“That’s fine!”
Scarlett raises her hands in the air in a sign of surrender. Weare silent and she glares at us.
“No guys here, no girls either. Let’s move on to rule number three!”
Leo sighs as he slumps back into the couch and Edgar and I stifle our laughter. Him, he doesn’t care too, since he prefers to bang girls in their own bed than to deal with them when he wakes up. Which I understand. I don’t have that problem, since I’ve been dating Harriet for almost six months and her door is wide open for me.
Now that Scarlett has arrived, I feel like I’m going to spend more time over there than I expected.
Especially with Edgar’s bullshit rules.
“Rule number three,” Edgar continues. “No parties the day before games but possible on victory nights.”
“It’s good for me!”
“Me too,” I confirmed.
“Okay,” Scarlett says. “As long as everyone helps with household chores and no clothes or other stuff lying around in the common areas.”
“Do you take us for filthy people?” Leo wonders. “This roommate situation is going to be nice.”
“In this case, it’s forbidden to leave ten thousand products in the bathroom or shower,” I retort.
“Do you take me for a diva?”
“Since you take us for dirty guys.”
I wink at her and she throws me the pillow I sent her first. I laugh as I catch it without a problem.
“Okay, and the sixth and final rule is the most important,” Edgar adds, looking Scarlett in the eye. “Don’t date my friends.”
I could swear I saw her face turn pale, but she quickly regains color and immediately frowns.
“You’ll tell that to yourfriendswho always try to hit on me at parties!”
“Who’s hitting you?” asks Leo.
“All the new guys on the team. They’re always horny until I tell them I’m a Martin.”
“I was also referring to the people in this room,” Edgar continues calmly.
The three of us stop talking, turning to face Edgar. Paper and pen in hand, he watches us silently, as if he hadn’t said the dumbest thing on earth.
“Us?” I repeat.
I understood very well what he had said before, but I prefer to make sure that he mentioned the fact that Leo or I could bang his sister.
It’s Scarlett that we’re talking about!
Pain-in-the-ass little sister.
“What did you smoke, Ed?” Leo sneers. “Do you honestly believe it will happen one day?”
Scarlett doesn’t say anything, just staring at her brother as Leo and I continue to laugh at our buddy’s stupid warning.
“No, but the warning still stands,” he clarifies.
“Dude, we’re not going to hit on your sister. It’sScarlett!”