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I aiting on Jessie to return to the table, so I could soe in the bathroom and I needed to rectify it She was the only female buddy I had and I wanted to keep our friendship intact

Who cares if she practically saw ainst a sink? She knew I’d been with ht in front of her face Big deal

There was so, so unlike the girls I normally hooked up with It turned me on--and scared the shit out of irl like Jessie, let it all hang out, and that was the problem As soon as someone like her saw me for who I really was, she’d kick usted by me or maybe broadcast all of my secrets She was badass, didn’t take any crap fro it on in a filthy restroom

It ay better to keep her in the friend zone Besides, I was definitely not her type, either She liked her dudes tattooed and pierced and scruffy

I’ll admit, I’ve often wondered if Jessie ild in bed I’ve fantasized about it, even But as soon as I crossed that line, it would be all over forthat on a daily basis

Jesse returned frolance "Where’s your friend? I didn’t ed,me I need to cut this shit out We were friends Friends who liked to clown around with each other

"I don’t know, Blue," I said using the nicknao "I tried to do her on top of the pool table but she wasn’t going for it"

Her head fell back and she let out a good hearty laugh Finally got us back on the sa "Oh Square, that’s so nasty Who knohat’s been dropped on that green felt"

"It would be over for her in ten seconds flat anyway," I said, pretending to pound e and she’d probably faint on the spot Notyourself that, Square," she said, while the guys in the shop cracked up "So to lose a bet and have to prove it And e finally see your teeny weenie, you’ll never live it down"

I stood and flexed myto the bar for another beer

Chapter Two

Jessie

I took a long sip of my beer and subtly inspected Nate across the table while he chatted with Bennett Toa free ride to college froainst the sink with that girl did so in my brain Sure, I knew he hooked up o with theh to know the color of their eyes

But the way his fingers were digging into her hip and his oddaht I liked es and he had never fit that profile, until I saw him all raw and powerful like that

Nate looked relieved that I hadn’t teased hiave it back to ht he looked anxious, ht hiossip that he was elusive with his conquests, not giving enuine kisses--and that ht him out

If the rumors were true, he rarely e asshole for sure, except he didn’t flaunt it, never even spoke of it Not unless one of us egged him on, then he’d ham it up, turn on that fake uys entertained It’s e’d co if I didn’t ad if there’d ever been someone real in his life Someone who’d hurt him, made him so defensive that he now kept that part of hihed and clapped Bennett on the back, re me of how alive and unreserved he was in every other way With his friends and his sense of humor he lived out in the open--even with his daredevil antics, how he always talked about his next rock-cli adventure--but there was that one area in his life that was iven too ht in the bathroo that rese in his face--a split second before he’d pushed that girl away It was there I knew I hadn’t iht-laced for me with his perfectly tailored jeans and button-down shirts, even if they did hug his irls he spent his tieous

I liked at least a little gravity to the guys I dated, so I never paid Nate much attention beyond our easy and playful friendship But tonight I’d adainst that sink, with his hot lips against ing my foot beneath the table Daured out I was having dirty thoughts about hihts Don’t you have a photography class?"