“Just a few blocks.”
“Yeah, that’s what I thought. In that case, it doesn’t make sense for you to take me all the way to my apartment when you’re staying at Jonas’ tonight. I’m sure Sarah will give me a ride home later. Let’s walk to Jonas’ house from here and—” She gasps. “Oh my God. I just had an idea. You, me, and Jonas should leave the bar together. That’d be so frickin’ funny.”
I chuckle. “And just like that, our movie’s back to being a porno again.”
Kat laughs.
“Do you really gotta do that to the poor woman? She already hates you enough to hire a hit on you.”
“Hell yeah, I gotta. It’s just too freaking hilarious. How much you wanna bet that tiger-woman is out there hitting on Jonas right now?”
“I’m not stupid enough to take that bet. I’ve been in far too many bars with Jonas over the years.”
Kat laughs and throws her arms around my neck. “God, I missed you.”
“I missed you, too, babe.” I wrap my arms around her and kiss her.
“I’m so glad you came to Seattle early,” she says into my chest, squeezing me tight. “This long-distance thing is killing me, Josh. It’s brutal.”
My chest constricts. If ever there was a cue for me to tell Kat about my upcoming move to Seattle that was just it. But I’m not ready to tell her. I can’t. It’s definitely happening—I’ve just made an offer on the perfect place a few miles from Jonas’. But now’s not the time. We’re in a fucking bathroom, for Chrissakes, and there’sprobably a line of people waiting outside the door. And, anyway, my move is happening a whole two months from now, maybe even three. I should probably wait another month or so before I tell her and we start making plans.
“Come on, PG,” I say. “Let’s go see if Lucy’s torn Jonas limb from limb yet, or if she’s at least left the poor guy with a stump to stand on.”
Kat pulls herself together and smooths down her blouse. “Oh my God, I can’t wait to see that woman’s face when I suggest we three leave together.” She does a little shimmy. “This is gonna be the best pornoever.”
35
KAT
“Thanks again for the ride, Sarah,” I say, flopping onto my couch. “Sorry if I pulled you away from valuable study time.”
“No, I needed a break,” Sarah says, plopping herself down next to me. “There’s only so much a girl can read aboutmens reaandcaveat emptorbefore she starts to go a little cuckoo for Cocoa Puffs.”
“Well, thanks. It’s awesome to see you. You’ve been studying like a banshee lately.”
“I love how adding ‘like a banshee’ to anything makes it totally next level,” Sarah says, laughing. “I don’t even know what a banshee is or what the hell one does in real life.”
“Hell if I know. I think they scream?”
“And study for law exams, apparently.”
“Well, whatever they do, those damned banshees put their entire heart and soul into it, every time, that’s for sure.”
We both laugh.
“So when do exams finally start? Seems like you’ve been studying every minute since Vegas.”
“Next week,” Sarah says. “ I’ve got exams Monday through Thursday. And then on Friday Jonas is whisking me away to an undisclosed location. He says he’s taking me somewhere really special, but he won’t tell me where.”
My heart swoons vicariously for her. She’s gonna flip out.
“So things are good between you two?” I ask.
Sarah absently touches the platinum bracelet around her wrist. “Things couldn’t be better. I didn’t know I could love someone this much. It physicallyhurts—like I’m literally straining my heart muscle.”
I bite my lip. “I’m so happy for you.”
Sarah smiles sheepishly. “Thank you. I’m happy for me, too. So tell me about you and Josh. You guys were on fire in Las Vegas. Like, kerzoinks. Whenever we were all together, I kept looking around for fire extinguishers, just in case.”
