Page 40 of Buried Treasure
"Sort of."
Her friend's eyes narrowed and she dramatically swallowed her fries. "What does 'sort of' mean?"
"I've definitely seen him."
"That makes it sound like you've seen him with his clothes off or something," Lucy replied suspiciously.
Sydney slowly put her food down and turned to look straight at her friend. She took a deep breath, figuring it was like taking off a band-aid — better to get it all done at once.
"Andy and I slept together this morning."
Lucy just looked at her with her mouth hanging open in shock. "This morning?" she asked incredulously.
"Well, I've been hanging out at Ryan's place a lot lately, and Andy is usually there, and you know."
"How come I haven't heard anything about this thing with Andy until now?" Lucy asked.
"I'm not trying to hide it," Sydney said. "I didn't kiss him until last night and the sex thing just happened and you've been busy with work all week."
"Yeah, trying to help my friend whose boss is a crook."
"I'm sorry," Sydney said. "I should've mentioned that I was hanging out with him, but this is all kind of weird and fast and I didn't expect any of it."
Lucy leaned back against the couch cushions, still trying to digest it all.
"Is this the first time you slept with someone since that Brandon guy? Because that guy was the worst!" she exclaimed. "Please tell me Andy was at least better than that."
Sydney couldn't help the smile that broke out on her face. Brandon was some awful guy she found on one of those dating apps. They lasted two months. The dates were boring, the sex was more of the same. He was definitely nothing like Andy.
"It is the first time since then," Sydney said. "And I can assure you it was much better than that."
Lucy smiled. "Alright then, Barton. Start talking and leave no detail out."
