Page 59 of Spotlight on Poppy

"That's the guy you were with before Josh? He's hot."

"I know... pity he's terrible in bed,” Poppy said, shaking her head.

"What? Okay, pick your bag up and we are going upstairs to pack boxes and you’re telling me all about it."

The two friends took their bags and headed upstairs, where they spent their afternoon packing and talking. Poppy shared the whole saga of Damien St. Cloud. She could clearly see now that Damien was not the guy she thought he was. Sure, he was hot, but Josh was hotter because on top of that he was one of the kindest, most thoughtful people she had ever known. And then of course there was the sex… she wasn’t sure what she had been thinking with Damien.

They spent the rest of the afternoon reminiscing about their summers spent together as kids. There was a box of wine and lots of laughs between the packing of boxes.

It was around eight thirty when they finally decided to take a break and order food and take some showers. They had almost everything packed up and they would have time in the morning before the boys arrived to finish up.

"Hey Poppy, can we use your phone to order the pizza? I can't find mine," Hannah asked.

"Yeah, let me grab it." She started digging through her purse and couldn’t find it. "Oh no, mine is missing too!'' They both started laughing as the wine they had been drinking egged them on. They stood back and looked at all the boxes and laughed again.

"How did we both lose our phones packing all your shit up?" Poppy laughed.

"We had mine in the closet. We were listening to my playlist. Let me go look." Hannah stumbled off into the bedroom. Maybe they had been drinking a little more than they thought. Then there was a buzzing coming from the box in front of the TV.

"Hannah! I found my phone!" Poppy called out and started digging through the box. Hannah walked out her phone in her hand. She finally felt it and pulled it out. It was her phone, she looked down to see who was calling and it was Hannah.

"I found mine too. Now let's get some pizza," she slurred as she drank some more wine.

As Hannah ordered a pizza Poppy looked at her phone.

Josh: Hey Poppy, I know you are with Hannah today, but Sam can't make it to the city. I am coming with Graham. Is that ok?

Josh: Just checking in, we are coming tonight so we can get a jump on the morning since I work at Lucky's tomorrow night. Is that ok?

Josh: I'm sorry to keep bothering but I don't want to just crash your girls night. Let me know.

Josh: Ok, I hope this is ok, we are picking up Sam's truck and heading to you guys. We should be there in a couple hours. Is that ok?

Plus three missed calls.

"Ummmm Hannah, we may need more pizza."

"I know, I saw Graham's texts, you don't mind, do you?"

She thought about getting to see Josh and the giddiness that single thought gave her made her know her decision was right. She loved him and she needed to talk to him about it.

"Yeah, but I get the first shower. I don't want to be a sweaty mess when they get here."

There was a knock at the door.

"Too late." Hannah went to the door and flung it open clearly expecting her towering highlander to be on the other side. She had to stop herself quickly because instead of that it was Damien St. Cloud. What on earth did he want?

"Hello ladies, it looks like you have been busy,” he said, peeking his head in the apartment and looking at all the packed boxes. “Anyway, we are having a bit of a get together and I wanted to invite you down to the party."

Hannah looked to Poppy to see what she wanted to do.

"I think we’ll pass. We still have some work here to do," said Poppy.

"Suit yourself, but if you finish up early, I have a drink with your name on it, Poppy," he said with a wink.

"Thanks for the invite," said Hannah.

He turned to leave, and Hannah shut the door behind him.

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