“What do you mean do I know what her relationship status is?”
“Well, I’m starting to think that I messed up. I was young and dumb, but I’m older and wiser now.”
“And what does that have to do with the price of tea?”
“I was thinking maybe I’m ready to give it another go.”
“You were wrestling naked women just a couple of weeks ago. Zac, are you telling me you’re seriously looking for a relationship?” Disbelief drops from my voice and I can’t believe what I’m hearing.
“I don’t know. Maybe Katherine was the one. Maybe she’s the one that got away. Do you happen to have her number? If not, can you check with HR?—”
“No, I cannot check with HR for one of my employees’ numbers, Zac. That is entirely inappropriate.”
“Not really.”
“Also I’m pretty confident she has a boyfriend. In fact, I’m pretty sure I heard her tell someone today that she was in a relationship.” Now, I know she was telling Raquel that she was in a relationship with me, and I know that was fake—but I’m not going to tell Zac that. For some reason, I want my brother to have nothing to do with Katherine.
“Ah, shit,” Zac says, sounding annoyed. “I really thought she could possibly be the one.” He starts laughing. “At least for a few nights. Her boobs got real bouncy looking. I wonder if they’re real.”
I have to stop myself from threatening my brother for his crude words. If he thinks for even a minute that I am invested in Katherine, he will be all over me like a dog on a fallen burger.
“You mean to tell me you spent all evening thinking about Katherine? Did you not even go out?”
“I mean, I wouldn’t say all evening. Tristan and I just got back from the titty bar and… well, she came to mind when this one brunette was bouncing up and down and her name was Katy and I was thinking to myself shit, this would feel even more amazing if it was Katherine.”
“You know what, Zac? I’m going to go. I have an early day tomorrow.”
“Fine, but could you see if you could get her number for me?”
“No. Why don’t you just concentrate on getting the bar up and running, making that a success, and then meeting someone out in the wild?”
“What?”
“Good night, Zac.” I hang up and lie there for a few moments, feeling slightly guilty that I lied to my brother. The fact of the matter is, I don’t really know whether Katherine has a boyfriend. It’s not a conversation we’ve had. I don’t think she does, seeing as I’ve gone down on her within the last couple of weeks, and she didn’t act like she was cheating. I decide that now I have an actual reason to call her.
“Hello?” she yawns into the phone.
“Hi. I didn’t wake you up, did I?”
“You kind of did,” she says, yawning even louder and I wonder if she’s faking it. “What is it?”
“I have a question for you.”
“You don’t need me to act like your girlfriend again tomorrow.”
“Would that be such a bad thing if I did?”
“I mean, not if it’s to Raquel, because she was a royal biatch. I don’t even know how you dated her in the first place.”
“Oh, we didn’t date.”
“Oh I see. I guess you have no standards when it comes to the women you decide to bang.”
“I wouldn’t say that.”
“You wouldn’t say what?”
“I wouldn’t say that I don’t have standards.”
