Between Ties

22. Long Overdue

Maverick's Point of View

The three of us sat in my favorite booth at Chang's. Rhy sat beside me as Tus sat across from me while Blair Tusco's new friend was cradled in his arms as she cuddled up into his chest. Her fist scrunched up his t-shirt to form a ball in her palm as the rest of her body laid comfortably down the seat of the booth's cushion.

I had never seen Tus get this close to a female in a long time.

It was weird to see him take care of her like this, especially because this fucking idiot had only met her last night.

I stared at her a little too intensely as she slept peacefully. I had no emotion on my face as the silence was overwhelming,

I don't fucking get it.

She wasn't his type, he liked bookworms that wore glasses and shops at a thrift store, and had a million plants.

She was a little too sexy looking for him, homeboy's into the Hermione Granger's of the world, not Blair who was clearly Megan Fox in Transformers.

Odd.

I felt Rhy nudge me because she had noticed that I was staring at Blair with a slight look of disgust and confusion, which might seem rude.

I wasn't disgusted by her, I just found all of this weird. Blair was beautiful, I just don't get this that's all.

"She's going through a lot." Tusco spoke breaking the silence and then Rhy spoke because she knew I wasn't going to say a word to the traitor before me.

Fuck him.

"That's nice that you decided to take care of her." Rhy said sweetly "most guys would take advantage of her in this vulnerable state, so it's very sweet of you to not be like most guys." She smiled.

And then Tus nodded "Thanks, I appreciate it." He swallowed.

"Don't you think that's nice of him Maverick?" Rhy glanced at me as I refused to even look at Tusco.

He can give a fuck about a stranger but he can't give a fuck about his own brother.

I sniffed with a stern look on my face as I lifted myself up from my seat and then Rhy pulled my arm.

"Where you going?" She asked with anger in her eyes and I knew she was just trying to help Tusco and I talk things out and fix what was broken,

But my brother wasn't a traitor, so whoever this bitch was that was sitting in front of me wasn't my brother, he can fuck off for all I care.

"I'm getting water. Blair's going to need it." I said to Rhy and then she gave me a comforting warm smile for how kind I was being but honestly I just needed an excuse to get the fuck away from him, I took one step away and then I heard him call me in a tone of panic.

"Mavs. Can we talk?" He said and then I slowly turned around.

Really bitch!? You wanna talk-

Rhy pulled me from my thoughts as she noticed the fury grow in my eyes.

"Sit down!" She said to me demandingly and then I glared at my beautiful girlfriend reminding myself of the reason why I had decided to date her, it was because she made me a better person and I trust her enough to listen to her.

I hate that...that I trust her with my life, and that I love her even more.

I sat back down, although I didn't want to.

"Look Mav's. Shit got way too deep between us-" Tusco began to say and then Rhy hopped out of the booth "I'm going to get the water. You guys talk, okay." She said excusing herself and then kissed the temple of me head and whispered "Be nice. I love you." As I mumbled "I love you too." But didn't look at her as I now looked at him.