Curved Horizon by Taylor Brooke

Author:Taylor Brooke [Brooke, Taylor]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: bisexual fiction, LGBT, lgbt fiction, Romance, science fiction
ISBN: 9781945053559
Publisher: Interlude Press
Published: 2018-02-21T17:36:21+00:00

19

Daisy stared at her reflection in the bathroom of Aiden’s apartment. Well, her apartment. Their apartment. She tried to stop pondering the ins and outs of their odd living situation and focused on her bare lips. Her first thought was to not wear any lipstick, because she hoped to spend the night with her mouth attached unashamedly to Chelsea’s mouth. However, she felt absolutely naked without it.

“This is a terrible idea,” she said, loud enough for the boys getting ready in Aiden’s bedroom to hear. “Who even thought of this?”

“It was Aiden’s idea,” Shannon called back.

“Chelsea was the first one to say yes,” Aiden countered.

Daisy arranged her bangs across her brows. She needed to get her hair done. It was growing out, causing a stripe of dark brown to cut the blinding white away from her scalp on one side. She touched the tip of her eyelashes, pushed them up, and hoped they’d curl. Charcoal eye shadow was pressed against her eyelids, sharpened by flicks of liquid eyeliner. She looked at herself and swallowed hard.

“You look fine,” Shannon said from the doorway, causing Daisy to jump. “This is what you wanted, isn’t it?”

“No,” Daisy hissed. “I wanted you to talk to her, not put us in a room with some alcohol and a DJ, and hope it works out. Deals off, Abercrombie. I’m taking my pinky promise back.”

“This will be better,” Shannon said, but he didn’t sound as if he believed it. “I mean, she agreed, right? When she and Aiden randomly hung out before we all got dinner last Friday.” He said randomly as if it was unexpected, but Daisy knew better. Chelsea and Aiden had been two storms growing and growing, occupying space in a very small city and an even smaller social circle, bound to run into each other eventually. It was either going to be catastrophic, or what it turned out to be—an upside-down form of friendship.

Aiden peeked over Shannon’s shoulder. His lips pulled away from his teeth and he laughed, full and sharp like always. “You look hot,” he growled, snaking his hand around Shannon to pinch her exposed thigh.

She jumped and smacked his hand. “Is it too short?”

Both boys said, “No,” at the same time.

Three perfectly spaced knocks rapped on the front door.

“Heels or no heels,” Daisy spat furiously, hoping to get an answer before Shannon let Chelsea in.

“Heels,” Aiden said, and it sounded like obviously.

She listened to Shannon and Chelsea talk in the living room. Mercy meowed from the floor, and Aiden scooped the cat into his arms and nuzzled her with his cheek. Daisy vacillated between her tallest pair of platform boots or spiked heels. She thought of her ankles giving out and falling on the dance floor, and decided boots, yes, boots.

“Do you two even dance?” Chelsea said. Her footsteps grew closer and closer, from the entry way, past the kitchen, to the hallway.

“Yeah, can you even dance?” Aiden asked Shannon through a laugh.

Shannon made a very Shannon noise, an impatient sigh that turned into a laugh at the end.

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