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At any rate, after work, I had followed Alex back to her dorm to drop off her car, then we’d gone to dinner. However, dinner had been strained and awkward enough for me to need a night off from how badly we were fucking things up between us. For whatever reason, Alexandria had her doubts about us, and those doubts were turning me into a raving lunatic.
“I just keep getting the feeling that she’s trying to find ways to let me down easily,” I answered, finally voicing my real concerns.
Talon chuckled again. “You know what I think? I think that you need to check your ego, Hunter.”
“What the fuck is that supposed to mean?” I grumbled like a damn child.
“Dude, you’re forgetting that I was there.”
“Where?”
“During your entire childhood,” he retorted. “In all the years that I’ve known you, I’ve never seen you need to fight for a girl’s attention before.”
“Like you have room to talk,” I snorted.
Talon laughed. “All I’m saying is that I think you’re overreacting because you have no idea what to do with a girl that can take you or leave you,” he went on. “Alexandria isn’t a groupie, Hunter. She’s not going to fall all over you just because of your pretty hazel eyes and six-pack abs.”
“You’re such an asshole,” I said, though you could hear the laugh in my voice.
“Honestly, I think that it’s just good, plain, old-fashioned insecurity that’s turning you stupid,” he continued. “After all, this is Alexandria Grant that we’re talking about. No matter how awkward things might be between you two, she’s still the girl that threatened to kick all our asses once.”
I let out a heavy sigh. “The doubt sucks, Tal.”
Talon snorted. “You’re preaching to the choir, dude. I’ve got the love of my life worth more than I’ll ever be, and it fucking sucks.”
“How is my favorite millionaire?”
“Perfect,” came his automatic reply. “Always perfect.”
“Okay, quit being a pussy; that’s your advice,” I surmised.
“Pretty much,” he agreed. “In fact, that’s always going to be my advice if asked.”
“Well, fair warning, if Alex is trying to find a way to ditch me, it’s going to get ugly,” I told him. “I’m pretty sure that I’m in love with her at this point, so ditching me isn’t an option for me.”
“So, you’re telling me that I should warn Kenzlee?”
“That’s exactly what I’m telling you,” I confirmed. “Alex is it for me, and I don’t care that it’s happening too fast. She does something to me, and I want her doing it for the rest of my life.”
“I fell in love with Kenzlee when I first laid eyes on her, Hunter,” Talon drawled out. “I’m the last person that’s going to tell you that it’s too fast. Besides, it’s not. You two have been friends long enough to know what you’re getting into and what you’re feeling.”
Glancing at my watch, I saw that I had ten more minutes on my break. While Alex had today off, I had to work the afternoon shift, though it wasn’t a full eight hours. I’d still have time to grab something to eat before begging Alex to assuage my fragile male ego.
However, before I did that, I asked, “Hey, has Lars called you lately?”
“Yeah,” he chuckled lightly. “Apparently, Edie’s driving him crazy.”
That had me smiling. “I talked to him last night, and he said that Edie’s under the misconception that she’s got unlimited amount of freedom now that you’re not at Lakeside. Something about Edie being a full-time job now.”
“It’s definitely cramping his style,” Talon agreed. “He said that he hasn’t gotten laid in forever because he’s constantly babysitting her, and he’s not having a good time.”
“What’d you tell him?”
“I told him that I had no problems with Edie having a life as long as she did it safely,” he replied.
“And what did Lars say to that?”
Talon laughed. “He said that I was a horrible big brother, and that if I could only see how many guys were sniffing around my sister, then I’d force her to quit school and go on independent study.”
