The WRONG Brother (Love You Forever #1) - Alexis Winter Page 0,87
for the baby?” Piper jumps in to ask.
“No, not yet.”
“Come on. I’ll show you and you can help me decide on a color.” The two of them get up and walk into the house, leaving me alone with Calvin.
“Do we need to repeat it again?” he asks.
I scoff. “No, man. I was just trying to be friendly. I mean, if we’re going to be the godparents, figured we be thrown together a lot and I should play nice. That’s all. You act like I can’t even have a conversation with her without it suddenly turning into a porno.”
“Mm-hmm,” he mumbles as he sets down the tongs and comes to sit at the table.
The girls end up coming back outside but Piper keeps her and Riley’s conversation so full that I don’t even get a chance to talk again. After the first fifteen minutes, I give up and resort to occupying myself with my drink. Dinner is finally ready and after that much steak, I’m ready to crash.
I push away from the table. “Well guys, thanks for dinner but I think I’m going to take off. Riley,” I turn to face her. “It was nice to meet you.”
She looks up at me with her big, brown eyes and smiles. “You too, Preston, but guys,” she turns to face them. “I think I’m going to take off too. I have to work in the morning and I haven’t even had a chance to get anything done around the house.”
Calvin and Piper end up walking us both to the door and there’s so much talking I don’t even understand it. When the door closes, I let out a long breath. “Man, they sure can talk, can’t they?”
Riley laughs and nods as we head down the front steps. “They sure can, but they’re happy so it’s understandable.”
“Yeah, I guess you’re right.” We make it to the driveway and she stops at her car door. It feels like she’s waiting for something else. “Hey, are you busy right now? Want to grab a coffee and hang out or something?”
She looks me up and down with her lips pressed tightly together. But they turn up slightly in the corners. “Yeah, I got a few minutes I guess.”
I smile. “Meet me at the Starbucks on the corner across from Walgreens?”
“Sure.” She gets into her car and I turn around to climb into mine.
A little while later, I’m pulling up to her already parked car. I climb out just as she does, meeting in the front of our vehicles. I open the door for her and we both walk in. With it being so late in the day, the place isn’t busy so we place our order and move to the end of the counter to get our coffee. I notice that she drinks the same thing as Piper and that makes me smile as I take my coffee and move to sit at a table.
“So, what do you think about all this godparent business?” I ask, wanting to break the ice.
She laughs. “Oh, man. Do they even know who they asked?” she asks, eyes wide with confusion. “I mean, I’ve never held a kid in my life! And I’m not exactly the role model type if you know what I mean. I go on too many dates, drink entirely way too much, and can’t force myself to be a normal adult. That shit sucks!”
I laugh. “God, I’m glad it’s not just me. I know nothing about kids. I just hope this is more of a title than an actual job. We’re supposed to help guide the kid? If he comes to me with a question, I’m sure I’ll probably tell him the exact wrong thing to do. I mean, I can’t even guide myself!”
She laughs and nods. “Same. It’s so crazy that they’re even having kids already. I don’t mean because they haven’t been together that long because they’ve known one another their whole lives. I just meant… she’s twenty-five! That’s how old I am and I couldn’t imagine having a kid right now. I’m still a kid myself.”
I let out a sigh. “Finally, someone understands me. I mean, it’s not 1940 anymore. We have more choices now. We’re not expected to get married and start popping out kids as soon as we’re legal. I don’t want to rush into things, you know. I just want to kick back, take it easy, and have fun. I couldn’t imagine getting off work and coming home to a family.”