“I’m fine. I dropped my phone and broke it. I’m sorry I made you all worry,” Ivy says.
Z looks at me as he walks in and I nod my head letting him know everything is alright. Riley and Finn follow, and I laugh when Finn almost trips on himself when he sees Mia.
“Damn, nice place Ivy,” Riley says, kissing her cheek.
“Hey,” Finn says, giving her a hug.
I can see the tears in her eyes, and it squeezes my heart. She says she hates the club, but that’s not true. She just has trouble with some of the shit we get caught up in. I can work with that.
“Seriously, you’re alright?” Harper asks, looking her over.
“Yes, I’m fine.” She looks around at everyone and a small smile plays at her lips. “I can order some pizza if you guys are hungry.”
“No, it’s alright,” Finn says.
r /> “Fuck yeah,” Riley says, plopping down on her couch.
“Kace will pay since he wouldn’t listen to logic and we all drove out here,” Z says, walking into the kitchen.
I laugh as I pull out my credit card and hand it to Ivy. “Order a few pizzas and whatever else you want.”
“Who’s the chick standing in the corner?” Riley asks, jerking his thumb toward Mia.
“Shit sorry,” Ivy says, motioning Mia to come over. “This is my friend Mia. Mia, this is Riley, Finn, Harper, and Zane.”
“Ivy’s told me a lot about you,” Harper says, looking her up and down. I get the feeling she doesn’t like Ivy having another friend that she’s been close to.
“You too, it’s nice to meet you,” Mia says. She turns to Ivy with wide eyes. “You left out a lot of details.”
I go into the kitchen with Z while the rest of them talk after Ivy orders food. “We need to send Finn for beer, there’s none here,” he says with a smirk.
I flip him off and lean against the counter. “You would’ve done the same shit if it was Harper.”
“You’re right I would cause she’s the love of my life. I would die before I let anything bad happen to her again,” he says, lifting an eyebrow.
I sigh and scrub my face. “I care for her and she’s pregnant with my kid.”
“I know brother, I’m not saying you shouldn’t have. I’m just saying maybe think about why you did.”
He’s right, but I’ll never admit it. Maybe I do have feelings for Ivy that I never wanted to admit because I thought she deserved better. My trust issues run deep, and I never wanted that to ruin anything that we could have, but it’s all different now. Now that she’s pregnant I don’t want to be away from her. I see what Harper and Zane have and a part of me longs to have that and maybe with Ivy it is a possibility. It scares the fuck out of me but being without her scares me more.
“Any word from New York?” I ask, trying to change the subject.
“Brooks is making some phone calls, so we’ll see what happens. I know we’d all like to stay, but tomorrow we need to go. You can stay a few days if that’s what you guys want, but I wouldn’t stay too long, makes it look like you’re hiding,” he says.
“I’ll try to talk to her and see what she really wants.”
The next few hours are nothing but laughing, drinking, and talking. It’s relaxed and fun, something we haven’t had. Mia and Finn have been flirting and Riley has had no problem pointing it out. Ivy, Harper, and Mia talked for a while in the bedroom and it took all my restraint from going in there to demand they include me.
“It’s been great meeting you all, but I need to get going,” Mia says. “Ivy, call me when you get your phone tomorrow.”
“I guess we’ll go find a hotel,” Zane says, standing up.
“No, you guys can stay here,” Ivy says.
Riley laughs as he stands with Zane. “You’re nice Ivy, but my ass isn’t sleeping on the floor.”
“I’ll stay on the couch,” I say, crossing my arms.