I nodded slowly. The woman who yelled at me from the window.
“And I’m Amanda,” the other one said as she waved. “You haven’t met Wrecker yet, but he’s mine.”
I just gave another slow nod as my eyes darted between the two of them.
“We’re sisters,” Ariel said with a proud smile.
Amanda looked over and gave her an equally proud smile before her attention returned back to me. “Are you hungry? We’ve always got food in this place.”
“Reid made jambalaya last night. We could heat you up some?” Ariel asked.
I furrowed my brow. “Have I met Reid?”
“Cap,” Amanda said.
“What about him?” I asked.
Amanda just nodded. “That’s Reid.”
“Ah.”
Ariel stood. “I’ll get you some warmed up, just in case. You want a soda?”
Caffeine. Oh, thank fuck. “Please.”
“Coming right up!” the redhead chimed out.
Her sister pulled her chair around the table and sat a bit closer to me. “You okay?”
“I… don’t know,” I said honestly.
“That’s fair,” she said as she reached out and patted my upper arm. “Do you want to talk about it?”
I just shook my head softly as a microwave behind me started up.
“Dr. Pepper or Coke?” Ariel said from behind me.
“Either’s fine,” I said breathlessly.
“I’ll get you both, just in case.”
Amanda giggled as she shook her head. “Well, we figured you might want a break from men in general. So while the guys have their little pow-wow downstairs, we figured we’d keep you company.”
“And get you fed,” Ariel said as she placed a tall glass of ice and two cans of soda in front of me.
I immediately reached for the Dr. Pepper and cracked it open, which made Amanda smile.
“A woman after my own heart,” she said.
“You want some, Mandi?” Ariel asked.
“Sure, why not? And get me one of those Dr. Peppers, too, while you’re at it.”
“Only if you say ‘please’.”
Amanda rolled her eyes. “I’d rather die.”
“Then you’ll die without Dr. Pepper. What will the world think then?”
