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I move aside, letting all five of them through. I’m shocked to see Jeremy with them but he never seems to want to be left out.
Anna is standing there, staring and smiling at them like a lunatic. Maybe I should have been more worried about what they would think about her.
“This is Anna, Anna this is Nicoli, Jay, Kiran, Ajax and Jeremy.”
They’re all smiling and looking generally friendly. To my absolute shock even Jeremy looks pleasant. His scowl is mysteriously missing.
Bailey runs up to greet them all, “and this is Bailey.”
They all give Bailey some strange looks and pet him hesitantly. When he just nuzzles them and clearly asks for more, they relax. Maybe they weren’t expecting me to have a pet in college.
Everyone settles in front of the TV making small talk.
“So Anna, how long have you and Aly lived together?” Nic asks.
I let her answer, “since freshman year. We were two scared freshman together in the dorms!”
“Aw, I can picture it. I wish we went here then,” Kiran sounds serious, like those lost years really bug him.
In fact, they’re all nodding along like they agree. Anna looks downright gleeful about it.
Somehow I ended up on the couch between Kiran and Jay. Nic is next to Jay, Jeremy and Anna snagged the arm chairs. Ajax, just settles in on the floor in front of the couch.
“Oh Jax, we can fit you on the couch. Squeeze guys!”
Instead of squeezing in closer together, Kiran easily lifts me up settles me in his lap.
“There, now there is room for Jax.”
Ajax hops up and takes the spot I vacated. Shocking me, he pulls my legs into his lap and settles in.
I wiggle around a little, unsure about sitting on Kiran’s lap. He stills my hips with his hands.
“Shh, relax, just making room,” Kiran whispers in my ear.
“Okay the show is on!” Anna shouts, stopping any protests. She grabs the remote and turns the volume up.
I relax back into Kiran and he wraps his arms around me. It’s surprisingly comfortable just being in his arms.
We talk about the show, Ajax and Kiran really know what they’re talking about with Anna and I. Everyone else joins in and seems to get into it. I can already tell Anna loves them, especially since she encouraged the lap sitting so easily. I know she’s going to give me shit for that later.
Kiran has been absentmindedly tracing a design up and down my left arm while I’m sitting with him. It just feels right to be in his arms. I’m sure that thought will scare me when I think about it later but for now I’m just going to enjoy it.
I’ve been checking on the rest of the guys to make sure they aren’t upset I’m in Kiran’s lap. But they don’t seem to care, they’re just watching the TV like normal. I guess if they really do just see me as a friend then they wouldn’t care that I’m on his lap.
I feel a pang of disappointment and hurt that they don’t seem to care. I shouldn’t, I can’t be crushing on all of them anyways. But it’s more than a crush now, I care about all of them.
At first I was worried they would be upset and now I’m upset they aren’t. I need to get my emotions under control.
It’s halfway through the episode and a commercial comes on. Anna hops up right away.
“I’m going to grab some more food and drinks, does anyone want anything?”
“I’ll help you,” I start to get up but Jay beats me to it.
“Nah, I’ll help Anna. You stay here Aly Kat.”
I lean back into Kiran and he gives me a tight squeeze before standing up with me in his arms.
