Rules and Roses: Untouchable Book One by Long Heather

Author:Long, Heather
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-11-24T16:00:00+00:00

White roses signify innocence and new beginnings. They also mean I’m thinking of you. Now that I’ve typed that it sounds creepy. It’s not. I promise. I just want to see you smile.

The roses smelled great and the petals were still soft. But when I looked at the guys, I found no answers. “Well, I like ‘em.”

“What does it say?”

“Something for me,” I teased. “But it’s funny,” so I read it to them. Neither Jake nor Bubba laughed.

“That is kind of creepy, Frankie,” Bubba pointed out and I shrugged.

“They’re roses. I like ‘em.” I dropped my backpack in the backseat and Coop took the roses for me. “You’re following?” I turned to look at Bubba.

He nodded.

Archie scowled. “Is there a reason the calculus study session is closed? You know, some of us also have math homework.”

“Because we get distracted when it’s all of us, and I need to pass this math class.” Bubba’s logic was sound.

“And you want Frankie all to yourself,” Archie pointed out.

Bubba didn’t deny it, he just grinned as he straddled his bike. “Like you don’t, Mr. Friday Night?”

I opened my mouth then snapped it shut because heat rushed in, and I was pretty sure my face caught on fire. “I’ll talk to you guys later.”

Then I slid into the car and got it started. Coop snickered as I pulled out.

“What?” I asked him.

“You went from dating no one to dating everyone,” he said, grinning. “It’s cute.”

Everyone? “It’s… weird.”

“Yeah? What’s so weird about it?”

“We’ve been friends for years.”

“That’s not weird,” Coop pointed out. “That’s a perk. You already know that Archie can be controlling, Jake demanding and overprotective, and Bubba’s basically a golden retriever.”

“Coop.”

“What? It’s true. Not sure about Frenchy, but, eh. But our guys? I know our guys.” Did he not include himself in that?

How did I ask him…?

“Besides, if I know you’re out with one of them, and I’m not there, I know you’re okay. Frenchy, not so much. I like knowing you’re safe. I like you happy, too.” Then he sighed, “Course, getting time on your calendar is going to be hard, but I reserve the right to pull the best friend card and stake out some time of my own.”

Laughing, I said, “Last night didn’t work out too well for that.”

“Nope, but since they crashed my date, I plan to totally crash one of theirs. You just have to let me know when they’re going to be there. Or, you know, I can just be at your place regularly.”

I groaned. “Coop…”

“What?” he asked as I pulled into a parking spot at the apartments. “Think I didn’t want a shot at dating you, too? Don’t be silly, Frankie. I’m in.”

He was out of the car and talking to Bubba before those words totally sank in. He wanted to date me? I rescued my roses from Coop who grinned as he hooked the backpack off my shoulder. “I’ll hang onto this for you.”

Though I needed to feed the cats, I almost didn’t want to leave them alone.

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