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“I'm not my brother.”
“No shit,” she snaps.
“I'm not a jackass,” I correct.
“If you say so.” She turns and continues walking. I jog to catch up to her, grabbing her elbow and making her face me. “Let go of me. Enough damage as been done for one day, don't you think?”
“I'm sorry,” I tell her honestly, releasing my hold on her elbow. “Will you come back to the apartment with me? If you want to leave after, I won't try to stop you, but I don't want to leave things like this. Please?”
Her resolve crumbles away. “Fine.” She brushes past me and back into my apartment. She takes a seat on the far side of the couch and I follow her lead.
“I'm not mad at you,” I start.
“Could've fooled me since I got the brunt of your anger.”
I ignore her and continue. “Luke and I have always been at odds with one another. In addition to being punched in the face with this, I have my brother looking smug like he pulled one over on me. It pissed me off. And I don't even know how to connect the girl I know to the one who would have sex with Luke.”
“People change, Emerson. Back then, I was a girl fresh out of a small town at a big university. I got a little crazy, slept with a jerk a few times after dates went bad, and it eventually hit me that I wasn't that kind of person. I told you I chose this university because I wanted to find love like my parents. Luke was becoming a bad habit who wasn't helping me do that. So, I turned him down the next time I saw him. It's because of him and what happened, that I wanted to wait a little while at least before sleeping with someone.”
My face pales as a thought hits me. She's only slept with four people. If Luke was her first, he'll for sure never let this go. “Did he...were you a...was he your...” I'm not so sure I can ask for fear of her answer.
Thankfully, Eva seems to catch on. “He was number two of the four, Emerson. There was a guy in high school, Luke, a guy I dated my sophomore year, and then you. I wouldn't have been able to have sex for the first time like that.” Relief pools through me. Before I can speak, she does. “If Luke is like he appears to be, I don't think I'll be coming to any more family dinners. I don't know what you want now. Are you going to be able to get over this? Or are we over when I walk out of that door?”
Am I really going to let her go because of something that happened way before we met? After she stayed through the whole Kelly situation? Is it worth losing her? Eva mistakes my brief silence for me agreeing it's over when she leaves. She shakes her head and stands to leave. I grab her wrist before she can get far.
“I'm not letting you go,” I tell her. “Not over this. Please don't go.”
She nods and finally, she seems like my Eva again. “You're going to have to feed me if you want me to stay.”
My stomach growls at the mention of food. “I'll run out and pick us up something.” After giving her a kiss, I grab my keys and leave to grab us dinner. Putting this situation behind us should be relatively easy. All we need to do is never think about it again and stay away from Luke. Eventually, whenever he decides to grow up, being around Luke and Eva at the same time won't be so bad.
Unfortunately, tonight can't end well apparently. I push open the door to my apartment I see Luke and Eva in the kitchen. They haven't noticed me yet because of their fussing.
“I always wondered whatever happened to you. Can't believe you ended up with someone like Emerson.”
“Someone like Emerson? Please tell me, what is wrong with your brother? Because he's a better person than you are!”
He ignores her question, sounding amused of all things. “You can be a bitch when you're sober.”
“And you're an ass! What are you doing here? Why are you bringing all of this up? Are you still pissed because I turned you down?”
Luke laughs. “Are you kidding? I still had sex that night. You might have turned me down, but the next girl didn't. Tell me,” he leans against the counter, “how much do you regret it?”
“Oh, my God,” Eva groans. “None! You should come off your high horse, Luke. I had to be drunk and upset to sleep with you. You realize that, right? You were so eager to stick your dick in someone, it wasn't hard to be the person you had sex with at a party. If I had to do it all over again, trust me, I wouldn't come within a hundred miles of you.”
“No? You would rather be with Emerson, who's probably imagining Kelly when he fucks you? Even a blind man could see it, Eva. He—”
“Will you leave already?” Eva huffs in frustration as she interrupts him.
“Yeah, that would be nice,” I say, catching both of their attentions. I've had enough of it myself. “What are you doing here, Luke?” I close the door, walking over to them, and drop the bag of food on the bar.
“I came to explain things to my little brother.” He grins, his demeanor shifting from how he was acting with Eva.
“You don't need to do that, so you can go.”
Luke shrugs. It seems too easy to have him leave without
a fight, especially after what I witnessed moments ago. “Okay, have it your way.” He claps me on the shoulder. “You're a lucky guy, little bro.” He tilts his head toward Eva. “Best fuck I've ever had. Definitely a step up from Kelly for you.”
