Do Something

Andrew

“Spill,” Saxton said after a minute of silence. “If you want,” he added.

“About what?” I asked, still distracted. Everywhere I looked, I saw Lanie’s face.

“Raven’s doing okay?”

“Everything looks good. The doctors say there shouldn’t be any long-term damage.”

“What about that little boyfriend of hers?” Saxton’s face darkened.

“He’s actually a good kid.”

Saxton made an If-You-Say-So face. “A seventeen-year-old guy? Do you know what I was like at seventeen?”

“I can imagine.”

“Exactly.” He gave me a pointed look over his glass rim, and I laughed. Saxton could always cheer me up no matter what, if only for a short while.

I licked my lips, looking for a segue into the next thing I needed to tell him.

“Raven’s doing great.”

“Uh-huh?” He cocked an eyebrow.

“She’s pissed at me for breaking up with Lanie.”

Saxton sharply inhaled.

“Did you just gasp?” I asked.

“Whatever,” he muttered, setting his drink on the coffee table and leaning toward me with an intense look on his face. “Why did yo