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I nodded, and Dorian did too. He put a hand out. “She was happy to help Sloane.” He nudged me. “Especially when she realized she didn’t have anything figured out.”
My eyes lifted. “She was cool about it. Wants to meet with me tomorrow.” I put my hands on the table. “But if this is going to be a thing, I can cancel.”
I wasn’t trying to piss beast boy off.
Even if I hadn’t done anything wrong.
Ares’s lips closed, and the rest of the group stayed real quiet. Wells leaned forward. “Wolf, bro. You okay?”
Ares tossed a fry in his basket. He shrugged. “My mom being there is just stressing me out.” He eyed the table. “I’m sure none of y’all would want your parents around either.”
The general consensus appeared yes from the way the guys all looked at each other, and it was rather stereotypical they wouldn’t want their parents around them. I mean, what were we in? Grade school? I wished I had a parent to be around.
I wished I had parents.
I studied my brother on Bow’s other side. He appeared just as confused as I felt. In fact, Bow looked that way too, silent as she nibbled her chicken fries. Maybe she didn’t feel the same way they did as well.
“Nah, you can keep your appointment, little,” Wolf stated, swallowing. He faced Dorian. “And I’m assuming we’re not seeing you tonight? You and her are hanging out, right?”
I wasn’t sure when I became a her or shit, but I really wasn’t liking how he was both talking and referring to me.
What’s his problem?
It felt like I was dealing with Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde at the moment. True, Ares was always a prick. He was gruff in his delivery and often colder than the rest of the boys, but he had been coming around. At least when it came to me.
It appeared I wasn’t the only one looking at Ares funny. He had the whole table’s attention, but it was Dorian to tip his chin. The dark prince outlined his lips before he tossed an arm behind the booth. He glanced my way. “Actually, do you want to hang out with us tonight? The guys and I usually have a pizza night once a week at one of our houses. This one’s at Wolf’s.” His attention drifted over to him. “That okay with you?”
Wolf sat up, but before he could speak, Thatcher shook Wolf’s arms.
“Yeah, bro. That’d be fucking cool.” He slapped my brother’s chest. “You come too, man.”
Alerted into this conversation, my brother opened his hands. “That’d be fun.”
“Right?” Thatcher tipped his chin across the table. “Bow, you can come too since Sloane will be there.”
“Well, thanks.” The sarcasm absolutely lined her voice. She glanced my way. “Will you be there? Probably shouldn’t go unless you’re there.” She shrugged. “I don’t want to get in the way. They do guy things, you know?”
I noticed her study the other end of the table. The only one there was Wells, and he was barely paying attention to the conversation anymore. In fact, he had his mouth full of burger bits, and Bow’s cheeks completely colored.
I wondered if the little rabbit may have a bit of a crush. This wasn’t the first time I’d caught her looking at him, but if a crush was the case, I wished her luck. Dude was a complete man ho like her brother, and it was lucky she or I could find table space at lunch whenever her brother and his friend brought their harems over.
They also weren’t shy about their make-out sessions at the table, which made lunch hella fun. Between the two bros, I gagged on my milk most days.
“Now, I never said there was any goddamn party at my house.” Ares’s toned snipped, his eyes fire. “D…”
“It might be good to mix things up.” He eyed him, his brow arched, and whatever was going on between these boys had me confused as fuck. Dorian nodded. “We’ll all hang out and talk. It’ll be good.”
Ares said nothing, his gaze averting. He waved a hand, and it seemed all this was settled.
“So tonight?” Dorian’s fingers folded behind my neck. “You should come. It’ll be nice for us to all hang out, and you can get to know the guys more.”
I felt put on the spot when he said that, but I’d be lying if I said I didn’t prefer a group gathering. He may not mean to put pressure on me, but I felt it whenever it was just us.
I mean, he’d said he loved me.
That was still obviously there between us, and until I could get over myself and my reservations, it would for the present.
I agreed to meet up and quickly. With that all done, the conversation flowed back to what it had been, but I noticed Ares wasn’t a part of much of it. Actually, he stared more out the window than participated in the conversation with his friends, which bothered me more than I’d ever admit. He’d seemed to be cool with me. Like we really had a truce, but how he’d just been acting now didn’t feel like one.
