Page 108 of Decidedly With Baby
“I told Emily you do yoga,” Sam said, watching whatever sitcom he had found—even though he had a TV in his ownroom.
“And?”
“And she’s signed herself and me up for yoga classes thissummer.”
I laughed. “And you’re not happy aboutthat?”
He shrugged. “I’m not exactly a yogaguy.”
“And you know this because you’ve done yoga before?” Yes, I might have still beenlaughing.
He grunted and I laughedharder.
“So why don’t you just tell her you don’t want to doit?”
“Because I figured ifyoudid it then maybe there was something to it. And because that’s what you do when you lovesomeone.”
“What—take yoga classes with her?” Because if that was the case, with the six months of prenatal yoga classes I took with Holly, she had more than enough proof of how much I lovedher.
You didn’t know about that? After the first month of doing yoga to the same two DVDs, it got boring. All right, boring was an understatement. Anyway, I hired a yoga instructor to come to Holly’s apartment twice a week to work withus.
Why? Because six more months of the same two DVDs would have driven me serial-killerinsane.
“Well, not necessarily yoga,” Sam said, “But sometimes you just have to man it up and do something you might not necessarily like, but you do it anyway to make her happy. You have a girlfriend. You know how itis.”
“Sure.” Did I? Because from where I was standing, it didn’t look like I had made Holly happy enough to want to marry me—or be with me wherever my career led menext.
Which was part of theproblem.
I wasn’t ready to give up my career and she wasn’t prepared to give up hers—even for the sake of ourdaughter.
Which probably made us the worst parents ever—and not much better than our own parents hadbeen.
This was the same thought that plagued me until I stepped onto the ice two hours later for ourgame.
* * *
In the dressingroom after getting my phone back, I read Holly’s text.Sorry about thegame.
In case you hadn’t guessed—we lost.Badly.
Me:Is phone sex still on thetable?
Holly:On the table. On the floor. On the bed. Wherever you wantit.
I smirked at that.Meeting up with Trent and Kelsey first. Will take a rain check on it if you’re offeringone.
Holly:Of course. And this rain check doesn’t have an expiry date—and it can be used any timetonight.
Trent and I had already planned where to meet up once I’d returned to the hotel and changed. I sent him a text, telling him I was on my way, and headed to the quiet bar he hadsuggested.
The best thing about Trent and Kelsey? They didn’t talk hockey after a game—especially if my team had lost. They knew nothing they said would change the outcome, so what was the point of discussingit?
Which meant we could go straight to the topic I had in mind:Holly.
“How’s Holly and Lily doing?” I askedKelsey.
She frowned, clearly confused at my question. “Don’t you talk toHolly?”
