Wanting My Best Friend's Brother

o

er, August was a walki

watching from his window. I had not gotten a clear view of him

ing, it simply meant he wanted

g. He was visibly vibrating with uneasiness and when he ac

August too. He was apprehensive, tense and jumpy but damnnnn, was he so cute! H

o Mr Vale, the principal, it was all I could think about. When I had given the order, I had no exp

At lunch, she gave me a private tour of the school a

ur for now,” she announced

ng behind a table. My legs were killing me

a rest while I go

ia was of average size and was painted in cozy colours of lemon green and a

hemselves and their friends to care about the new girl. Cope was a lot different fr

rrassing and had been a total disaster on my family's reputation. When it became uncomfortable to

ch in Cope soon anyways so it was ideal and good for everybody, especial

mall trays. “Sorry, I took so much time. The line was

rfect Bailey was, she laun

e! But, no; Bailey prefers to ask if the pickles are fresh or

hind her at her unseen adversary. Since we were su

I asked, looking in the

re! The girl with the stupid

w a slim cute girl with blonde fringes, surrounded by a group of other girls. The pink swe

ight?” Lorraine waited for my r

utely icky. Major

h in victory. “Everyone else treats her like she is some princess. It gra

larious that she was hung up because of an innocent looking girl. M

e next best thing. I turned her head away fro

ey and let's eat, okay? We

squeezed my hand. “We? You mea

s not giving her the wrong impression. Lorraine was b

I offered her my hand for a handshak

of the Bailey discussion. We dug into our mac and

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d not come to pick us up and she said he had some important stuff going on. Fo

your family time. I’ll jus

t you don't know the pizza places here. As your new best friend, I am implorin

sh, I wanted to but August was a temptation. Imagine him being hard

om undoing his fly and tormenting him till he choked on a cli

,” I teased her, pushing a lock behind her ear without thinking. S

n of her porch, walking us around a rose bush, her mother's pride. I

ily as I slammed the door behind me. I winced from the n

I saw the excitement on his face b

here?” he exclaimed,

light of the situation to les

ght as a taut string and Lor

will show her my room

r, my eyes dropping below August’s waist. Sure enough,