“A hundred percent pure muscle, baby.”
The four of us are standing on the sidewalk, staring at the empty passenger seat.
“Night, Lois!” Lewis yells.
I turn to the building just in time to see her disappear inside.
“You need to put a ring on it, Lane.” Lewis turns back to me. “You could call your kids Lex and Luthor, and get a Lab called Clark!”
Don claps, laughing.
“Remind me why we’re friends, again?” I sigh, pushing back a few loose curls.
“You’ve got to admit, she’s funny, man.” Adam nudges me with his shoulder.
I bat my lashes. “Hilarious.”
Over my dead body will I ever admit that yes, Lois does make me laugh.
I reach the first step of my apartment building. “Okay, guys, show’s over.”
“Have fun, you two,” Lewis teases, before opening his car door.
The elevator squeaks its way up to the fifth floor. My front door is ajar, my roommate slumped on the couch. When I shove her legs to the side and fall back beside her, she glares at me.
“Did you eat? There’s still some chicken wings, if you want.”
“No, thanks.”
I toss a cushion at her. “Okay, enough with the sulking already.”
“I can’t help the fact you’re annoying as hell!”
“You love me, Heartbreak—you just don’t know it yet.”
“Ignorance is bliss.”
I stare straight ahead of me. Lois’s feet are propped up on the coffee table alongside mine, and she lets out a snort once she realizes I’m wriggling my toes in time with hers.
“What’s new with Kirk?”
She stops fidgeting and lets out a heavy sigh. “Nothing.”
“Still in win-him-back mode?”
She nods, tossing her head back against the couch. I’m not sure how long I spend looking at her profile. Truth be told, I don’t even realize I’m doing it, until I catch her questioning gaze, and I look away.
“Do you know if Donovan talked to his dad about a dorm room yet?” she asks timidly.
“I’ll check with him tomorrow.” I hear her swallow, and I’m overcome with a sudden urge to comfort her. “Don’t worry. What’s a few more days, right?”
She turns to me, a worried expression on her face as she gnaws at the inside of her cheek.
“I’m doing everything I can to make this right…”
“I know you are.”
We stare at each other in silence until she stifles a yawn with her hand.
