His reasoning made sense. Us bantering back and forth was starting to gain the attention of those around us. We could be civil. It’s what I wanted in the first place.
“Fine,” I sighed.
“Coxinhas. My mom’s recipe though.” My mouth watered, thinking about biting into one of those little fried balls of goodness.
“Never had them. I’ll have to check them out. I’m a pizza man, myself. Back in the day I used to toss pizzas during high school.”
I finished the final touches on his face and told him to open his eyes.
“So you’re a pizza tosser. Cute.” I giggled, trying to imagine him covered in flour, throwing big, stretched-out pieces of dough in the air.
“Oh, yeah, I’m a great tosser.” He smiled, and I laughed harder, shooing him off to do his job. I wanted to make some other jokes at him, but stopped myself. Joking was harmless, but letting myself feel comfortable around Joel was not. It would be too easy to let myself go with him if he kept this nicer side up.
Maybe I needed to find a man. Take the edge off.
I sat in my chair again and watched Joel fight off some warriors on set. He was being thrown around like he was nothing. The wires attached to his waist helped. But this was going to be an epic fight scene in the completed movie, for sure.
“Couple of us from set were thinking about going out to The Bean tonight. You wanna join us?” Kandi had snuck up beside me and at the sound of her words, I about jumped out of my skin.
“Jesus Christ!” My hand was over my heart, trying to steady the fast beat.
“Chill out,c hicarita.” She popped a bubble and watched the scene in front of us.
“Sorry, you just haven’t spoken to me previously, so it kinda felt like you shouted at me. About made me pee.”
“Yeah, I’ve been on the rag. You know how it is, makes you a little extra bitchy.” She shrugged. I guess I could see that. Ever since Jenson was born, my periods were a little more crampy than usual. And of course my hormones kinda went all over the place, too. So I get it.
“What time?” I could use a little fun. Jenson has been wanting to stay at his friend’s house. I could shoot him a text. He’d be thrilled, especially after last night.
“Eight. They have a pretty good set playing tonight.”
“I think I can swing it. Thanks.” I smiled at her, and she just nodded before walking off to one of the other people on set.
A night for adult fun was just what I needed. I watched as Joel’s shirt ripped open, showing off all his rippling muscles.
Definitely think I need to get laid tonight.
