lot of hot ass sixteen year olds,” Liam replied, winking at
me behind my brothers back.
“ Yeah, but
you can’t date any of them!” Jake growled, turning to look at him
and slapping him on the back of the head as he walked past. I met
Liam’ s gaze and was a little shocked.
Wow, Jake really did know he liked me, and by the look of it, he was
very opposed to the idea of us being together. This could be even
more complicated than I first thought.
Kate
let herself in about an hour later. “Hey,
Jake. Hey, Liam,” she purred as she walked in, giving them both a
flirty smile. I saw Liam chuckle under his breath as he smiled
back.
“ Hi , Kate.” Jake smirked, giving
her a flirty wink. He really didn’t help himself, if he wanted her
to leave him alone, then why did he encourage her?
“ Come
on , let’s leave the man-whores alone,” I
joked as I grabbed her hand and dragged her to my bedroom. I saw
Liam smirk at me from the corner of my eye and I stifled a
laugh.
“ I can’t
believe I get to spend the whole weekend here with you and your
brother. Do you think Liam will stay here too?” she
asked , her eyes sparkling.
“ I don’t
know, maybe you should ask him.” I smiled a little uncomfortably. I
could just imagine her flirting with Liam right in front of me; I
wasn’t sure how I was going t o feel about
it.
She dumped
her stuff on my floor and threw herself down on my bed. Suddenly
she rolled over and grabbed my pillow off of my bed frowning at it,
looking confused. “Amber, why does your pillow smell like cologne?”
I could feel
my nerv es bubbling up. “Er…. well I….
er…. Oh! Liam borrowed it when he stayed here, so it must smell
like him,” I lied, stumbling over my words.
She buried
her head in the pillow . “Mmm, I’m
sleeping with this one tonight,” she stated, holding the pillow
tight.
I
c hoked on my laughter. “Whatever, Kate.
Let’s go eat I’m starved.” I pushed myself up off of the bed and
walked towards the door so we could get the food
ordered.
“ I got this!”
she chirped, waving a DVD in front of my face. Even the cover
scared the heck out of me. I rolled my eyes and stalked out of the
room plopping down onto the sofa next to Liam. He put his hand down
onto the sofa next to mine and discreetly rubbed his little finger
across mine when no one was looking.
“ Have you
ordered the food, Jake?” I asked ,
shifting sideways on the seat so that my knee touched Liam’s thigh.
I saw a smile play at the corner of his mouth.
“ Yep, done.
It’ll be here in ten,” Jake said, shifting up the other sofa a few
inches because Kate had practically sat herself on his
lap.
“ So , Liam, will your fine ass be
staying here tonight too? I’m more than happy to share my bed if
you want. I may be scared from the movie, maybe I’ll need someone
to make me feel better in the night,” Kate purred
seductively.
I felt him
shift his weight closer to me so my leg was on top of his more.
“Nope , I can’t. I'm busy tonight. You’ll
just have to manage without me.” He shrugged and looked away to the
TV.
“ Oh
well . It’ll have to just be you then
Jake, if you’re interested,” she purred.
I didn’t hear
his reply; my ears had started to ring. I
actually started to feel jealous. It was the first time I had ever
felt anything like that before, I wanted to stand up and shout at
my best friend to leave Liam alone. I burst out laughing and then
bit my lip to stop.
Everyone
looked at me like I was crazy . “What?”
Jake asked confused.
I shook my
head , smiling. “Nothing, I just thought
of a funny joke that’s all,” I lied getting up. “Anyone want a
drink?” I offered, needing to change the subject. They all said yes
so I made my way to the fridge grabbing four cans of Pepsi. As I
shut the fridge door, Liam grabbed me from behind and made me turn
around to look at him. He was standing so close I could feel his
breath blow across my face.
“ I’m missing
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