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back, but not before my cheeks warmed more.
“Not with her, either, Nik,” I said. “...And not with Gantry. And not with anyone else you meet here. That stuff is private, all right? And you don’t ever have to answer my brother’s ridiculous questions, especially when it’s about anything personal. He’s taking advantage of the fact that you don’t know these things...”
Nik nodded, his eyes holding a denser, more intent look that time.
Something about that look made me think he’d caught more than a small glimpse of my reaction to him looking at Irene, too.
Nik looked away from my eyes even as I thought it.
I watched him give Jake a wary look, right before he looked back at me.
Jake just smiled at him, his own eyes still shining with that veneer of boy-crush worship.
“Oh, I so want to keep him, Dakota,” he murmured. “Are you sure I can’t borrow him, just for a little bit? He needs abusing more than anyone I’ve ever seen.”
Nik’s frown deepened more.
“Please,” Jake said, squeezing my arm that time. “I promise not to break him...”
I felt my teeth grind a little at that, too. Giving my brother a harder stare and ignoring the questioning look that came to Nik’s face, I felt my jaw clench more when Irene and Jake continued to watch Nik like he was their new favorite toy. I stomped my foot to get Jake to look away from Nik and over at me, no mean feat in the five inch heels he’d strapped around my feet and ankles, and nearly enough to topple me into Irene’s lime green fridge.
“Can we seriously get out of here, Jake?” I said. “I let you have your fun. It’s ten-thirty already, and Gantry said we couldn’t be late.”
Jake sighed.
He took his weight off the counter, still looking at Nik, either because he was annoyed Nik didn’t seem to be as enthralled with him as Jake was with Nik, or because he was still contemplating all of the decadent possibilities inherent in Nik’s total lack of experience with the way things worked here.
Either way, it irritated me, enough that I found myself wondering if I could get Gantry to kick Jake out of the country again.
I was about to say something to that effect, when Jake gave a last sigh.
He more or less acknowledged my words then, if only by pulling his jacket off the back of Irene’s kitchen chair.
“I’m ready, I’m ready...” he muttered, still watching Nik’s face. “God, now I have an erection...”
“Leave him alone, Jake,” I said, my voice closer to a growl. “Seriously. You need to cut it out. You don’t want to piss Nik off. Trust me on this.”
Jake glanced directly at me after I spoke, smiling before he looked back at Nik.
“Our Dakota is possessive,” he smirked, falling back into his usual, bratty smugness with me. He looked Nik over again, winking at the morph. “You should feel honored, Nikky. That’s a first for her. She clearly doesn’t want me touching her new, sexy, little alien friend. Selfish, selfish, selfish...”
I bit my lip, but didn’t bother to point out that Nik had a few good inches on him, and probably weighed a third more than Jake, to boot.
Nik gave me a direct look. “I will feel it if you have trouble,” he said, pointing to his chest. “Can I wait outside?”
“No,” I snapped, shoving Jake towards the door. “Gantry’s coming to get you in an hour. I’ll find you later and fill you in on what happened, okay? Just...do what Gantry says, okay? You can trust Gantry. Unlike Jake.”
Nik nodded.
He seemed like he would have liked to say more, but he didn’t. Instead he just stood there, watching silently as I continued to hurry Jake out of the room.
Even so, I felt another stab of conflict as I left.
It was getting harder and harder to pretend that my feelings about Nik weren’t more than a little confused. I could only imagine the kind of trouble Nik could get into with Gantry, given the conversation that had just transpired, but I didn’t really want to
“Not with her, either, Nik,” I said. “...And not with Gantry. And not with anyone else you meet here. That stuff is private, all right? And you don’t ever have to answer my brother’s ridiculous questions, especially when it’s about anything personal. He’s taking advantage of the fact that you don’t know these things...”
Nik nodded, his eyes holding a denser, more intent look that time.
Something about that look made me think he’d caught more than a small glimpse of my reaction to him looking at Irene, too.
Nik looked away from my eyes even as I thought it.
I watched him give Jake a wary look, right before he looked back at me.
Jake just smiled at him, his own eyes still shining with that veneer of boy-crush worship.
“Oh, I so want to keep him, Dakota,” he murmured. “Are you sure I can’t borrow him, just for a little bit? He needs abusing more than anyone I’ve ever seen.”
Nik’s frown deepened more.
“Please,” Jake said, squeezing my arm that time. “I promise not to break him...”
I felt my teeth grind a little at that, too. Giving my brother a harder stare and ignoring the questioning look that came to Nik’s face, I felt my jaw clench more when Irene and Jake continued to watch Nik like he was their new favorite toy. I stomped my foot to get Jake to look away from Nik and over at me, no mean feat in the five inch heels he’d strapped around my feet and ankles, and nearly enough to topple me into Irene’s lime green fridge.
“Can we seriously get out of here, Jake?” I said. “I let you have your fun. It’s ten-thirty already, and Gantry said we couldn’t be late.”
Jake sighed.
He took his weight off the counter, still looking at Nik, either because he was annoyed Nik didn’t seem to be as enthralled with him as Jake was with Nik, or because he was still contemplating all of the decadent possibilities inherent in Nik’s total lack of experience with the way things worked here.
Either way, it irritated me, enough that I found myself wondering if I could get Gantry to kick Jake out of the country again.
I was about to say something to that effect, when Jake gave a last sigh.
He more or less acknowledged my words then, if only by pulling his jacket off the back of Irene’s kitchen chair.
“I’m ready, I’m ready...” he muttered, still watching Nik’s face. “God, now I have an erection...”
“Leave him alone, Jake,” I said, my voice closer to a growl. “Seriously. You need to cut it out. You don’t want to piss Nik off. Trust me on this.”
Jake glanced directly at me after I spoke, smiling before he looked back at Nik.
“Our Dakota is possessive,” he smirked, falling back into his usual, bratty smugness with me. He looked Nik over again, winking at the morph. “You should feel honored, Nikky. That’s a first for her. She clearly doesn’t want me touching her new, sexy, little alien friend. Selfish, selfish, selfish...”
I bit my lip, but didn’t bother to point out that Nik had a few good inches on him, and probably weighed a third more than Jake, to boot.
Nik gave me a direct look. “I will feel it if you have trouble,” he said, pointing to his chest. “Can I wait outside?”
“No,” I snapped, shoving Jake towards the door. “Gantry’s coming to get you in an hour. I’ll find you later and fill you in on what happened, okay? Just...do what Gantry says, okay? You can trust Gantry. Unlike Jake.”
Nik nodded.
He seemed like he would have liked to say more, but he didn’t. Instead he just stood there, watching silently as I continued to hurry Jake out of the room.
Even so, I felt another stab of conflict as I left.
It was getting harder and harder to pretend that my feelings about Nik weren’t more than a little confused. I could only imagine the kind of trouble Nik could get into with Gantry, given the conversation that had just transpired, but I didn’t really want to
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