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“Because I’m your best friend, and I know a lot about love.”
I scoff. “You’ve been in love for like a second.”
“Not true. It’s been one year, seven months, and sixty-five days. If you want minutes, I can probably—”
“I don’t. Never mind. Just forget I said anything.” I step away, but Chase slaps his hand over my chest, stopping me.
“No way, dude. We’re talking this out. This is a big deal. Especially for you.”
I don’t open up to many people. Shit, I don’t open up at all. Levi, Kip, and Chase are my closest friends, but Chase is the only one I’ve shared the messed-up shit inside my head with. “I don’t even know how to explain it. I didn’t ask for this. I didn’t search it out. It was, like, a pull that brought us together. It wouldn’t stop until we gave in, and now. . . there’s this life inside me. A drive that wasn’t there before. Fuck, it’s like I have tunnel vision. The only person I see is her.”
Chase slaps me on the back. “The last one bites the dust.”
I shrug his hand off. “Fuck off.”
“No way, man. I’m not making fun of you. I’m happy for you. I can’t even imagine a time in my life before Bridget. All that single-schmingle bullshit is for the birds. When you find the right one, it changes your life. But it’s also like getting a wedgie and blow job at the same time.”
I turn to him. “What thefuckare you talking about?”
“Think about it. Wedgies suck. Remember in third grade when that fucking asshole Brent Bowers came and ripped my underwear in two? Thought he separated my balls in the process. That shit sucked. So does being single. Then again, so does realizing you want something more. And when you find it, it’s like your balls don’t hurt anymore ’cause the love of your life has them in her mouth—”
“Dude, I think I’m good with this analogy.”
“Whatever. You get what I mean.”Not really.“Love isn’t a bad thing. It’s pretty fucking awesome.”
I don’t even know what to say to his dumb ass. I swig my beer until it’s gone. “Well. . . thanks for the strange-as-shit pep-talk. Think I’m gonna ask my girl to suck my balls now.”
Chase throws his head back and laughs. “I mean, maybe wait ’til you get home.”
“Jesus, I was joking.” Whatever. I wave him off. He calls my name. “What?”
“I know you swore off the whole love/relationship thing, but it’ll be worth it—shewill be.”
Chase giving me honest advice is weird. Part of me will always see him as the careless party guy with more condoms in his wallet than a warehouse. “When did you become so wise?”
“When I got a woman to whip me in shape. You should try it.”
Yeah, yeah. I head back over to Makayla. Since when did being away from her put me on edge? When I walk up, they’re talking about— “What did you just say?”
“She said you sleep with a teddy bear. She’s been filling us all in on your living arrangements,” Levi speaks up.
Goddammit. “Oh, yeah?” I eye her. “And what else hasshebeen saying?”
Mak shrugs. “Nothing. Just how you need to listen to Taylor Swift to fall asleep—which I don’t mind. I love her.”
“The fuck?”
“Oh, and how you cry at Hallmark movies.”
Levi grabs his chest in laughter. If he’s not careful, it’s the last sound he’s going to make. My eyes sear into hers. “Is that so?”
“Yeah, I mean, I figured your friends already knew. Was I not supposed to mention the hormone enhancers—whoa! Probably need to talk about roommate code and stuff. Be right back!”
I drag her across the yard and don’t stop until we’re behind the shed. “Are you purposely trying to make me mad?”
“Maybe.”
“Well, for the record, it’s fucking working.”
