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I hiked a brow at her as she leaned toward me. “Are you wearing makeup?”
Ah, shit! I had forgotten to get that cleaned off when we finished. Holy crap!
“Makeup?” Trevor jumped in with a laugh. “Are you?”
“No, I am not.”
Alice got closer to me. “Oh, you most certainly are! Why are you wearing makeup?”
“It’s no big deal, Alice. I forgot to wipe it off.”
“Why are you wearing it in the first place?” Trev asked before he turned to the group behind him. “Hey, our man is wearing makeup over here.”
I wanted to turn and bang my head against the wall as people started laughing and throwing out comments. Joe and Wyatt took that moment to return and asked what was going on.
“Explain, Melton!” Alex said with a laugh. “If you don’t explain the reasonable explanation that you are totally trying to come up with at this very moment, you are going to be ruined for life.”
This was the last thing that I wanted. Wait till I got my hands on my sister—gah! “There is a very reasonable explanation for it.”
“You have a new gig as a cross-dresser?” Jake asked with a smirk.
“Funny, no, that’s Joe’s other job.”
“Hey, I only did that twice. It was fun, and man, the tips were damn good.”
“So, what’s with the makeup?” Jake approached me and ran his gaze over my face after he grabbed hold of my chin. “Your eyes are so pretty.”
I slapped his hand away and growled, “Get your hands off me, you ass.”
“You know, I might be new to this group, but I don’t think you’re going to live this down until you explain,” Maggie said softly beside me and handed me a hoagie.
“What’s this?”
“Had it made especially for you. Whole wheat with turkey and loaded with veggies, dry.”
I leaned forward and kissed her cheek. “You are the best. When you get tired of Blaire, you let me know.”
She laughed as Greg yelled from the table that he heard that. I added a little fruit salad to my plate and a couple of pretzels, grabbed a bottle of green tea, and went to take a seat.
“Nope, you can’t sit here until you explain about the makeup,” Drake said and then studied me carefully. “Your eyes really do stand out more now, though.”
“Jesus, guys, I’m on a television show, alright? It’s no big deal; I’m just helping my sister out last minute, and they wanted my skin even and to make my eyes pop. We were running late, and I forgot to remove it. Okay? Everyone understands now, right?”
People were looking at one another, and then Greg leaned back in his seat, crossing his arms as he smirked. “Depends on what show it is that you are on.”
Ah, shit! I wanted to hang my head, but I didn’t.
Greg continued. “See, because I know for a fact that your sister is working on a new television show about finding love while dancing.”
“Wait! Who is your sister?” Maggie asked quickly, her eyes wide and excited.
There was no out here—none, zip, zilch, zero. “Holly Melton, the producer.”
Maggie giggled. “Oh, I love Holly! I interviewed her for my romance column. I thought the idea of that show was fantastic! That’s so funny; I was just talking to Greg about it the other day.” She turned to Greg. “Why didn’t you tell me that he was her brother?”
Greg began to laugh, and then he was laughing so hard he was crying. His actions started everyone else laughing just because Greg was making such an ass of himself. I sat down and proceeded to eat, pretending like nothing was wrong.
“Your—” He kept on cackling. “Dancing!” He swiped at his eye, his hand on his stomach like it was trying to keep it from bursting. “Oh, my god! You’re dancing for love!” He howled, and that just got everyone else going harder. Before I knew it, I was chuckling, and then as the jokes began to explode around the room, I sat there and laughed till I cried. Maggie handed me a napkin to wipe the makeup off my cheeks, and that just got everyone laughing more.
