"Maybe you want to look more rugged for your man," he said while Sam elbowed him.
"If you mean Mitch, I don't know that he's into rugged. He might just be into boobs and all the rest of it. Lara's sister stayed the night at his place," Rico confessed and felt like he might throw up.
Sinking down against the wall, he ended up hunched over with Sam crouching next to him.
"That's just not right," Wyatt said as Sam put his arm around Rico. "Want me to beat him up for you?" he offered.
"As if you could," Rico told him.
"I totally could," Wyatt claimed.
Sam looked at both of them like he couldn't believe what either one of them was saying. "Are we doing 'my boyfriend can beat up your boyfriend'?"
"Except yours can't," Rico informed him.
"Can too," Wyatt said, but Sam focused on something else.
"But you're not denying that Mitch is your boyfriend?"
Rico didn't realize he had done that. "What? He isn't. That much should be obvious."
"If you think you really have something, you shouldn't give up," Sam told him.
"I'm not going to be that guy," Rico told him.
"What guy?" Wyatt asked.
"Let me paint you a picture," Rico said. "This guy, Jordy, from my dorm sees some guy hitting on his ex. So Jordy actually says to me, 'Hold my beer.' I take the beer. I see he didn't even take a sip, so I start drinking it. He sees what I'm doing and now the fool wants to fight me for drinking his beer."
"I'm not sure what you're trying to say," Sam said.
"You want to go out for some beers?" Wyatt guessed.
"No. If you lose your head over a thing that was never meant to be, some guy is going to drink your beer," Rico said, but they both shook their heads at his beer wisdom.
"I can't believe you're ready to give up like this. Why was I ever jealous of you?" Wyatt asked and Rico perked up.
"Jealous?" Rico raised an eyebrow at him. "That sounds interesting. Want to fill me in, Sam?"
"You didn't tell Rico I was jealous of him?" Wyatt realized with surprise.
Sam sighed. "That's because I knew he would never let you live it down."
Rico grinned evilly at Wyatt. "He was looking out for you." Then he grinned even more evilly. "But that's all over with now. Welcome to your hell."
Wyatt gave Rico a pained look then turned to Sam. "Sam, you're so good, why are you friends with such an evil person?"
Rico answered him. "Because he can't resist me," he threw his arm over Sam's shoulders to prove to Wyatt that Sam was right to keep his mouth shut.
"Oh, God, it's starting," Wyatt said then he pulled Sam away from him. He snagged Sam around the waist and held onto him possessively. "I'm gonna go. I have work to do. Thank you for trying to protect me and my big mouth. Sorry I ruined it," Wyatt said to Sam then kissed him sweetly and left.
Rico waved to him then grinned at Sam. "You already know me so well."
"I see that cheered you up. You ready to go fight for your man?" Sam challenged him. Rico slumped down again, but Sam wouldn't let up. "Go have it out with Mitch. Let him tell you what's going on."
"Is that what Wyatt did when he got into a jealous snit?" Rico asked him.
"He did, but I did what you're doing and bitched to you about it," Sam said.
