Charm the Geeks by Allyson Lindt

Author:Allyson Lindt [Lindt, Allyson]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Acelette Press

Twenty-One

Liz

Do you have to go home?

Chloe’s question from the night before echoed in my head, as I extracted myself from the sleeping couple and their bed.

It was barely six. No sane person was up this early on a Sunday. I’d never considered myself completely sane, though. This scenario was a perfect example of my loose grasp on the rational. Screwing around with a two people who I felt a stronger connection to each time we met. A couple who were obviously completely head-over-heels for each other.

I wasn’t cut out for no-strings any more than I was destined to find a nice guy to settled down in suburbia with. Now seemed like the right time to cut my losses and be celibate.

I looked at the sleeping couple one more time, and turned to the clothes I’d draped over the back of a chair. I wasn’t wearing those panties home, and the my jeans were tantalizingly rough against my bare skin when I pulled them on.

It would be rude to leave without saying goodbye, but it would be more awkward to stick around, and I needed to get home.

My thoughts were a jumble as I padded into the living room. It wasn’t as though I was falling in love with Chloe or Jordan. Love. Where did that even come from? I barely knew them. They were already with each other. If I let things get physical with them one more time, it would be too hard to sever ties. I already hated the thought.

But if I could start convincing myself now that it was the best thing to do, that things like last night couldn’t happen again, I could cement the resolve in my mind before it was too late.

I was grateful their balcony door slid open with little noise, and I stepped outside, trapping myself, rather than taking the front door. Chloe and Jordan were on the tenth floor, and the view up here was enough to be breathtaking without being terrifying. In the distance, a train horn sounded. Somewhere a few streets over, a car revved its engine. But the only movement I saw was a pair of pigeons nesting across the street. I loved the serenity of this city when most of its inhabitants slept or prepared for their day of worship.

“It’s pretty, isn’t it?”

I didn’t know how Chloe had sneaked up on me. “One of my favorite sights. Have you lived here all your life?” I asked.

“In this condo? Nah. We only bought it a few years ago.”

“Smartass.” I laughed. “I meant in Utah.”

“Yeah. Grew up on the west side. You?”

“Moved here when I was thirteen.” At the time I thought it was the worst thing that had ever happened to me. God, how naive young-me was. The thought used to make me bitter, remembering how little I knew back then, but today I was almost okay with it. “Came from Chicago. Our hills look like your speedbumps.”

“Where you can see the city skyline from an eternity away.” Chloe approached the railing and rested her arms on the wrought iron.

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