Alpha Dragon's Second Chance (Alpha Dragon Club) by Abigail Raines

Author:Abigail Raines [Raines, Abigail]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-08-31T16:00:00+00:00

“Hi.” Sierra stood in my door, frozen there for a moment. It was as if we’d only just met each other.

I’d also dressed too nicely for this. It was like I was on a date. Everything about this was already weird.

“Hey.” I stepped back, frowning and tipped my head. “You...coming in?”

“Yeah!” Sierra smiled tightly. It was one of those totally awkward, artificial smiles you give to strangers when you don’t know what to do with your face.

It made me feel almost as bad as what my father had said to me.

“I ordered some Thai food,” I said, shrugging. “Hope that’s cool.”

“Yes! Totally!” Her voice was too high. She was dressed too nice too. She was wearing a blouse and a black pencil skirt like she was reporting to temp as a receptionist. I hoped that meant she’d had some meeting and just come from there. If she’d dressed that way for me, it felt like a terrible sign. I’d seen Sierra in three-day-old sweatpants and baggy t-shirts stained with cheeseburger grease. I couldn’t imagine a reason she’d dress like an executive assistant on her first day just to come to my place and talk to me, unless she felt as off kilter as I did. And if so, what the hell did we do about it?

“You’re acting weird,” I said, sighing.

She nodded and sat down on the couch, but she at least relaxed a little, her shoulders dropping. “I don’t know how to act.”

“Like usual? Like nothing is different? That would be ideal.” I said. I went to the kitchen to get us sodas and when I came back, she looked crestfallen. “What?”

“Nothing,” she said. But I heard the strange creak in her voice. She shook her shoulders as if shaking out the awkwardness. “Right. No, you’re right. I mean we’re adults, aren’t we? Just...we’re adults. We should act adult about it.”

“I just can’t lose you as a friend,” I said, squinting. “I think it would kill me.”

Sierra’s eyes seemed glassy, but she nodded. “It would kill me too,” she whispered. “Besides, we shouldn’t be acting weird. The sex was-”

“Great,” I said, shaking my head. “Amazing.”

“Earth shattering,” Sierra murmured.

“Took the words right out of my mouth,” I said.

I can do this, I told myself. She broke my heart a long time ago. This isn’t even new.

“Right,” Sierra said, laughing a little. “Now that’s out of the way, how about this interview? We can channel all our weirdness into that?”

“Sounds good.” I scratched my head and Sierra flipped open her laptop. When there was a knock at the door, I sprang to my feet to meet the delivery guy. Maybe food would ease us into this thing.

“How’s things with the old man?” Sierra said warily as I set out our food on the coffee table a couple minutes later. “Still an asshole?”

“Don’t you know it,” I muttered, sitting down to dig into my Pad Thai. “I just got real mouthy about him to a reporter. I’m sure you’ll hear about it. Maybe it’s a good place to start in your piece even.

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