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Ryan nodded. “Yep.”
“Max.” Wes accused. “Did you say that to them?”
I shrugged. “They were being assholes.”
“Takes one to know one,” Jamie countered.
Mature. So mature.
Ryan sighed, stepping forward. “After the diner that night, we were afraid Max was going to hurt you. We thought he, ah, had feelings like you, but then he went and—”
“Whipped his dick out in the diner bathroom,” Jamie supplied.
“I did not sleep with that diner girl!” I roared.
People walking into the building across the parking lot stopped to stare.
Ryan made a sound. “Bottom line is we just want to know if Max is serious about you. We’re just trying to look out for you likerealfriends would.”
“The bestest bros,” Jamie added.
“Are you a parrot?” I asked. Bro had a comeback for everything.
Wes glanced at me. “Max, tell my friends you love me.”
I didn’t even hesitate. I didn’t have to anymore. “I love him. More than anyone. Ever. I couldn’t tell him before because of other circumstances. Shit I already talked about with him.”
“And this isn’t just a fling?” Jamie pressed.
I laughed. “Now you’re just being a dick.”
Wes sighed loudly, angling so he was facing all of us. “No one thought to ask me?”
“You were in the hospital,” I told him.
“Before then?” He pressed.
Ryan cleared his throat. “We weren’t sure you wanted us to know.”
Wes rubbed the back of his neck, staring at his feet for a moment. “Next time, ask. You’re my friends. No more of all this shit behind my back. Stop treating me like I’m weak.”
“No one thinks you’re weak,” I insisted.
“Then stop treating me like it,” he shot back.
I held up my hands. “Yeah, okay.”
“Apologize for threatening them,” he ordered.
“No.”
Wes lifted a brow. “No?”
“It’d be a lie.” I shrugged. “I meant what I said. All of it.”
“Whatever,” Wes spat and started away.
I caught his hand, towing him back as I said, “Including when I told you guys I like you. That I want Wes to have friends and people who care. So I won’t say I’m sorry, but I will say thank you. For being good enough friends to go toe to toe with me.”
