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“Well, if there are girls upstairs just passing out their virginities like clipped coupons, then it looks like not many girls care if it’s special or not, either.”
His lips quirked. “You got me there.”
Cocking my head as I peered up at him, I said, “You know, Hailey Carlson told everyone about how you guys lost your virginities to each other.” Hunter’s face said it all, and I couldn’t help but smile. “My, my, my…is the great Hunter Finley blushing?”
“Stop it,” he ordered, his voice clipped. “Men don’t blush.”
“It looks like you’re blushing to me,” I teased before taking another drink of my beer.
“I’m not,” he insisted. “Plus, it was a long time ago.”
“Oh, don’t worry, Hunter,” I chuckled. “Hailey gave you rave reviews. Five stars, even.”
“She was a virgin,” Hunter drawled out. “She didn’t have anyone to compare me to.”
That had me leaning back to get a better look at him. “Are you telling me that you’re not as good as your Lakeside reputation claims?”
Hunter stepped to me, his large frame towering over me, and those hazel eyes looked like a prism of fire when he said, “Oh, I’m more than better than what my reputation suggests, Alex.”Oh, hell.“So, don’t get confused about that. However, I could have been better for her that first time.”
“There you are!”
Before I could make a fool of myself and throw myself at Hunter Finley, a huge Viking of a guy came barreling towards us. I knew from the little bit that we’d talked about before that this was Hunter’s roommate, Baron Memphis. Hunter had mentioned how Baron played football, and I could believe it. The guy was freakin’ huge, and I knew enough about football to know that he was the perfect size for a lineman.
“Hey, Baron,” Hunter greeted, doing that whole fist bump thing.
Baron’s eyes danced back and forth between me and Hunter. “You two having fun?”
I lifted my beer. “We’re getting there.”
Without asking, Baron grabbed my free hand, then brought it up to his lips, kissing the back of it. “I’m Baron Memphis, mi’lady.”
Hunter reached out, knocking my hand from his, “Knock it off,” he grumbled.
Baron just laughed. “Can’t blame me for trying.”
“Yes, I can,” Hunter growled.
I chuckled as Baron threw me a wink. “The guy is no fun.”
As Baron teased Hunter, I realized something sobering. Back in Lakeside, Hunter and I used to be super fun. We’d been all about the partying atmosphere and those damn fights. As one of Talon’s best friends, Hunter had watched out for Talon’s best interests, and Talon had never been to any of the fights without both Hunter and Lars at his side. We’d both been part of the popular crowd, but now? We were both like timid wallflowers at our first college party.
It was time to quit letting life intimidate us.
“Well, he’ll be fun tonight,” I stated convincingly. “I promise.”
Grabbing my hand, Baron said, “Then let’s go, folks.”
Hunter quickly grabbed my hand from Baron’s, causing Baron to laugh again, but we still ended up following him. However, not before I downed the rest of my beer.
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Hunter~
If Baron kept flirting with Alexandria, then we were going to have problems. Even though I knew that he was just playing around, it was bothering me to the point that I couldn’t ignore how I felt about Alex anymore. I wasn’t sure when I’d gone from being comfortable as just being friends to wanting to smash my roommate’s face in for touching her, but here we were.
Nevertheless, with Alexandria’s hand in mine, I let Baron lead us out into the backyard, and it was just as wild as the inside. I didn’t say anything as we approached a group of three guys and four girls, and they all seemed to feel comfortable around each other. However, it didn’t take long to figure out why.
“Hunter, Alexandria, I’d like you to meet some of my teammates and a few members of the cheerleading squad,” Baron announced. “That’s Corbin, Rico, and Darrell, all on the best side of the ball.” The guys all hooted and cheered for themselves before Baron went on to introduce the cheerleaders. “This is Sage, Gina, Carrie, and Melanie.” Gesturing back towards me and Alex, he said, “This is my roommate, Hunter, and his friend, Alexandria.”
