The Hook-up

Chapter 195

amn dude. She really did that? Last night and this morning? Did she take some viagra or something?" Phil asked.

"I don't know. But I wasn't going to stop her. It's the most forward she's been since they were born..." he answered. "It was like when we first started dating. She was all over me. And she smelled good and she touched me right and she pulled my hair and..."

"Yeah. Okay. I get it." Phil said. "I don't 50 shades of Mars."

"I could write way more than 50..." Bruno raised his eye brow hearing a sound from the baby monitor. "My baby monster is waking up..." he said to his friend standing up to go get Everlee from the bedroom. He brought her out of the room holding her on his hip sitting down back where he was.

"But do you think he has other reasons for being like that?" Phil asked.

"Like that? Like she wants me? What are thinking?" Bruno asked. "Like she is sleeping with someone else and now has all this extra sexergy? You were the one saying that she would never do it and now you think she is?"

"That wasn't what I was thinking." Phil told him picking up a to for Zaima to play with. "She's trying to hold onto you because you were with Damaris this weekend. There's no way that she didn't see it."

"If she saw it she would have said something. She would have yelled and screamed when I got home. I know her." he said holding onto Everlee as they continued their conversation.

"I guess you're right. She would have reacted differently if she was upset. She probably would have already left you..again." Phil said with a laugh.

"It will only take some time. I'll mess up again and she'll threaten to leave again. I feel horrible when she gets mad because I know I'm the one that messes up, but she just needs to give it some time and it will get better."

**

Lauren sat at a table with Caitlin during a quick lunch during the work day. "How is his voice?" she asked.

"It's bad. He really needs a vocal coach or something..." Lauren answered.

"Did he say anything about her?" Caitlin asked.

"No. He didn't say anything about her. But it was hard not to say anything." she admitted.

"I know. Because y'all usually argue. You cry he screams, you yell back, he does something he'll regret and then you leave. It's the same every time." Caitlin told her friend.

"Ugh. I know. I hate it. I'm hoping that all the sex that I'm giving him will cause him to feel a bit guilty.." she told her friend.

"What if it just makes you feel worse? Is this something you want to do?" Caitlin asked.

"What I want and what I have are two completely different issues right now." she said a bit frustrated. "She is not going to take him from me. He is mine. No matter what she does."

"Are you serious?" Caitlin asked. "Even if you're not happy? You were never like that with Alex or Justin."

"It's different. I wasn't ready to fight for them. No one like Bruno is going to come along again." she said to her friend.

"Even if you aren't happy and want to cry after talking to him because he's an asshole from hell?" Caitlin responded.

"I'm not not happy, Cait. I'm indifferent. It's like hitting a plateau in weight loss. You gotta change something to get what you want." Lauren explained.

"But Laur, I just don't want you and the babies to get hurt. This is going to blow up and it's not going to end well..."