hair was short and now it’s long. Celia is a girl that I met running this morning.”
Why is he not understanding me? I’m speaking English!
He can’t hold in his laughter any longer. Cruz rarely laughs, but when he does, he really laughs. This is one of those times.
He manages to speak through his laughter. “Ok, so you brought a girl you just met home and Clove walked in. Again?” He laughs heartily. “And you kissed her tonight?” Shaking his head he mutters, “Dade is going to kill you. You’re lucky she just ran away and she didn’t smack the hell out of you.”
Remembering her face, I mutter, “She didn’t want to hit me. She kissed me back. But she’s scared of me.” Running my hands over my face again, I smack myself. “I can’t believe I kissed her. She hates me. Something is wrong with her. Women like me!”
What was that look on her face about? It was almost like she worshipped me. But that doesn’t make sense. She detests me. And I detest her, too. She’s a royal pain in my ass and I’m sick of her acting like I did something to her. She did feel good in my arms though.
Shut the hell up, Liam! You need a woman. Go get your phone and call one. Or two. You need to stop thinking about Clove.
While I’ve been debating on calling a willing woman for the night, Cruz has made up a plate of pizza. He sees me looking at his hands and says, “I’m going to take this up to her. We have plenty and I doubt she will come down here. I’ll be back in a bit. Don’t drink anymore while I’m up there.” Shaking his head he walks to the bar and opens the fridge. Grabbing two waters, he turns and tosses me one, “I want to see her long hair. She was already pretty, but if she made you lose your cool… well, she must be a knockout now.” He shrugs and walks out the door.
My chest gets tight and I grab a piece of pizza and shove it in my mouth. I’m just hungry. If Cruz is interested in Clove, he should go for it. But he won’t. He never does… That gives me a small measure of relief. Besides… she kissed me back…Whatever. I’m not thinking about that. Clove is trouble and I am not interested in trouble.
Dammit, I need a woman.
While I wait for Cruz, I grab my phone from the coffee table and open my contacts. Scrolling through them, I wait to find one that catches my eye. I scroll and scroll and none jump out at me. That’s never happened before. Damn Clove! She’s messing with my mojo.
Tossing the phone on the cushion beside me, I flip through the guide and again nothing jumps out at me. Pulling up Netflix, I search for a movie I haven’t seen. My phone buzzes.
“Jessie
What’s up, Pretty Boy? Miss me yet?”
Jessie is such an asshole, but he’s one of my best friends and he’s engaged to Blue now. Thank God those two finally got together! Eight years of sexual tension is more than enough for me to witness.
Blue is probably the only girl I’ve ever been close to. I like her and respect her and we’ve never had sex. She’s one of the people who knows the most about me and the fact that she’s now engaged to my best friend is pretty cool. She makes him a better man, though he’s still Jessie to the core. They fit together like yin and yang and they have a pretty amazing dynamic.
Crazy that first Jude and now Jessie have been tamed. Two of our five guys are all monogamous and shit. But whatever, it works for them.
Jessie and Blue are taking some “them time” in NOLA. They just bought a house there where they can have some alone time.
What was I doing?
Oh, right. I need to fuck with Jessie. I kissed Blue awhile back and it finally made Jessie realize that he wanted her. I’m a shit starter like that, but I really did want what was best for the both of them, and lo and behold, I was right. I do love pushing his buttons about Blue though. I am after all the “Pretty Boy.”
“Liam
Hell, no. I don’t miss your ass. But I miss my girl. How’s Blue?”
I sit back and
Christiane Shoenhair, Liam McEvilly