“Dude, that is so not rock and roll.” Tic shook his head.
Nikko stopped chewing and gave us a scowl before tipping the bowl over, sending the popcorn all over the floor. He kicked a few pieces at his feet for dramatic effect.
“You did not just spill my fucking popcorn!” Lexie yelled from inside.
Tic and I erupted in laughter, knowing you should never come between Lexie and her snacks.
Nikko turned and put his hands up, as if he were being held at gunpoint. “I’ll make you more! Calm down, woman!”
I bit down on my fist, seeing Nikko get jabbed in the stomach. Lexie was tiny, but she put all of her weight behind her punches.
She opened the door wider with her hands on her hips. “What are you two laughing at? Hurry the fuck up.”
We both scurried inside, afraid we might be her next victims.
“Ah, I was wondering where Danny was,” I said, finding him nestled on the couch with his tongue down Hannah’s throat. “Careful, Danny boy. You can still catch syphilis that way.”
Hannah threw up her middle finger with her lips still plastered to his.
“I thought you two broke up for the hundredth time?”
Danny narrowed his eyes at me over the top of her head. “Fuck you, man. What do you care?”
Hannah grabbed his face again and smiled. “I could never say no to this man.”
“Could you say no to anybody?” I said under my breath.
Tic nearly spat out his drink.
Hannah always rubbed me the wrong way. She was a bitch to everyone, especially Danny. She was also a freak in bed, which we all knew by now because she’d worked her way through every one of us at one time or another. But that was what Danny was into. Even if she was crazy. Maybe not my ex Rhen crazy, but she had her moments. The only reason she kept coming back to Danny was because none of us wanted her anymore and Danny was dumb enough to think it was love.
I moved out of the way as Nina came walking out of the kitchen, juggling two beers, a water, and a bag of chips. She paused when she found Nikko hunched over on the floor in pain.
She shrugged and stepped over him. “You probably deserved it.”
Okay, I like this girl.
But if Nina was here, that meant Avery wasn’t going to be in her room, studying all night.
A spark lit in my chest as I swiveled my head just in time to see Avery strutting down the hall. Joggers and an oversize T-shirt had never looked so sexy, but then again, she could be wearing a burlap sack, and I’d still be turned on, knowing what everything beneath it felt like.
Nina handed Avery the water as they sat down. Avery glanced up at me as I took a seat on the opposite end of the L-shaped couch. She offered me a small smile before Nina pulled her attention away. My eyes fell to the sexy curve of her lips as she spoke. I wanted to kiss them so badly that I could barely think straight.
As soon as Nikko got back with a fresh bowl of popcorn, Lexie pressed Play, and instead of watching the movie, I watched Avery.
For the first twenty minutes, she avoided my gaze, but I knew she could feel me staring. She could feel my eyes running all over her, lingering on the two peaks hardening under her loose T-shirt. I swore I saw her shiver as I started to picture them in my mouth again, and I wondered what she was imagining herself.
Even in the dark, the television illuminated her enough for me to see her breathing was heavier, and it turned me on, knowing I could turn her on this way. Her eyes were still on the screen, but I could tell she wasn’t watching it. She was squeezing her legs together, trying to contain herself while we sat, surrounded by the very people we didn’t want to find us out. Luckily, they were none the wiser, too absorbed in the movie or each other to notice how badly I wanted her or how badly she wanted me.
The sudden bulge between my legs swelled when she finally looked up at me through her lashes, like the prey she was, knowing she was being hunted. Only this Little Fox wasn’t afraid. She wanted the chase. It was the only thing that thrilled her right now. That thought lingered for a minute as I let the idea of her using me to fulfill her dull life sink in, but I knew Avery well enough to know she didn’t make decisions without thinking them through carefully. If she wanted me, then it was enough to overlook all of the reasons why she shouldn’t want me.
Avery leaned into Nina’s ear and whispered something I couldn’t read on her lips, and then she disappeared down the dark hallway to her bedroom without looking at me.
My heart started to beat so fast that I could feel it in my throat, all the way down to my groin.
How long would I have to wait until it wasn’t suspicious? Five minutes? Ten? I made it to three before I stretched and yawned, and then I lazily stood up from the couch.
Lexie was the only one who noticed I was leaving, and she shot me a strange knowing look before turning back to the movie. Damn her. She was too fucking observant for her own good.
