Page 38 of Prickly Pair
I opened my mouth, but nothing came out. What the hell was I supposed to say?
“Something happened with Evie,” I said.
Dallas’s mouth dropped. “Excuse me,what?”
“Wait, no,” I said. “Not like that. Well, not exactly like that.”
“What the fuck does that even mean?” Dallas exclaimed.
Another gruff voice sounded around the corner and we both looked up as Levi hopped out of his car.
“Oh this is good,” Dallas said. “Levi should be here for whatever fucking shit is about to come out of your mouth.”
“Fuck off,” I snapped.
Levi heard us and approached with a brow raised. “What’s going on here?”
“Austin just told me something happened with Evie,” Dallas said flatly.
Levi’s mouth dropped and he held a hand up. “Wait. Mateo should be here for this.”
“Y’all are dicks,” I muttered as I sipped my drink. But, I didn’t protest as Levi texted Mateo. “It’s the middle of the day. Don’t you have work to do, Mr. Fire Department Hockey Star?”
“Nope, I’m off. Mateo’s shift was rotating off, so he can come by for this first.”
My expression soured.
“We should order pizza,” Dallas said.
“It’s not what you think,” I protested. “We didn’t have sex or anything. You’re making this a big deal.”
“It is a big deal,” Levi said. Then he glanced at my brother. “I’d be down for pizza.”
“Great. I’ll order.”
Thirty minutes later, Mateo had joined us, and the four of us had turned a giant metal tool box into a pizza table we could all stand around. Mateo, Dallas, and Levi all scrutinizedme, waiting for me to finally tell them what happened. It was completely fucking ridiculous.
“Okay,” I sighed. “First of all, the three of you have dirty minds. Why would you assume I’d just sleep with Evie?”
Levi and Dallas looked at Mateo. He rolled his eyes. “Fuck. Don’t elect me to be the spokesperson on this.”
“Spokesperson onwhat?” I growled.
“Well, you know,” Levi prompted.
“I really fucking don’t.”
“For god’s sake,” Dallas muttered. “Evie. You. You and Evie. Evie and you. That gorgeous woman has had a crush on you for years and you definitely look at her.”
“I do not,” I protested. “I mean, I look at her. But not like that.”
“You do. I’ve seen it,” Mateo agreed.
“We all have,” Levi said.
“There’s never been anything there,” I said. “Or I don’t know. Fuck. Let me finish my god damned story.”
I recounted everything to them, although I left out the nine-inch pierced dick comment. That really couldn’t be true about Nick, right? There was no fucking way.
