Fire Down Below by Andrea Simonne

Author:Andrea Simonne [Simonne, Andrea]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Liebe Publishing
Published: 2014-08-22T00:00:00+00:00

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When next Friday rolls around Suzy, Lauren, and I have plans for a pajama party at Lauren’s house. It’s perfect timing since Ben doesn’t fly in until tomorrow morning. Driving over there, I put the Red Hot Chili Pepper’s Stadium Arcadium into my CD player, and settle in for the trip over the floating bridge. Lauren doesn’t live in the city, but instead has a house out in suburbia. The house was part of her divorce settlement with The Toad. It’s a nice four bedroom mac-mansion type with lots of luxuries like granite counters and fancy wood trim, plus at three thousand square feet it’s huge. That’s a lot of house for one person, but Lauren is quite happy with it. She’s turned each extra bedroom into something useful like an office and a craft room.

The song “Snow (Hey Oh)” comes on and I turn it up, singing along. I’ve been listening to the Red Hot Chili Peppers a lot since Ben and I started dating again, though I never listen to Blood, Sugar, Sex, Magik and haven’t for years. In fact, if a song from that CD even comes on the radio I always turn it off or change the station immediately.

I pull up into Lauren’s driveway and park right behind Suzy, who has just arrived herself. When I get out of my car, it’s gray and rainy and the air smells like wet pavement.

“Hey Suzy,” I say, walking up to her as she waits for me, so we can go to the door together. She smiles and it strikes me that she looks exceptionally pretty. Her green eyes are practically glowing with health and happiness.

Lauren answers the door all smiles and, after we take our shoes off, leads us back into her kitchen/ great room area, which is where we usually hang out when we come over. Her house is all done in pinks and creams—very feminine, and is so perfectly decorated it’s like something out of Better Homes and Garden. Sometimes houses that are too perfect make me uncomfortable. I’m worried I’ll spill something or mess it up somehow, but I don’t feel that way at Lauren’s. I think it’s because I know if I ruined something, she’d shrug it off.

“I was hoping we could sit outside and do nachos and margaritas,” Laurens says, pulling some bean dip from the refrigerator, “but obviously the weather isn’t cooperating. Does that still sound okay though? We can hang out in here. Oh, I got some Piña Colada mix for you, Kate.”

“Sounds great,” I say.

“I’ll just have ice water,” Suzy says, taking off her jacket, “but nachos sound good.”

Both Lauren and I look over at her in surprise. She loves margaritas and I don’t think I’ve ever heard her turn one down. I figure she doesn’t feel like drinking, but then Lauren suddenly shrieks.

“I can’t believe it!” She reaches down, grabbing Suzy’s left hand where there is a sizable diamond now sitting on her ring finger. “When did it happen? You’re pregnant too—aren’t you?!”

My eyes grow wide as I take in Suzy’s grin.

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