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****George****
When Uncle Charlie and I planned on bringing Trev to the
club, I had hoped that I would be able to stay till closing. After what
happened between Trev and me, there was no reason to rush back to his apartment
so I hung around and when the club closed, I helped Steph, Charlotte, and Ethan
close up. As we walked out the front, Charlotte tried to talk to me.
“Do you think Trev’s cooled off by now?”
I huffed. I was pretty sure that he was still probably
pissed and he could be even drunker than he was when he and Uncle Charlie left.
“I seriously doubt it.”
“What about you?” She asked me.
“What about me?”
She sighed loudly. “Where do I start. . .have you calmed
down? Are you going to be okay staying there tonight with him? Are you okay?”
It was my turn to sigh. “I’m not the one who got pissed off;
Trev is. I never needed to calm down, he did. I’ll admit, I’m not thrilled
right now about staying there, but I’ll deal with it.” I paused before
answering her last question. “I suppose I’m as good as can be expected.”
She nodded. “Well, if you want to stay somewhere besides his
place, you can stay at my place.” I noticed Ethan and her exchange a look and
it was obvious that the thought of me staying at Charlotte’s place made him
react uncomfortably, and I guessed that probably meant that he was staying
there too.
“No, that’s okay.”
“Just let me know if you change your mind.” She offered
again and I nodded.
There was an uncomfortable silence after that and I couldn’t
help but feel like I was missing something. It was as if the three of them knew
something that I wasn’t in on. “Well. . .I guess we’ll get going. Do you want a
ride or would you prefer to take a cab?” Ethan asked.
Before I could speak up Steph was answering him. “No, thanks
for offering but I’m okay taking a cab. Is that okay?” She looked over at me.
“Sure.” Although I didn’t understand why we wouldn’t all
ride together. The three of them were acting strange and I was racking my brain
trying to figure out why.
“Alright, well, goodnight. And I mean it George, if you want
to stay at my apartment, just let me know.” Charlotte again offered. I nodded and Steph and I watched as
they walked hand in hand to the parking garage.
I quickly turned toward Steph. “Okay, what in the world was
that?”
“What?” She looked confused.
“The whole uncomfortable thing after Charlotte offered for
me to stay at her place, and then why wouldn’t we all ride together to your
apartment building.”
She smirked as she responded. “Surely someone as smart as
you can figure that out.”
“Well, I was sure that the reason that Ethan and she exchanged
a look after she offered for me to stay there was because he’s probably staying
there. But that doesn’t explain why we wouldn’t ride together.”
“Maybe they’re not going back to the apartment.” She hinted.
“Oh. . .” I said as I realized what she was saying. “So
Ethan realized that if I stayed at Charlotte’s apartment that I would learn not that they were staying together at
her apartment but that they’re together at his
apartment.”
She smiled big. “Yup.”
“Why would I care?”
