Tommy smiled as the two of them talked. It seemed to be going pretty well so far. Once Helen answered, Tommy got her a glass of bubbly and himself something a little stronger. When the bartender made the drinks, Tommy handed Helen hers. “Here you go Helen.” In this moment Tommy wanted nothing more than to call Helen “baby” but he knew he couldn’t. Tommy noticed the way Helen looked when he called Quincy darling. “Helen, Quincy is my ex.” He smiled at both of them. He didn’t think about that possible hurting Quincy’s feeling in the moment. He didn’t want Helen to think there was something going on between him and Quincy, since there wasn’t. However, at the same time he didn’t want Quincy to think more was going on between himself and Helen either.
Talk about a love triangle. Tommy thought this kind of thing only happened in the movies. He never dreamed of it happening in real life and even less about it happening to him. As he stood there with his drink in his hand. He thought about Quincy knowing he was nervous. He really hoped that both of them couldn’t sense it. He usually knew how to keep his composure. However, in this moment he seemed to be losing it faster than an alligator moving in the water towards their prey.
As Quincy talked to Helen, Tommy smiled and took a big gulp of his drink. He couldn’t believe the question Quincy had asked. However, it was just a normal question. He was just over thinking things. He smiled confidently as Helen responded to Quincy. when she said "But the odds we ended up together—working together again? Saving grace.” Hearing Helen saying the words “we ended up together” made him smile so big. He just hoped Quincy was too busy paying attention to Helen to notice the big dumb smile on his face.
His smile didn’t go back to normal as Quincy said “Tommy is great at what he does. You’re in good hands.” Then Helen’s reply was just as sweet. He blushed a little as both of them said nice things about him. “Well thank you both for the kind words.” He normally had so much more to say than this. Why was he at a loss for words in this moment. Part of him wanted to hold Helen’s hand. The other part of him want to kiss Quincy on the cheek. He knew however that he couldn’t have them both at once. Even if that’s what he wanted.
