look back as he walked away.
When they disappeared around the hedge, Mindy said, “Your friend’s a funny guy.”
“Yeah, I guess he is. He makes me laugh a lot.”
“What did you mean he’s your client?”
“I train him. You know, like at the gym. And I’m teaching him how to play flag football.” I pointed. “Your house is that way, right?”
“Yes. My curfew’s not quite as strict as I made it out to be. Woozie told me you were trying to fix up your friend, so I thought I’d give him and Jonathan an excuse to be alone.” She looked up at me and smiled. “Us too.”
I smiled back. Mindy was a cute girl. She played on the women’s lacrosse team and had one of those cute, athletic bodies that some girls got, with small boobs and good legs. The fact that she wanted to be alone with me should have had my heart racing like a GM 409 V8 engine, but I couldn’t quite get my brain off of Sean. I felt like I deserted him. I heard myself saying, “Actually, I need to be back at my house pretty soon anyway, but I’d love to walk you home.”
There might have been a flash of disappointment on her face, but she gripped my hand tighter and made fun chatter as we walked slowly back to the Phi Mu house.
“You’re so big and strong. I bet you could lift me like I was nothing!” she cooed.
“Um. I could lift you, sure.”
Still holding my hand, she moved my arm around her shoulder and leaned into me. “It’s so cold out here!”
I left my arm there. I didn’t want to insult her, but I wasn’t so dense I didn’t recognize that she wanted to make out. Hell, I wouldn’t mind making out with Mindy. She was pretty and kind of hot, but sometimes I got tired of how the girls liked my body and wanted to fuck, but when I asked them to a dance or a party, they had somebody else they wanted to go with. A lot of the time, I didn’t even get a real date. Just a hookup. I’d heard the girls thought I wasn’t that bright. I guess they were embarrassed to be seen with me for reals.
I blurted out, “I wonder if Sean and Jonathan will be able to talk to each other?”
She laughed. “Sean seems to like to lecture.”
“Yeah, he’s really smart. I guess not everyone appreciates that.”
“Hopefully, when we’re not staring at them, they’ll find something in common.”
We were almost to Phi Mu when Mindy burst out, “I’d love to see you sometime.”
“Uh, yeah, that’d be great. Give me your number.”
She held out her hand, and I put my phone in it. She keyed in some digits and then hit send. With a grin, she handed the phone back. “I sent your number to me too.” She reached up and gave me a long and really sweet kiss. Then she giggled and said, “You know. Just in case you forget.”
I watched her walk into her house and sighed. Jeez, the fact was, all I’d have had to do was show a little more interest, and I could be on my way to bed with Mindy Rappaport, right then. Or at least a good solid make-out session. I turned and started toward ALA.
Hell, I’d been complaining about how much I needed to get laid. Why didn’t I do it?
I sighed again and shrugged my coat tighter around my neck. I didn’t show more interest in sex with Mindy because I was too freaking worried about how much sex Sean might be having that very minute with the first guy of his life.
Jonathan didn’t seem all that interested in Sean. Like, he’d probably have sex with Sean just to get off and then leave. Sean deserved better, especially for his first time.
Why the hell am I thinking about this? Okay, because Sean was my client. And when you have a client, you want to see them reach their goals in a satisfying way, and not in a disappointing way. And that was totally natural. Right? Right.
Chapter Nine
Sean
“The Weimar Republic was, in fact, a constitutional government. Hence the Weimar Constitution, which was signed on August 11, 1919 and contained 181 articles. Since you’re writing a paper on the subject, you might benefit from googling that.”
Jonathan looked up at me with surprise, menu open in his hand. “How do you know that? I thought you were studying genetics. You’re not,