completely obsessed with this guy.” He put his hand on James’ shoulder. “Trust me, I’ve made tons of passes at her, and she always says no.”
James pushed Rob’s hand off his shoulder.
Matt laughed. “Maybe I should come visit you,” he said to Rob. “I feel like I’m the only one who hasn’t been with a marketing major from a party school. I must be missing out on something.”
“Yes! You should wait till the spring, though. When the skirts come back out. Right now it’s all North Face jackets and Uggs.”
“Sold.”
My phone buzzed in my pocket. I quickly pulled it out and slid my finger across the screen. Bee had finally texted me: “Are you sure you don’t want to just meet up tomorrow? I’m so sorry this is taking so long.”
I didn’t want to wait to see her until tomorrow. I wanted her now. And I refused to let her go back to that dingy little apartment. She didn’t belong there. She belonged with me.
“Did she finally text you?” Rob asked.
“I told you, I was just checking the score.”
Matt whistled. “Whipped.”
I grabbed my coat and stood up. “Whatever. Fuck you guys. I’m gonna go get laid.”
James laughed. “Yeah, I’m gonna get going too. The joys of not being single.”
Rob groaned. “Lame. I’ll be your wingman, Matt. Come on.”
“Sounds good to me,” Matt said. “Have fun with your girlfriends.”
I didn’t bother protesting. It didn’t matter what they said. I knew it wasn’t true. The wind hit me hard on the way out the bar. I was slightly buzzed and overheated inside, but there had to be a wind chill of below zero out here. “Shit it’s cold,” I said and buttoned up my jacket.
“Let me give you a ride,” James said. His car was already waiting for him outside and the driver had just opened his door.
“No, it’s fine. I’m just going to take a taxi.”
“Her office is on my way. Come on.”
“I thought you were going home?” I asked.
“I need to make a stop first.”
I shrugged. There weren’t any taxis driving by at the moment and it was too cold to stand on the curb waiting. “Yeah, that’ll be great.” I walked around the side of the car and got in. I used to have a driver. I used to have a lot of things. “So, where are you going?”
“I’m going to go see my parents.”
“Are they still refusing to meet Penny?”
James sighed. “I don’t even know why she wants to meet them. But I want to give her what she wants. And the fact that I can’t is driving me crazy.”
“They’ll come around.”
“Like your parents?”
“My dad will get over it,” I said.
“How is the new venture going?”
“Okay. Slower than I wanted.”
“I know you always say no, but if you just need some seed money…”
