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“You’re thinking we should be friends with benefits,” I guessed. “That if we were all open about it, and if we kept things cool enough, we could do stuff like last night from time to time.”
I felt my face flush red. I didn’t want to blush, but I couldn’t help it.
“No, not like friends with benefits at all,” said Tyler. “This isn’t about sex.”
“Not just sex, anyway,” Zane corrected.
“No, this about you being our girl.”
Absently I ran one hand through my sex-tangled mop of hair. I still didn’t get it.
“But I am your girl,” I said, letting out a broken laugh. “I’ve always been your girl. You guys say it all the time.”
“You are,” said Tyler. “But hear us out.”
He shifted his chair a little closer, and took my hand. The look in his eyes was serious, betraying the roguish smile on his handsome face.
“We’ve already had Ariana the friend, Ariana the neighbor, Ariana the cuddle-buddy,” said Tyler.
“Ariana the absolute bad-ass,” added Axel with a wink. “Down on the ice, when the puck-bunnies get out of control.”
“We’ve had Ariana who makes us laugh,” said Zane. “Ariana who makes us crazy…”
“Ariana who burns the popcorn on movie night,” Axel jumped in.
“Burns the popcorn!” I said defensively. “That wasn’t me, it was—“
“Our point is, we’ve already discussed this,” said Tyler, cutting me off. “All three of us. In depth.”
He squeezed my hand, forcing me to look at him. The others nodded.
“But what we want more than anything else, is the one thing we’ve always been missing.”
I tried to swallow past the knot in my throat. “A—And what’s that?”
“Ariana the girlfriend.”
Girlfriend. There was that word again. It didn’t fit. It still didn’t make sense.
Unless—
“We already know you love us,” said Axel. “You’ve always taken care of us. Through anything. Through everything.”
He paused, appearing to be waiting on some sort of affirmation. I nodded slowly.
“I… I do,” I stammered softly. “Of course I love you.”
“And you have to know that we love you,” Tyler continued. “With every ounce of all three of our hearts.”
Girlfriend.
Visions flashed through my brain. In those brief moments I saw everything we’d ever done together; school, work, play — all of it. I saw every laugh we’d ever had. Every in-depth conversation we’d ever been involved in, from our funniest talks to the most heartfelt.
GIRLFRIEND.
My stomach did a triple somersault.
“You’re being serious,” I challenged them gently. “You actually want to date me.”
