Page 49 of Chasing Elliott
I whipped my head around and pointed a finger at him as I narrowed my eyes. “Hey, the boulevard was mine and you were the asshole who went and took it from me.”
Cooper and Kara both started to laugh which caused me to roll my eyes as I went back to watching the television. About twenty minutes went by before the game ended and Kara wasted no time in jumping up from the couch.
“Great,” she said as she clapped her hands together. “Now that that’s over, Cooper and Iget to decide what we get to do,and I vote we go out and swing by a couple parties.”
“Whatwewant to do?” Cooper questioned as he turned his head to look at Kara with a raised brow.
“Okay, fine, what I want to do, but you all made me watch baseball so none of you get a say. El, let’s go get ready.”
Sighing, I rolled my eyes as I climbed off thefloor. Placing a kiss to Cooper’s lips as Iwalked by, I followed Kara up the stairs and down the hall towards my room.
“You’re not going to wear one of your own outfits for once?” I asked as she headed straight for my closet.
“Nope,” Kara responded as she walked out with a crop top and jean shorts. “You’d think you’d know by now that for dates and parties, what’s yours is mine.”
Chuckling softly, I walked into my closet. Scanning my choices, I sighed as I decided to not go all out like I normally would. Instead, I settled on a pair of ripped skinny jeans and a loose red crop.
Changing in the closet, I threw my leggings and oversized tee into my hamper beforewalking back into my room to do my hair. Pulling the top half up into a small bun, I left the rest down. Reaching around Kara who was using my makeup, I grabbed my mascara and threw on asimple coat.
“Don’t need my help?” I questioned as I slipped into the bathroom to spray on someperfume.
“Not this time,” Kara answered. “At least, I don’t think so.”
Laughing quietly, I slipped out of the room and made my way back downstairs to theboys. As soon as I entered the living room, Cooper looked up and smiled widely as he stood up from the recliner and quickly walked to stand in front of me.
“It amazes me how you look absolutely breathtaking in anything you wear,” he mumbled as he bent down and placed a kiss to my lips. Benjamin coughed from the couch, but I held my middle finger up in his direction.
Finally breaking the kiss, I walked over to the door and slipped into my converse beforeheading back to the living room and falling into Cooper’s lap.
“So, which parties are we going to hit?” Benjamin asked as he finished off his beer.
“We can always go to the baseball house again,” Cooper offered as he rubbed smallcircles on my thigh.
“Kara and I always enjoy the footballhouse, too. They throw good parties,” I told them with a shrug as I played with the hair at the nape of Cooper’s neck.
Kara suddenly came walking into the room and Benjamin’s eyes widened. She was wearing a mustard yellow crop top that stopped just directly beneath her breasts with a pair of light washed high waisted jean shorts. Her hair had some small braids that made a crown aroundher head while the rest lay straightened, flowing down her back.
“Wow,” Benjamin breathed out as he continued to stare which made Kara’s cheeks turn alight shade of red. “Did we get lucky or what?”
“We most certainly did,” Cooper responded immediately as he placed a kiss on my cheek. I smiled as I bit my lip and pushed myself off his lap.
“Okay, lover boys,” I teased as I stopped at the front door. “Let’s get this show on theroad.”
We walked into the cramped house, Kara and Benjamin trialing in behind us. Cooper kept his hand firmly in mine as he led us over to the kitchen to get some drinks. As the boys weretaking care of that, Kara and I ran into a group of the football boys we were friends with, enjoying some light banter before Ibrahim decided to challenge me.
“You won’t do it,” he quipped, looking between Kara and I as the boys appeared.
“What makes you so sure?” I questioned as I took a shot of tequila that he had handed me before sucking on a lime.
“I don’t take either of you as the type,” he informed us. “Especially Kara.”
Suddenly, Kara shoved her drink into Benjamin’s hand and closed the distance between us. Cupping my face between her hands, she pulled me down towards her and slammed her lips against mine. The kiss lasted about twenty seconds before she finally pulled back and looked at Ibrahim with a coy smile.
“Try again,” she said with a raised brow. Rolling my eyes, I turned to Cooper who was holding my drink and saw a shocked expression on his face.
“What?” I asked as I took a sip of the beverage he had made for me.“Never seen two best friends kiss before?”
Cooper laughed and shook his head, taking a sip of his beer. I stared at him for a moment longer before pushing him gently when he wouldn’t respond.
