Page 25 of True North

Said Iris had a flat he had to go handle.

Me

All true. Still don’t know why I’m in trouble for that.

Phoebe

Same.

Lennon

THEN he asked Pope if he knew whether or not our girl was single!!!!

The number of exclamation points she used at the end of that sentence was obscene, but I was distracted from that by what she said in that last text.

Phoebe

WHAT?!?!

Dakota

HOLY SHIT!

Now they were all using shouty caps and an abundance of punctuation.

Lennon

His exact words were “Is Snow White’s gorgeous redheaded friend seeing anyone?” That was all I got out of Pope before he told me he wasn’t one of my girls and we weren’t sitting down for tea.

Phoebe

That’s sexist.

Dakota

For real. It’s not as if those dudes don’t gossip even more than most women.

Lennon

Which I pointed out to him right before I informed him one more comment like that today and his ass is sleeping on the couch.

I had no doubt about that. Lennon wasn’t one to fuck with shit like that. Something Pope knew good and well. Odds were, he was trying to get a rise out of her. They might be crazy in love, but part of the crazy was pushing each other’s buttons so they could thoroughly enjoy what came after.

Truth was, that man worshipped the ground Lennon walked on and proudly proclaimed as much. Loudly and often.

Me

Guys, I’m sure it’s not like that.

Lennon

Bullshit. Rake isn’t the kind of guy to ask about something out of curiosity. He’d only mention it if he was really interested.

I felt a little flutter in my belly at that. It felt nice, that was for sure. Unfortunately, I couldn’t help but notice that those stupid butterflies in my belly always felt like a swarm when it came to North.

I pushed that thought to the back of my mind, refusing to give North any more of my mental energy than I already had.

Me