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Clover brings out some shot glasses and pours the first round.
“To family,” Cara toasts, and we all do the first shot, licking the salt and sucking on the lemon to finish.
“Just one, right?” I comment.
* * *
“Why am I always drunk whenever you are around?” I ask Cara, closing my eyes and leaning my head back against the leather couch. “You are a bad influence on me, you know that?”
She laughs. “I’m sorry, I actually haven’t drunk this much in a long time. Probably because my life is in shambles right now and I have no idea what I’m doing, so having a drink does sound appealing.”
“Your life isn’t in shambles, you’re just going through change. You’ll adapt, and you’ll be happy again. You’re a butterfly, but you’ve gone back into your cocoon for a little while. Nothing wrong with that.”
She turns her head to me and smiles just as I reopen my eyes. “Yeah, you’re right. I will adapt. A breakup and a long-lost sister in the same month has kind of thrown me for a curveball, though, not going to lie. And then there’s you.”
“Me?”
“Yeah, you,” she sighs. “You’re sexy as hell, and I kind of want to rip your clothes off every time that I see you, but I know it’s not a good idea and—”
I groan, cutting her off. “You saying that to me right now isn’t a good idea.”
“Why not?” she asks.
I lick my suddenly dry lips. “Because we’ve had too much to drink.”
Although I’m suddenly feeling sober right now.
And I’m hard as a fucking rock.
I knew we had a connection, don’t get me wrong, but I never thought that she would openly admit it. I’m surprised. There’s an undeniable sexual tension between us, and I thought we were just ignoring it and pretending it wasn’t there.
But now she’s brought attention to it and I’d love nothing more than to have a taste of her.
“I haven’t drunk too much that I don’t know what I’m doing,” she comments boldly, touching my arm with her fingers. “In fact, sober me was thinking the exact same thing the second I laid eyes on you.”
“Cara,” I whisper.
She brushes her lips against my cheek, such a small touch, but one that sends shivers all over my body.
I glance over at Clover and Con, who are playing a game of cards, while Felix has gone to put Sapphire back to sleep after she started to stir. No one is really paying attention to us, and I wonder if they would notice if Cara and I left and headed to my house.
I clear my throat. “I should probably get going.”
Alone.
I should leave here now because if I don’t, I know exactly what is going to happen.
Clover lifts her eyes away from her deck of cards. “You can’t drive.”
“I can drop you all home,” Con offers, putting her hand down. “I only had two drinks all night and have had only water since then.”
Cara’s mouth drops. “What about the shots?”
“I didn’t drink them. I just clinked the shot glass against yours and then put it down,” she admits, shrugging. “I have to work tomorrow.”
Clover finds this hilarious, laughing loudly.
I get up and say bye to Clover, and head outside to get into Con’s car, an older model white Pontiac.
