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“This thing happening with us.” I finish for her.
“What are we doing Dean? Are we being stupid? Will this little game ruin our friendship?” she asks with worry.
“What if this, and by the way, it’s not a game, but what if it’s the most important thing to happen to either of us?” I ask. Because what if it really is? “What if all these events in time that have happened for the past forty-eight hours are setting both of us up for something amazing?”
“You sound like you’re drunk. Did you take a shot in there?” she asks, pointing towards the kitchen.
“Is this part of the plan though to you? To make your lie to your family to be more believable?” I ask.
“No.” She says.
“Are you attracted to me?”
“Are you stupid?”
“No, I have an impeccable G.P.A. That would prove that I’m not.” I grin.
“I mean, yeah, of course I’m attracted to you. Have you looked in the mirror? I mean, from the moment that I met you, I have been attracted to you.”
“Really?” I ask, suddenly confused.
“So then why now? You never said or acted differently before.” I ask.
“Because you’re my best friend’s twin brother. That’s almost like sleeping with Denise.” She turns her head and covers her mouth before mumbling, “plus, she may have told me not to go there.”
“Wait, what? She wouldn’t have.” My eyebrows go to my hairline.
“Your first two years of college, what was it like?” She asks.
I tip my head back to recount. “Football. School.”
When I first started college, I was so focused on keeping my grades up and playing the best ball that I could, I barely had time for anything else. When the season was over, I trained my ass off and even taught a peewee league in the inner city of Seattle.
“So, you were so enamored with school that your sister said that any additional things would be a distraction. So, you became a friend. Then a roommate. Now even though, you’ve let loose a lot more and aren’t so stringent on your regime of things, you still have your habits that are important.” She says.
“So, how was I supposed to know that all these years you’ve thought of me in the more biblical sense?”
“You weren’t, but I guess now you do.” She shrugs.
“Can we get back on subject here? We got sidetracked with my attractiveness.” I ask her with a smile. “This thing with us? What do you want to do? We can stop and go back to pretending we’re a couple? Which I think is a monumentally horrible idea. Or, we can continue and see where it goes?”
“Hold up!” A voice from behind us says loudly.
Shit! We both turn our heads slowly toward Maddie, eavesdropping from the hallway.
“Crap!” Kaley hisses. “Hey Mads.” Her voice is shaky as she greets her sister.
“You guys aren’t even a couple?” She asks.
“We… um.” Kaley stutters.
“We are.” I say, my hand squeezing Kaley’s hand.
“Bullshit. I heard you guys. You guys are pretending to be a couple.”
“How long were you listening to our conversation, Mads?” Kaley asks, with an edge to her voice.
“I got thirsty and I come out here thinking you guys are asleep, when I hear him ask you if you want to keep pretending to be a couple. So what the fuck Kaley? You guys just bouncing on the bed this morning? Gross.” Maddie’s hands are on her hips and she looks disgusted.
