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My eyes bugged out of my head.
Stay at Seth’s? As in, live here?
I hadn’t lived with anyone since my dad disappeared. I’ve always been on my own. And it wasSeth. Sure, we’d been best friends for years but living under the same roof with someone else is just a whole other level. An intimate level, one that I was in no position to partake in. I could feel the heat as it ran across my face.
Seth chuckled. “Erin, chill out. You practically live here anyway.” He had a point. We would hang out at his place after class most days and get some form of lifting in. I snagged dinner a couple times a week before I would drive back out to my job at the library on campus. Not to mention, we’d help each other study for different classes throughout the year. Another thought popped into my head.
Crap.
“What about Libby? I mean, would she be cool with me staying here?” He arched his eyebrow. “She’s your girlfriend. Shouldn’t you run that by her?” Seth looked at me like I was an idiot, a twinkle in his eye.
Like the midnight sky’s reflection in a clear blue ocean, the waves moving so that the stars appeared to dance.
“You do realize Libby is a friend, right? We hooked up once but that’s all there was to it,” I guess I missed that bit of info somewhere along the lines. “Don’t get me wrong, she’s hot and all but not my cup of tea”—he winked at me—“I prefer the hot nerdy chicks.” I choked on what was left of my coffee.
“Oh, is that so?” I responded lazily.
Breath, Erin.
He was just screwing with me.
Seemed like ‘your cup of tea’ at the movies earlier.
Seth grinned, enjoying my reaction. “Strike a cord, did I?” He waggled his eyebrows at me. I smacked his arm as I fought the rising burn on my cheeks.
“Alright, well if she’s not your girlfriend then what’s the deal?”
Not that I should care.
“She’s a part of the cool kids club.”
“Meaning…?”
Seth chuckled, his voice husky. “Libby’s a Nephilim, Erin. And so is Derik.”
Great, so I really was just left in the dark.
“So,everyoneis Nephilim and y’all didn’t bother to tell me? Keep me in the loop? Did it for even a second cross your mind that ya know,maybethis is something I needed to know sooner?” I fumed, my voice rose with each word. “We’re best friends, we’re supposed to tell each other everything, especially a bombshell like this. What the hell, Seth?”
I was right.
My nostrils flared as I stared him down, my fists clenched in my lap.
“Erin, I couldn’t tell you until it was time and you started showing signs. It’s not exactly something to bring up randomly. It was for your own good. I swear.”
For my own good?
“I don’t need a babysitter, Seth! I can take care of myself, dammit. I could’ve done…something. Train, study. Be more prepared and not just have this stupid bomb dropped on me.”
“I know, Rin,” he said softly. “I wanted to tell you…but I couldn’t. Not until the time was right.”
Guilt washed over me.
Was Seth right? Maybe.But I was still irritated and hurt.
“Fine.” I crossed my arms over my chest. It was a lot to take in and I had every right to have a tantrum about the whole thing. I glared at Seth for a solid ten minutes and thoroughly imagined all the ways I could get my revenge; replace his ground coffee with ground tea leaves, move the coffee mugs to a different spot in his kitchen? Flip the toilet paper roll in the bathroom the opposite direction?
Not that I’d ever act on it…but the thought is nice.
