Page 16 of Accidental Attraction

“We are at Fiesta Fun! Are we going to play mini-golf?” I asked. Before he could even answer, I stepped out of the car and around the front.

“Well, we can, if you want to. After. I was thinking of doing laser tag first,” he said once he reached me.

“Laser tag! What are we waiting for? Come on!” Without thinking, I grabbed his hand and pulled him after me as I headed inside the building. Excitement overwhelmed any other feeling I had.

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Liam

“Liam, calm down. I’m on my way right now,” Lennon said through the phone. Jenna and I currently had about three hours until we had to be at the Benefit. I knew Lennon and knew that it would take a good three hours for her to get Jenna ready. I wasn’t necessarily nervous about being late. I was just nervous about Jenna meeting a ton of people. I knew the kind of people that were going to be there tonight and did not want Jenna anywhere near them, but I had to take her with me.

“Just get here, okay?” I said, walking into the house.

“Calm your tits,” was all she said before she hung up on me. I rolled my eyes, used to Lennon’s weirdness, and headed deeper in the house. I walked into the living room expecting to find Jenna there, but no. After checking her room, I started calling her name. I headed up to the library, and I was not surprised to find her curled up in the chair with a book in her hands. She looked so adorable sitting there with her blonde hair tumbling around her face and her bottom lip sucked between her front teeth. I noticed she did that when she was deep in thought.

“You’re in here again,” I said, surprising her, making the book fall into her lap.

“Yeah, sorry. Just being in here helps me feel relaxed.”

“I know exactly what you mean. I come in here when I’m not working,” I said, walking into the room and taking a seat next to her. “Shouldn’t you be getting ready for the Benefit?”

“I’m waiting for Lennon. I have strict instructions to not do anything until she gets here, in case I ruined it,” she said, rolling her eyes. I laughed softly, knowing exactly what she meant.

“Definitely listen to her. She can be scary when she wants to be. She’s made Blake cry.”

“She made Blake cry?” she asked, eyes widening as she sat up in the chair. “How?”

“He won’t admit it because it’s happened several times. One time was during our junior year of college. He kept going on about how women shouldn’t be president, stuff like that, and Lennon didn’t like what he was saying, so she kneed him in his balls. Then, another time was when he had a bet going on with another guy playing pool, and, Lennon being Lennon, she had to butt in, distracting Blake so he would lose. I don’t think I have seen him cry that hard before.” I shook my head at the memory. One of the funniest moments we shared.

“Sounds like something Lennon would do, actually.” She shook her head, laughing under her breath. “Can I ask you a question about them?” she asked a minute later.

“Sure.” I turned my head and looked at her, starting to get worried.

“Why aren’t they together? It is plain as day that they like each other, a lot.”

“How do you know they like each other?” I mean, it wasn’t like it was news, but Jenna had only met them twice. How could she know they liked each other?

“Anyone with eyes can see it. They both look at each other like they are the moon to their sun,” she said, giving me a look like “duh”.

“Don’t ask me why they aren’t together. Blake has liked her since we were in high school. Not too sure about Lennon though, but it’s clear she likes him just as much.” Blake had been head over heels in love with Lennon since I could remember. Of course, being a wimp, he never once did anything about it, even when Lennon had boyfriends and he would get jealous. If it were up to me, they would be dating by now.

“You’ve never tried to get them together?” she asked.

“No, I’ve always figured they would work it out on their own.” I shrugged. I watched as her face morphed into a weird expression I’d never seen before. I could practically see the wheels turning in her head and knew she was thinking up something. “What is that look for? You are not thinking of doing something, are you?” I sent her a look to stay out of it. They could work it out themselves.

“I’m not going to do anything,” she said, but I knew she was lying.

“I don’t believe you.” I narrowed my eyes at her. She put on an innocent smile, but I could see right through it. She was going to do something stupid and most likely get both of us in trouble with Blake and Lennon. “Jenna,” I warned one last time.

“What did you do now, Jenna?” I heard Lennon ask, interrupting us staring at one another.

“Oh, nothing. Should we start getting ready?” Jenna said, turning away from me.

“Yep, we have a lot to do,” I heard Lennon say, but I was still focused on Jenna.

“Way to say I am ugly,” Jenna muttered under her breath. Yeah, right. She could never be ugly.

“This conversation isn’t over, Jenna,” I said. I saw them walk out of the room. She sent me a devious smirk, making something down below jump a little. She was a sexy fox, but she didn’t know it. I stared after her until she was gone from my sight.

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