Cafe Meet (Alexis PoV)

Was it weird sitting across from the girl regularly fucking my unrequited crush? Eh. The weird part wasn’t me having to listen to them have amazing sex two or three times a week, but that I was kinda turned on by it. Natalie was having a rough time of course, but she was one hell of a woman. I just needed to make excuses to give her some alone time in the morning and she was good to go.

My attention went back to Chloe. Had to admit, Jake could pick them. Wasn’t much for petite girls since I liked boobs as much as your run-of-the-mill frat boy, but she was absolutely my type beyond her shortness and tiny boobs. All together? She was damn fine and I approved of Jake’s taste in women.

Me getting turned on by a hot girl, go figure.

This was a different sort of attraction though. The jealousy and initial misgivings I’d felt when we first met were gone. Now, I was more curious than anything. What I wouldn’t give to be a fly on the wall while her and Jake—

“Thanks for inviting me,” she said, nervously rotating her cup in front of her.

I gave her a relaxed smile. “Needed to happen. In a way, I feel like I already know a bit about you.”

Her face went red and gave me a look that she was shocked I went there. “Really sorry. I try to be quiet but—”

“No worries. It’s super hot. Please, be as loud as you want,” I said with a wink before taking a sip of my coffee. Her blush completely consumed her face as she quickly mimicked me taking a drink. She was avoiding my gaze too.

Oh my. This was going to be fun…

Then I remembered she was Jake’s girlfriend and turned the dial down to an eight.

After all, a little flirting never hurt anyone.

Conversation was tame enough. She had a lot of questions about college and what college life was like. I tried to provide a neutral view on it, but it was hard. So hard. Academics was boring as hell. The social life? Well… That made the drudgery worth it. Of course, I couldn’t come out and tell her I was an absolute slut and loved all the frat parties and the secret sex parties and orgies some of them threw. Not sure how she would feel about that considering how close I was to Jake. It was a damn shame too because the best part about college was all the hot guys collected in one place.

As for her, I was curious about her school. I didn’t go to one of those fancy Gifted places that had a curriculum specifically targeted at Gifted people. Maybe if I had I wouldn’t have fucked up Natalie’s life. Again.

The longer we talked, the more relaxed she became. I got the feeling she didn’t have much in the way of social interaction. She wasn’t Jake’s level, but there was a shyness to her that didn’t jive with the confidence I got from her when she was around Jake.

Two and a half hours and three coffees later, I was shocked by how fast time flew. Even after we left the cafe, we walked slow enough that it was clear neither of us was fully ready for it to end.

“This was nice.”

“It was. Haven’t talked this long in quite some time,” I said as I slowed to a stop. She stopped with me, turning to face me. “We should totally do this again.”

Her face lit up and I swear if she wasn’t Jake’s girlfriend—

“Really? I was afraid to bring it up but—” I chuckled at her enthusiasm, causing her to blush. Bless my heart. This girl… It should be a crime to be so damn cute.

We exchanged numbers and I knew this was the beginning of a new friendship. Now that I thought of it, besides Vic and Ezra, Chloe was the only other person I could even consider a friend. Jake was a friend, but I felt he fell more in the crush category than friend. Even if I was cheering for Chloe and Jake to succeed, that wasn’t going to stop me from jumping on him if something happened between them.

Continuing our walk to the bus stop, the more obvious something was eating at her. “Something up?” I asked, unable to bear watching her squirm and glance my way.

After a few false starts, she finally managed to get it out. “Are you avoiding Jake because of me?”

“Huh?” I was shocked she was bringing Jake up at all. We’d gone the entire time without mentioning him once.

“He mentioned the other day that you haven’t been over in a while. I… I know you two are close and I don’t want to…” She was rambling and I found myself not really listening. All I could focus on was how damn cute she was right now with her shy glances and fidgeting.

“It’s not that,” I said, cutting her off. Cute as she was, poor girl was going to pass out if she didn’t take a breath. “I’ve been a bit busy,” I said scratching at my cheek. “There is a guy I’ve been seeing…”

Her eyes widened. “Oh… Oh!” She looked relieved. “To be honest, I wouldn’t mind if you came over to hang out with us more. It’s… fun with you there. Not that it’s boring with just Jake but—”

My laugh caused her to stop as she blushed. “It has been a bit since I crashed Jake’s day.” I grinned, giving her a nudge. “You sure you want me over? You two always seem to get along smashingly.”

Her face was red, causing me to laugh harder. We talked until her bus came. Waving, I watched as the bus pulled away leaving me alone. With a deep breath, I sat down on the bench and waited for mine. That went better than I thought it would and helped reset me.

The truth was, the past three weeks had been a whirlwind. I knew Natalie was having a hard time with her new… situation. That first week had been rough and even though she was in better control now I knew it was still hurting her. She of all people didn’t deserve this shit and every time she got that urge, I couldn’t help but feel like she was blaming me. I certainly did. It didn’t help that our most recent BPE scan showed no change. Doctor Baker was still saying we should try connecting with my Gift again, but no way in hell was I going to do that. I’d only make things worse. It’s what always happened when I got involved.

My phone buzzed while I was busy rubbing my face. Pulling it out, I ran my eyes over the flirty message. Someone was fishing for a booty call. I hadn’t been lying about seeing a guy—well, hooking up. Zero interest in dating him, but he was available and down to scratch my muted itch now and again. God I missed that. It was weird having such a clear mind when it came to sex. Yeah, it was a pain in the ass being horny damn near twenty-four-seven, but now that I wasn’t the world seemed… I didn’t even know how to describe it. I was missing something important and it changed the way the world looked to me.

Turning the guy down was a sure sign that my mind was broken. I had zero reason to turn down sex other than I wasn’t in the mood. Me. Not in the mood. This was ****. I wanted to be horny right now. It felt weird not having that edge.

I put my phone back and spread my legs as I took up two people’s worth of space on the bench. Man, the guy was cute and had a nice cock too. Not as big as his brother, but he knew how to use it. A grin touched my lips. I may not be operating at a hundred percent, but that didn’t mean I was out of the game. Neither of them knew they were sharing me with the other and I was doing everything I could to make sure it stayed that way. It might take a bit more effort to get me going now, but the other day had got me going just fine. Nothing beat spending an hour or so getting railed by one brother then spending another hour riding the other.

Happy memories aside, my smile faded as I realized it did nothing to light the fire inside me. Sighing in defeat, I shuffled onto the bus and hoped I didn’t walk in on Natalie taking care of herself again.