“Where’s Hailey?” I shout at Pecan. “She usually keeps you in line.”
My closest friend’s happy countenance darkens. Instantly.
And there we have it, folks.
Girl trouble.
“I don’t know where she is and I don’t care, all right?”
When he shoves through the crowd, I gape at Zach. “What was that about? Did he tell you about any problems he’s having with Hailey?”
“No. I don’t know what’s going on with him.” Bending so I can hear him better, he states, “But we might have our roommate back full-time.”
“You think they broke up?”
“I think it’s likely. When does Pecan ever get that way unless he has girl trouble?”
Great minds and all that.
“True.” I tug on his hand. “We need to find him.”
When he nods, then straightens so he can peer over the crowd’s heads—perks of being a beanstalk—he hollers, “That way,” and raises our joined hands so I know where we’re going.
As he guides us through the crowd, I follow in his wake.
It’s hard to hide from the partygoers’ amusement at my expense, but I angle my chin high and inwardly tell myself that this will pass.
When we find Pecan in the kitchen, his tongue down Darcy Lovell’s throat, I groan and grab his arm.
“What the fuck are you doing here?” Darcy barks when Pecan blearily blinks at me.
Ignoring her because hello, BITCH ALERT, I snap, “Are you trying to lose Hailey forever?”
“She dumped me,” he booms, looking like he’s on the brink of tears.
The only time I’ve seen that happen is when he’s lost a major game…
Ooh, boy.
Hailey’s as important to him as hockey.
Jeeeez.
“Seriously? Who the fuck let her in?” Darcy slams her hands onto her hips.
“She’s with me,” Zach snarls, but I ignore him, knowing he’ll handle the C U Next Tuesday.
Dragging Pecan to the refrigerator, where there’s a minute amount of space for us to talk, I hiss, “What happened? Did you cheat on her?”
He gapes at me. “NO! Do you know how hard you rammed home never to cheat? You’d be the one to skin me alive.”
Well…
“At least you listened,” I grouse.
I mean, I tried to do my fellow womankind a service by ensuring that lesson resonated.
Doesn’t mean their girlfriends treat me right though.
