500 Days (28 page)

For the most part I could distract myself
and not think about wanting to see her naked. Sometimes she made it
easy. Spending so much time together she felt more comfortable
around me. She had no qualms about burping or farting in front of
me and she never cared what she looked like and despite all that, I
still found her incredibly sexy. The one mood killer was the
mention of cramps and I was out.

I had a problem and I knew it. Alex was my
fix and I could never get enough. After the night we spent together
and I woke to find her gone, a part of me felt like it was ripped
away. When I found her in the kitchen pacing nervously I knew the
conversation wasn’t going to go well. I was prepared to convince
her to give me a chance, but when she asked if we could be friends,
I chickened out. I knew then she didn’t feel the same way about me
as I did her. I was afraid if I didn’t accept her offer I would
never see her again. So I caved and agreed to do the friend thing
not realizing how much this would kill me.

Colton said I was just torturing myself and
I should move on. But I refused. I was just waiting for the right
time. I was trying to get her to warm up to me before I made my
move.

“
Declan just called me to
tell me she’ll see me later.” Colton leaned against my door frame
with his arms crossed. “Something you need to tell me?”

“
No.” I got up and went
through my draws looking for clean clothes.

“
You’re a horrible liar,
you know that?”

“
Are you insinuating that
I’m up to something?”

“
Are you? Because if you
are, I’m going to warn you now to stop
.
”

“
I’m not up to anything.”
I picked out my clothes and threw them on the bed. Colton stood in
the doorway. “Is there anything else you wanted? Because I need to
shower
.
”

“
Nope,” he said and walked
away. I hopped in the shower, excited for my small win
tonight.

I met Jaxson and Jacob outside the
fraternity house. I took them in and introduced them around to all
the brothers. One of them offered Jacob a beer and I automatically
took it from him. “Sorry man, but I promised your sister.”

Jaxson laughed. “You’re screwed,” he told
Jacob.

“
Oh, come on. One beer
isn’t going to hurt.”

I wanted to let Jacob have the beer, but I
knew Alex would have my ass. “Sorry, but not tonight.” Jacob pouted
like a five year old. “How about I show you around the house and
introduce you to some of the sorority sisters we invited tonight?”
Jacob’s eyes lit up and I was back on his good side.

All the girls ate him up. He was a good
looking kid and being new they picked at him like he was fresh
meat. “Careful with this one girls, he’s still a virgin.”

“
Dude what the
–”

I pulled Jacob closer. “Relax, these girls
love virgins. They’ll be fighting to pop your cherry.”

“
Really?”

“
Trust me, play the
v-card.” Jacob looked over his shoulder at the girls who were
eyeing him up and down like he was the last pair of must have shoes
on sale. He smiled and turned back around to the girls. I was
pretty sure Alex wouldn’t approve of this, but I was not in the
mood to babysit all night and Jaxson was here to keep an eye on
him
,
so I knew he
would be fine.

I made my way through the party greeting
friends and turning down girls. I checked my phone several times to
see if I had any text messages from Alex, but nothing. I was here
an hour and already driving myself nuts. I decided to have a few
beers to relax.

It was just after twelve and Alex still
wasn’t there. The party was in full swing and everyone was having a
great time but me. I checked on Jaxson and Jacob. They were both
having a good time and despite telling my brothers not to serve
Jacob he still managed to get a drink. I was about to take it from
him when my phone vibrated in my pocket. It was a text from Colton
saying they weren’t going to make it. I shoved my phone back in my
pocket and looked back over at Jacob.

Fuck it.

I went down to the basement where we kept
the good liquor and grabbed the tequila. I finished off the neck of
the bottle by the time I reached the top. “Who wants some shots?” I
shouted, holding the tequila in the air.

The bottle was almost gone and Tanya, or was
it Tiffany – whatever – she was hot and currently laid out flat on
her back on the table in the kitchen and she was waiting for me.
“You might want to pull up your shirt, sweetheart. This could get a
little messy.” I handed my beer to the tiny brunette on my left. I
reached behind me for a lemon slice and then placed it in the mouth
of the willing and able blonde on the table. She had her shirt
pulled up just past her belly button. I cocked my head to the side.
“You can do better than that.” She moved her shirt about an inch. I
took it upon myself and yanked her shirt up high enough to expose
her bright pink bra. She blushed, but I knew she loved the
attention. I grabbed the salt shaker from the table and dabbed a
little in between her breasts.

“
You ready?” I asked her.
She nodded with a smile. I poured tequila inside her belly button.
It overflowed down the sides and made a small trail toward her
jeans. I passed the bottle to one of my brothers and then proceeded
to lick the salt out of her breasts. I sucked the tequila from her
belly button and using my tongue, cleaned up the parts where it had
dribbled over. I could feel her trying not to shake as my tongue
dangled close to the top of her jeans. When it was all gone, I
sucked on the lemon that was gripped tight in between her teeth. I
managed to get a little tongue action before I pulled the lemon
away. I smiled, standing up, ready to take on the next girl when –
shit.

Alex was standing not five feet from the
table and she looked pissed. I threw the lemon in the sink. “Alex!”
I cheered. “You made it.” She stormed straight up to me and shoved
me back into a corner. “Whoa, hey now,” I said, putting my hands
up. “Save it for the bedroom.” I gave her my cocky smile, but the
glare in her eyes told me she wasn’t here for fun. “I was just
kidding, Alex.”

She smacked me in the
chest, hard. “The only reason I am here is because Jacob called me
to ask for a ride and I thought to myself, ‘
why would Jacob need a ride home
?’
Why you think that is Casper?” Not sure if I was supposed to answer
that or not. “Because he’s fucking drunk you asshole!” She punched
me in the shoulder. Jesus, this girl had one hell of a swing. I was
going to be bruised tomorrow. She put her head in her hand and
looked away from me. She laughed humorlessly. “One thing Casper, I
asked you to do one thing and that was to make sure nothing
happened to my brother.”

“
Nothing did happen. He’s
perfectly fine, look at him.” I pointed in the direction of the
living room where I last saw him.

“
Alex!” he cheered when he
saw her. He tried to make his way over, but stumbled and fell into
the wall, laughing hysterically. Okay, so maybe he wasn’t as fine
as I thought. Alex turned her piercing eyes on me. I was almost
positive if she opened her mouth she would breathe fire. I scrubbed
a hand down my face.

Jacob managed to make his way over to us. He
fell into Alex’s arms. “Jesus Jacob, how much did you drink?” He
pinched his thumb and forefinger together, squinting, and then
stumbled again. She grunted, annoyed. “I’m taking you home.” Jacob
was a little guy but he was still bigger than Alex and more than
she could handle. She struggled to carry him out of the party.

“
Let me help you,” I
offered.

“
You’ve done enough,” she
snapped. I ignored her and gripped onto Jacob’s other side, helping
her drag him out to the car. We stuffed him in the back seat and
then she turned on me again. “Where’s Jaxson?”

The hell if I knew. “He’s inside.” She
started to stomp off back into the party. “Alex, where are you
going?”

“
To get Jaxson because I’m
pretty sure he’s too drunk to drive too.”

“
Alex, wait!” I caught up
to her and spun her around. “Don’t be mad.”

“
I don’t know which is
worse. The fact that I thought I could trust you to keep an eye on
Jacob or that I get here just in time to see you doing body shots
off of one of your whores of the week.”

I took a step back. “Why would you care what
I do?”

“
I don’t.”

“
Bullshit,” I said, not
believing her.

She poked me in the chest,
backing me up into the car. “Casper, I could give a flying fuck
what you do. Your little ‘
after
hours’
activities are none of my
business.”

“
No, they’re not, but for
some reason you seem to keep making it a theme to point out
everything I’m doing wrong.” I got in her face. “Why don’t you just
admit you don’t like seeing me with other women because you’re
jealous?”

She laughed harshly. “I will never be
jealous of those sluts you take home.”

I smiled cockily. “I took
you home. What does that make you?” She slapped me across the face
and then shoved me into the car. Her eyes burned holes in my head.
I knew I took it too far.
Fuck
. She was about to open her
mouth but before she had the chance we heard a horrible retching
sound and the splatter of something hitting the window. I didn’t
have to look to know Jacob had just puked all over the backseat and
window. She looked over my shoulder at her car and pinched the
bridge of her nose. “Move. Now. Before I make you.”

I stepped aside, allowing her to get in the
car. She automatically opened the windows to let out the smell.
“You can personally pick up my car tomorrow to take it to get
detailed.”

She peeled out before I
could say anything else. “F-U-C-CK!” I cried. My plan had turned
into a disaster. I’d never liked a girl the way I liked Alex. To
top it off, instead of managing to bring her closer to me, I seemed
to push her further away. Declan was right. I was a grade
A
asshole. So I guess it
was time I started acting like it.

I went back into the party and found the
next volunteer to continue the body shots.

I never made it out of the fraternity house.
I woke up in my room with a pounding headache and two girls in my
bed. Not wanting to deal with them, I got dressed, and headed out.
The house was trashed. There were cups, cans, bottles, and bodies
littered everywhere. I heard someone groan from the next room and
spotted Jaxson sitting up on the couch. I walked over to check on
him. “How you feeling?”

“
Like I got hit with a ton
of bricks,” he groaned.

I laughed. “You’ll get used to it.” I held
out a hand to help him up. “Come on, I’ll give you a ride
home.”

“
Are the parties always
like this?” Jaxson asked, once we were outside.

“
Nah, last night was
pretty tame.” Jaxson stopped and looked at me wide eyed. I smiled
and patted his back. We hopped in the car and before I could ask
him where he lived he suddenly realized something.

“
Shit, where’s Jacob?” he
asked, slightly panicked.

“
Alex picked him up last
night.”

His head dropped into his hands. “I am too
hung over to deal with her wrath.”

“
I don’t think you have
anything to worry about. She already chewed me a new asshole last
night.”

“
Ouch, sorry about
that.”

“
I’m getting used to it,”
I replied, putting the gear in drive.

Jaxson couldn’t stop talking about the
party. It wasn’t anything I hadn’t heard before. I’ve been to a
million of these and lately they all seemed the same. I didn’t mind
listening to him. It was always cool to hear how it was from a
different point of view and a nice refresher when you forgot half
the night. Jaxson told me he was even considering pledging this
year and he was pretty sure Jacob already signed a blood oath last
night to become a brother for life. Jacob and Jaxson were good guys
and I knew they would make a perfect addition to our fraternity. I
told him I would put a good word in for the both of them.

When we pulled up to his house, I spotted a
pair of evil green eyes staring out the window. They looked like
they were on fire. The curtain shut and not a minute later the door
swung open. She looked even more pissed off then she was last night
and I knew the fire breathing dragon was back. “Fuck,” Jaxson
muttered. He turned to me, shook my hand and thanked me for the
ride. I watched him drag his feet with his head down. He looked
like he was walking to meet his maker.

Alex attacked him instantly. She smacked him
in the chest and head and then yelled at him for being so stupid.
“I’ll deal with you later,” she said, shoving him in the house and
then setting her eyes on me. Shit.

She turned around to retrieve something
behind the door. My eyes widened in fear at the long wooden bat in
her hand. I barely had anytime to process what was going on before
she swung the bat against the passenger side door, making a loud
thwack. I flew out of the car, running around to the other side.
She managed to put a nice dent in the door and knocked off the side
view mirror. “Alex!” She lifted the bat and aimed it at me. I
stepped back with my hands up.