15
“It’s freezing. I can’t feel my feet,” I moan as we enter the warm, cozy lobby of my building.
“They’re still there. I can see them.”
“Well, I can’t feel them. I wonder where Brad is. I haven’t seen him since last week.”
The lobby is dimly lit and quiet.
“Want me to knock on his door and see if he’s okay?” Jeff nudges me with his elbow as he presses the elevator button.
“No, I don’t want to be one of those nosey people. I just wonder, is all.” The doors open, and Jeff gives me a gentle push inside the elevator.
The hallway upstairs is quiet too. I bypass the main door and put my key into my private entrance. I’m really not up to seeing the gorgeous trio when I know I look like hell frozen over. How do I know this? The bathroom mirror in my parents’ house showed me. I feel as bad as I look and start stripping off my clothes as I make my way to the bathroom, desperately needing a hot bath.
“Hey, are you going to pick up your mess?” Jeff asks as he locks the door behind him.
“No, I thought you could do it for me,” I say before I shut the door behind me, missing what I know would be a withering look. I shiver while standing in my underwear waiting for the massive tub to fill. A delicious smell fills the air as I pour in my favorite lavender-scented bubble bath. I pull my hair up into a half ponytail and toss my underwear across the room. I slide down into the soothing warmth. My bones seem to melt as the water swirls around me. It’s a whirlpool bath, with the jets sending pulsating water all over my achy parts.
The bathroom door opens, as do my eyes in surprise. I’m temporarily shocked at the sight of Colin standing in the doorframe, dressed only in his boxers. He’s as perfect as his images on the billboards and magazines—definitely no airbrushing there. His eyes are focused on mine, and I feel my body reacting from the top of my head to the bottom of my toes. I have never felt this aroused.
His eyes move downward and I notice my hardened nipples are peeking through the bubbles. In fact, my whole body is pretty much exposed as my bubble coverage has dissipated. I pull my eyes up and watch as he licks his lips and runs his right hand through his silky hair. The water has cooled, but my body temp has risen by a hundred degrees. He moves closer, and I see he his boxers are becoming tighter by the second as his arousal pushes to escape. He slowly puts his hands to his waist and in one move, his penis is free, and lord, it’s just like I remembered it when I saw it in art class.
Wait.
I look up again to his face, and it’s not Colin. It’s Drew standing there with his penis pointing at me. How the fuc…
“Have you drowned in there?”
Jeff’s voice shocks me to my senses. I realize I fell asleep and it was all a dream. More like a nightmare, with Colin turning into Drew.
I really need to get a life, I think as I look down and see my nipples still standing at attention. I pull the plug and watch the water swirl out of the tub. Shivering, I grab an oversized towel and wrap my totally aroused body, replaying my dream.
Drew? Who in their right mind would dream about Mr. Playboy? Okay, so maybe the majority of women in the world.
When I leave the bathroom, I see Jeff spread out on the recliner adjacent to my bed. “Still feeling like shit?” he inquires.
“No more wine for me. If you see me going for a glass, remind me of this horrible day.”
“Okay, but last time you drank wine you said the same thing. I don’t think it’ll work. Now, to change the subject, are you up for some studying?” He pulls out our math book and raises an eyebrow at me.
“Like I have a choice. I need to nail this exam. Otherwise, I’ll be a senior forever.”
“Sounds like your roomies are home.” Jeff stretches and rubs his eyes.
We hear laughing from the next room, male and female voices. Of course women would be included. Two of them are hot-blooded males, and the other one pretends to be. I really need to talk to Liam alone. My mom pulled me aside earlier this afternoon to reiterate Henry’s requests to help Liam and Drew. I really don’t know what I need to help Drew with. Yeah, he has a screwed up family, mom ran off, dad’s been married several times, but who doesn’t have family issues? He has all the attention anyone could want or need. Why would he need my help?
“Dora, I just turned straight, and I want to have kinky hot sex with you,” Jeff’s blurts out in an attempt to make me focus.
It’s laughable, but I play along. “Okay, well then take off all your clothes so I can jump your bones.”
Did I really just yell that? Yep, the voices have ceased. Good lord, Dora. Now they all probably think I’m about to hook up with someone in here. Well, that could work. If they think I’m involved with someone, maybe they’ll leave me alone and let me return to my normal—okay, so semi-normal—life.
“What the…?”
I quickly place my hand over Jeff’s mouth. “Play along,” I whisper. Then, in a louder voice, I say, “Ted, what is that in your pants? I think it wants to come out and say hello. Oh, sweet caramel apple on a stick, your stick is more like a log. It needs to be freed. See, it’s taunting me.” I put my finger to my lips and nod my head at the door. Jeff looks at me, confused, then it’s like a light bulb comes on and he gives me a shit-eating grin.
“Yeah, babe, it’s all for you.” I almost giggle at his fake deep voice.
“Wow, it’s really hard. Oh, you want to put it where?”
I motion for Jeff to move with me to the door. We hear nothing—nada—coming from beyond the door. I mouth on the count of three and motion to the door. One, two, three, and we both grab the handle and pull the door open. Just as I figure, three heads attached to three bodies fall flat on the carpet. They look up at our grinning faces, and at least Colin has the grace to look embarrassed. Liam and Drew pick themselves up and try to act cool.
“Like what you heard?” I ask, watching Colin avert his eyes while the other two smirk and start to laugh.
“We were looking out for you,” Drew responds, shrugging his shoulders.
“Yeah, you’re like a little sis to us,” Liam chuckles.
“So, you weren’t being nosey, huh, Colin?” Colin looks uncomfortable. It’s time to let him off the hook. “It’s nice to know you guys have my back, but I do like my privacy. And if I was actually hooking up with someone in here, this little spy session you all had going on wouldn’t have been cool.”
“Hey, it was at least better than what we had to look forward to this evening.” Liam has stopped chuckling and is back to his frowny self.
I gently push them aside and look into the living room to find it’s empty. “Where are the ladies we heard earlier?” I ask, turning back to look at them. Jeff is grinning with his arms crossed, leaning against the open door.
Liam looks lazily at me. “Oh, they just came up for a drink, nothing else. At least, nothing on our part. I’m sure they would’ve loved to spend the night, but we just weren’t feeling it.”
“How about cards?” Drew blurts out.
“Yeah, sounds great.” Liam glances at Jeff and me. “How about you two? Want to play a friendly game of poker?”
“Poker? I don’t know how to play,” I reply innocently, and they all fall for it.
Ten minutes later, we’re sitting at the round kitchen table and cards are being dealt. In front of me are orange-colored chips. I wanted red, but Jeff grabbed them first.
Liam has blue, Colin purple, and Drew yellow, and each of us has the same amount … for now.