Page 17 of How to Flirt with a Hellhound
Hot. As. Fuck.
“I wanna lick over every one of those tattoos,” I mumbled.
“Mmmhmmm,” Sebbie added.
Then Josh’s phone started buzzing continuously. Sebbie and I both looked at him, but he was decidedlynotlooking down at his pocket where his phone was.
“It is a cute butt,” Josh mumbled, but he blushed as he said it.
The vibrating sound stopped and then picked up again a second later. My guess was that his dick of a boyfriend was looking for him.
We all sort of sighed and backed away from the window.
“I probably need to go,” Josh murmured.
“I’ll go with you,” Sebbie said. “We can share a ride back.”
“That’s ok. You don’t have to. I’m ordering the rideshare now,” Josh said, walking off with his phone out, probably to use the bathroom before he left.
I turned to Sebbie when I heard the bathroom door shut. “Try and find out what’s going on,” I whispered, trying tonotwhisper-yell.
“I will,” Sebbie sighed. “I just don’t… I don’t want to alienate him. I don’t think things are good, and I don’t think pushing him will help.”
“Maybe not. But I worry. Did you see the way he flinched when I smacked his arm? It wasn’t that hard,” I whispered.
“You think his boyfriend is messing with him?” Sebbie asked loudly.
“Shhhh!” I whispered. “And I don’t know. But Rick is a dick.” Then I giggled, because, yeah, I was a little buzzed and that rhyme had been too funny.
Sebbie giggled with me, then he got serious. “I’ll talk to him. Let him know we’re always here and we’ll never judge. I think coming from both of us it would be overwhelming, but I’ll mention it when we get back to town.”
“Ok,” I said, and we heard the door open.
“My turn!” Sebbie cried out, running into the bathroom as Josh came back into the room.
Josh rolled his eyes then looked at me. “I really am sorry.”
“No worries, Josh. You know we love you. We just want to see you happy, and I’m sorry if you and Rick are fighting. We’re always here if you need to chat. Or if you need tonotchat and just forget about things for a while,” I said.
Josh smiled. “I know. You guys gave me a great night, and it was what I needed. Next time I promise no phone out all night.”
When Sebbie came out, they both walked to the front door and I went with them, flicking on my porch light, ready to walk them to their rideshare and confirm it was the right car.
“We can confirm our rideshare on our own,” Josh laughed, knowing me too well. “This isn’t one of your thrillers where we get kidnapped and ravaged.”
“Unfortunately,” Sebbie mumbled.
We all laughed as we stepped onto the porch, and then I almost choked on my own spit when I saw Sexy Neighbor leaning over the rideshare car.
He stood up, calling out, “Paula is here for Josh?”
“Yep!” Josh called out. He and Sebbie walked down the steps, and my feet carried me forward like I didn’t even have a choice in the matter.
They both gave me hugs goodbye, spoke to the driver, and got into the car. I stood a little back on the driveway, and as soon as they were in, Dex came and stood next to me.
“Text me when you guys get home!” I called out as they pulled away. I saw Josh stick his hand out the window with a thumbs up.
And then it was just me and my very sexy, shirtless neighbor standing alone in my driveway in the twilight.
