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I snort as I open the bedroom door and step out. CJ winks, scanning me up and down with a smirk.
“What?”
“You may want to brush your hair or tame it somehow, or not…” He glances over my shoulder to Cole, wiggling his eyebrows. “Dude? Again?”
“He’s got stamina,” I answer before Cole can, causing them both to laugh.
“What she said,” Cole agrees, nodding, his face dead serious.
CJ rolls his eyes. “Come on, I really do need some food. I’m star-ving. I haven’t eatenallday,” he whines.
“You ate a KFC earlier,” Cole reminds him.
“Apart from that,” CJ says, waving him away.
“Andyou had a full English breakfast with extra sausage and bacon,” I add.
He shrugs. “That doesn’t count since it’s the most important meal of the day.”
“Andyou had that pack of cookies—”
“I get it, okay,” CJ shouts, throwing his hands up in the air. “I’m a growing boy, for fuck’s sake.”
I burst out laughing, following him across the hallway to my flat. We’re greeted with loud cheers, and my face flames with embarrassment.
“Hi.” I wave lamely.
“Hey,you.” Allie winks, grabbing some paper plates from the kitchen side.
“Yo, I asked once for chick pics,” CJ suddenly announces from the front room, and I carry on walking into the front room, Cole right behind me. Jordan, Rosie, Becca, Alex, and Jane are all here, smiling when they see us.
“You asked me if I had any bi-sexual friends willing to join you and Allie in bed, too,” Jordan replies dryly.
“CJ,” Allie snaps, her face beet-red.
“I didn’t mean… I was joking,” he states, flustered, holding his hands up. A small blush rises in his cheeks.
I laugh, loving our new group of friends. We’ve all become close over the past week, Rosie and Allie more than the rest of us. The two seem to know how to be around each other. It’s nice to know Rosie has someone to talk to, someone she can trust enough to confide in. I know from Becca that Rosie’s been doing a lot better since we all became friends, and I’m glad. I’ve been better for it too.
Jordan and Rosie, however, is another matter. The two have been on a few ‘coffee’ dates together, but it doesn’t seem like it’s moving past that just yet. I just hope that with time, it will. Rosie deserves to be happy, and Jordan makes her happy.
“You’re together?” Alex asks, and at first, his eyebrows rise, but then they lower when Allie becomes flustered.
“Um…” Allie stutters, blushing.
She hasn’t made their relationship public knowledge. She confessed to me she’s worried he’ll hurt her or cheat on her. Not that I think she has to worry about that. The guy adores her. I guess she wanted to be sure before telling everyone.
“Yeah, we’re together. She couldn’t resist the charm,” CJ boasts, looking proud as he throws his arm around Allie’s shoulders, pulling her into him as he kisses her in front of everyone.
“And you tell us to get a room,” I tease, smiling.
They pull away from each other, Allie’s face now red with embarrassment. I laugh loudly, along with everyone else. What they all don’t know is that Allie and CJ haven’t had sex yet. She admitted it to me the other day. When I questioned her why, she changed the subject, but I guess that’s a story for another day. It’s not like CJ is pushing her. He seems content to just be with her.
“Yeah. I’m sorry I didn’t tell you. I wanted to know what we were before, you know… Before I told anyone,” Allie explains, sitting down and opening the pizza box.
“It’s alright,” he tells her, waving her off before helping himself to his own slice of pizza, sitting down casually next to her.
“Help yourselves,” I tell everyone, grabbing my own plate. When my plate is full of food, I walk over to the sofa, squealing when Cole pulls me down on his lap, pinching a slice of pizza off my plate.