Brothers & Best Friends by Rose Ashley

Author:Rose, Ashley [Rose, Ashley]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance
Publisher: A. Rose Publishing
Published: 2013-11-02T16:00:00+00:00

"See, now that wasn't so bad, was it?" Jess asked as they walked.

"No, not so bad."

"Of course you spent most of the night in the reading circle with the youngest person there, but..." He trailed off with a smirk.

She smiled. "You didn't even tell me they had a baby. How old are they?"

"Chad's twenty-two, Karen's twenty."

"They were pretty young, then," she remarked with a nod.

Jess raised an eyebrow. "You're eighteen."

"Well, yeah. Karen was only eighteen when she had the baby, probably seventeen when she was pregnant. That's young."

He nodded. "She was eighteen. Never seen a guy shape up so fast," he said, shaking his head.

Janine smiled. "Chad?"

"Yeah. He was a total player, but the minute he found out there was a baby on the way, he did a complete turn-around. It was bound to happen. He slept with everyone, and on more than one occasion he remarked that he was out of condoms before the fact."

"Part of your reason for the protection obsession?"

Jess nodded. "We were friends when it happened, and I remembered his initial horror when he found out. He got drunk off his ass, then spent the rest of the weekend obsessing over it. Then he went to see her and when they came back, they were a couple." He shrugged. "No idea what she threatened to do to him, but it worked."

"I'm sure it involved dull scissors and a very sensitive and important part of his male anatomy."

He gave his own horrified look. "That's horrible."

She smiled and wiggled her eyebrows. "I have a pair of dull scissors. If you ever cheat on me, I'll enlighten you to what I can do with them."

He shook his head. "I'm not that curious, but thanks for the offer."

She nodded. "Anytime."

"I'll probably have nightmares tonight, just so you know."

"I'll be there to comfort you."

He just shook his head. "Evil woman."

She raised her eyebrows innocently. "Hey, if you never cheat on me you have nothing to worry about."

"I think you might be certifiable."

"Nope, just territorial. You think Othello was bad? He has nothing on me."

"Why the sudden territorial streak?"

She didn't say anything for a second, just watched the sidewalk. After a few seconds she said, "Paula didn't seem to like me much, did she?"

He rolled his eyes. "If you're not a junkie or a whore, Paula isn't interested in you. You're exactly the kind of person she doesn't like. I didn't know she was going to be there or I would have warned you."

Janine wrapped an arm around Jess's waist. "Well, I had a good time."

He nodded. "I'm glad you made friends."

"Yes, I'm very popular with the under-ten set."

"Karen isn't under ten. She liked you."

Janine nodded. "I liked Karen. She seemed nice. And she has a baby, too. Are you and Chad good friends?"

"We're pretty good friends," he told her.

"When the kids get older we could get together for play dates."

He nodded. "You'd like Karen. You guys should hang out sometime."

"Does she work?"

"Part-time," he verified.

She nodded thoughtfully. "It would be nice if I could make friends with some of your friends.

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