I bit the inside of my bottom lip, wondering just how comfortable he was. We weren’t supposed to be more than a summer hookup, but this felt like a dare. Did he want to look like more to them?
Without thinking too much more about it, I wrapped my hand around the back of his neck and pulled him into a kiss. The taste of the beer clung to his lips, and he melted into me.
“Oh, shit...” Joe’s expletive wasn’t surprising. I’d told my friends about Chase, and had even told them about being bi, but they’d only ever seen me with girls.
Chase flushed, then blinked and grinned at me as I pulled away. The bottle of beer came up between us as he took another long drink before we turned back to conversation with my friends.
This was feeling less and less like hookup territory.
Sunlight streamed in through the blinds as I stretched in bed. I froze when I met the warmth of the body pressed against me from behind as the flood of memories from last night hit me.
We’d all stayed up late drinking and joking around by the fire. No one was sober enough to go anywhere when we finally noticed the time.
Rolling over to see Chase in my bed was unreal. Even before, this hadn’t happened. We’d been too afraid that someone would realize that we were more than friends. He’d always respected my reluctance to come out. It was my hope that it made a difference now that he knew I wasn't afraid to be open about myself.
Those gray eyes blinked open, and a slow smile spread across his face.
“Morning,” he mumbled.
I wanted to roll over, pin him to my mattress, and have my wicked way with him. He was temptation while lying here with me. There was no stopping me—.
“Boys!”
Except for that. Uncle Drew called from the kitchen. Maybe my friends and brother were already up and eating breakfast. They were heading back to Seattle today, but it had been fun to see them the day before. I hadn’t intended to spend all this time isolated from them, but at least I had Chase as a good distraction.
“We should get up.”
Chase rolled onto his back and stretched. “Do we really have to? Your bed is so comfortable.”
The sheet slid down, exposing his chest. God, why was life unfair sometimes? I wanted to jump him right there. All that skin was damn delicious looking.
“If you don’t get up, I’m coming in.”
That was enough to get us moving. Chase shot from the bed, and I groaned when I noticed that he’d slept in nothing but those gray boxer briefs. They clung to his ass, and I wanted to rip them off of him. Instead, I dug around for a pair of basketball shorts in my bag and threw another pair at him.
Chase stared at the loose material in his hands for a moment before looking up at me. I shrugged as we both pulled on the shorts and made our way to the kitchen. The whole time, I couldn’t get over the fact that Chase was wearing my clothes.
Chapter 18
Chase
“Ithink that I’m gay.”
The words still swam in my head. I hadn’t spoken to the Grant family since Nathan had disappeared, but Aiden felt comfortable enough to open up to me. I was also safe. I was miles away from his world, and I wasn’t his brother.
“What makes you think that?”
“I don’t know. I’ve never really been interested in anyone. Not really. I didn’t understand how Nathan and his friends could just hook up with anyone, or any of my friends, for that matter. I just never found that appealing.”
I nodded as he explained. I had an idea about what he could potentially be going through.
“So what made you come to the conclusion about being gay?”
When Aiden had leaned forward and looked longingly at Joe from around Nathan, it hit me. The kid had it bad for his brother’s friend.
“But those feelings are new? You haven’t felt that way about another guy before?”
Aiden nodded. “I don’t know if it’s just him...”
