Page 37 of It's Complicated

“So I guess what we have to do now is decide what we want to do about all this.”

“What do you mean?” His expression was hopeful, but his eyes were guarded.

“It happened. We can agree on that, right?”

He nodded.

“We both enjoyed it, and neither of us regrets it. Right?”

“Right.” He nodded again.

“So, do you want to just put it behind us and try to move on?”

He hesitated.

“Or do you want to try and figure stuff out together?”

“What do you mean?” His tone was careful, but I didn’t miss the flash of heat in his eyes.

“We’re both trying to figure out if we’re into guys, right?”

He nodded again.

“The easiest way to do that would be to go pick up some guys and see if we like hooking up with them.”

His eyes narrowed into a glare. “I don’t like that idea.”

“Me either,” I smiled. The possessive caveman thing was kinda hot. “It makes more sense to experiment together.”

His glare melted away and was replaced by a look of pure hunger as he looked me up and down elevator-style.

My chest and neck flushed hot. Jesus, that look was doing things to me it had no business doing.

“You want to?”

I nodded, not trusting my voice.

This was either the best idea I’d ever had or the worst.

I meant it when I said he’d always be my best friend. The real question was if he’d still want me to be his when this was all over.

“Yeah.” He gently cleared his throat. “Okay.”

We stared at each other for a few beats, then burst out laughing.

“This is so weird,” he said, curbing his laughter.

“So weird,” I agreed with a grin.

“I have no idea how to do this.” Jamie shot me a crooked smile. “I feel like I’m sixteen again and trying to figure out how to kiss my homecoming date.”

“I can show you what I did to get my date to kiss me,” I said, tossing a smirk at him. “See if it works on you.”

“Okay.” He squared his shoulders like he was prepping for a duel. “Show me teenage Isaac’s moves.”

I stepped right up to him, stopping when our chests were almost close enough to touch, but not quite.

His breath caught.

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