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and his breath became choppy. I slowly leaned down for a kiss, giving him the
opportunity to stop me if he wanted to. Milliseconds away from pressing my lips to his, knocking at
the door made us both freeze. We stayed still as the Shave and a Haircut knock was drowned
out by Bundy's strident demand, 'Come on cunts! Open the fuckin' door! This slab's getting'
hot!'
    Silently cursing Bundy's craptastic timing, I leaned forward to grab a quick kiss because, after
two long weeks, I was desperate. Adam's look of panic made me hesitate. 'You okay?'
    'Yeah. Yeah… just. Shit, Cullen! We nearly got busted.'
    Adam pushed past me to answer the door, leaving me feeling like my stomach had curdled. Adam's
statement didn't sit right, but I didn't have time to think about why because Bundy crashed into the
apartment in full-on party mode.
    'Stick's inviting the sheilas from the front unit over. Did you see them? Not bad!' Bundy
punctuated his glowing assessment of the female talent with a saucy wink as he entered the kitchen
with the beer.
    'You cunts got any ice?'
    Before I could offer to do an ice run, Stick ushered the girls in with, 'Beer won't last long
enough to get warm, Bundy!'
    Adam offered the girls a beer and then cracked one for himself. Normally, I'd have been throwing
myself into the party too, but I didn't feel part of the group. Instead, I settled back into an
armchair to watch the mating dance of the drunk and horny. One of the girls latched onto Adam; my
chest ached as I watched him flirt back. For two weeks, I'd been obsessed with getting to this place
so I could be with Adam, but maybe Adam wasn't as invested in us as I was.
    The lack of food, the heat and the beer acted quickly and it didn't take long for the flirting to
change into hot and heavy petting. Once the slab was finally finished, I got out of my chair to
encourage Bundy, Stick and their ladyloves back to their units. I assumed they'd either get invited
to stay the night with the girls or stagger back to their own place. That left Adam and the pissed
octopus I'd nicknamed Perky Tits, who'd been mauling him for the last couple of hours. I really
wanted to toss her out, but I didn't want to ruin things for Adam if he was in serious lust. I
wanted him, but I didn't want to pressure him into wanting me. I needed him to be into it, or it
could ruin our friendship completely. And I didn't think I could handle that.
    Adam staggered to his feet and bowed, nearly toppling back into Perky Tits's lap, 'If you'll
'scuse me for a sec. Gotta crack the seal.'
    He got a cute scrunch-nosed smile from the girl, before staggering down the short hall toward the
bathroom.
    Still propping up the wall near the door after ejecting our mates, I heard the unmistakable sound
of urine hitting water. Adam was obviously not attempting to muffle the sound by aiming for the
porcelain. Perky Tits looked more embarrassed the longer we listened. We were both pretending not to
hear the sound of boisterous peeing coming from the toilet. Adam's bladder had always been able to
hold an impressive amount, and today was no different; the stream was relentless and unfaltering.
Things were getting more and more awkward in the lounge room between Perky Tits and me. I wished
Adam would hurry the fuck up. I had just opened my mouth in an attempt to break the tense atmosphere
when we heard the sound of retching followed by splattering vomit. Miss Perky Tits sprang from the
couch looking completely grossed out. With a swift glance down the hall to where Adam sounded like
he was dying, she high-tailed it out the front door.
    'Cullen, mate?' Adam called weakly from the bathroom.
    'Yeah, Ad?' I replied as I shouldered myself off the wall and walked down the hall.
    'Why's there always carrots? I don't like carrots-' The rest of Adam's sentence was drowned
out by the next wave of retching. The sound of vomit hitting a hard surface brought the scene from The Exorcist to mind. I hoped there wouldn't be that much