She's Out of Control by Kristin Billerbeck

hear her TV click off. “This all happened at Bible study? Did it ever occur to you people to actually study the Bible at these events?”
    â€œSo I need to know exactly what Seth said to you, Brea. Do you really think he’s going to ask me to marry him?”
    â€œHe drove Arin home?”
    â€œShe asked him to.”
    â€œSometimes your boyfriend drives me crazy. We should practice saying ‘no’ with him before this goes any farther. There’s nice and there’s clueless, and he is entering the realm of clueless.”
    â€œRegardless, he took her home. Now what?”
    â€œAshley, personally, I think he’s going to ask you. No, I’m sure of it. He asked both John and me to be there, and said he had something he wanted to share with all of us. What else could it be? This thing with Arin is probably his last hoorah, like a shout that he’s still in-dependent. Why else would he ask us all there?”
    â€œWho knows with Seth? The Lord of the Rings has a new installment? There’s a big Xbox online event? You can never be too sure with my beloved.”
    â€œJust tell him that his days with Arin are over. If he’s going to ask you to marry him, he should have no problem with that promise.”
    â€œI’m not going to police him, Brea. If he wants to spend time with Arin, it’s better to know now. But she just wants to feed her ego, and he’ll end up nursing his wounds.”
    â€œThis is not right, Ash! He’s not just a friend anymore. He’s supposed to be somebody who understands exactly how you feel. He’s been your boyfriend, your Christian boyfriend, for nine months. Would you accept this behavior if you were married?”
    â€œHeck no.”
    â€œThen start being the businesswoman I know you are and grow a brain.” I hear the TV click back on. “ Oooh, it’s getting good. Call me back.” She hangs up on me, and the phone immediately starts to beep.
    â€œHello?”
    â€œAshley, it’s me.”
    â€œSeth! How’s Arin? Is she home safely?”
    â€œShe doesn’t really have a home. She’s staying with different friends. I think she was looking for a night on my couch.”
    â€œAnd?”
    â€œAnd I told her I had a girlfriend. Sheesh, Ashley.”
    Oh yeah, I’m the dumb one . “So you’re home now?”
    â€œYeah, I’m missing you. I feel like I barely got to see you tonight, and it’s been too long.” His emotion doesn’t stir me like usual. I’m hurt. Maybe it’s childish, but I’m still hurt.
    â€œIf you could go on any vacation, where would it be?” I ask, fishing for ideas. Maybe my honeymoon daydream was on the money.
    â€œI don’t know, maybe on a houseboat, or cross-country in an RV.”
    â€œAn RV?” Tell me my supposed soul mate did not say the initials that have come to signify camping with a television set. “You don’t maybe want to go to Hawaii or a beach somewhere? Or a spa?”
    He laughs. “What would I do at a spa? I don’t want some guy touching me. Gross.”
    Okay, no spa. I can deal with that. “What about a cruise? That’s kind of like RVing.”
    â€œAre you going on vacation, Ash?”
    Sigh. “No, just daydreaming, I guess.”
    â€œI just wanted to let you know I was home, and that I’ll see you Saturday for your boss’s thing.”
    â€œI’m trying to get out of that. Of course, I still want to see you.”
    â€œWhy?” He laughs. “I mean why are you trying to get out of it, not why do you want to see me.”
    Um, I think Hans wants my bod. “I just don’t want to set a precedent that I do things socially with my boss, that’s all.” The truth overtakes me. “And I think he wants me. You know, in that way.”
    Seth is quiet.
    â€œDid you hear me?”
    â€œWhat makes you think