"Come on, I saw the way she looked at you at the reunion."
"Really?"
"She was all over you."
Uncertainty is controlling my every thought. I don't want to admit we were faking, and I feel like I can sneak around this without outwardly lying.
"A lot has changed in the last ten years."
"Is it love yet?"
Fuck.
"I've had a thing for her for so long…"
"She has to know already. Remember that time she was taking out the trash at Roasted, and one of the bags ripped? We watched on as she nearly burst into tears. You went over and helped her clean it all up."
"Wow, I don't remember that."
"She had to have known you loved her."
"It's a delicate situation, what's happening between us. Our parents don't know."
"I was about to ask how her dad is handling the news,stepson."
His look displays the level of snark I'm familiar with giving Amelia.
"He would fucking kill me. I don't want him finding out until we figure out what's going on."
"Amelia looked good."
Now he's offering a look like he wants to elaborate.
"Go ahead, say it," I give him permission.
"She lookedreallyfucking good. Like wow, dude. If only ten years looked that good on me."
"Hey, you're still a catch."
"My hair is thinning in the front, do you see this?" He cranes his neck forward to reveal a receding hairline.
"I can't even see it."
"Bullshit. You're such a bad liar."
"Show me some photos of your wife and baby. This is crazy. Tell me all about them."
Seth proceeds to show photo after photo of his wife and the spitting image of her but in baby form. From how they met, to the surreal birthing story, to how he's managing a family now.
"She's adorable. Eight months old?" I ask.
"Yep, her name is Karen."
I have to hide my horror with a cough.
"Karen? Cool name."
He cackles. "I'm fucking with you. Her name is Ally, and I love her to death. Best thing that ever happened to me."
