Her eyes filled with tears.
“I’m not trying to be a dick, but I also don’t want to be a Josh.”
“A Josh?” she asked, sniffling and wiping under her nose with her arm.
“Yes. Josh is like a brother to me, but he is the biggest manwhore I know. I wouldn’t be surprised if him and Jen haven’t snuck off by now.”
She looked down. “Jen’s that way also. I think she’s addicted to sex, to be honest with you. She’s always hooking up with these guys and talking about how amazing the sex is. I guess I wanted to see what the hype was all about by having a random hookup.”
I shook my head. “Madison, you are a beautiful woman, and you deserve to be with a guy who doesn’t want the hookup but wants the girl he can go on dates with and talk to. Enjoy his time with, and it not just be about sex. I want that for me . . . and I’ll be honest, I haven’t found that girl yet.”
Madison’s mouth turned up into a grin. “When you do find her, Gunner, she’s going to be one lucky lady.”
The door to Fado’s opened, and Josh and Jen walked out.
“Everything okay?” Josh asked.
I nodded.
“Listen, I’m pretty beat and ready to head on home. You about ready to leave, Gunner?”
My eyes widened in shock as I bounced my gaze from Josh to Jen. She was clearly not happy about Josh wanting to leave, and it showed by the expression on her face.
I glanced back over to Madison, who saw it also. She shrugged.
“Um, yeah, I feel like I need an Advil and a large bottle of water,” I said.
Josh laughed before turning to Jen. “I had a great time; it was nice meeting you, Jen.”
“Um, yeah, you as well,” she huffed.
“Was good seeing you again, Madison,” I said with a grin.
She returned it with one of her own. Walking up to me, she reached up, kissed my cheek, and whispered, “Thank you for not letting me make more a fool of myself than I already had.”
“It takes two to tango. I’m sorry I let it get that far.”
Returning the kiss on the cheek, I pulled back.
“Where are y’all parked? We’ll walk you to your car,” Josh stated.
The girls told us they were parked in the same parking lot as us. We walked in silence the entire way to their car before saying our goodbyes once more. After they were both safely in the car, Josh hit me on the arm. “Tell me you didn’t fuck her.”
“I didn’t.”
He let out a sigh of relief. “Good, because you were toasted.”
“Did you? With Jen?”
Josh shook his head. “No. I mean, the girl was trying her best to jack me off under the table, but I wasn’t into it. I’ve never pushed a girl’s hand away from junk like that before. I actually started to get a cramp in my bicep from swatting her away.”
I stopped walking. Maybe I really was two sheets to the wind. “You weren’t into it? As in you passed up sex?”
“Yep,” he said, walking toward my truck.
“You willingly gave up the chance to have sex? Madison said Jen was loose.”
Josh let out a roar of laughter. “That was evident the first two minutes she had her paws all over me.”