“We get that. It’s new. Things are intense when it’s new,” Gwen allowed.
“Tyra,” Mara said, smiling at me. “That’s a pretty name.”
I decided I liked Mara.
“Thanks,” I replied, smiling back.
“Right. Cosmos. Wednesday night. Club,” Elvira threw out an alternative.
Tack made it to me and pulled me partially away from the wall so he could slide an arm around my shoulders and tuck me into his side, a maneuver he conducted under the avid gazes of all three women and while speaking. “That doesn’t work for me either.”
“My man, you gotta let her up for air,” Elvira advised.
“No I don’t,” Tack returned.
Oh boy.
Another quiver way high up on the pleasant scale.
Elvira grinned then she asked, “Okay, macho man, so when can we have her?”
I felt Tack’s eyes and tipped my head back to look up to see them on me. “You wanna have a drink with these women?”
“Um…” I mumbled.
“Sho’ she does,” Elvira answered for me.
“Uh…” I mumbled again.
“Babe, Elvira’s a nut but Gwen and Mara are good people. You wanna expand your girl base, they’re good additions,” Tack shared.
“I take no offense to that, by the way,” I heard Elvira say then she went on in a mutter, “not that you care.”
I didn’t know these women or what this was about. What I did know was that Gwen’s man rescued me. I also knew they knew Tack. And, lastly, he’d asked me to trust him.
I figured I should probably start that now.
“Okay then, yeah. I’d like to have a drink with them.”
“Awesome,” Gwen whispered.
Tack looked at the women. “You can have her Wednesday.”
“Done,” Elvira agreed. “Now, we’ll be gettin’ on so you can resume the festivities. Later.”
And with that, she took off.
Gwen and Mara didn’t.
“See you Wednesday. And don’t worry, it’ll be fun,” Mara assured and I smiled at her.
“Look forward to it,” I replied.
“Little black dress. Or little anything dress. And heels,” Gwen advised and I turned my smile to her, finally looking forward to this. I hadn’t dressed up in a while and I loved to dress up so even though drinks with the girls was a crapshoot, at least that would be fun.
“I can do that,” I told her.
She smiled, both waved, I returned the wave and then they followed Elvira.