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.He urges me to find a wayto get rid of Rafael, but I repeat myself for the sixtieth timesaying that I m staying with him until his withdrawal is over.Ibury my head in my hands and stay that way while Benji, whowas raised by a drug-addicted mother, keeps whispering abouthow I shouldn t be responsible for him, how it s messing up mystudies and personal life, and how I should just leave his sorryass.Nothing I haven t heard before; nothing I haven t consideredbefore.The phone rings and Benji stretches himself over to thecoffee table to pick it up.A breeze of cold air bathes my bare arms and brings with it afamiliar scent of cologne and soap.I look up and see Alex sittingon the matching red chair next to me with an open windowbehind him.That sincere, calm, sexy smile of his is the mostbeautiful thing I ve seen for two long weeks.I manage a weaksmile in return before Rick clears his throat. Okay people, he says and claps his hands together. Terry snot here yet, but is everyone up for Bottle Extreme after a fewrounds of drinks? CHAPTER 17 Fuck no, I yell. That s so not what I need right now. I absolutely do not need to think up a sex challenge for Alexand Terry.Rick shoots me an index finger. That s exactly what you needright now, bro. We have uneven numbers, says Calvin, counting again withnods of his head. Terry can t make it, so we re good, says Benji after he hangsup the phone. Great! Jazz squeezes himself between Benji and me on theloveseat. Eric s mine. He shoves his hands under my butt, liftsme up and places me on top of him. It s been way too long,baby.Remind me to give that boyfriend of yours a nice long glarethe first time I meet him. I give an involuntary laugh. Fine, I ll introduce you soon, butI m not playing Extreme tonight. Jazz leans over to Alex. Maybe you ll even get to top foronce, if you haven t forgotten how to after all this time withTerry. I hold back a snicker.Alex raises an eyebrow. But I always top. The silence in the room is so sudden that I burst out in giggles.God, I need a life.That was such a lame thing to do.I definitelyneed a drink. Terry bottoms for you? Terry? As in our friend and sex-shop owner Terry? Rick asks with arms full of snacks, dips, andminiature pizzas.Calvin s standing right behind him with bucketsof beer.Jazz is the second to recover. No way! He never lets me dohim.That s so unfair. 148 Erica Pike That s how he likes it, Alex says with that amused look inhis eyes, flashing me a wink.I so don t want to hear more about Terry and Alex s sex life,so I jump up and grab a snack bowl out of Rick s hand and swipea beer bottle from one of Calvin s buckets.We eat, drink, and laugh a lot.Benji plays Britney Spears, andhe, Jazz, Rick, and I sing deliberately off key and do silly dancesteps while Calvin and Alex talk by the mini-bar. Oh wait! Benji calls, goes over to the stereo and changes theCD. My brother used to listen to this all the time. MC Hammer s U Can t Touch This booms from the stereoswith the best beat ever created.My body immediately shifts gears,and I whip my hips into old dance moves I learned from theolder guys back home.Locks of hair slide out of my hair tie as I do the Bedrock,follow it up with the Running Man, and slide right into theHammer Dance.So nerdy, but I mix in modern moves, becauseeighties moves alone are super lame. Go, Eric! Benji catcalls.He, Jazz, and Rick stand behind me and try to copy, which ofcourse causes Benji to knock his elbow into Jazz s chin, Rick totwist his ankle, and Calvin to crash to the floor in a fit of gigglesright by Alex s feet.What can I say, eighties moves just weren tmade for amateurs.I do my final move that ends with my back turned to the rest,smack a hand on my tush, and look over my shoulder. Leave itto the pros, bros, I say with a wink when the music stops.Rick and Jazz snort into alcoholic infused hysterics on thefloor. You re so full of yourself, Eric, says Jazz and snorts backinto giggles.I turn around and look at Alex with a smile.He s composed asalways, but his shoulders are shrugging with chuckles.His upperteeth graze his lower lip when he attempts not to smile.The ABOLUTELY ERIC 149gesture is so sexy that my groin fills with swirly heat. Where did we even find this guy? says Rick while he collectshimself off the black carpet.He also yanks Jazz up on his feet. I don t know.I think he wormed his way in with Terry onenight and then refused to leave. What are you talkin about, Jazz? You picked me up in a barand took me to meet these loonies.Then you gave me to Terryonly to beg me to come with you to the next party. That s because you didn t even blink when we decided toplay Extreme that time you came with Terry, and boy did youcome.Hearing that voice of yours got me horny for you all overagain. I flump myself onto the red three-seat sofa between Benjiand a newly seated Calvin, who grabs me under his arm andmakes even more of a mess of my hair by tousling it.Benji andRick dive into reminiscence about old times when Alex clears histhroat.He s still the new guy, so everyone goes quiet to listen. Uhm, about what you said, he gestures at Jazz, who goes allears by leaning forwards. Do you guys actually watch each otherwhen you play Extreme? Benji quietly gets up to change the music. No, Calvin says, we just give each other a challenge positions or something and then go off into separate rooms. Yeah, but we can usually hear each other, which is sometimesfunny, but also a major turn on, Rick says, nods, and chugs downhis beer.I swear that Alex s face just paled a little.Jazz slides to takes his place next to me just as Benji s aboutto sit back down.Benji pushes Jazz towards me to make roomfor himself. Eric here is always the loudest. Calvin pinches my side,which makes me yelp. It s not like I try to be, Cal, I say, swatting his fingers away 150 Erica Pikewhile I rub at my stinging flesh. He s always the loudest when I do him, Jazz says with agrin. That s because you re like a jackhammer once you get going, I say. It s all in the hips, baby, Jazz says, grabbing my hips.I swathim away as well. I so sat myself on the wrong sofa! I yell as I battle them off.Jeez, I really don t want Alex to hear this stuff.He knows I veslept with both Terry and Jazz, plus a whole lot of other guys,but it s one thing to know about it and another to hear specifics.I push my foot against Jazz s thigh to get some space
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