“You can come see me anytime. Hell, you can move in here if you want,” I tell her, meaning every word.
She sighs, “I just got in my car and drove, and I ended up here. You gave me the address, so….”
“You’re welcome here anytime,” I say softly, wanting her to know that. “Now, tell me what’s wrong.”
“I don’t want to talk about it right now. Can we just hang out?” she asks, looking around my apartment.
“Sure, I’d love that. What do you have in mind?”
Her expression turns thoughtful. “What were you going to do before I showed up?”
When I’m silent for a second, she makes a face. “Oh, crap, did I interrupt something?”
I cock my head to the side, smirking. “No, you didn’t. Taiya already left for work. I was going to hit the gym to work out for a bit, then come home and shower and head to work.”
She takes a huge gulp of juice. “I could use a workout.” She flexes her arm. “These guns aren’t as big as they used to be.”
I look down at her puny arms and laugh. “Is that right?”
“Yep. Are there any hotties at your gym?” she asks, pushing her blonde hair out of her face.
“Doesn’t matter, does it?”
“Why not?” she asks, her forehead creasing.
“Because once they know you’re my sister, they won’t even look in your direction,” I say, grinning at her scowl.
“Is Reid this much of a cock block?” she asks, as if considering spending the day with Reid instead of me. I laugh so hard I have to lean on the table to hold me up. “I’ll take that as a yes.”
“Reid will probably just punch whoever looks at you. I’m the easy going one,” I add, laughing again when her comment replays in my mind.
“Hmmmph. How about we start with food. Food is good.”
I pause. “Depends what kind of food you’re talking about.”
She snickers. “A giant burger and fries?”
I narrow my eyes. “I knew you weren’t a vegetarian!”
Now it’s her turn to laugh. “You should have seen your face!”
Seeing her laugh makes me happy. I’ll eat plain lettuce everyday if she laughs like that.
“You’re a little shit, you know that?” I tell her, smiling.
“You have no idea, bro. But you will find out. Now, go get dressed and take a shower. You smell like sex.”
I clear my throat at her comment, and then get my ass in the shower.
*****
She spins around, doing some fancy thing with her leg. She looks amazing, especially in that tight fitting thing she’s wearing. I don’t know how we ended up at the dance studio, but after spending the day together, Sephie wanted to meet Taiya. So here we are, watching her dance and teach a class. I discreetly adjust myself, hoping no one saw, and thinking how fucking inappropriate it is to get a hard on for my wife, while she’s teaching an entire group of people.
Sephie laughs, letting me know she knows what’s going on. Taiya lifts her head up at the sound, her attention now on us. She smiles as she sees me, and then looks towards Sephie and beams. I know she’s been so excited to meet her new sister-in-law, and now she gets the chance.
“I’ll see you all next week!” Taiya tells her class, saying her byes and walking over to us.
“Hi,” she says, her eyes bright with excitement. She gives me a peck on the lips and then turns her head to my sister. “Hello Persephone, nice to meet you.”
Sephie smiles. “Call me Sephie,” she says, throwing me an amused smirk.
“How did you know it was my sister?” I ask, putting my arm around her.
“Because you wouldn’t be stupid enough to bring any other woman here,” she says, the little spitfire. “Plus you both have the exact same shade of hair. And even though her eyes are brown, they are the same shape as yours.”
Sephie laughs, and makes a whipping sound. “Great, now my little sis thinks I’m whipped,” I mutter, trying to hide my grin.
“Then she’s smart,” Taiya says. “What did you two get up to today?”
“Ryan took me on my first bike ride. Then we were going to go to the gym, but we went and ate instead,” Sephie tells Taiya. “Then we went and saw a movie.”
“Sounds like you two had a good time,” Taiya says, smiling.
“We did,” Sephie says, smiling up at me. It’s the weirdest feeling, almost like we’ve known each other for years.
“I’ll meet you guys at home then?” she asks, looking between Sephie and me.
“Yeah, and Taiya?”
She looks up at me, those beautiful green eyes wide and unguarded. “Yeah?”