Make It Last (Friends & Lovers 1)

Briana and Kara both opted for sundresses, since it was a hot Texas night. When Nicole arrived wearing her hostess uniform, Briana offered to loan her something to wear.

When Nicole walked out wearing the dress, she looked uncertainly at Briana.

“I think it’s too small.”

“No, you just have bigger boobs than I do. It’s perfect,” Briana assured her. She fluffed out Nicole’s hair to give it a fuller look, and told her to stop standing with her hands crossed over her chest.

“C’mon, let’s go get you a drink. Stop worrying. You look amazing.”

They went out to join the party and ran into Kent and Roni in the hall. Kent paused momentarily, taking in Nicole’s drastic change in appearance. They all stood there for a moment, until Nicole blushed and looked down, and Roni cleared her throat.

“Oh, ahh, hey. What’s up?” Kent said hoarsely, before clearing his throat. “Nicole, you met my sister, Roni, but Roni, you didn’t get a chance to meet Bree yet.”

Briana smiled at Roni, surprised at the striking resemblance between the two. It almost hurt to look at the pair of them, they were so beautiful.

“Wow, Kent, you never said you had a sister.” Briana said, wondering what other things they’d never shared with each other.

“Yeah, Roni’s my twin. She’s going to be staying with me for a while,” he said with a smile for his sister. He tried not to stare at Nicole’s amazing body.

“Hi, Roni. It’s great to meet you. Would you like something to drink?” Briana offered, taking her arm and steering her towards the kitchen.

That left Kent and Nicole standing in the hallway, her eyes on the floor and his on the ceiling.

“Um, I’m going to go get a drink,” Nicole said softly, excusing herself and following the girls.

Kent gave himself a moment to regain control, before turning and heading to join Pete and Kara in the living room.

Briana strolled around her apartment, talking with people and sipping on a beer. Eventually, she decided she’d ignored the corner where Colin and Rich sat deep in conversation, long enough.

She couldn’t believe that it had only been a week since she first found out that Colin was back in town. Now he was in her living room. Weird.

There were a couple of empty beer cans next to their seats, and she heard them talking about college as she got closer.

“Hey guys,” she said when she got close enough to be heard over the noise of t

he room.

They both stood up. She walked stepped closer to Rich to give him a hug. They embraced each other and murmured hello before pulling away and smiling.

When she turned away from Rich, she noticed Colin staring at them with a strange expression on his face.

“You guys never used to be that close before. I mean, back in high school we all hung out, but you guys were never on a hugging basis. Anyone watching would think that you were more than just friends,” he stated, looking guarded.

“She’s one of my best friends.” Rich said, trying not to make a big deal out of Colin’s observation.

“Hmm. Okay, I guess.” Colin still looked confused. “It’s just, Bree only went to A & M for like, a year, right? And you’ve been gone this whole time. When have you guys had time to get so close?”

“What’s your point, Colin?” Briana asked, starting to get frustrated with the way he was acting.

“All I’m saying is that it seems like there’s more to the story.” He took a deep breath, then asked, “Did you guys hook up or something?”

Briana and Rich looked at each other and then looked at him. Both silent, but with expressions of guilt and regret.

“Are you fucking serious?” Colin asked in a low voice. “I was fishing! Did something really happen between the two of you?”

“Bro…” Rich started.

“Don’t Bro, me, Rich. Answer the fucking question.”