Unconventional

“Just like that,” he confirmed with a grin.

“After that, we began getting together pretty much on the regular,” I said. “She was insatiable, inside the bedroom and out. And the sex was so good we couldn’t stop.”

Dante nodded. “She became girlfriend to both of us,” he said. “Everything we did, we did together. And then one night we brought Trey in. It was almost exactly like you said, him being between relationships. He was alone. Lonely. Horny from watching us, and—”

“And hearing all their stories,” Trey admitted in a low voice. He drained his own mug and set it down. “I was curious,” he shrugged. “They talked the whole thing up so much. Plus, it didn’t hurt that Alex was hotter than hell.”

“Alex…” Hannah said, tasting the name on her tongue. “So what happened to her?”

We were all staring at each other again, this time in silence.

“She went home,” I said eventually. “Back to Alabama. One of her friends found out she was dating three guys at once, and ended up betraying her trust. She told her parents.”

Dante sighed and shook his head. “That was bad. Really bad.”

“Why?” asked Hannah.

“A good Christian girl, with Christian morals?” said Dante. “It was unheard of. Her family freaked. It became them or us.”

“In the end, we had to let her go,” I said. “We couldn’t keep her. Not from her family.”

“After Alex, everything was bland,” said Dante. “One on one relationships were flavorless. They did nothing for us.”

“We went backward instead of forward,” I went on. “Called up a couple of old girlfriends each. Some of them were into it — a least for a night or two. They were fulfilling a fantasy. Having fun with us, two and three at a time.”

I shook my head, remembering how quickly each of them had come and gone. How once they’d gotten what they came for, they all flew away.

“They weren’t interested in us,” Dante said. “Not in a relationship sense at all. They just wanted the experience. Like Adam said, they were in it for the fantasy.”

“And so here we are,” I cut in. “Trying to recreate what we had before. Looking for a woman every bit as insatiable as the one we had, only looking to date us, rather than only going to bed with us.”

Hannah nodded, finally understanding. “You want a relationship,” she said. “A girl who’ll date all three of you, as one.”

“Yes.”

Silence settled over our little corner of the coffee house. After several long seconds, it was Trey who spoke up.

“So Hannah…” he said, sweeping his hair back from his face. “Are you that girl?”

We were all staring at her as she stood up again. This time she extended both hands in our direction.

“Let’s go find out.”