Chapter 5
Houston
I couldn’t decide if they were crazy or just having fun. Maybe both.
And maybe I was just getting old…and boring.
If I’d understood more about the dynamics between their relationships, it would have made it easier to handle as well. But I couldn’t figure out who was dating who, or if anyone was actually doing anything more than just joking around. The combination of men and women was confusing as well. Some were clearly gay, like the flirty little thing that kept giving me odd looks, but with others, it wasn’t so obvious.
It shouldn’t really matter, but I was trying to understand Reece, and they weren’t helping.
Was he gay?
Straight?
Was he actually flirting with any of them or did he just tease with everyone? It wasn’t my business, but I just couldn’t help it. I needed to be able to put him out of my mind. He hadn’t even officially moved in, and I was still thinking about him entirely too much.
And it was only going to get worse with him finally moved in.
Reece had shown up just before the moving box was delivered with several friends in tow. I’d offered to help, and with everyone working together, unloading it hadn’t taken long. But trying to get back to work was becoming impossible.
“Oh, look what I found…” A loud, laughing voice echoed from Reece’s room.
Reece groaned. “Eli, I told you to leave that one alone.”
“I know. That’s why I had to open it. You were going to keep all the good stuff for yourself.” I could almost see the smirk on his face.
“Eli!” Reece’s frustration was obvious.
Giggles from the crowd made it clear Eli, the flirty one, didn’t feel bad about whatever he’d found. Neither did anyone else, if the laughter and ribbing was any indication.
Drugs?
Porn?
“Oh, and it vibrates.”
Sex toys?
“Eli, put that back.” I couldn’t decide if Reece was actually embarrassed or just playing along.
Eli snorted, not listening to Reece at all. “This would be so much fun on the blog. Can you imagine what that ass would say?”
I could almost picture Reece sighing. “Then you really would be doing porn, genius.”
Porn? Hadn’t he said they were friends from work?
Giggles came through the walls, and I tried to focus on my laptop. The words and graphs were starting to bleed together, making it impossible to think. Where the hell did he work?
“He’s such an ass.” Eli’s dramatic reply made the laughter start up again. “Did you see how angry he got yesterday?”
“Yes, I thought he was going to completely lose it.” Reece didn’t seem to find whatever they were talking about as funny as Eli did.
“He thinks he’s so—”
“Eli.” The soft-spoken reprimand was from one of the girls.
“Alright, no more complaining about assholes.” There was a pause, and then he spoke again. “We get food for helping, right?”
