“Yeah,” Sydney echoed and was the last to shake her hand.
The throuple had arrived early, and Larissa had been a little frantic to get the room set up. She’d whispered to Harlow that she’d forgotten that they were talking to the three women tonight and had planned her questions for a couple they’d meet with next. Harlow still wasn’t sure what had been going on with her, but she had let Larissa run into the room first, and while Larissa had done that, Harlow had gotten the women water and coffee and headed back after.
“You ready for us?” she asked Larissa as she pushed open the door to the room they used every time.
“Um… Come on in. Yes,” Larissa said with an unsure nod before she stood up fully from setting her bag on the floor and forced a smile. “Hi. I’m Larissa Hanson.”
“Brynn. That’s Neve. And that’s Sydney,” the blonde introduced them and pointed to a brunette and then a redhead who looked younger than both of the other women.
“Please, have a seat. And thank you for coming,” Larissa replied.
Harlow moved to the chair she normally took, but she realized there were only two chairs opposite her and Larissa.
“I’ll be right back. Sorry,” she said.
“It’s okay. We’re used to it,” Sydney said. “Everything comes in twos. You realize it even more when you’re one of three.” She laughed a little.
Harlow left their room, found a spare chair in an empty room next to them, and brought it in with her, offering it to Brynn, who was still standing while the other two were sitting already.
“Thanks,” Brynn said.
“Sure,” she replied before she sat down and turned to Larissa.
“Right. Well, thank you again for coming in. Just to set the stage here: I’m not a doctor yet. This is an interview for a book I’m working on about love, and I’d like to record the conversation to make my life easier later, if that’s okay. You can also decline to answer anything you want at any time.”
“No problem,” Neve, the younger of the three, said and placed her hands on the thighs of each of the other women.
They each took Neve’s hand into their own like a well-practiced maneuver, and they sat there all joined together.
“So, can we start with how you met?” Larissa asked and tapped to record on her phone.
“We met about five years ago,” Sydney began. “Brynn and me. We dated briefly before we got engaged.”
“How briefly?” Harlow asked.
“Three months,” Brynn answered and smiled over at Sydney. “We just knew.”
“And we got married six months after that.”
“They metmeabout a year ago,” Neve added.
“Can we go back to the part where you met and just knew for a minute? Then, we can get to the part where you all met,” Larissa said. “Can you describe what you meant by you knew?”
“We met at a concert,” Sydney shared. “We were both there with our friends and had seats next to one another. We kept bumping elbows while we were dancing, and we laughed about it.”
“Then, we were talking instead of dancing and listening to the music. We grabbed a drink after the show and went back to my place,” Brynn added. “One thing led to another.”
“You had sex?” Larissa asked matter-of-factly.
“Yes,” Sydney said with a small laugh. “It was amazing, and we’ve been together ever since.”
“And when did you just know that you were going to be together? Get married?” Larissa asked. “What was it about the other person that made you realize they were the one for you?”
“Um…twofor you,” Neve corrected.
“My apologies,” Larissa said. “I haven’t interviewed a throuple before.”
“No problem. We’re used to it,” Sydney replied. “And I knew during the first drink that I wanted to know more about Brynn, at least. There was this kind of, I don’t know, magic in the room or something, and I’d never felt it before. When I say we had sex, we did, and it was hot and perfect, but we made love after that, and it was perfect in a different way. I can’t say I knew for sure that we’d be together forever, but I knew I wanted more.”
