Distractions are needed. Eric has a doozy.

Gemma’s next leg of her journey was the longest, a ten-hour flight across the Pacific to Sydney. You and Sabrina chatted with her over your WhatsApp group text for the next hour as she was on her Hawai’i layover and you were starting the work day, and then it was going to be silence for a while.

Becks had met you in the lobby, coming out from behind her desk again to hug you both and commiserate a bit before you headed up to the office. She’d asked about meeting up on the weekend and the answer had been ‘maybe,’ and Sabrina had explained her little sister was coming to visit but had kept back the why.

You were struck again by how much less full the conference room felt without Gemma there. One person missing could change the entire dynamic of the space - thankfully you, Sabrina and Eric didn’t start getting on each other’s nerves or anything, but it just felt a little weird. Garrison came by and called you out to his office in the morning, resuming the mentoring that had been put on pause for a little bit because of the mock trial and your team needing to catch up on work. He ran you through a couple of the cases he was on, explaining some of the pitfalls that he felt young lawyers would make but experienced ones saw coming from a mile away, and he talked to you a bit more about what you could expect out of the various types of law you’d be exposed to in law school and what day-to-day life looked like in different practices.

Sabrina got the same meeting in the afternoon (and no updates on her lawsuit from Joy and Bellagamba), and then Eric got called out as well - either Garrison had slowly taken a bigger liking to him, or it was a little more awkward to not give him the same treatment now that there were only three of you. Either way, you were thankful for Garrison doing it because Eric deserved the attention.

Then the end of the day came around, and the office slowly started to empty while the three of you kept working.

“Huh,” Eric said about an hour and a half later. You were expecting the Mystery Dinner any minute, and also hearing from Gemma within the hour.

“Huh, what?” you asked.

Eric was looking at his phone, one eyebrow slightly raised as he stared intently and his cheeks went a little pink.

“OK, now that is a look of embarrassed shock,” Sabrina said. “What’s going on?”

“I’m, uh, being propositioned?” Eric said, his voice raising at the end to make it a question.

“Propositioned how?” you asked, your attention having completely left your work.

“That’s the thing,” he said. “There's more than one.”

“Eric, do you want to tell us or not?” Sabrina asked. “Because you’re not actually telling us anything.”

“Well, Lucy sent me a picture of her tits and is trying to get me to come over for a hate-fuck,” he said, then glanced up from his phone. “Want to see?”

“No,” you said, at the same time Sabrina said, “Yes.”

Eric hesitated, looking at you, and you sighed and shrugged, gesturing towards Sabrina. He showed Sabrina his phone screen and Sabrina shrugged.

“I mean, they’re boobs,” Sabrina said. “They aren’t anything special though. What’s the other proposition?”

“The crazy chick from earlier this week messaged me and wants to fuck again,” he said. “She sent me a booty pic.”

Sabrina gestured to be shown that too, and Eric did. “OK, at least she has a nice butt,” Sabrina said. “Still, repeating with that chick might be more dangerous than with Lucy - at least with Lucy you generally know what to expect.”

“Well, there’s a third one,” Eric mumbled.

“A third one?” you asked, a little incredulous. Eric was getting hit up for sex by three girls?

“It’s, uh, the crazy one’s roommate,” Eric said, flushing a little more. “And I know you guys told me it wasn’t a great idea, but like… she was really cute. So I’ve been texting with her, and she’s out with a friend tonight and is offering a threesome. Like, a for-real threesome. And I’ve never had a threesome before.”

“Guy or girl?” you asked.

“Gir-” Eric started, then frowned and checked his phone. “Actually, she didn’t specify.”

Sabrina snorted. “You better get that one clarified quickly. You could show up and they’re expecting you to be swordfighting another dude while she watches.”

The expression on Eric’s face made you both start laughing.

“Eric, the serious question you have to ask yourself is if getting laid is worth dealing with Lucy again, or risking the crazy girl getting her claws into you,” you said. “I’m voting No, by the way.”

“Same,” Sabrina said emphatically. “Not worth it. What’s the roommate chick say - and please tell me it wouldn’t be happening at her place. That’s a disaster waiting to happen if Crazy Chick finds out.”

“One sec,” Eric said.

The phone in the conference room rang while Eric was texting, and Sabrina answered it. Dinner had arrived downstairs with the security guys.

“No fucking way!” Eric said, dropping his cell on the table and pushing it away from him.

“It’s a dude?” you asked.

“It’s a trans person,” Sabrina guessed. “Chick with a dick?”

Eric, lips clamped shut, shook his head vehemently.

Sabrina leaned in and picked it up, looking at it for a moment before gasping and then cackling.

“What?” you asked. “Who is it?”

Sabrina turned the phone to show you the screen and thrust it at you. On the screen, two young women in cocktail dresses were each flashing a nipple, teasing the camera aggressively. One was a cute blonde with a pretty nice rack and big blue eyes.

The other one was Joy.

You, and your chair, toppled over sideways as you reeled back in shock.

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