Dirty Little Secret

six

"Hey babe." Carter coos over the phone. Now, I don't know how in the world that still sends butterflies to my stomach. I look over to Lance who is trying to busy himself with the kitchen.

"Uh, hey." I reply confusedly.

"What's wrong?" He asks me over the phone.

"Nothing. It's nothing." I tell him but he knows me well enough to know that something is up. Or maybe I'm crediting him too much. Maybe he doesn't know anything about me and just wants sex.

 

I walk over to the kitchen, Lance stops what he was doing and looks up at me. Anticipating what I say next.

"Alright. So, Julia just left and I was wondering if we could get together tonight? And you know, make up for the lost time from yesterday." I cringe at the thought. It has never made me this sick before, but hearing him talk about us like this just makes me want to cry. Lance notices the discomfort in my expression and decides to save me, or even put me in more jeopardy.

"Hey Ryan, baby, will you please pass me the salt?" He says loudly so Carter could hear. I glare at him and he shoots me sly smile.

"Who was that Ryan? Is someone there with you?" Carter questions me urgently, like a jealous boyfriend. Except he's not my boyfriend.

"It's my friend, Lance." I say nonchalantly.

"A friend who calls you baby? Who is that Ryan? Are you seeing someone else?" Looks like what Lance did is effective. Carter is definitely riled up. I find myself annoyed from all this jealousy act.

"Just drop it Carter, I'm allowed to have a real relationship too," I try to justify without considering how Lance would react to this. "I'm not free tonight, you're just going to have to spend the night alone or whatever, I don't really care. I gotta go." Then I end the call, not waiting for Carter to response. Finally. I stood up to him.

Lance looks at me, smiling. "What are you looking at?" I look at him and raise my brows. He shakes his head and goes back to eating.

"So I guess we're in a relationship now, huh?" He says with his mouth full. I realize that i might have mentioned that in the phone and I quickly blush.

"Uh, I just said that I am allowed to be in a relationship, I didn't mean we were." I say while nervously scratching the back of my head. He throws his back and laughs out loud and I find myself laughing along with him.

*

The phone kept ringing the whole time so I just muted my phone, I really don't want to talk to Carter right now.

After breakfast, I told Lance I had to go home and I told him 'Thanks',  he said he was going to head to work too. I lock my front door when I get in and immediately head for the shower. I took out a black shirt and sweatpants, it's my off day anyways, might as well chill. I leave my phone on the dresser, I'm just heading out to buy lunch, won't be needing that.