Page 61 of Never Stop

“Dude, what the fuck?” I questioned, looking at both of them.

They both backed away from where they each leaned over the bar top on different sides.

“What the fuck, what?” Avery asked.

“For two weeks you two have been whispering sweet nothings into each other’s ears and then look at me to see if I’ve noticed. So, what the fuck?”

“Nope.” Avery shook his head. “We aren’t telling. You just have to wait until tomorrow night.”

I looked to Gary, silently asking him to tell me.

“Tomorrow.” Gary smirked.

I groaned, threw the white towel I was holding underneath the bar top and then turned to go up to the office. When I got upstairs, I took one look at my wife-to-be and locked the door.

We had a couch to christen, and I was tired of my balls aching.

Cheyenne was staying with my parents for the weekend because I was having my bachelor party on the same night Brooke was having her bachelorette party. I didn’t know what the girls were doing, and I wasn’t sure if Iwantedto know. I trusted Brooke completely, but I still didn’t want to hear about some dude rubbing his dick all over her even if it was with her clothes on.

Tonight wasn’t going to be talked about unless Brooke shared what she did. Even if Avery and Gary didn’t drag me to a strip club, I wasn’t going to lay my cards on the table and seem as though I wanted Brooke to tell me the same. It was better if the night went unspoken for.

After lounging on the couch all day, the guys picked me up an hour after Brooke left with Bailee and Nicole. I was dressed in dark jeans, a button-down navy blue long sleeved shirt, and a black leather jacket. The air had a bite to it as snow fluttered down onto the ground. Having snow and freezing weather made me miss California. It was brutal, and when the wind blew, it felt as if it cut through you like a sword going in for the kill.

As I sat shotgun in Avery’s truck, the cab was silent. Avery wasn’t one to not speak—he was the girl in our relationship, so I knew something was up.

“You two are fucking killing me,” I groaned.

I felt them both stare at me as I looked out the passenger window at the falling snow.

“Just tell me already what we’re doing,” I continued my grumble.

“We’re gonna chill,” Avery stated.

“Why don’t I believe you?” I questioned, giving him a sideways glance.

He chuckled. “That’s your problem.”

“Whatever.” I rolled my eyes and stared out the window again.

“We’re not doing what the girls are doing,” Gary chimed in.

My head whipped toward him. “How do you know what the girls are doing?” I looked at Avery, who was glaring at Gary through the rearview mirror.

“Bailee.”

I turned my body and looked back at him as he said her name. I raised an eyebrow. “Do I need to get all big brother on you?”

“Nah, we’re just friends.”

Avery and I started laughing.

“What’s so funny?” he asked.

“Guys can’t befriendswith girls.”

“They can when they live almost four hours from each other.” Gary frowned.

Avery and I started laughing again.