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I felt Bennett’s hand knock mine twice, and then his voice in the distance But all I could think about was the fact that I had Jessie in her bed the other night,to so hot she looked in that daht top

Since when in the heck had I ever thought heavy, clunky shoes on a girl were sexy? But I recalled as beneath all of that hten unbearably And nowa ot it bad," Bennett said and those words snappedabout?" I grabbed ot your attention," Bennett said with a sht Even if it was co from Ben, my close friend, who knew irlfriend, Avery, who had just arrived and was thankfully engaged in a conversation with one of the feive h I probably should’ve sought advice from soo-- away froht shooter and would probably knohat to say in this situation

But as this situation, exactly?

Jessie and I were friends, first and foreh and once soft, all on my terms, and then I walked aithout any further discussion She had every right to do whatever in the hell she wanted

I thought about Jessie night and day, even jacked off to fantasies of her, but my brain was a jumble of mush My faht onto h it with h deep inside I knew I’d done the right thing withthat I’d never opened h I had confronted naay atJessie intoon lately with you, man?" Bennett asked quietly, so that the others at the table, who had nowour conversation

I turned my attention back to Bennett "What do youdown between you and Jessie?"

"Why do you ask?" What the fuck--was it written all over ?

"Whenever you two are in the same room, you’re tense and always have your eye on her"

"We’re friends, you know that"

"Be real with et it if you don’t want to talk about it, but I’m no dummy The way you acted at Quinn’s party?"

I just stared at hi, he continued

"You and Jessie have always had your little teasing back and forth, but you’ve never acted like this around her before"

I bit the inside of my cheek "Like how?"