Page 68 of Buried Treasure
"What's going on?" Andy asked apprehensively.
"No," Ryan replied. "No no no no no."
"Andy, what are you doing here?" Sydney asked.
"What am I doing here?" he said in an exaggerated tone. "I think the better question is what are you doing here."
Ryan's eyes started darting between Andy and Sydney, his face getting more and more sullen. "This isnotwhat it looks like!"
The nameless woman quickly jumped off the sofa. "I should leave."
"Yeah, you should," Andy replied.
The woman hurried back to Ryan's bedroom, pulling his t-shirt as low as it could go to cover her ass without her boobs popping out of the stretched out neckline. Andy dramatically put his hands on his hips and stared at Sydney.
"So explain this to me. You come to my place of work and say I should trust you, but then you come home and have a threesome with one of the players?"
"No, no," Ryan said. "I told you, this is not what it looks like."
"Yeah. This is just… I was just…"Dammit.Sydney should have thought the rest of this out. Then she realized her lack of preparation may help her acting. "Ryan isn't…"
"Yeah, I'm totally not!" Ryan yelled. "I would never have a one-night stand with Sydney."
The nameless woman came stomping out of Ryan's bedroom in her wrinkled clothes and high heeled shoes from the night before.
"Oh, but you don't mind having a one-night stand with me? Ass!"
The change in color on Ryan's face was quite dramatic as it went from pale to bright red. His hands fisted up in balls at his side and he actually stomped his feet like a petulant child.
"This. Is not. What. It. Looks. Like!"
"Whatever."
And with that, the woman was gone. Ryan's attention turned back to Sydney and Andy, who was standing in the middle of his apartment staring at him.
"Seriously, Andy. I swear this is not what it looks like," he pleaded.
The corners of Andy's mouth began to twitch. "I know," he said.
"You… you know?" Ryan stammered.
Andy's smile grew and a look of understanding finally crossed Ryan's face. He had been had.
"You assholes," he muttered.
The pair burst out laughing as the rookie collapsed on the couch, trying to recover from the shock and awe unleashed on him.
"Ryan, your face was amazing! 'This isn't what it looks like!'" Her impression of Ryan was horrible but still hilarious. "I almost felt bad about tricking you."
"Almost, but not quite," Andy added.
Ryan's head dropped and he covered his face. "I hate you guys," he said, his words muffled by his hands. "I hate you both so much."
Sydney walked over and sat down on the couch next to Ryan. "I'm really sorry," she said sweetly.
"No, you aren't."
She smiled. "OK, I'm not. But I have an excuse."
