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Noel:Baby, don’t.
Wyatt:Would you two come back to bed? I’m getting lonely.
Seth:Sorry, babes, you heard my man.
Noel:What my fiancé said.
Holt:You sure you don’t want us to come over there and scare Andy a little? I can be tough when I need to be.
Maverick:I’m sure you can, Holt, but it’s all good. Nothing to worry about.
Matthias:Something tells me that Ezra is already on his way to your house.
Leo:Did you all forget I was still part of this chat? You’re the worst sometimes. I’m going home, so there is no need to worry. Wait, Ezra, you don’t have to come over here.
Leo:Ezra?
Leo:Hello? Anyone?
Leo:Crap.
Chapter Twelve
Andy
I stepped inside the backdoor of my parents’ house and listened to the sound of soft giggling as it trailed through the air. I knew that laugh anywhere. I figured that Leo had gone home. High-tailed it as far away from me as fast as possible. I followed the sound to find him sitting at the kitchen table while Ford painted his nails a bright lavender. I casually leaned against the doorway as I watched them. Ford had his head bent as he concentrated on his work while Leo spoke in a hushed voice. I caught a few words here and there, but the only one that stuck to me was RJ. I gritted my teeth as I moved farther into the room, and both of their heads shot up to stare at me.
“It’s good to see you two talking again.” I slid into the seat next to Leo.
Ford smiled. “I mean, we were always friends.” His face split when he looked at Leo. “Right?”
“Yeah, boo, always.” Leo nodded.
Ford hummed happily as he went back to painting Leo’s nails. “You need something, Andy?”
“Do mine next.” I placed both my palms face down on the table. The remnants of the black polish I had on was nearly chipped away. “Please.”
Ford huffed. “You want purple, too? There are other colors if you want to take a look.” With his free hand, he grabbed his box of polishes to place it on the table.
“What do you think, Ricky?” I held up a bright orange. “Is it me?”
Leo didn’t even look at me. “I guess.”
“Don’t be like that.” I bit my lip before the same thing tumbled out of my mouth but that didn’t stop me. “I’m sorry.”
Leo’s lips curled as his eyes welled with tears. Then he sighed loudly, his blues meeting my gaze. “This one.” Leo pointed to the dark maroon color.
I sat quietly as Ford finished painting Leo’s nails and then silently began to clean my old polish off. I kept glancing at Leo, trying to catch him watching me, but instead he was patiently waiting for his nails to dry. Blowing on them occasionally, admiring how nice they looked. They had both stopped talking, and I knew that was because of me.
“You can continue your gossip.” I hated that it was like this. That Leo wouldn’t say anything in front of me. “Really, it’s fine.”
Ford smirked. “You’d like that, wouldn’t you? To hear all the dirty details about what I want to do to RJ.”
“Or what you already did.” Leo wiggled his brows suggestively. “I mean, not that you did anything. Sorry, ignore me.”
Ford and RJ? Is that what they had talked about? I knew Felix had a small crush on RJ, but RJ wasn’t single and also straight. But then, maybe not so much. “You and RJ?”
“Yeah, me and RJ.” Ford blushed as he turned away to cap the polish remover. “And Felix.” He reached for the one Leo had picked out for me. “We’ve only kissed, but it was nice. Sweet.” He brushed the color over my thumb.
