He's Here

Rick

Mason looked over at me. “Yeah. Didn’t you know?”

“No,” I said. “I mean, I had an idea that she missed me while I was gone, but I didn’t think the word ‘pining’ was the right one to describe it.”

Mason scoffed. “Dude, she never wanted you to leave in the first place. And this is the happiest she’s been since you left. Seriously, I’m not blowing smoke up your ass.”

I looked over at Harley. She was standing with the other girls. A smile played on her lips, and she flicked her hair over her shoulder. Her eyes shifted over toward me, and we locked gazes. Her smile stretched, and it was contagious, making me smile in turn.

Mason rolled his eyes. “Good God, man. Try to keep it in your pants, will you?” He shook me again and slapped my chest.

“Will you quit that shit?” I barked, slipping out from under his arm and rubbing at my bruised side. “I got my ass kicked last week, remember?”

He shrugged. “Don’t be a baby.”

“Fuck off, Mason.”

Benji rolled his eyes. “Gentlemen, really? Are we eve