The Geek Next Door (His Best Friend's Brother Book 3) by R. Cayden

Author:R. Cayden [Cayden, R.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-08-30T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Seventeen

Izzy

Later that afternoon, I sat at a big round table in a local diner, with Kai on one side of me and River on the other and their friends sitting across from us. The two married couples were both delaying their honeymoons a few weeks, and unlike at the wedding, they were all dressed down and relaxed.

You almost wouldn’t know that they got married the week before, except that they kept beaming at each other like there were new worlds being born in their eyes.

“So that film series is part of your job?” I asked River. There was a full fish sandwich on the plate in front of me, and I was still figuring out how to eat without making a mess of myself.

“Not exactly,” he smiled. “It’s just a little thing my coworker puts on. The Film Fest is doing Indian films every weekend this month. You should let me know if you ever want to catch one with me.” He nodded toward his husband. “Jurassic Park was actually Leo’s pick. He suggested it to my friend the other night.”

Leo gave me a thumbs up as he chewed his waffle. “Great flick,” he said after he swallowed.

I laughed and sat back in the seat. When I was a kid, I used to get these warm tingles on my skin when I stayed over at Kai and River’s house for dinner a couple times a week.

Everyone took the time to sit together, and ask each other about their days, and joke around. It was such a normal thing to them, but totally absent from my own life, and that felt so nice to me. It was like little feathers tickled across my skin.

Those warm tingles came over me again in the diner, and when Kai brushed his fingers across my knee, I practically melted.

“The film festival’s series are my favorite date nights,” Shawn said from across the table. He and his husband had their elbows on the table and their hands laced together, although a burger had captured Cass’s attention. “I never went before I met River.”

“I haven’t gone since right after I moved here,” I said. “About five years ago.”

“I also highly recommend after hours at the Carnegie Science Center. Just make sure to check the theme before you go.”

“He took me to autopsy night,” Cass said, a pickle sliding out of his burger.

“River got me into Frick Park for date night,” Leo said, pointing at me. “If you haven’t checked out the park in our neighborhood yet, you should. You can spend all day in there and still not see everything.”

“I’m sorry all my friends are giving you dating advice,” Kai joked. His fingers danced over my knee again, and I almost giggled. “I promise, they’ll only be like this usually.”

River rolled his eyes at his twin. “Yeah, because you’re the one we should be giving dating advice to,” he teased. “Do you all remember when—”

Kai tossed a crumpled napkin at River, which flew in front of my face.

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