“Perfect.” Rand handed us our beers, but instead of sitting down next to me, he sat in the chair that was next to the couch.
Well, now I have more room.
I scooted away from Jett to give him space—since that seemed to be what he wanted. I had no idea what ruined the moment we almost shared, but I couldn’t dwell on it. It was still fun to hang out with them, even if it wasn’t headed in the direction I thought. I couldn’t help but wonder if I had done something wrong, even if he said I didn’t. Did I give mixed signals? Was he worried that I was interested in Rand instead of him? I didn’t even know the answer to the last question myself. I felt torn. I knew it was practically impossible to fall in love with two men at the same time—especially twins, but I couldn’t shake the feeling—the way their differences seemed to compliment each other so well. Yes, they were both gorgeous enough to set my panties on fire, but that wasn’t all I wanted. I really did like them both.
“Have you ever seen this movie before?” I looked over at Rand when the opening scene was two sorority girls running around without a hint of clothing.
“Not this one.” He chuckled and shook his head.
“We can put on a different movie if you don’t want to watch this.” Jett looked at me with a bit of concern. “Rand can watch this one on his own.”
“No, it’s fine. I was just curious. I haven’t watched very many horror movies—or whatever this is.” I reached for my beer and took a sip.
Nudity didn’t really bother me, but once the sorority girls went upstairs to climb in bed with their boyfriends, I started to squirm. It was hard enough watching a movie with sex when I was with one of my friends—watching it with two extremely hot guys was a new experience entirely. Rand seemed more interested in upcoming bloodshed than the tits and ass while Jett looked a little bored. The entire thing was cheesy and the lines were as awful as the fake blood that sprayed from them in a comically bad fashion once the killer showed up. A few of the naked girls got killed and the screen flashed to somewhere else in the house—somewhere that was apparently so far away they couldn’t hear the violence going on while the killer hacked up the other sorority sisters. One of the sisters, who appeared to be in charge, ordered a line of younger girls to bend over a table as she picked up a large wooden paddle.
“Did they haze sorority girls like that at Cedar Grove University?” Jett looked over at me and chuckled.
At least he’s laughing—that’s a good sign.
“I wouldn’t know.” I squirmed and sipped my beer. “I didn’t join a sorority.”
“Which is why you didn’t end up massacred.” Rand grinned and tilted his head as the paddle came down on the first girl’s exposed ass.
“Wow, they’re going to get paddled and then they’re going to get killed.” I squirmed a little more and felt a tingle when I saw the paddle in action.
Not that I would mind the first part—especially if it was someone as hot as Jett doing it.
“None of them seem to mind getting paddled.” Jett reached for popcorn, and instead of pulling his hand away when he realized mine was in the bowl, he traced my fingers.
Okay, now he’s the one sending mixed signals.
Jett and I teased each other with a couple of touches as the movie continued. My heart was racing and I wasn’t paying much attention to the screen. I didn’t have Rand to distract me, so my attention was entirely where it should have been all evening. I started to feel like maybe Jett was interested—he definitely seemed a lot more interested than he was when he pulled away without kissing me. When the last girl was left standing on the screen and the killer was seemingly dead, I wasn’t ready to go home. It was late though, and I knew they had to both be up early for work. Rand already looked sleepy and while Jett didn’t look to be very tired, I didn’t want to be the reason he was dead on his feet the next day.
“Alright, I guess I should head back to my place.” I reached over and patted Jett’s hand. “This was a lot of fun. I really liked spending the day with you.”
“Maybe we can watch a couple more movies next weekend after we finish clearing out the other two lockers.” Jett tilted his head and smiled.
“Yeah, that sounds good.” I nodded and looked towards Rand. “Maybe not one this gruesome.”
“What?” Rand looked offended. “There’s like four sequels to this! We own them all now!”
“Okay,” I smirked and rolled my eyes. “I guess we kind of have to watch the others now that we’ve started the series.”
“I’ll walk you back to your apartment.” Jett stood and extended his hand.
The walk back to my apartment was brief since I literally lived down the hall from them. Once we arrived at my door, Jett took my hand and I saw that same look in his eyes again. I was practically begging him to kiss me. Every muscle in my body was tingling as he squeezed my hand moved a little closer. He started to lean forward and I closed my eyes, ready for his lips to crush mine with the kiss he should have given me earlier—but it didn’t come. He was so close I could feel his warmth—almost taste his breath, but then he was gone. I opened my eyes and saw a slight grimace on his face as he leaned back and let go of my hand.
“What’s wrong?” I felt my jaw trying to clench, and I wasn’t grimacing, I was getting angry.
“I need to ask you something?” His shoulders slumped and he sighed. “Do you like my brother?”
“I think you’re both great—but he’s not the one that keeps stopping right before he kisses me.” I blinked in confusion.
“I know.” He nodded slowly. “I’m just worried that you might like both of us—and might have that same look on your face if he was standing here in my place.”
“I—I don’t honestly know.” I looked down at the floor and felt my emotions crashing down against my soul.
“That’s why I’m hesitating.” He took my hand and sighed. “You’re a really nice girl, and I can’t deny that I feel something—I just don’t know if I could do that again.”