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Pizza arrived, they put on Princess Diaries 2, and no one paid attention to the movie because they were all too busy talking. Okay, they paid some attention to the movie whenever there was something worth watching on it. Like anytime Chris Pine was on screen. Even if he was ridiculously young in the movie, they all knew what he looked like now so it didn’t matter he was practically a baby back when the movie had been made.
But mostly they talked. And Angel reveled in the girl gossip. Especially since she was getting all sorts of insights into the group of men Adam was friends with, and some insights into Adam himself. She was amused to find out Jessica and Hilary had both been intimidated by him, although she could understand why. Still, Justin was as intimidating and it’s not like Chris and Liam were exactly pushovers. Lexie and Olivia, who had known him for longer, mostly seemed amused by Angel’s effect on him.
“In a good way,” Lexie reassured her. “It’s nice to see him loosen up a little. Hell, he needed it.”
“Poor Rick though,” Olivia said with a laugh. “He got all of the guys to come down to Virginia with him and Adam was the one who walked away with the girl!”
“Yeah, we need to find Rick someone good once he moves up here,” Jessica said. She looked at Angel, hazel eyes sparkling with interest. “What about your friend Leigh?”
“Back with her ex,” Angel said a little glumly. “I wouldn’t recommend her anyway, not until she and Michael finally finish their little carousel ride.”
“That’s a good way of putting it,” Lexie said. “Reminds me of Jared and Marissa.”
“Yeah, I had the same thought. I don’t get their relationship. Or Leigh and Michael’s.”
“I try not to be too judgmental, since a lot of people don’t get my relationship,” Jessica said thoughtfully. Leaning back against a pile of cushions, her curls tumbled about her face, she looked extremely relaxed but a little sad. “Sometimes I don’t get my relationship.”
“What do you mean by that? I thought everything was going well.” Lexie shifted over, putting her hand on Jessica’s thigh and looking concerned. Next to them, Hilary sighed and stretched.
“It is... it’s just...” Jessica threw up her hands in slightly drunken frustration. “They won’t talk about the future. I get the feeling they don’t want to even think about it. Sometimes one of them will say something about marriage or kids, but the second I try to turn it into a conversation they change the topic or... well... you know.” The fact that she could still blush when talking about sex was pretty darn cute Angel thought. “They know it bothers me, but they still won’t talk to me about it.”
“Maybe they don’t realize how much it bothers you.”
“How can they not know it bothers me when we don’t talk about the future? When we first got together, we always talked things out. Now they keep shutting me down every time I try. When I first seriously thought about being a threesome instead of a couple, I always worried about not being enough for them or coming between them. I didn’t want them to feel like they had to compete over me or like I loved one of them more than the other. Now I feel like there’s no way I need to worry about driving a wedge between them, because I’m the one getting left out!”
“Have you ever specifically told them it bothers you? Or do you let them shut you down.”
The pretty brunette pursed her lips, looking both thoughtful and defensive. She sighed. “I let them distract me.”
Lexie shook her head. “Okay, lesson number one for the night. Boys are not psychic.”
“You know, you probably shouldn’t give out advice you don’t follow,” Olivia said mildly, swirling the red wine in her glass. She was looking up in the air, her tone as innocuous and innocent as possible.
“Shut it,” Lexie said glaring. “I’m... I’m shy.”
The tension in the air broke as everyone cracked up again. Except for Lexie, although even she was giggling, her pale skin splotched with pink. She didn’t blush pretty at all, but there was still something endearing about that.
“Look,” said Olivia finally, still chuckling every time she looked at Lexie. “Though we adore men individually, as a group, I’m sure we’re all aware, they’re kind of stupid. And Jess, you unfortunately always have to deal with them as a group, albeit a small one. Worse, they’re a dominant group. Which means if something is bothering you, and you hide it, they’re probably going to operate on the mentality everything is fine because they’re taking care of it. At least, they think they are.”
“That’s what I was trying to say,” Lexie complained.
“If they’re not talking to you about something,” Olivia continued, ignoring Lexie, “then it’s probably because they think they have it covered. If that bothers you, then you need to let them know because otherwise they’re going to keep doing it.”
“But how am I supposed to force them to talk about it when every time I try to, they start kissing me and then... you know.”
“You could always tie them to the bed while they’re sleeping and then wake them up to start the conversation,” Angel suggested. Everyone stared. Not at her, but at Olivia who had literally fallen off of her chair because she was laughing so hard—which of course started the rest of them laughing again.
“Oh God...” Olivia gasped out between burbles of hysterical laughter. “I can see it... tied up... side by side...”
“Stop... oh God, stop it hurts!” Jessica had tears streaming down her face. Angel couldn’t even say anything she was laughing so hard at the picture in her mind—which she somehow hadn’t even considered before she’d suggested the tactic. There was no doubt they would both be furious.
She wondered what Adam’s reaction would be to something like that. Sure it’d be hot as hell to have him at her mercy, but she knew half the reason she’d be turned on by it would be because she’d be thinking about what he might do in retribution. Very, very bad things.
“I wonder what would happen if I tried that,” Lexie said. Hilary half-screamed with drunken delight before she rolled back and forth, her hands on her stomach as she laughed. None of them could talk. While it hadn’t been said outright tonight, they all knew exactly who Lexie would try it on.
Angel thought she had balls for even imagining it.
“If you ever do that, you have to take a picture of his face!”
