My Best Friend's Brother: A Standalone Friends to Lovers Romance (Soulmates Series Book 2) by Hazel Kelly Page B

traveling-”
     
    “That
was a joke.”
     
    “You’re
an idiot."
     
    “Mom
doesn’t think so.”
     
    She
groaned. "Just look after Andi, okay? Forget the barn dance idea. It's
stupid. But check in on her anyway."
     
    "Will
do."
     
    "And
check your schedule because I'd like to visit soon, and I know you and Andi
would rather I come to you than ask you guys to suffer through a night with my
artsy friends."
     
    "They're
not so bad," I said. "It's just that we have nothing in common
besides you."
     
    "I
know. That was more than clear when you guys came for the indie film festival
last year."
     
    "I
blame you for that," I said. "Andi and I should've just met up with
you later-"
     
    "Hindsight
is-"
     
    "Instead
of letting you subject us to those depressing French films where no one smiles
or talks about anything and everything is left unresolved."
     
    "I
thought you were both mature enough to appreciate realism."
     
    "Sorry
to disappoint you," I said. “But for what it’s worth, I did like that
movie about the murderous sorority girls you gave me."
     
    "I
thought that was more your speed."
     
    "It
was hilariously bad," I said. "But worth it for the way their tits
were falling out of their tops during the grave digging scene."
     
    "Spare
me your detailed review."
     
    I
shrugged.
     
    "But
do lend it to Andi if you think she'd like it," Izzy said. "She loved
that one about the vampire sorority girls I gave her last spring."
     
    "I
never saw that one."
     
    "Maybe
you guys could swap?"
     
    "Good
idea," I said, glancing at the open DVD case on my desk.
     
    "Or
have a movie marathon?"  
     
    "I'll
ask her," I said, grateful for the lead.
     
    "Okay,
well, I gotta go."
     
    "Yep."
     
    "Love
you, bro."
     
    "You,
too," I said, ending the call.
     
    I
took my jeans off and pulled on some sweatpants, glancing at the pile of folded
clothes that sat where Andi had slept.
     
    I
walked around the bed to her side and grabbed the t-shirt in my hands. It
smelled sweet and citrusy- like a lemon- and it made me think of how her lips
puckered against mine when I pulled her to me.
     
    There
was no question that she was surprised, but that hadn't stopped her from
kissing me back, from leaning into me, from opening her mouth so I could taste
her better.
     
    I
tried to throw the t-shirt on my laundry pile in the corner, but even after
extending my arm, my hand stayed closed around it.
     
    I
threw it back on the bed instead.
     
    Then
I walked over to my side, stopping at my desk to grab the practice test for my
econ exam the next day.
     
    I
spent the next half hour lying on my bed staring at it.
     
    However,
despite the fact that my eyes were scanning along the lines of the paper in the
right order, nothing was getting through.
     
    All
I could think about was Andi.
     
    The
whole day kept flashing through my mind- the way she looked in that dress that
covered too much of her, the way she stood up to Mike, the way she looked at me
when I talked about my memories of her as a kid.
     
    It
felt so good to make her smile, to have her laugh in my ears again.
     
    And
I knew I was in trouble.
     
    Not
only because of how hard it was to shake her from my thoughts, but because I
kept it all a secret from the person I was closest to in the world.
     
    And
I knew why.
     
    Because
Andi may have been our oldest friend, but I didn't want to share her anymore.

 
    Chapter 19: Andi
     
     
     
     
    I
felt my cheeks burn. "You saw that whole thing, huh?"
     
    Steph
leaned against the back of the couch. "You mean did I see him kiss you until
your whole body hung limp in his arms and your feet practically floated off the
ground?"
     
    I
scrunched my face.
     
    "Yeah,
I did."
     
    I
swallowed.
     
    "And
I'm sorry. I am. I didn't realize you were about to have a moment like that,
but when I saw you, I just froze in the hallway and couldn't look away."
     
    " Perv ."
     
    "Not
that I blame you."
     
    I
turned an ear towards