Page 74 of Love Undiscovered
“Eskimo Brothers,” Ethan says raising his glass.
“It’s not exactly like how it sounds,” I say.
“No?” Alex says. “You’ve got a month to fuck her twice and take her on four dates. Have you even kissed her?”
“No,” I say, lying. Not sure why I don’t want to share that with Alex. Or Brad and Ethan for that matter. That kiss was between Remi and me, and that’s where I’m going to leave it.
“Who is this chick?” Ethan asks.
“No one,” I say.
“Remi,” Alex says, throwing me under a bus I didn’t even see coming.
Brad chokes on his beer and glares at me.
“It’s not what it looks like, man,” I tell him.
“How would you know how it looks,man,” he says. Then turns to Alex, “You’re making a bet about my Remi? Kat’s Remi?”
“She was my Remi too,” Alex mumbles.
“She’s Kat’s best friend,” Ethan says. “Not cool man.”
“Hey, blame him,” Alex says, backing up the bus and throwing me under it a second time for good measure. “He’s the one who said he could thaw her. He practically begged me to set up a bet.”
“That’s not exactly how it went. And, I didn’t know it was her when we were talking.”
“Pretty sure they were dating for months, dude,” Ethan says.
“Texting, not dating,” I say.
Alex scoffs.
“Don’t even, dude,” I point at him. “You said you’d barely seen her before the tap out.”
Brad and Ethan both laugh-choke on their beers.
“Dude,” Alex says, sounding accusatory. Sure, now he wants to cover up part of the story.
“Tap out?” Brad asks, his voice hoarse from laughing and choking.
Alex hangs his head, not looking at any of us.
“She tapped out in the middle of sex,” I say, softly.
Both Brad and Ethan burst out laughing.
“It’s not fucking funny,” Alex says, his face reddening and his voice rising.
I can’t help it, I start laughing then too. I feel bad for Alex, I do. But it’s pretty fucking funny. And not something I think any of us had ever heard of happening before. Even Alex.
It doesn’t take Alex long before he’s laughing with us though.
“It ain’t right, man,” he says. “That shit just ain’t right.”
“You were robbed,” Ethan says. “Remi’s smokin’.”
“I swear it’s never happened to me before, I mean what in the actual fuck?” Alex says.
