Serpentine Walls by Cjane Elliott

Author:Cjane Elliott [Elliott, Cjane]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, Romance, Gay, New Adult, Contemporary
ISBN: 9781627982139
Google: DZXGAQAAQBAJ
Amazon: 1627982132
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Published: 2013-10-30T00:00:00+00:00

“I DON’T know. I get mixed signals, but why should I care?”

Pete slumped on the futon in John and Cleo’s living room and brooded, having jogged straight there from his unsatisfying tryst with Aidan.

“You knew he was a player from the get-go,” said John, sprawled out next to him. “Don’t let Cleo hear you moaning or you’ll get a big, fat ‘I told you so.’”

“Good she’s asleep.” Pete eyed the closed bedroom door. “But—well, okay, he’s a player. He even said so himself. But neither of us are into commitment, so what’s wrong with some uncommitted sex? What’s the big deal?” He made a frustrated sound.

“Don’t be a moron. You’re already hung up on the guy, and you’ve only had sex with him two times.”

“Three.”

“Three? Oh, right, the time he groped you in the closet and—”

“Pantry.”

“Do you hear yourself? Jesus, Pete. If you keep having sex with him, it’ll turn into a big deal pretty fucking fast. For you, not for him. And Aidan knows it. That’s what he’s trying to tell you.”

“It wouldn’t be a big deal! It’s just hooking up.” He flounced onto his stomach and mumbled, “Why will no one believe me?”

John gave him a look that was part amusement, part exasperation. “Pete, you dimwit. Methinks thou doth protest too much.”

“Fuck you, and Shakespeare too.”

He wanted to punch John, who was laughing into a pillow on the futon, but it would’ve taken too much energy.

“So you wanna crash here tonight?” John asked once he’d stopped laughing.

“Maybe I should go home and check on Angie. Did you talk to her?”

“I called but didn’t get anything out of her. She said she was fine and she wished everyone would stop worrying about her. What’s bugging her?”

“The creep she’s dating.”

“Angie’s dating someone? You mean Brian?”

“Ha, I wish. No. Someone she’s been seeing for the last few months, but she won’t tell me who, and now she’s all upset.”

“Huh. I have no idea. I wonder if Cleo knows. Bummer that she’s upset, though.”

“Yeah. I guess I’ll go home.” Pete rolled off the futon and was at the door when John spoke again.

“Hey.”

“What?”

“Back to Aidan. You think maybe there’s something you’re getting out of this situation?”

Don’t start with the psych babble, Pete thought darkly. “What d’you mean?”

John propped himself up on his elbows. “Just that it’s pretty fucking safe to be hung up on a guy who’s unavailable.”

“Safe?” Pete had no idea what John was talking about. “And I’m not hung up on him.”

“Whatever you say. Think about it.” John lay back down with a yawn. “Later, dude.”

Pete walked down Rugby Road in a funk. Safe. What the fuck? What does wanting to hook up with Aidan have to do with being safe?

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