He’s definitely the cocky one of the bunch.From what I know, he’s the second-line center, but now that Rowan Landry is rumored to be announcing his retirement soon, the spot is his.That ego will just soar.
“Why are you talking to us?Our names aren’t on the leases,” Penelope says, not mentioning that she’s moving out soon.
Theodore arches an eyebrow.“We’re not stupid, we know you’re the decision-makers.”
He’s too good-looking for his own good.I saw an endorsement ad he got, and if we all thought Decker’s ad was sexual, it had nothing on Theodore’s.
“At least you got that right,” Callie says.
“And I’m already out of this building.What do you want with me?”Leighton asks.
“Wouldn’t you want your friends to live near you?You can all have barbecues and your kids can grow up together.Can’t you just see these two falling in love and sneaking out of windows to visit each other?”Alvin points at Ellis and Tanner.
“Hey, my kid isn’t going to climb into windows to have sex with his girlfriend,” I say.
I huff, but Callie shrugs and cringes.
“Callie!”
“He is Easton Bailey’s kid,” Simon says as though that’s proof enough.
“You just lost my vote, by the way.”I hold Tanner a little tighter as if sayingdon’t listen to them.
“So, like we said, we’re here to negotiate.You tell us what you want in order to convince your men to move out and let us move in.”Theo crosses his arms.
We all narrow our eyes.
“You have nothing to offer us that we’d want, I assure you.”Penelope’s voice is firm.
I love the fact that she’s not telling them her condo will be free in a few weeks.Because I could see all three of them moving into their place and driving the other two of us out.
“What about babysitting services?”Simon asks.
We all look at one another and then our kids.“Hell no.”
They nod as though they understand why we wouldn’t want them to watch our kids.
“Tickets to the Falcons?”Theodore asks as though he’s coming up with things on the fly.
“Hockey’s not my thing,” Leighton says.
“Not to mention we can get tickets.Our husbands are Chicago Colts.”Callie raises her eyebrows.
“Technically he’s not your husband yet,” Alvin says, and Callie looks as if she wants to clock him.“Okay… forget that.”
“Good idea,” she says and gives us all exasperated looks.
They all look at one another as if they’re thinking about what else they can offer.
Finally, Theodore turns his attention on us.“Come on, we’ve wanted to move in for four years.I get that the location is perfect for the guys, but it’s meant for people who want to party and have fun.”
“So we don’t have fun?”Leighton cocks an eyebrow.
“No!”all three of them say at the same time.
The door opens and the guys walk in, all stopping short when they see the Chipmunks at the table.
“What the hell is this?”Foster asks, walking over to Callie.“She’s taken.”
