and her face was livid. “You!”
Kyler’s eyes got wide. “Me?”
“You little bastard, I told you to meet me at the office. What the fuck are you doing here?” She slowly advanced toward him.
“Now, take it easy Harper, I was just bringing you flowers. I must have forgotten you wanted to meet somewhere else.” He gulped loudly and got up from the couch, only to move gingerly around to the other side of it.
“You forgot?” She laughed like a crazy woman. “You forgot!?” Now up against the front of the couch directly in front of Kyler, all it would take was one quick leap and she’d be on the other side.
I thought about stepping in, but I was ashamed to admit that I found the whole thing entertaining. It reminded me of high school. I snapped out of my daydream when I heard Kyler scream like a girl. “Owwww! Damn it Harper!” She had a hold of his nipples, and it was apparent that she’d given them a really good twist.
“Why do you never listen to me? I was very specific Mr. Lewis. Are you fond of your nipples?” She gave a little more twist.
He whimpered, “Oh Jesus, yes I like them very much.” He was almost on his knees in front of her.
“Harper, let him go. He was just trying to be nice.” I laughed as I said the words. Poor Ky, the nipple pinching looked so painful it made my own hurt.
“Yeah, I was just trying to be nice.” He stammered out. “See, your flowers are over there.” He pointed to the table beside her.
“Fine.” She released him and reached for the bouquet. “These are really pretty. Thank you.”
He knelt on the floor, rubbing his chest trying to relieve the tenderness, but I was sure they wouldn’t feel better for a while. He glared up at her. “Are you bipolar?”
She looked at him confused. “No, why?”
I laughed and Kyler just shook his head, standing back up.
That’s when I realized my pizza still wasn’t there. “When the hell is that delivery boy going to get here? I’m hungry!”
Harper had gone in to the kitchen to get a vase for her flowers and walked back in to the living room holding the pizza box. “Hmmm…wonder if the kid heard the screaming, little girly man over here did,” she was pointed her thumb over to Ky. “This was sitting on the front porch. Awesome, we didn’t even have to pay for it.” She shrugged her shoulders. Kyler mumbled something under his breath about her being psychotic. “Why don’t we just eat here? I can pull up the listings from my computer, and we’ll make a list of the ones you want to see tomorrow.”
“Pizza does sound good.” He came and sat on the couch.
I went into the kitchen to grab some napkins and plates and before sitting down to eat. I handed Harper the phone and picked up the box.
“What’s the phone for?” Her face confused.
“So you can order you two some pizza. This bitch is mine and I’m not sharing.” And with that, I took a big bite out of a slice.
I was fast asleep with music suddenly started playing next to my head. Why the hell was Barbie Girl playing on my phone? I looked at my clock and picked up my phone. It was one in the morning. My screen said it was Kyler calling. Rolling over on my back and answered. “Did you change my ringtone before you left?”
He started laughing hysterically on the other end. “Oh man, I forgot about that. Some funny shit right there!”
“Yeah real funny.” I grunted into the phone. “Why are you calling me? Did you forget what time it was?” If he was drunk dialing me, I was throwing him out.
“I’m calling because I just got home from Harper and Em’s house.”
Now wide awake, he had my full attention. I turned on the bedside light and sat up against the headboard. “How is she? Does she look okay?” Not that I wanted my best friend checking her out but I needed to know how she was.
“Well that’s what I’m calling about, man. I think you need to fly out here as soon as you can.”
Now he had me concerned. “Quit being a fucking girl and beating around the bush. What’s going on?”
“Listen, I really don’t think it’s something that I should tell you over the phone, plus she begged me to not say anything. Just do yourself a favor and get on