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thought resentfully. Maybe if he kept his mouth shut I could forget about
it.
    “No. I
don’t want you to switch to grape,
Troy
,”
Josh said, a hint of frustration in his tone. “I want you to hit me over the
head so that I magically forget about the whole encounter. Especially
the part where we were dumb enough to not ask for her cell phone number.”
    “You
know, hitting you over the head is starting to feel more and more tempting.”
Troy
tapped his stylus on
the desk. “Even if we had her number, what then? Which
one of us would call her? In case you forgot, there are two of us and only one
of her.”
    There,
he’d said it. The thing he hadn’t brought up all the other times Josh insisted
on talking about this. Which one of them got to ask her out?
    Josh
licked his lips thoughtfully.
Troy
stared, then jerked his eyes away, face going hot. Troy,
dude, you have got to stop looking at Josh’s mouth, he told himself. He was
damn lucky his skin didn’t show it when he blushed because he’d managed to
embarrass himself gazing at Josh’s lips far too many times the past two weeks. You’re
losing it over nothing. Watching Josh kiss her is just like watching porn, only
live, instead of on the computer. He ignored the little voice in his head
that told him he found Josh as interesting to watch as Felicity. Not true.
Not true at all. Right?
    “Why do
we have to choose? We could let her decide,” Josh replied, fidgeting.
    Troy
pondered this. It had merits, except for the part where they didn’t have her
number. “We don’t even know her last name, so we can’t look her up, moron,” he
said irritably.
    Josh
sighed and thunked his head
back down. “We’re so stupid.”
    Troy
had nothing to add to this. They sat there, contemplating their idiocy for a
while, then Josh sat up again.
Troy
eyed him worriedly. He had that look,
the one that said I have a crazy idea and I’m dragging you into it with me.
    “Whatever
you’re thinking, no,”
Troy
said, trying to head off the insanity before it happened.
    “Oh
come on, my ideas usually turn out pretty well.” Josh waved a hand at the
office. Most of the cubicles were empty since it was the weekend, but their
administrative assistant Darren was still watching them, a look of avid
curiosity on his face. “We have a great company, don’t we? And I had to pull
you into it kicking and screaming.”
    Troy
winced. Josh was right, though it hadn’t been easy. “Remember the first year?
When we almost starved?”
    “Oh
please, our moms fed us. And that was over five years ago.”
    Troy
sighed, giving in. “Okay. What?”
    “We
could both date her.”
    Troy
stared at his friend. “You’re joking.”
    Josh
pouted.
    “Oh no,
don’t do that… that thing with the lips.”
Troy
dropped his stylus on the desk with a rattle. “That’s just wrong, man.”
    “We
share everything else just fine. We hardly ever fight. It’s the perfect
solution.” Josh pouted harder.
    Troy
felt himself go hot all over. He forced his eyes away. “For fuck’s sake, Josh…”
    “No,
hear me out. Why couldn’t we do it? We could take her to dinner, take her to
movies, nothing would even be weird.” Josh’s face was glowing now, like it did
when he came up with one of his crazy schemes.
    Troy
had to throw some cold water on this, pronto. “And who gets to kiss her
goodnight at the door?” He glared.
    “Taking
turns worked out okay last time,” Josh offered, a little less confidently.
    “You’re
insane.”
    Josh
grinned.
    Shit ,
Troy
thought. He only smiles like that when he knows I’m going to cave.
    “You’re
thinking about it. I can tell.” Josh stretched triumphantly.
    “Shut
up,”
Troy
said.
Fuck. He was thinking about it.
Specifically, he was thinking about Josh kissing his way down Felicity’s neck,
his floppy hair shiny and soft and— Shit. “It doesn’t matter. We have no idea who she is.”
    Josh
stopped mid stretch, arms over his head.
Troy
did not stare at