So that�s how she plans to separate me from the others.
By putting me in Nick�s house.
�I won�t mind staying at his house.�
My stomach lurched as Brittney wrapped her arms around one of his, hanging off of him.
Nick cringed.
�Actually� I was thinking Kara.�
Nick disengaged himself from super slut and glanced at me, a look in his eyes I couldn�t read.
He might need to sterilize his arm tonight.
�Yeah, that works. We have things to plot anyway.�
I took a step back, surprised at both the speed of his response and his added �plotting� comment. And it�s always safer to be as far away from Brittney as possible when I was getting something she wanted.
Angie, you know this might be an absolutely horrible idea.
Not only would Brittney kill me, that�s going to leave me and Nick alone.
A lot.
�Is that okay with you Kar?�
I became thankful for the night when my face flamed up under everyone�s gaze.
�Yeah. That�s fine. Like Nick said, we have to plot some things for the wedding.�
I tried to make my voice cheerful, but it came out quiet.
This is going to be an interesting week.
*
Yes plotting is a good excuse.
Plotting gets the whore away from me.
Ravishing is more likely to happen when I get Kara alone though.
�Oh jeez� don�t make it too embarrassing please.�
I smirked at Angie.
�But isn�t that the point?�
No, the point is to get Kara alone.
So I can talk to you and kiss you and spend the next six days with you around. I�m gonna convince you that you�re beautiful and amazing and perfect.
And you�re going to fall in love with me.
*
�So how are we going to work this?�
Angie thought for a moment as I kept my eyes on Brittney just in case she decided to attack.
�I�ll drop the other girls off, Kar and I will get her stuff, and I�ll drop her off at your house.�
She looked at me to see if this was a suitable plan.
I shrugged.
I�m never really any help.
�Well, I could take her to get her stuff. I don�t want you to have to go all the way back to my place.�
�It won�t be out of the way. I have to go by Mike�s to pick something up anyway.�
Nick glanced over at me.
Stop looking at me for input! I give no input!
*
When Kara didn�t respond beyond averting her eyes, I shrugged.
�If you�re sure.�
Talking to Kara in the car wouldn�t be good in the first place. If she started to cry, I wouldn�t be able to touch her.
That�d be no good.
Angie nodded and, after a round of goodbyes where Brittney hugged me for far too long before repeating her indiscreet offer of noncommittal sex, all the girls packed up in cars and left.
Me with Mike.
�Are you fucking nuts?! She can�t stay at your house! You�ve been holding this god awful stupid puppy love crush on her for six fucking months. Having her living with you for a week will not help!�
His voice grew soft and for the first time, I heard the conniving tone in his words.
�She�ll crush you, Nick.�
�I wake up in the morning
Put on my face
The one that�s going to get me through another day
Doesn�t really matter how I feel inside
This life is like a game some times.�