I turn to my best friend and cock my brow.
“Don’t give me that look.” He knocks back his half-gone beer. “You’re the fucker who sent me a text going off about my ‘cock tease’ of a sister.”
Fuck. I did do that when replying to his text about meeting at Fox and Hound.
“Yeah, well . . . Better.”
“Good. Now can you do me a favor and stop fucking telling me anything that goes on between you two below the belt? That’s my fucking baby sister.”
I nod. “Sorry, man. So, where’s Craig?”
“Should be here any minute.”
“It’s been a while.”
“He was at the graduation party, wasn’t he?”
“Yeah.” But I hadn’t seen him since I abruptly stood to follow Kira on her trek to the bathroom that led to us both leaving. “How’re the Reds doing?”
“Losing.”
And that was how the game ended just over an hour later. I’d timed it out, my exit, making sure to head back to the theater right as the movie let out.
“All right, I’m out,” I say as I throw down thirty bucks for my beers and burger.
Craig throws his hands up. “Dude, you just got here.”
“Sorry, man. I told Kira I’d pick her up from the movies so these two can have their date.”
Lies. They’re beginning to flow. Soon, they’ll be the norm. An everyday occurrence to hide our relationship.
Ryan quirks his brow at me but says nothing while Dana smiles up at me and waves. “Thanks. And be safe!”
Craig grabs my hand in a firm shake. “See you in a couple weeks.”
I nod. “It’s about time, isn’t it?” I step back, giving a last wave and “See you later” as I walk toward the door.
Spending the rest of the night with my girl is exactly what I need, so I’m happy she relented and let me pick her up. Just me and her. Maybe we’ll go to the basement and cuddle.
Yeah, cuddle. She promised me shower sex, and after sex, my favorite thing is my girl curled up next to and on me.
My fingers drum on the steering wheel, excited to pick her up, to just be able to chill with her the rest of the night.
There’s a horde of people streaming out of the theater doors, making the drive through to park a near impossibility and grating on me. I scan the crowd, but don’t see her. About a hundred feet away I spot a group of girls, two with identical hair, walking toward the other side of the building. It’s then I see my girl’s gorgeous hair that I’m suddenly dying to fist as I fuck her.
Looks like chilling is going to happen after my cock pops in her again. I’m still a bit pumped up from earlier.
Three break off just as a tall blond walks toward them, and I crawl another twenty feet, getting more frustrated by the second. My fingers tighten around the wheel, turning my knuckles white, because the blond stops at her and I can finally make out who it is.
The second I see him, my blood begins to boil.
Austin.
The exact moment I see he’s stopped, standing next to Kira, my insides implode. I’m unable to take that he’s near her, no longer able to contain the anger coursing through me.
Everything is bathed in red.
He’s giving her those puppy dog eyes again, touching her, trying again to take her from me.
They’re getting way more comfy looking than I can stand, but I’m still stuck in the droves of idiots who won’t get out of my fucking way.
A gap finally opens, and I manage to get a parking spot about five in on the farthest aisle.
I’m out of my car as soon as it stops, pulling the keys out and stalking my way over.
There’s only twenty feet between us when I hear the advocacy of death by my hands.
“I want you, Kira, please, give me a chance. Be my girlfriend.”
I don’t know what he’s said to her before I got in range, but his pleas have my fists balled up tight, ready to lay him out in front of everyone. Make an example of him for all fuckers to see. Mash his face until he’s an unrecognizable, bloody, pulp of a human.
She’s mine.
I don’t know if she responds, but I stop in my tracks as he dips down and presses his lips to hers. She jerks, and tries to pull back, but he’s got her arms in his grip.
“What the fuck are you doing?” I scream so loud, so harsh, it startles everyone in a fifty-foot radius.
Murder pumps through me, ready to finish this once and for all.
They both jump. Kira’s eyes go wide, while Austin’s harden. He stands straight, chest pumped up, fingers curling into fists as well.
Fucker wants to have it out.
Fine by me.
I finish the gap and we’re here again, facing off, foreheads pressed together while every muscle in our bodies is tensed, waiting to blow.
“Are you really this stupid?” I ask between clenched teeth.
“Brayden, stop!” Kira tries to push us apart, but neither of us is budging.
“Butt the hell out, Hunt,” he snarls. “This is between me and her.”