Anna spoke up. “We’re looking to kill some time as well. If we go back to my place too soon we’ll probably get volunteered to help with some charity stuff.”
Chris made a face as if he had eaten something sour. “Yeah, That would be a pass for me as well. You’re more than welcome to join me if you want.”
“Thanks, but you should know it’s more that we’d be doing you a favour.”
Chris’ eyebrows rose in amusement before nodding. Anna smiled, “I guess we can join you.” She then looked to George. “Is that okay with you?” It was clearly just a courtesy question, she had to know that George was pleased to see Chris.
At the forefront of George’s mind was the possibility of sex. With Anna and Bridget there, it would be awkward to just proposition Chris but George thought that she could make some moves to let Chris know what she was after without blatantly letting the others know. George smiled playfully. “It’s fine with me.”
Hoping to tease Chris a bit, George was going to sit beside him. However, Anna was a bit closer and slid into the booth next to Chris. It didn’t seem like it was an intentional move by Anna so George wasn’t bothered as she sat across from her and Chris. Bridget looked around the restaurant and with a slight apology told them that she should go check if there were any tasks to be done.
George, Anna and Chris sat casually talking, everyone avoided talking about anything related to their sex lives or the lack of one. Bridget came by to join the conversation when she could in between taking care of other customers or small tasks.
It was mid afternoon when Anna’s phone began to ring and vibrate. Picking it up Anna looked at the screen and frowned before answering. “Hi Aaron.”
George exchanged looks with Chris before they both turned to watch Anna. While Anna didn’t speak angrily to Aaron, her responses were somewhat short. There was a long moment where Anna was just listening, her face remained neutral so it was difficult to gauge what she was thinking. Eventually she softly sighed and shrugged her shoulders. “Yes, I’m free to meet you later. Where do you want to meet?” There was a pause as Anna listened to the response. “That’s okay with me. I’ll see you there. Bye.” Anna ended the call and placed her phone onto the table.
George spoke first. “What’s up?”
“Not all that much. Aaron apologised for yesterday and asked to meet me later to talk.”
“So you’re going to confront him about how he has been acting with you about sex?”
Anna nodded. “Yeah we need to talk about it. I’m pretty much at the end of my patience with his avoidance.”
“How are you feeling? Are you going to give him a real serving?” Chris’ tone was lightly teasing but it was clear he was also kind of concerned.
Anna gave him a disdainful look but couldn’t help smiling. “I’ll be fine. I’m not going to rip his head off, even if I think he might deserve it.”
They were all silent until Anna checked her phone. “I’ll have to get myself ready for this. George, are you okay with leaving now? I’ll drop you off at your place.”
Not quite ready to end her day, George looked to Chris. “If you want to hang out a bit longer I can take you home.”
The possibility that hanging out could lead to something more was enough for George to make her decision. “I think I’ll stay here with Chris. Call me and let me know how your discussion with Aaron goes.”
“I will. I hope we can work this out otherwise it’s going to be a weird end to the relationship.” She looked at Chris and seemed about to say something but didn’t. She turned back to George. “I better go. Can you say goodbye to Bridget for me. I’ll see both of you later, bye.”
After Anna left, George moved to sit next to Chris. Before she could start teasing him Bridget appeared at the booth.
“Did Anna just leave?”
George nodded. “Yeah. She got a call from Aaron. He asked to meet with her to talk.”
“I hope things work out between them. How are you getting home? My shift doesn’t end for a couple more hours but I can give you a ride home.”
“Thanks. But I’ll be alright, Chris here has already offered to take me home.”
There was a hint of amusement on Bridget’s face as she looked toward Chris. “You’re quite the gentleman.”
An uncertain expression appeared on Chris’ face before he sarcastically bowed his head and pretended to raise a hat. “Yeah, that’s me.”
Bridget grinned at his response though it also appeared that she was a bit puzzled by it. To George it was kind of comical. Chris appeared unsure if Bridget was poking fun at him, he didn’t know how much George and Anna might have told Bridget and he was being a bit defensive. An awkward smile appeared on his face and he froze.
Fortunately Bridget didn’t appear to notice. “Are you two going to stick around or will you be heading off soon?”
Chris looked at his watch. “I’m not in any hurry. It won’t take me that long to get ready to go out tonight. How about you George, do you want to go home now?”
George had kind of hoped that she could convince Chris to come with her back to her place but she guessed that wasn’t going to happen just yet. “No. I’m happy to stay here for a while longer.”
Bridget beamed a wide smile. “Awesome, that should help the time pass a bit quicker.”
Chris became pensive. “We’re not going to get you in trouble by talking with you, are we?”