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I don’t just want to be friends with my guys. I want tonight to be fun and sexy. I want us to be like old times…but with beer and a romantic movie and my little silk shorts.
I need to cool myself down. I feel hot and needy, and we haven’t even started the movie. I shuck the cardigan I put on while walking down the stairs. I was warm before putting it on, but I’d been trying to hide my reaction to Hunter from Jace.
“Okay, we can watch it,” Jace says quickly, looking at my chest.
I glance down and find my nipples hard still. I look over to Hunter and he tips his bottle of beer toward me and winks.
Jace chuckles. “You don’t play fair, Hart.”
“When did I ever play fair?” I tease back as I place a bowl of popcorn on the coffee table.
“When we were all your first kiss.”
It’s like a bucket of cold water washes over me. I stumble over the rug and peer at Jace. Is he bringing that up again to hurt me? Is he going to press me again about who was first?
“Really? Jace, you had to go there?” Hunter says as he comes over and glares at his friend, standing beside me in a protective stance.
Roman even comes to stand beside me, and we all look down to where Jace is perched on edge of the sofa’s arm.
Jace puts his hands up. “No, fuck. I’m just saying…ugh. I finally get it, okay? No matter the order, we all wanted to be her first kiss, and we were. She made it fair in the only way she could.”
“Okay,” I say after having a moment to process it. I’m not sure if I believe he’s truly okay with not knowing the order. But when he gives me those big, brown, pleading eyes, I smile and reach out to him.
He takes my hand. “Sorry, I didn’t mean to upset you.”
I nod and hug him. He’s easier to hug from where he’s sitting, and he wraps his arms around me. He smells good, and it’s easy to forgive him.
I break away from the hug as Hunter grabs the remote and lays down on the sofa bed I pulled out earlier. I told Dad I was gonna watch movies and sleep down here. He didn’t question it. The problem is, it’s only big enough for two, and with three big football players and me, there isn’t enough room for us all.
“You sure you don’t want to watch that shades of grey movie, Mila? I heard it’s romantic too.” Hunter winks over at me, and I laugh.
“You want to watch Fifty Shades of Grey with your best friends? Are you sure?”
Roman snorts and coughs from where he sits in the armchair. The no touching rule is still in place. He didn’t hug me when he saw me before, and I wished he would. But I respect his boundaries. I will wait for him to come to me. I know he will. I just have to wait.
Jace drops on the sofa bed, and the springs make a horrible protest at his weigh.
Hunter snickers. “Fat ass, you’re too heavy. Go sit in that chair. Mila can lay here, beside me.” Hunter pats the spot between them.
Well, the lack of a spot is more like it. There’s maybe two inches of space between them, if that. I will be touching them, all night.
Not gonna say no to that. Only a crazy person wouldn’t want to be pressed between two hot guys. But I will have to keep my hands to myself.
“Okay, let me grab more popcorn and turn the light out.”
I run to the kitchen and grab another bowl of popcorn and four more beers. Then, I make my way back, clicking the light switch with my elbow on the way past it.
“Shit, Mila.” Jace moves over to help me put the beers down on the coffee table. They’re cold, and the condensation leaves my white silk wet, where I’d hugged them to my chest as I carried them. You can see my black lace through it.
Jace sees it too, and his eyes linger for an extra beat. He licks his lips, and my skin prickles at his attention. He makes a small groaning sound as he grabs my waist and hauls me over between Hunter and himself. I reach out to get the popcorn, but he presses my shoulder back.
“Stay,” he mumbles.
Halfway through the movie, I look over at Roman. He’s fast asleep. Hunter draws circles with his thumb on my bare thigh, and the touch makes my center throb. Jace has been holding my hand for the past twenty minutes, his thumb running along the pulse point in my wrist.
This isn’t how I planned tonight to go. Hell, I never really had a plan. All I know is, I want more than friendships with these guys, and I have no idea how to even broach the topic with them. Yep, I can be strong and sassy like Ella says, but telling the guys I want them all and won’t share them with other girls...yeah, I don’t have the guts to do that.
Each one means something different to me; they each fill a place in my heart. Without one or two of them, my heart won’t ever be complete. I’ve never considered dating more than one person. I always saw that as cheating. But if they all know, it would be okay, right? If they all agree.
