Page 28 of Count Your Lucky Stars

“What in God’s name do you have to get up at five for?” Margot asked.

She was pretty sure, in all their years of friendship, that she’d never seen Elle awake at seven, not unless she’d pulled an all-nighter.

“Yoga class,” Annie said, gathering the glasses from the table.

“Oh.” Margot nodded slowly. “You guys are taking a yoga class. Together.”

Without her.

Elle frowned. “We’d have invited you, but you hate yoga.”

“I never said Ihatedyoga.”

“You said the class I took you towasn’t for you,” Darcy said.

True. Darcy had dragged Margot to a Slow Flow yoga class, and the instructor had gone on and on aboutfocusing on her flowandquieting her mind, and all Margot had been able to think about was how she wasn’t supposed to be thinking, chastising herself for thinkingaboutthinking, wash, rise, repeat.

“Well, okay. Maybe I said that.” Margot stood. “But you still could’ve asked.”

One of Darcy’s brows rose. “Even though you’d have said no?”

Margot crossed her arms. “Okay, when you put it like that, it sounds stupid.”

She just wanted to be included. If she was going to opt out, she wanted it to be on her terms. Was that really so much to ask?

Elle smiled softly. “We’ll definitely invite you next time.”

“Thank you.” Margot turned and nudged Brendon with her elbow. “Want to go climbing tomorrow?”

Brendon ran his fingers through his hair and winced. “Uh, I would, but see—”

“It’s a couples’ yoga class,” Annie said, biting her lip.

Oh.

Margot dug her toes into the carpet. “You could’ve just said.”

Preferably before she’d made a fool of herself, but whatever.

“Sorry,” Elle blurted, blue eyes wide and apologetic. “We just thought—”

“It’s fine.” Margot waved her off with a breezy smile. “Like you said. I hate yoga anyway.” Not as much as she hated being left out, granted.

Elle frowned. “You could still come.”

“Tocouples’ yoga?” Darcy arched a brow.

“Sometimes people show up without partners,” Elle argued. “It’s like on roller coasters when they put two single riders together. Or a single rider with two people. We could trade off poses like we do teams on game night.” Elle smiled brightly. “Or the instructor could partner with you.”

Margot would rather die. “Really. It’s fine.”

Elle’s lips twisted to the side. “If you say so.”

Margot quickly changed the subject. “We’re still on for cake tasting, though, right? Saturday?”

Everyone nodded, slowly migrating in the direction of thedoor. Margot trailed behind Brendon and Annie, letting them go on ahead.

Elle leaned against the open door. “Are you sure everything’s good with you and Olivia?”