Page 73 of Rebound With Me
Vince
Okay,so this dinner hasn’t been as entertaining or satisfying as I thought it would be. All I can think about is how I’m going to have to do something pretty fucking awesome to make this up to Nina. Even as Sadie paces around in front of me here in this corner of the lobby, trying as always to make everything about her.
“Where the fuck do you get off being so rude to me, huh?”
“Keep it down, this is a nice place.”
“Really? You thinkI’mthe one behaving inappropriately?”
“Yeah. I do.”
“Seriously—how the fuck did you end up with Russell’s ex? Do you even see how crazy that shit is?”
“I know it seems like a bad idea but I also know it’s the best decision I’ve ever made.”
“You’re talking about the world’s shortest list of good decisions.”
“Not denying that.”
“Okay but you have to at least tell me—who sought who out? Did she find you?”
“No.”
She nods. “That’s what I thought. A revenge fuck.”
“It is so much more than that and I think that’s obvious to you, or you wouldn’t be trying so hard to get to me.”
Her eyelids flutter and her posture changes, and I know she’s going to try to manipulate me and I’m so immune to this shit now it isn’t even funny.
“Vince, I really was hoping that we could all get along tonight. I wanna clear the air. Can’t we be friends?”
“No. We can’t.”
“Well, I want to see Charlie.”
“You can’t.”
“You can’t stop me.”
“Yes. I can.”
She crosses her arms at her chest. “So what do you think of Russ? You like him, don’t you?”
“I can see why you like him.”
“And I can see why you likeher.”
“Fantastic. Are we done here?”
She ignores the question completely, slides her hands down her midriff and slips them into the front pockets of her shorts, hunching over a bit so I can see here cleavage. I know that move. I fell for that move over a year ago, it does nothing for me now. “So, he asked me to move in with him.”
“The principal?”
She nods. “Before the school year starts up again. I don’t know if I should. Everything’s happening so fast.”
“Sometimes good things happen fast.”
“So you think I should?”
