“Maybe we should just bounce then?”Bailey offered.
I grinned.“Oh hell yeah.”
Then we all held hands and jumped like little kids super excited about what was going to happen next.After a minute, we had to stop since we were blocking the hall.
As we inched our way toward the wall—still holding hands—to get out of the way of a stagehand hauling lighting equipment, Bailey turned to me.“What’s up with you and Noah?I thought he’d be super eager to put a public claim on you.I was waiting for him to lay a big ole kiss on you.”
“I know, right?”I shrugged.“He was super weird out there.”
“Maybe he’s freaking out about that truth bomb Jesse sprang on you,” Lark said.
Bailey turned to her.“What are you talking about?”
I sighed.
Lark raised her eyebrows.“You okay if I fill her in?”
I lifted a shoulder.“It’s kinda already out there information.And it’s Bailey—of course you can tell her.”
“I heard the guys arguing about it backstage before the show.Apparently, Jesse made it a thing about how Noah used to share women with someone else back in the day—like threesomes, guy-girl-guy threesomes.”
Bailey’s eyes widened and I rolled mine.
“Seriously?That’s what he’s wigging out about?”I snorted.“That’s…ridiculous.”
“Ridiculously hot, you mean.”Bailey fanned herself.“Have you guys ever…?”
“No.”I laughed.“Sorry, but I’m a one-man woman.Sounds like way too much work to me.And Noah doesn’t have any problems in the stamina area.”
“Eewww!”Bailey shuddered.“TMI, girl.Tee, em, eye.”
“What?You’re fine hearing stories about threesome glory days but draw the line at hearing about our sex life?Do you know how many times I’ve had to listen to you go on and on about your latest hookup?
“Yeah, but it’s Noah.And you.”Bailey shrugged.“You guys have forever vibes, so it’s not as much fun to think about.I’m not looking to settle down anytime soon, so I don’t get the same vicarious thrill, ya know?”
“Was that a backhanded compliment?”I turned to Lark.
She laughed.“Honestly, I couldn’t tell.”
“Whatever.”It was Bailey’s turn to roll her eyes.“But did it bug you?Thinking about Noah like that with someone else?”
“I mean, who wants to know that, right?”
The girls nodded.
I shrugged.“It wasn’t a revelation that Noah hasn’t always been a Boy Scout.”
“Or ever,” Lark said through a cough.
I laughed.“I always knew he wasn’t celibate his whole life—just this past year.”
“WHAT?!” Lark and Bailey yelled in unison.
I winced.“Right.That probably was something I should’ve kept to myself.”
“Whoa.”Bailey shook her head.“You can’t stuff that genie back into the bottle.He’s been celibate for a whole year?”
I groaned and dropped their hands, so I could scrub my eyes with the heel of my hands.“Can you all just forget I said that?”
