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"Fuck you, bro. Fuck you." I storm past him as he chuckles at me. "I should break your nose for that."
"I'd like to see you try."
I spin, narrowing my eyes in his direction, my fist curling with the temptation. "I'm driving. Get the fuck in my car," I bark and back up to the front door.
"You're so easy to rile up. Shame you're not such an easy lay. You're picky as fuck, you know that, right?"
"Shut up. Just shut the fuck up."
The second the engine is on, I turn up the volume on ‘Better Now’ by Post Malone to drown out whatever Cole might feel he needs to add to our previous conversation.
Thankfully, he keeps his mouth shut the whole way, although when I glance over at him, I don't miss the smirk playing on his face.
I much preferred him when he was a grumpy fucker.
We might be early, but the street leading up to Aaron's house is already lined with cars.
"You ready for this?" Cole asks when he meets me at the front of the car.
Looking over, I don't miss the concern in his eyes. I know he's worried about me fighting again. I assured him that the other night was a one-off. I just have to hope I wasn't lying.
As we move toward the house, the sound of the pounding bass from the speakers someone has set up somewhere makes the ground vibrate beneath us.
"Fucking hell, we celebrating something tonight or what?" Cole asks, looking around at the chaos.
There are kids everywhere. Some I recognize, many I don't.
"Fuck knows. But I feel like I'm missing something."
"We both know what you're missing," he mut
ters, but it's not quiet enough, because I hear it loud and clear.
"Ow," he complains when I turn and plow my knuckles into his upper arm. "I was fucking joking."
"Whatever."
As we enter the house, Cole turns left toward where the team is congregated whereas I go toward the kitchen for a drink. I don't intend on getting fucked tonight, but one or two now to take the edge off is impossible to resist, especially after Cole's bullshit.
So what if I'm fussy? So I don't want to stick it in some random girl when I could have my girl?
Only she's not your girl, is she? And she never has been.
"Fuck it," I bark to myself, grabbing a bottle of beer that's sitting on the side.
I knock the top off and turn around, taking in the view across Aaron's open plan living space.
The speakers are sitting against the far wall, the space between me and them full of dancing and grinding bodies.
Jumping up on the counter, I tip my bottle to my lips and down half the contents.
My eyes find Hadley's blonde hair and I soon find my brother at her back, grinding against her ass.
I watch them for a minute or two. They've both got smiles playing on their lips as they move together, before Hadley spins in his arms and reaches up to press her lips to his.
Something tumbles in my chest and my stomach knots as I watch them together. I'm not jealous. Well... I'm not jealous that Cole snagged Hadley. She was always meant to be his, no matter how many times I might have wondered over the past few months what might have happened if things went my way. I'm jealous of what they've found together. Of that connection that I can almost see crackling between them every time they look at each other.
I finish my bottle, swallowing down the emotion those two cause within me.
