“Come here.” He gave me a big hug and then looked down on the bed. “Who’s in the bed with you? Are you a lesbian now?”
“Scott!” I shook my head at him. “It’s Alice.”
“You and Alice are dating now?” He grinned as he wiggled his eyebrows.
“Don’t be disgusting.” I glared at him and Alice moaned as she rolled over in the bed, still sleeping and oblivious to the noise in the room.
“Just checking.” He grinned and looked down at Alice in the bed. “Wakey wakey Alice.”
“Don’t wake her up.” I punched him in the shoulder. “She didn’t get much sleep last night.”
“Why, what was she doing?” He licked his lips slowly and I punched him again.
“Ugh, what’s that noise?” Alice opened her eyes slowly and then screamed.
“What?” I frowned as I stared down at her. “It’s just me and Scott.”
“No, there’s a caterpillar on my face.” She screamed again and jumped up out of the bed.
“What?” I stared at her and burst out laughing.
“Take it off of me.”
“I’ll get it.” Scott laughed and pulled her towards him. He then reached to her face and pulled one of her cheap fake eyelashes off of her face. “I don’t think it was a caterpillar.” He dangled the eyelash in front of her eyes and she blushed.
“Oops.” She grinned. “My bad.”
“You’re silly, Alice.” I laughed and we all stood there for a few moments just grinning at each other.
“Why do the three of you always look like fools?” A loud imperious voice rumbled into the room and I turned around with a glare.
“Why do you always look like you have a stick up your ass, Aiden?” I asked him with a small smile.
“I see you still haven’t left your teen years.” He looked at me with a twinkle in his eye.
“And you’re already fifty.”
“Not quite yet.” He walked into the bedroom and gave me a quick hug. “Hello, Alice, it’s nice to see you.”
“Hi Aiden.” She said softly, her face pink as she gazed at her crush. I looked at Aiden critically then. I guess I could see his appeal. He stood tall at about six feet, with a muscular lean build, he had dark brown chestnut hair and sparkling blue eyes that seemed to gaze into your soul. All in all, he was a handsome man. Just not the man I would have set my best friend up with.
“What’s going on in here? An orgy?” Xander walked into the room with a huge smile and I froze. He wasn’t wearing a shirt and I couldn’t stop from looking at his perfectly chiseled chest. His six-pack looked even more defined than the last time I had seen it naked.
“Nothing.” I looked away from him and I saw that Alice was grinning from ear to ear, instead of glaring at him like I was. Why was she being such a traitor? How could she be smiling knowing what sort of man Xander was? Or more importantly how he had dissed me. I was still feeling the burn of his rejection.
“Who are you?” Aiden turned towards Xander with a disapproving look in his eyes and then he looked at Alice. “Is this a friend of yours?”
“No.” Alice squeaked out and I stared at Aiden’s face carefully. Had he smiled when she’d said no? My mind was racing as I gazed at my brother. Did he have a thing for Alice as well?
“Oh okay.” He made a face. “I was about to say you really need to stop being a bad influence over my sister.”
“Aiden.” I shouted at him, horrified at his words. I guess I was wrong. Maybe I’d imagined the smile. “Stop being so rude.”
“It’s okay, Liv. I don’t need you to fight my battles.” Xander smiled at me with a twinkle in his eyes and turned to Aiden. “I’m Xander, Xander James. I’m your sister’s fiancé.”
“What?” It was Scott’s turn to be shocked. “Liv, you didn’t even tell me.”
“Is this true Liv?” Aiden turned to me with a frown.
“I, uh, no.” I shook my head, my face red. “He’s not talking about me. I don’t even know him. I haven’t even, uh, kissed him, let alone, uh, slept with him.” I stammered, my face bright red as I kept rambling on. “I wouldn’t get engaged to Xander even if he paid me.” I finished and I could see that both of my brothers were staring at me in confusion as Alice made a face at me.
“I guess I didn’t make much of an impression on you then.” Xander’s voice cut the silence and then laughed. “I’m Gabby’s fiancé.” He said simply and smiled. “I assume you two are her brothers?”