“Let me get into something comfier first,” I grumble as I make my way into my bedroom. She’s quick on my heels though, as I knew she would be. I go across the bedroom and quickly change into my favorite purple cami set.
Evie’s sitting on the end of my bed, her legs crossed underneath her as she leans back on her hands as she waits. I quickly go into the washroom to wash my makeup off and brush my teeth. When I return to the bedroom, Evie’s in the same exact place I left her, and this time, Winnie has joined her.
“Okay, so. It wasn’t as bad as I thought it was going to be.” I join her on the bed. “Dalton’s face was worth every moment. He looked like he was going to pass out.”
“I would have loved to see the look on that fucker’s face.” There’s a devious smirk on her face as she motions for me to continue.
“The thing I wasn’t expecting was the way Chloe lost it and then accused me of being there only to get him back.” Evie’s face scrunches in disgust. “Chloe gets shut down. Dalton saysnothingwhile she’s having this tantrum. It was their dad who told her to cut it out.”
“Xavier didn’t say anything?” Evie asks with a raised eyebrow.
“Well no. But he had me, like possessively pulled to his side and he was stiff as a board. Evie, if you could have seen the look in his eyes. Well, you would be dead” I take a minute to remember the look on his face. It’s around the time I started rubbing his back. I wanted him to know I was fine, but I don’t think he got the message until I said something. “Anyway, I came out and said she had nothing to worry about, and that I met Xavierby happenstance, and we hit things off. I even said that we didn’t know we would be running into Dalton or Chloe…or that I knew Chloe when he invited me to dinner. You should have been there. You would have been pleased with the speech I gave.” I smile over at her proudly. She looks at me with one of her own.
Then, like a freight train, it hits me. “Andoh my God.I forgot to tell you the craziest parts!” I yell.
“Dude chill. I’m literally right beside you–” Evie winces.
I interject before she finishes her sentence. “Dalton and Chloe areengaged.” I say with a straight face.
Evie’s mouth drops open quickly, before she snaps it back shut. “Excuse me? I’m sorry I think I blacked out for a minute.” She sticks a finger in her ear like she’s trying to clear it out.
I shake my head, continuing. “You heard me. Apparently, it just happened though, so they haven’t announced it. I totally forgot to try and get a look at her finger to see the ring. Their mom dropped the bomb, but then Chloe continued on her tangent so I didn’t get the time to fully digest it before we moved on to the next thing.”
“That’s fucked.” Evie says, as she crawls over to the headboard and tucks herself under the blankets.
“You’re telling me.” We lounge for a bit in silence, before I putNew Girlon the TV. We watch an episode before we dive back into the evening. I tell her about the comment Penelope made, and how it seemed to set Xavier off. I mentioned that I tried to talk to him about it. He didn’t completely shut me out, but he told me it had something to do with his past and why he’s never been in another relationship. While I appreciated the honesty and sincerity there, it just has me wondering what he went through. He was not open to discussing it at all so I respected his wishes and dropped it.
“Now, let’s circle back to this ski lodge.” Evie says before gracing me with a huge yawn.
“What about it? I’ll be gone for three weeks. I’ll leave Winnie here with you, you get free range of my house.” I roll on my side to face her as Ipull the duvet up to my chin. She mimics my movements, and raises her eyebrow in question.
“We’re just going to ignore the fact that you’re walking into a one bed trope romance novel?”
I scoff. “Yeah okay, you’re delusional.” I feel my eyes roll.
“No, think about it! Stuck up in a ski lodge. It’s snowing, so it’s going to be cold, and you’re going to need to keep warm. Wouldn’t you know it, you guys have to share a room – with a bed. We both know you won’t let him sleep on the ground or anything, so you’re going to have to share.” Evie grins at the thought.
I give into her fantasy for a minute before I shake it off. “That seems nice and all Evie, but we don’t live in a romance book.”
Evie huffs. “That may be so, but I wouldn’t count the idea out as impossible.”
We lay there in silence. I circle back to earlier, and think of packing again. “I don’t think I have clothes for this trip. Especially anything like snow pants.”
“Sounds like we’re going to have a besties shopping day tomorrow!” Evie starts quickly clapping her hands with excitement at the idea. I chuckle, feeling better than I have in awhile.
“A besties shopping trip sounds like the perfect way to end the weekend. Night Evie.” I end with a yawn, my eyes beginning to feel heavy.
“Night bitch, love you.” is the last thing I hear before oblivion takes over.
Chapter Fifteen
Harper
“Absolutelynot.”Isayto Evie, as I grab her hand and drag her past the lingerie store. “I don’t need anything from that store. We have a list of things Ineedfor this trip.”
“Come onnn, Harps!” Evie begs. “There is nothing wrong with a couple of hot pieces to take along with you,justin case.” She pulls on the hand I have grasped to turn me around. She gives me her best puppy dog eyes. “Please! Can we at least go in there to look at bathing suits? You’re going to need one anyway as I’m sure they have an indoor pool or a hot tub or something.”
We stand there facing each other before I huff out my defeat. “Fine. But only bathing suits. Nothing more, you hear me?”
