She looked away and toed the turf in front of her.“So what’s your deal?Why don’t you want to pick another date?”
“I thought this was supposed to be about exes?”
“Do you want to talk about your exes?”
“Fuck no.”I laughed.“Most of them were batshit crazy.”
“Ooooh!Let’s talk about that.”Alice grinned.
“Let’s not.”I sighed.“The first date was awkward and weird and then it turned into a shitshow.She’s posting all these videos like I did her wrong because I didn’t want her to talk during your guys’ show.Like I was more into you guys than her.”
Alice blinked a couple times then shook her head.“But you’re not.”
“I mean I could be…” I muffled my laughter as Alice’s eyes grew rounder.“Lark is pretty hot.”
“Ass.”She scowled and swatted my arm.
I laughed and danced away.“Joke.It’s a joke.Besides, Lark is kinda scary.I don’t know if I could ever be with someone that constantly positive.”
“It does take some getting used to.”Alice shrugged.“She might’ve started calling me Eeyore.”
“Hell yeah.”I held out my knuckles to her.“Eeyore is my spirit animal.”
“I have a hard time believing that,” Alice said as she pounded my knuckles.“I remember how you were before you started using.I would’ve compared you more to Tigger than Eeyore.”
I winced.“Nah, that’s probably true.Or was anyway.Not so much anymore.”
Alice lifted a shoulder.“Maybe some lucky woman could help with that.Falling in love would make me bounce around.”
“That sounds kinda optimistic, but I definitely don’t wanna be abstinent forever, so I guess I gotta do something.”
“WHAT?” Alice screeched.
I flinched, and DJ stood up, tilting his head at Alice.
She shook her head.“Sorry.That came out wrong.But seriously?Seriously?You’re abstinent?I mean, I don’t, I can’t…for how long?”
Fuck.This conversation took a turn.“As long as I’ve been sober.”
“Wow.”
Looking down, I scratched at DJ more.I really didn’t want to look at Alice.Christ, this was mortifying.How did we even get here?
I blamed Harper.
Alice sighed.“Now all your bitchiness makes sense.You’re forgiven.”
“Just like that?”I laughed.
“I’m hell on wheels if I haven’t gotten laid in a while.I get it.”
And like the smart man I was, I didn’t comment.
I just grinned and rubbed behind DJ’s ears.
Chapter 15
Alice
