“What?” While we all hang out constantly, I think this is the first time I’ve talked to Jamie alone. He’s not as scary as I once thought. His hardened eyes are just armor; he’s actually very squishy. Especially when it comes to both my best friends. I know he and Cam share a history I can never truly understand, and I like that they have each other.
“I’m worried he won’t say yes. Which is a dumb reason to put it off. He either will or won’t want to. I just want to wait a little longer. It hasn’t even been a year yet.” He smiles. “I mean, not that it matters to me. I know I want to spend my life with him.”
“He’ll say yes. Trust me.” I smile. “How are you going to do it?”
“Haven’t thought that far ahead yet.”
“It’s gotta be super romantic.”
“The cheesier the better.” He smiles, his eyes unfocused.
“For what it’s worth, I know he’ll say yes. Noah is insanely, incredibly in love with you. No matter how you ask, he’ll sayyes.” Jamie looks down at the ring one last time before getting up and hiding it back in a dresser with neatly folded sweaters in it.
“Thanks, Bo.”
“What are you two doing!?” We both startle as Noah pokes his head in. Jamie’s alarmed eyes go to me, but the ring is already tucked safely back in his drawer.
“Lia sent me to find him for dinner,” I say.
“I just wanted to sit in here a second, away from the crowd.” Noah’s eyes soften with understanding. I get up to leave them alone.
“I’ll see you guys down there.”
Walking back down to the living room, I can hear loud chatter and laughter sounds from the dining room. Surprise hits me when I see Sawyer talking with Lia and Hunter, one of Lia’s arms firmly around Sawyer’s shoulders, the other patting his head.
Hunter looks at me with a soft smile. Then Sawyer turns around, his eyes red with the ghost of tears. “Hey.”
“Oh hey, Bo. Sorry.”
“Why are you apologizing?” I hug him, along with Hunter and Lia who join us. Sawyer hangs out with us when he can, and I’ve gotten to know him a little over the last four months. Losing his mom only two weeks ago, I can’t even imagine how he’s feeling. The funeral was last weekend. I’ve never been to one, but the amount of love everyone there had for her . . . She sounded like a great woman.
He thanks me, pulling back. “I swear I won’t be like this all through dinner.”
“You be whatever what you need to be.” Lia smoothes his hair. “Why don’t you help me bring food in, okay? Did you find Jamie?”
I look at Hunter briefly, a smile playing on my lips before I nod. “They’re coming now.”
I take my seat beside Cam. “Should I be jealous that both my best friends were missing, together.”
I laugh. “Are you jealous of me or Jamie?”
He grins. “You obviously.”
“Dummy.” I knock my shoulder into him.
“Movie night later? After we organize my shelves,” he whispers in my ear. A blush creeps up my neck. Movie nights are great, but movie nights always start out as movie nights and then turn into orgasm nights.
Not that I’m complaining.
“I don’t think I’ve finished a movie since we started dating.”
“I could beat you atMario Party.”
“No, I can’t even go there right now. You stole all my stars. Dick.”
He laughs. “We can play teams.”
“I don’t care what we do, Cam, as long as it’s together.”
