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Dad still doesn’t realize I am not a kid anymore. I’m an adult. Living under someone else’s roof and having them treat me like I’m still five most of the time is truly annoying.
It would be a lot easier to keep things from my dad if only Brandon and I had someplace else to go.
Dad goes to work, sure. But I’m sure even Brandon wouldn’treallywant to fool around with me the way I know he wants to in his best friend’s house.
If only there was some way to keep it a secret and still have Brandon on tap?
Hmmm.
Nowthat’swishful thinking.
I’m just glad I wasn’t imagining things or going crazy.
A girl really does just know when she gets the eye from a man, especially one as amazing as Brandon.
CHAPTERTEN
Brandon
I don’t want to leave May on her own, but if I’m going to keep up appearances with her dad, I have to play along.
For the rest of today, at least.
After tonight, May and I might just be able to get some of the privacy I know we’re already craving.
I never actually said to Steve I’d be staying at his place, did I? He just assumed I was.
And once I pull up out front of the real estate agents on the way to meeting him for lunch, I wince a little, knowing that I really am risking our friendship.
Not just by doing what I’m doing with May, but doing it right under his nose.
It’s early days for May and me. I only just kissed her.
When I claim her properly and take her as my own, there’ll be no hiding that fact from anyone.
But first things first, the keys to my new house.
And yeah, it’s the one that just sold right next door to Steve’s place.
My big news was going to be that I’m moving back to town permanently, with the house and me actually living next to Steve as a way to be closer to May and my best buddy.
But I can see now that this would never be a smooth ride when I was handed the keys and signed the final papers.
It’s almost as if I thought deep down that a guy like me would never stand a real chance with a hot, younger girl like May.
My original plan, if you’d call it that, was to be closer to her, needing to see her more than just once when she graduated.
I wanted and needed to see her every day.
I know I’ve told her how I feel, but I’m still not sure she understands just how fucking hard and deep I’ve fallen for her.
Suddenly the house next to her dad’s, which seemed like the best idea at the time, is coming back to bite me on the ass.
Sure, I can have May. But the tradeoff is I have to have my future ex-best friend, her dad, as a neighbor who’ll probably end up hating me for the rest of my life.
But that’s how I strongly feel about her. How much I know in my gut that she’s the one, that we’re destined to be together.
I’ll even let go of a lifelong friendship for her if that’s what it’s gonna take.
