What If IX

Lacy was sitting on Phil's couch, watching something on tv. Probably not a good look, seeing as how he was out with his girlfriend and he might bring her home with him. Can't imagine that the first thing you want to see walking into your boyfriend's house is another woman eating his snacks.

She chuckled a bit to herself. The girlfriend did have an issue with her being around so much at the beginning, but she quickly smartened up after Lacy let her know that she was Phil's best friend and was therefore one of the most important people in his life, and she could get with it or move the hell on.

What the girlfriend didn't know was that long before she came into the picture, Lacy and Phil had kind of picked up a casual relationship. nothing serious, except the fact that they liked to see each other naked. A lot.

But that all started to change when Punk started to get serious with this girl. Lacy knew love when she saw it and Punk was a man in love. It was cool, and she was truly and honestly happy for him, but she couldn't help but feel as if she was slowly being replaced. They teased each other every now and again, but the physical side of their relationship had dwindled into a little more than the occasional cuddle during movie night. It took her a while to get used to, but she eventually accepted it, because she'd rather lose him as a fuck buddy than as a best friend. That would really suck.

She was flipping through channels when she heard the door open.

Punk was coming in after he dropped his girlfriend off home. They had dinner and caught a movie and that was pretty much it. When he walked into his house and closed the door behind him, he heard the tv on. He already knew who was there. He walked into the living room. "You keep eating my snacks and I'm going to make you buy me new ones." he teased as he plopped down on the couch and grabbed a piece of what she was eating.

"What's mine is mine and what's yours is mine." She grinned and chucked some popcorn at him. "How's the troll? I mean... whatsherface." She gave him a sweet smile. So she was a little catty. lol

He caught the popcorn and then smirked. "Whatsherface's name is..." (um...) "...Maria and she's fine." he snorted.

"Wonderful, great, I guess." She said.

"Hey, you asked." he snorted. "Anyway, how long have you been here?"

"A few hours, waiting for your slowpoke self."

"My bad." He said. "Dinner took a little longer than I expected."

"Yeah yeah, entertain me." She said as she rested her head on his shoulder.

"Hm, game?" he asked as he wrapped an arm over her shoulder.

"Yeah, Checkers, so you can King me." She smirked and tried to kiss his neck.

He chuckled. "Is that what you want?"

"It's what I've been wanting but you keep turning me down."

He frowned a bit. "I'm sorry." he said. "It's just, you know Maria's been around a lot and she gets all mad when I'm around you." he told her. "It's a miracle she even let me be tonight."

"Yeah yeah, she's got you treating me like the red headed step child. I'm your best friend."

"I know and I am sorry. I don't mean to turn you down or hurt your feelings or anything like that, things are pretty serious with Maria and I don't want to fuck it up. I want you both in my life and sometimes it's hard to balance my time." he told her. "But I will spend some more time with you, I can't lose my best friend."

"Phil, I know you love her." She snorted. "And since I know that, I'm not gonna make you choose between your best friend that you occasionally have sex with and the woman that you love. It's a no brainer." She said. "And if she doesn't like it when you talk to me, since you love her, maybe we should cool it."

He sighed a bit. "I don't just love her, Lace." he said. "It's more than that, I think I want to propose to her."

She blinked. "...wow." she said, before she fixed her face and started to smile. "That's great, Phil." she said.

"Yeah." he chuckled. "I never ever thought I'd be thinking about marriage."

"Do you have a ring?"

He shook his head. "Not yet. I still need to go get one."

"Well for your sake I hope she says yes. I'm happy for you, Punk." she said as she kissed his cheek and made the decision to go before he could detect that she was being fake as fuck lol. "I'm gonna get out of here."

"Laceeee..." he said. "C'mon, be honest with me."

"I am being honest with you." she chuckled. "She makes you happy and that makes me happy, that's all that matters to me." she said as she stood and grabbed her bag.