Page 90 of Fear of Intimacy

“I did not!” Mateo shook his head.

“Guys,” I spoke above them as they all started talking and pointing fingers at one another. “Guys!” I yelled. Their mouths slammed shut and they looked over at me. “What in the world is going on?”

“Months ago we made a bet to see how long it would take for you two to get together. We’ve had to keep extending it,” Josie explained.

“Took your sweet ass time,” Bryton mumbled.

“You gambled on us?”

“Just a friendly wager. None of us could interfere.” Wyatt shrugged as if it wasn’t a big deal.

“So us,” I gestured between Trevor and I. “Isn’t a big shock?”

“We already knew you’d get together.” Mila waved us off. “Plus, Trevor told the guys you two kissed months ago.”

Our friends made bets on when we would get together behind our backs. For months! I wasn’t sure if I should be offended or impressed.

“Ignore them.” Evelyn reached over to squeeze my arm. “I’m happy you two are together.” I shot her a small smile in thanks. “Even if I lost.”

“You bet!” Trevor looked at her with wide eyes.

“I overheard them talking about it and thought, why not?” Evelyn didn’t even look sorry.

“Is there anyone who didn’t place a bet on Tasha and I?” Trevor asked.

Everyone looked at each other before shrugging, even Landon. Well, no wonder none of them looked at all surprised when Mateo blurted it out.

“Well…okay?” I guessed that went better than expected? I wasn’t even sure about anything right now. I was fully expecting everyone to be shocked or something more dramatic than this.

“Guess we worried about nothing,” Trevor said, looking just as confused as I was. And here we were worried about how to tell them. A lot of stress for nothing.

“Apparently so.” A smile started to grow on Trevor's face.

“You know what this means, right?” He leaned toward me, hand coming up to softly grab my chin. “I can kiss you anytime I want.”

“I like the sound of that.” I grinned as his lips pressed against mine. Like every time we kissed my stomach erupted into butterflies. I didn’t even care that our friends were sitting right there watching.

Trevor pulled back until his lips just barely brushed mine. I wanted to pull him back but now was not the place to do that. Pecking my lips one more time he sent me one more big smile before turning back in his seat. He laced his fingers through mine and kept it on the table.

I met Josie’s eye as she grinned at the two of us. She sent me a wink before mouthing‘we’ll talk later’.The fact that she wasn’t angry that I kept this from her eased the guilt in my chest.

“Wait, how did you know about them?” Wyatt looked over at Mateo and asked.

“I walked in on them in the bathroom earlier.” Mateo looked at Trevor and I. “Screwing in the bathroom, how unsanitary.” He scrunched up his nose.

“Watch your mouth.” Evelyn reached around Landon to smack his arm.

“Why am I being punished when it was them! You need to disinfect that sink now!”

“Oh, hush!” Mateo huffed at the look he was given. He muttered under his breath about things being unfair. I smiled at the karma. That’s what he gets for telling everyone about us.

“So how did it happen?” Mila asked after a moment. She rested her chin on her hands as she gazed at the two of us with a wide smile.

“The day after we got back from Australia.” Going to Trevor’s place after that call with my mother was a spur of the moment but it turned into something great. I needed that push. Needed to get my head out of my ass and go after what I wanted. While the motivation behind me going over wasn’t the best, it’s become the best decision I'd ever made.

“Wait, if they’ve been together for over a week, that means you two didn’t win,” Wyatt started to say to Mila and Josie.

“We said when theyadmit itthe person who is the closest wins.” Mila shook her head. “They are just now admitting it, so we won.”

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