short of my lips, just brushing them. 'And disappointed.'
His blue eyes bore deep into mine, and for half a minute
nothing else mattered. I felt Kira at my elbow, but I didn't
turn to look at her. I looked right into Austin's eyes when I
turn to look at her. I looked right into Austin's eyes when I
replied. 'You won't be.'
He let me go with another kiss and a nuzzle that sent
shivers marching along every nerve. I found Kira waiting
for me by the door. Oblivious to the crowd buffeting her,
she held her place instead of stepping aside until I showed
up to pul her by the elbow onto the sidewalk.
'You sure you'l be al right?' The chily night air had done a pretty good job of sobering me up, but I wasn't
reconsidering my rendezvous with Austin. At least not yet.
Kira nodded. 'Fine.'
She didn't look fine, she looked pissed off. I glanced out
onto the street. Lots of cops. No cabs. I'd only turned
away for a few seconds, but when I turned back to face
her, Kira's expression had turned stormy.
'You asshole!' She took a couple of steps forward, her
heel catching on a crack in the sidewalk, and stumbled.
Jack.
With an inward sigh, I went after her. Jack was with the
same woman from earlier and he did his best to ignore
same woman from earlier and he did his best to ignore
Kira. I saw him give his date a pained glance she
answered with a shrug, and they started walking.
'Hey, Jack! Jackass! Don't you walk away from me!'
'C'mon, Kira, don't.' I didn't blame him for ignoring her. I was a little less pleased he was also actively ignoring me,
even though I knew it was realy for the best, al around.
'He's not worth it!'
'Fuck you, Jack!' Kira couldn't let it go, apparently.
Jack grimaced and puled his cap from his back pocket.
He put it on, but didn't look at her. We hadn't gone more
than another few steps down the sidewalk when Kira
launched herself at his back.
Jack stumbled forward as she slammed into him, her legs
and arms flying. She didn't actualy manage to hit him more
than once or twice, but the spectators leaped out of the
way of her drunken tornado performance. She was
shrieking insults, mostly stupid and incoherent ones.
Jack gave me an angry look that pissed me off. It wasn't
like I'd told Kira he and I had hooked up or anything. Her
issues with him were his own problem and had nothing to
issues with him were his own problem and had nothing to
do with me. He pushed her off him firmly and grabbed her
arm at the same time so she wouldn't fal. She kept trying
to hit him and missing.
'Stop it,' Jack told her and gave her arm a little shake
before letting her go. When she flew at him again she
