Page 84 of Who's Loving You

VALENTINA

Lucy: Muffin. I miss you.

Me: Same. Can we have lunch tomorrow?

Lucy: Say no more. Will it be liquid or actual food?

Me: Both?

Lucy: Ladies and gentleman, the reason this woman is my best girl. Hey, I meant to ask you. What earrings did you have your eye on? We sold an expensive pair this week and I’m really hoping it wasn’t the ones you wanted.

Me: Those ruby and diamond cluster earrings. I know they’re expensive, but Monty is paying me more than enough to treat myself.

Me: >

Lucy: Damn. I was hoping those weren’t the ones. We sold them the other day.

Me: What? Noooo. I wanted them so badly.

Lucy: I’m sorry babe. I wish I would’ve been here to put them on hold or just buy them. That cunt Janae sold them.*gag*

Me: Luce!! That’s rude.

Lucy: No it’s not. She totally is. She gave Dale head in the break room…while there were customers and sales people on the floor!

Me: Ok, yeah. She totally is. How did we get here? Your ADHD is kicking in. Did you take your medicine?

Lucy: Of course…not. Leave me alone! Chase’s dick has magical powers and I haven’t needed any other medicine than the one he shoots off in my cucucachu every night. Speaking of shooting off. How’s the dicking down going with Big Nic?

Me: What? Did Chase tell you about that? OMGosh Luce. If you say that to Nic, he’s going to think I told you. It’s weird as hell that he named it in the first place, but then he’s going to think I go around telling you about our sex life.

Lucy: WTF are you talking about? I called him Big Nic because of those thick thighs that I bet you’d be okay with getting choked out by.

Lucy: OH SHIT!! He calls his dick Big Nic?!

Me: Lucy you keep your pie hole shut. I swear woman, I will end you if you say anything. Turnabout is fair game, and Dolly Parton is still sitting in my back pocket.

Lucy: How dare you! You’re evil, and I fucking love it. Pinkie swear, no talking about big boobies or big dicks. Although now I’m quite curious. How big we talkin’? A mouthful, tonsillectomy, or joker smile?

Me: I hate myself right now.Goodbye Lucy. I love you.

“Babe?” I startle when I hear Nic call for me, and quickly shove my phone under a kitchen towel.

‘He–” I choke and quickly clear my throat. “I’m in here.”

He turns the corner into my kitchen with a bright smile. The one that makes me melt like the Wicked Witch of the West. I knew he was coming up which is why I left the door unlocked for him. But this text with Lucy threw me off.

“Hi beautiful.” Nic walks around the kitchen bar and immediately wraps me up in his large arms and kisses me into mind numbness.

What was I saying before this?

“I missed you. I hate that we live so far away from one another.” He pouts and it’s the fucking hottest thing.

“Nico…we live twenty-five minutes apart. And you’re coming from practice which means it’s an extra five minutes at most.”

“I know, but it’s twenty minutes too much. Maybe if we just lived together–”

“Woah. No. Calm down with that shit. It hasn’t even been two months and you’re ready to pack a bag? You need to slow down. Oh my god, I can’t breathe. Move.” I try to bat him away, needing space.