Katia snorted. “I decided, Andy decided. But his sperm and my egg did not. We’ve been double-teaming the protection, but…” she sighed, “Andy’s sperm is just as persistent as him.”

I couldn’t help but laugh at the badly hidden pride in her voice.

Andy had a thing for Katia in high school. She always said no. Then, we all ended up at the same college - she had gotten accepted to 2 schools, only one came with a full-ride scholarship, the backup one - we just didn’t know he was there until Junior year. He had done a lot of growing up and filling out. Gone was the gangly dweeb, and in came the Adonis. Well, physically anyway. Andy was still a dweeb, in my opinion. Katia still made him work for it, and the minute he had it, he refused to let it go. The man even proposed on their one-month anniversary. 

“Well, congrats. Maybe you’ll get a son out of it this time. I’m sure Andy would love that.” My phone beeped and I quickly moved it away from my ear so I could check it. Sure enough, my ride was here.

“Believe it or not, he wants another daughter.”

I walked out of the building and looked for my ride. As soon as I stepped out, the college kid waved me over.

“That is both surprising and sweet.”

“Yeah.” She sighed dreamily.  “So, you wanna come over for dinner tonight?”

“Where to ma’am?” The driver asked as he held the back door open for me. It was odd, but alright.

“I put the location in on the app.”

“Cool.”

I huffed in amusement at his childish response as he closed the door.

“Fi! You listening?” Katia called, again apparently.

“Sorry, my ride just got here. What were you saying?”

“Good timing, tell him to bring you here. You can come and have dinner with us. You haven’t seen the girls in ages.”

“Two weeks is not ages, and I wish I could. But I have to do a few things tonight, then I’m crashing. Hard.” Maybe after that hot bubble bath and glass of wine I didn’t get last night.

The driver closed his door and pulled up the app for the location. “Sweet, Club Indecent. I was there last week. That place is awesome.” He looked at me warily through the mirror. “You wanna stop at home to change first. I mean you look good the way you are right now, but those aren’t really club clothes, ya know?”

“What did he say about a club?” Katia broke in.

I cursed silently to myself. “No but thank you. I have a meeting there. I’m not going for fun.” I told the driver, then gave my attention back to Katia. “It’s nothing, Kat. Just something I have to take care of.”

I wasn’t the one cursing this time. “He did it again, didn’t he? Wait, but why would you be going to a club? I’m confused.”

I sighed. “It’s kind of a long story.”

She snorted. “It always is with Randy.”

“Kat…”

I could almost hear the eye roll. “I know, I know, I know. He’s your only brother. Someone has to look out for him, yada, yada, yada. I’ll save both of us the time and stress and just jump to the please be careful part.”

“I will. It’s going to be quick. In and out.”