I turn off the burner and then turn around to look at my ex best friend and the man who may be the best sex I’ve ever had in my life, but is clearly an ass. I cross my arms above my stomach. I refuse to believe this is a defensive gesture.
“I don’t want to discuss the damned spider anymore.”
Dragon is studying me quietly, but his face is almost soft. Dani is picking up the mess on the table, every once in awhile she’ll pick up a poor flattened Twinkie, shakes it and gives me a clearly fake sorrowful look.
“I need to know how big the spider is mama. I might have to have the boys come out and spray.” He says so serious, if I hadn’t been watching his eyes and seeing the laughter in them, I would have thought he was completely serious.
“Twinkies are bad for you,” I deadpan.
I hear Dani snort over to my right where she is throwing the damned things into the trash. I wish to God I had done that last night.
“Smooth, Nic.” She mumbles trying to keep from laughing again, and failing.
“Is that right?” Dragon asks staring right at me. Dani’s using a dish cloth now to wipe the table down.
“Yeah it’s high in triglycerides.”
“Oh Lord,” Dani mutters throwing the dish towel toward the sink and makes it. She then sits in the chair to Dragon’s left. To give her credit I can tell she’s biting her lip and looking down at the table, to avoid entering into this conversation completely.
“Tryglycer whats?” Dragon asks.
“Triglycerides,” I repeat, wishing with all I had in me that I could stop this conversation.
“What exactly are these triglycerides?” Dragon asks and I take Dani’s plate and Dragon’s to the table to avoid looking at his eyes as I form the lie in my head.
“They….”….shit, what the hell are they? “They’re chemicals that are very harmful.”
“Is that a fact?” He said as I put his omelet in front of him.
“Yep! Totally,” I confirm with an innocent smile on my face.
Dragon’s finger moves up to push some hair behind my ear. It wasn’t a sexual move at all, but it made me feel warm inside.
“I actually think I read something about that.” Dani chimed in helpfully. She was up grabbing the orange juice from the fridge. She brought it to the table and went about getting glasses.
“What kind of things do these chemicals do?” Dragon asked, releasing my hair and looking back at his plate and taking a drink of the juice Dani had put in front of him.
“Do?” I ask panicking, and I am pretty sure he could hear it in my voice.
“Yeah these harmful chemicals what do they do?”
“Umm…they can make your hair fall out.”
I ignore the sound of Dani choking on her orange juice.
“Well, I’ve been thinking of shaving my hair anyway.” He answers quietly, taking a bite of his omelet.
“But I like your hair.” I say without thinking.
Dragon stopped mid bite to smile at me. “Good to know Mama.”
I try to keep from sighing. I think I might have failed. I turn to get my food and then join them at the table, hoping this conversation was done. Sadly, Dani didn’t seem to want to let it die. I may have to kill her. It’s been nice having a best friend.
“I hear they cause crotch rot,” Dani chimed in.
I looked down at my own food, suddenly not that hungry. Crotch Rot?
“Fuck that’d never happen. I always have my Twinkies while I’m gloved.” Dragon said over a mouthful of food.
I thought about what he was saying, I knew up to and including this point, he had been playing and having a great time doing so. Yet, to just casually throw that out, like it was nothing? Like sex was insignificant? Then again, he probably thought of it like that. Despite our conversation about it just being me for however long this lasted, I was really nothing to Dragon. For all I know, he means to end it today. I had the image of him with some faceless bimbo and I am starting to get upset all over again. Fuck I had even had unprotected sex with him earlier. OH MY GOD!! It’s like I had a death wish. I just opened my legs and let him have his way with me again.
Actually a lot of agains! Seriously bad Nicole is starting to get on my last nerve.
“Get that out of your head Mama.” Dragon growled.
I look up to see him studying me.
“What?” I ask trying to sound innocent and failing miserably.
“Whatever it is that’s got you looking all pissed. I’ve always suited up, you feel me?”
“Not especially. Since I think you might have skipped that step about… oh I don’t know, all three times earlier!”
“Three times in a row? I’m thinking I need to find me a big hairy biker to ride.” Dani piped up and I flip her off.
Dragon leaned back in his chair and looks at me. I didn’t back down. He shook his head.
“You weren’t this bitchy with my cock in your mouth. I’m thinking we need to revisit that again.”
“Holy fuck me sideways in church and make me scream Jesus! Three times and oral sex? Hell, is this a local thing, because damn, I should have moved here when I was fifteen!” I held my head down as Dani chimes in again.