“Wow. That’s cold,” Cody responded.
“Yeah, it was,” Luke said and goosebumps rose to my skin and how legitimately upset he sounded. “She didn’t deserve any of that, even back then, but now I see what an amazing and beautiful woman she grew into. I’d probably let her kill me if she wanted to, and I’d go out happy.”
“Dude, you’ve got it bad,” Cody replied. “I mean, I get it, but Jesus.”
“Tell me about it,” Luke said.
Cody let out a sigh. “You like her. Like, for real.”
Luke scoffed. “What? I’m just hot for her.”
“Bullshit,” Cody responded. “You used to notice her sleeping in her corner of the library? You and your friends spent a lot of time there?”
I shivered as Cody questioned Luke. What was he insinuating?
“I mean… It was the library,” Luke said. “People needed to go there.”
“All together as a group?” Cody asked.
“What the fuck is this? When did I start getting interrogated? You’re a nerd. You went to the library.”
“Yeah, to study. Typically alone,” Cody responded. “How many times did you go before your friends caught you spying on her?”
I was suddenly obscurely interested in the conversation. Did Luke… like me?
“Fuck off with your crazy theories. All I want from Khloe is that ass, that’s it,” Luke spat, but it wasn’t entirely convincing. “I’d let her do literally anything to me. I wouldn’t even stop her if she tried to choke me while we were having sex.”
Cody snickered. “And when do you think that will happen?”
Luke scoffed, and I could feel him shift in his seat. “In my wildest dreams.”
Cody murmured an affirmation and then conversation came to a halt. I sat there in total bewilderment for the remainder of the flight. Was Luke a totally different person from the man that I thought he was?
9
David
I let out a hollow whistle as we walked through the lobby of the resort. It looked like a small city inside, with actual street signs pointing down different marble-clad hallways to get to the pool, the gym, the hotel rooms, and the beach, plus a special hall that led down to the ferry that would take us to the actual smaller island the wedding was on. The resort was directly on the water and the beach was only a hop, skip, and a jump away, and that was my number one goal; to check out the fine women that were certain to be enjoying a splash in the sun.
We checked into our hotel rooms, luxurious suites with two bedrooms, a kitchen, and living room, and I knew that if I could get a few gorgeous ladies back to see the view from the bay window, that I’d have no trouble at all getting into their pants. It had been months since I’d had sex of any kind, and thanks to Luke’s infatuation with Khloe, he’d dragged our influx of shared women to a halt, so on top of ushering Kent through his important day, I had my own personal goal of ending my dry spell with some sexy, Puerto Rican women.
“This place is gonna be a honey trap,” I said to Christian, my roommate for the trip.
“No kidding,” Christian responded. “I can’t wait to push a lady up against this window.” He pushed against the glass as if checking to make sure it was durable. “Oh yeah, I’m gonna try and break it.”
“If we work together, we can do it,” I said with a laugh.
“Doctor’s orders,” Christian responded and held out a hand for a high-five. I slapped his hand and then we disappeared into our rooms to get comfortable and head out.
“I’m headed to the beach, man. You coming?” I called out.
“I’m gonna go meet up with Kent first, but I’m sure we’ll make our way down there,” Christian responded. “I gotta take a shower. I can feel the plane all over me.”
I rolled my eyes. Christian was the ‘pretty boy’ of the group, so it made sense that he felt the need to bathe as soon as we got checked in. I wasn’t that needy. Probably because I was constantly having to deal with sweat and grime on me as a football player, my threshold for needing to be pristine was much lower. I changed into my swim trunks and a t-shirt for traveling to and from, and made my way out of the room. As I left, my stomach growled with hunger, so I pit-stopped near the resort’s fast food court. I picked up a veggie-burger and munched it as I made my way down to the beach.
The coastline was breathtaking. Despite the fact that it seemed like kind of a tourist location, the beach wasn’t drenched with people, which was nice. It seemed as though the resort owned a private part of the beach, and only resort guests were on it. The crystal clear blue waters gently pushed against the light sand, filling the air with the calming sounds of wave against shore. It was a really beautiful place, I could even see myself getting married there someday. Just as I was thinking about the idea of even settling down, a flock of gorgeous women passed by me, reminding me that I wasn’t ready to hang up my boots just yet. I started after them immediately, laughing when, as it turned out, I noticed I wasn’t the only one hot on their trail.