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There is something so comforting about Nic. He’s so strong and steady that just being around him lessens my anxiety.
“Not interested,” Jeremy doesn’t even look up from the book open in front of him.
Huh, I guess he is just a dick to everyone but his friends. I’ve seen him actually relax and have fun with them when he’s not focused on hating me.
Kate turns her attention to the rest of the guys, clearly sizing up where to try next. Before she can even try again Kiran cuts in.
“None of us are interested so don’t even try, bye.”
Damn, I should not be thinking about how hot that was. I feel protected by these guys. It’s probably just that they want to study not get hit on but I’m going to take it as a personal win.
But the more I think about it, I’ve never seen these guys with any girls or even talking about them. Once Kate walks away I bring it up.
“Do you guys have girlfriends or something?” Shit that would be bad considering everything that happened game night.
Kiran and Jay start laughing, throwing their heads back and full on laughing. It’s a sexy, throaty sound and I want to hear it again and again.
Nic cuts in, “no we don’t but we aren’t interested in girls like her.”
At my confused look, Jax pipes up, “we heard her putting you down. We aren’t cool with that.”
That’s so incredibly sweet and it melts my heart, but, “there’s no way you heard her. You guys weren’t even close yet.”
They all freeze instantly. I can feel the tension pouring off of them. What the hell is that about?
Nic breaks the tension, “we were right there Aly, you must have been distracted.”
And they all turn back to their books and move on. I’m about to point out that Kate would never have said that if they were there and I didn’t see them either but the thought just kind of floats away.
What was I wondering?
The guys are all focused on their books so I turn to mine too. They all seem to relax at that, weird.
Twenty One
Aly
I invited the guys to join us for Big House night tonight. I’m incredibly nervous for them to meet Anna. She’s my best friend, my ride or die and if she doesn’t like them, I’m screwed.
And I would trust her judgment. If there is something to distrust about these guys then I know Anna will see it. She won’t be blinded by lust like me.
After the texting and blushing incident, she’s been teasing me nonstop. I finally broke down and told her that we are friends but yes I have the biggest crush on them. All of them. Even Jeremy.
Anna almost died at that. Now she’s talking about reverse harems and thinks I’m going to end up with all of them. She’s even downloaded a few reverse harems on my kindle for ‘research purposes.’
Since she knows I like them, she won’t even be crushing on them. So she’ll be impartial and I need that. Not because we are going to become a reverse harem (Anna is crazy for thinking that) but because I haven’t had a lot of close friends and I don’t trust my judgment.
“Relax, I’m sure they’re great! I know you think you can’t judge a friend but you have great instincts. You can spot a creep from miles away,” says Anna.
“Thanks girl, I needed that. How do you always know what I’m thinking?”
“It’s a gift.”
There’s a knock at the door drawing my attention away from Anna’s smiling face. She watches me take a deep breath before I head over to open the door.
Of course Kiran and Jay are right there almost bursting with energy behind Nic.
“Hey guys, come on in!”
