CHAPTER477
Christian shows up first, followed by a timid looking Jenny who seems to appear rather closely to Nate. Gathering together in the street outside Arrick’s house. I notice Nate is being rather attentive to my girl and tries to take her hand as he catches up with her; she looks away, pulling away from him and slides an arm through mine in a coy move without catching his eye. I frown her way suspiciously and file it away to interrogate her as soon as I get her alone with Christian.
I’m now standing away from Arrick, as soon as I saw them appearing I made him let go of me and moved to two feet apart, needing a space to see my friends and let them know what has happened. My texts outlined the briefest explanation only and I am so not ready to be identified as Arry’s new love interest just yet. I feel like they may judge me on my readiness to jump into a relationship when last night, I swore to never let him near me again.
“Well hey, hey.” Christian grins swooning between us all and looking far too wide awake and glamorous while the rest of us are rough as hell. He winks at Arrick and gives him a coy shoulder nudge.
“See you finally manned up.” He smiles at Arrick’s frown and waves jazz hands in the air between them. So unmanly it’s almost painful, but it makes me and Jenny giggle as Nathan also bursts into a grin. Seems he isn’t surprised to see us together and I catch the way he throws me a satisfied ‘know it all’ smirk.
“I’m still in two minds about whether I should beat you or hug you.” Arrick tries for deadpan cool but Christian only gushes at Arrick’s sense of humor.
“Both. I am so into that.” He giggles and winks his way, with a little twirl back to me and a butt wiggle. Arrick just shakes his head and sighs before breaking into a huge smile. Obviously feeling dumb that he never once clicked that Christian is very unmistakably gay.
“I can’t believe I ever thought this guy was straight.” He laughs, and Nate throws him the ‘you’re obviously a moron’ look over everyone’s heads. I catch it and giggle a little harder. Arrick must have been completely blind to not pick up on it before, I mean Christian is currently sashaying around in a sparkly T-shirt with a huge rainbow heart on the front and wearing matching sneakers over ultra-skinny jeans. It’s not exactly inconspicuous.
I turn away and give Jenny a little nudge, noticing the way her eyes follow Nate as he moves in to give Arrick the familiar ‘Bro’ handshake and shoulder bump, the two of them lagging behind as we start walking towards the exit of the street. Christian comes to my free side and loops my other arm, gaining distance on the two men behind us so he can cut in with a whisper. Like three witches from Hocus Pocus doing the crazy walk and huddled to gossip about men.
“Did you two do the bed boogie last night? Notice you disappeared, along with our shameless hussy over there and the rather sexy Nathan.” He raises an alarming eyebrow at Jenny whose face turns crimson. She literally recoils in mortification.
“Shh!” Jenny scalds him, glancing back between us to check they aren’t listening, but the two of them are lost in conversation with equally serious expressions behind us and paying no attention to us. I glance back and catch Arrick smiling at something he is saying to Nate and that heart-swelling warmth hits me like it used to when I looked at him. I push it down, turning back to my friends, back to the very serious subject in hand.
“Jenny, please tell me you didn’t hook up with Nate?” I giggle at her in both shock and a little disbelief, not sure if I am happy for her or not. Nate is such a womanizer and Jenny only just got dumped by her boyfriend of almost two years. I don’t even know if I am impressed or seriously wowed.
“I got so drunk; I feel like such a slut. We somehow ended up making out in Arrick’s mom’s greenhouse, I don’t even remember how we got there.” Jenny’s turning beetroot and unable to look us in the eye, trying to keep her voice on the low. Christian grinning like a Cheshire cat, clearly proud of his ‘hussy’ girls and trying to coax the sordid details it out of her.
“That’s my girl! Only way to get over a man is to have a new one under you and fuck your brains out. So, did he?” Christian winks dirtily and Jenny burns even redder, her face a picture of utter mortification and she glares at him with an open mouth.
“Be quiet! ... There definitely has to be something said for men who have been around a lot of women.” She smiles shyly. Glancing back again quickly to see if they can hear us, and then at us. Blushing crazily and hitting the giggles; she looks so cute and girly right now and I realize it’s the first time I have ever seen her look this way.
“Jenny. I’m completely gobsmacked.” I smile, squeezing her arm and figuring that maybe she needed to do something this out of the norm to feel better; she doesn’t seem overly cut up about her ex anyway and there is no hint of guilt. I wonder if she really had been ready to end things with him after all.
“He was sooo good. I thought I’d experienced orgasms before, but Oh, my God. I literally couldn’t walk after. He took complete control of everything and did things I never imagined I would ever want. He makes me feel so crazily sexy.” She whispers then giggles at her revelation. I smile but then my heart plummets as reality catches up with me and the fact Jenny isn’t the type of girl to sleep around, especially not someone who gets into kinky aerobics in a greenhouse with a born womanizer. I don’t want to crush the ‘Christmas morning’ expression she has on her face, but I know I can’t let her go down this path to heartache.
“You know that’s what he is though right? A guy who sleeps around a lot. That nothing will come from this except heartbreak if you want more.” I point out honestly, watching her face as she bites on her bottom lip, curbing the smile and taking on a serious expression as she regards me with a nod.
“I know. I figured that out in the first five minutes of meeting him that he’s a major man whore. I knew what I was getting, and I think that’s why I went for it. He made me forget about everything and feel really good for one night. Made me realize how much better than Mark I can do. Mark is a selfish prick who only ever thinks about himself and never even gave me one orgasm in two years.” Jenny blurts out with a whoosh of relief, as though glad to finally get it off her chest. Christian’s head almost snaps off in the way he turns to her with horrifying speed."
