Her Best Men

“So, we all want Katie to ourselves?” Andrew asked.

“Yes,” Dylan and I said together.

“Fuck, this is a conversation Caleb really should be here for,” Andrew said.

“Have either of you mentioned this to Katie?” I asked.

My brothers looked at me with blank stares, and I groaned.

“You shittin’ me? We’re sittin’ here discussin’ Katie’s life like she ain’t got a say in it?” I asked.

“We figured it’d be a good thing to find out where all of us stood before we tried to talk with her,” Dylan said.

“So, we don’t even know how we’re gonna approach this topic with her,” I said.

“Not really,” Andrew said.

“Some brilliant plan, stormin’ down here like this and openin’ up all sorts of cans of worms. We don’t even know what Katie wants. For all we know, she could like the idea of this sharin’ thing,” I said.

“Katie’s classier than that,” Dylan said.

“She’d never go for it,” Andrew said. “And none of us seem too keen on sharin’ her anyway.”

“Well, she’s got a stomach for it, at least. She’s slept with three of us. Willingly,” I said.

“That doesn’t mean we gotta debase her and start sharin’ her like a piece of meat,” Dylan said.

“Y’all really makin’ me play Devil’s Advocate for sharin’ someone here? Because I don’t wanna share her, but Katie deserves an opinion in this,” I said.

“Yes, that’s what we’re doin’,” Andrew said. “You’re the best at seein’ all sides of this shit.”

“Fine. Fuck. Okay. Sharin’ a woman doesn’t debase her, if it’s what she wants. Women got sex drives just like we do. Who the fuck cares what they wanna do to get themselves off?” I asked.

“But this is Katie,” Dylan said.

“So?” I asked.

“Don’t you dare talk about her that way,” Andrew said.

“What the fuck? You’re the one who wanted me to do this Devil’s Advocate thing, you shithead!”

“And there’s a good chance she’s testin’ us out. Tryin’ to figure out which one she’s got a greater connection with before she chooses,” Andrew said.

“Which means she’s still gotta sleep with Caleb,” Dylan said.

“Look, the point is, it all comes down to what Katie wants,” I said.

“Yeah, the ultimate thing here is that Katie’s happy. That’s what she deserves,” Dylan said.

“What she wants, she gets. That’s how it’s always been, so I don’t see why that changes now,” I said.

“Fine. Okay. I can get behind that. If she chooses me. But if she doesn’t, I’m fightin’ a son of a bitch. I care about that girl,” Andrew said.

“I think we all do,” Dylan said.

“Now the real question is this. Who’s gonna fill in Caleb on what we just talked about?” I asked.

“Not me,” Andrew and Dylan said.