and it sucked, but… Well, like
Troy
said, it was a long time ago. You’ve got
to keep living, if only to honor their memory properly.”
Troy
smiled at Josh affectionately.
Felicity
watched a complicated look fraught with more than just friendship pass between
them. Her heart felt like it was going to burst from her chest. Josh and
Troy
were the first people she’d met who really understood what it was like to lose
someone like that. The senselessness of it. The need to move on. She’d felt so guilty that she’d
survived and Peter hadn’t.
“You
get it. You really understand,” she murmured.
Troy
smiled at her. “Yeah. We do.”
Aunt
Min leaned over and patted her again. “Hang onto to these two. They’re good
men. They take good care of you.”
Josh
and
Troy
stared
at the old lady in shock while she serenely sipped her tea. Felicity stared at
her thinking: holy shit, she knows about the three of us.
Chapter
Nine
Felicity
unlocked her front door, yawning. They’d just left the café. She couldn’t
believe how long Josh’s Aunt Min had wanted to stay and talk. The men had
ordered food for themselves and then the old lady has proceeded to tell
Felicity a dozen hair-raising and hilarious stories about Josh and
Troy
’s childhood. From
the time they’d locked themselves inside a museum submarine after hours, to the
episode where
Troy
’s
roommates had kicked him out of their dorm, naked, and shown up at Aunt Min’s
door, the stories had grown more and more entertaining. Felicity didn’t think
she’d laughed so hard, for so long, in years.
Felicity
told a few stories of her own, but none of them were as insane as Josh and
Troy
’s. She’d been a very
calm child and her teenage years reflected that. She described becoming friends
with Peter and how they’d later married. It had all been very sedate. Josh and
Troy
’s teen years were
wild in comparison to hers. A dozen times over the course of the evening
Felicity had thought, what the hell am I doing? Two guys? Two younger guys, who are clearly way cooler than I could ever hope to be? On the other hand, they seemed to like her
and she wasn’t going to throw this opportunity away, just because it seemed
impossible on the surface. The three of them just… clicked, for some reason.
Felicity was sure of it.
Troy
crowded right up behind her as she fumbled in her purse. He nuzzled into her
neck and she shivered, even in the warmth of the evening. She bit her lip,
trying to calm down. He was large and strong and she’d never get the door open
if he kept distracting her. She pushed at him with her hip, trying to make more
space, but he just groaned and dropped his forehead to her shoulder. Felicity
huffed out a laugh.
“Josh
is going to be upset if we start without him,” she said, shoving her own libido
back into its box. It didn’t work very well. What she really wanted was to turn
around and rub herself all over him.
“He
should hurry up, then,”
Troy
muttered, but he stepped back, giving her a little more room. “How long does it
take to get Aunt Min home? She only lives ten minutes from your house.” He
looked around. “Nice place, by the way.”
“I bet
she’s berating him for not introducing us sooner.”
“I
won’t take that bet because I know you’re right,”
Troy
laughed.
Felicity
grinned. “And how can you tell what my house looks like? It’s dark.”
He
shrugged. “I think I’ve been down this street before. You have pretty flowers
planted by the maple near the sidewalk.”
She
stared at him. “You noticed my flowers?” Even in the dark he was gorgeous.
He
rubbed the back of his neck sheepishly. “I like flowers.”
She
laughed and kissed him, quickly backing away when he tried to deepen it. If
they started necking on her front stoop, he’d have her half-undressed before
she could blink. And all my neighbors would be peeking out their windows,
scandalized , she mused, still scrabbling around in
Troy
said, it was a long time ago. You’ve got
to keep living, if only to honor their memory properly.”
Troy
smiled at Josh affectionately.
Felicity
watched a complicated look fraught with more than just friendship pass between
them. Her heart felt like it was going to burst from her chest. Josh and
Troy
were the first people she’d met who really understood what it was like to lose
someone like that. The senselessness of it. The need to move on. She’d felt so guilty that she’d
survived and Peter hadn’t.
“You
get it. You really understand,” she murmured.
Troy
smiled at her. “Yeah. We do.”
Aunt
Min leaned over and patted her again. “Hang onto to these two. They’re good
men. They take good care of you.”
Josh
and
Troy
stared
at the old lady in shock while she serenely sipped her tea. Felicity stared at
her thinking: holy shit, she knows about the three of us.
Chapter
Nine
Felicity
unlocked her front door, yawning. They’d just left the café. She couldn’t
believe how long Josh’s Aunt Min had wanted to stay and talk. The men had
ordered food for themselves and then the old lady has proceeded to tell
Felicity a dozen hair-raising and hilarious stories about Josh and
Troy
’s childhood. From
the time they’d locked themselves inside a museum submarine after hours, to the
episode where
Troy
’s
roommates had kicked him out of their dorm, naked, and shown up at Aunt Min’s
door, the stories had grown more and more entertaining. Felicity didn’t think
she’d laughed so hard, for so long, in years.
Felicity
told a few stories of her own, but none of them were as insane as Josh and
Troy
’s. She’d been a very
calm child and her teenage years reflected that. She described becoming friends
with Peter and how they’d later married. It had all been very sedate. Josh and
Troy
’s teen years were
wild in comparison to hers. A dozen times over the course of the evening
Felicity had thought, what the hell am I doing? Two guys? Two younger guys, who are clearly way cooler than I could ever hope to be? On the other hand, they seemed to like her
and she wasn’t going to throw this opportunity away, just because it seemed
impossible on the surface. The three of them just… clicked, for some reason.
Felicity was sure of it.
Troy
crowded right up behind her as she fumbled in her purse. He nuzzled into her
neck and she shivered, even in the warmth of the evening. She bit her lip,
trying to calm down. He was large and strong and she’d never get the door open
if he kept distracting her. She pushed at him with her hip, trying to make more
space, but he just groaned and dropped his forehead to her shoulder. Felicity
huffed out a laugh.
“Josh
is going to be upset if we start without him,” she said, shoving her own libido
back into its box. It didn’t work very well. What she really wanted was to turn
around and rub herself all over him.
“He
should hurry up, then,”
Troy
muttered, but he stepped back, giving her a little more room. “How long does it
take to get Aunt Min home? She only lives ten minutes from your house.” He
looked around. “Nice place, by the way.”
“I bet
she’s berating him for not introducing us sooner.”
“I
won’t take that bet because I know you’re right,”
Troy
laughed.
Felicity
grinned. “And how can you tell what my house looks like? It’s dark.”
He
shrugged. “I think I’ve been down this street before. You have pretty flowers
planted by the maple near the sidewalk.”
She
stared at him. “You noticed my flowers?” Even in the dark he was gorgeous.
He
rubbed the back of his neck sheepishly. “I like flowers.”
She
laughed and kissed him, quickly backing away when he tried to deepen it. If
they started necking on her front stoop, he’d have her half-undressed before
she could blink. And all my neighbors would be peeking out their windows,
scandalized , she mused, still scrabbling around in
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