Touch Me Not(11)

“Well, you certainly aren’t going to inspire any lustful thoughts.” Janet laughed from the open doorway of Lily’s room.

“My point,” Lily said with a grin. “Plus, I’m going prepared to wage war.”

Janet arched a brow in question.

“You remember Stephanie and Amanda from last year? The ones who had the beer party that nearly got us all kicked out?”

Janet laughed. “Oh, yeah, I don’t think I’d ever seen you that mad.”

“Well, seems our boy accosted Stephanie and left her in tears.” Lily shook her head. “Why will they never learn? Women are just his toy of the hour.”

“He’s too pretty for his own good,” Janet agreed. “I love Mike dearly, but if Nikoli gave me one of those sex filled stares of his…” She shrugged. “I don’t know what I’d do, honestly. I know how bad that sounds, but he is just one of those men…”

Lily sighed. Nikoli was a man who could potentially destroy a woman without a second thought and she’d go into it with her eyes wide open. He never gave them any expectations. They did bring it all on themselves.#p#分页标题#e#

“Speaking of Mike, he said Adam put his foot in his mouth.”

Lily rolled her eyes. “Yeah, he went into over-protective big brother mode and tried to forbid me from going out with the manwhore.”

“Oh, God, I never thought about him like that,” Janet giggled. “Now every time I hear his name, I’m going to think manwhore.”

Lily laughed herself. “Just imagine it…Nikoli dressed in black strappy heels, a mini-skirt, and a slutty top, hooking on the corner.”

“Stop,” Janet gasped between laughs. “That image is going to stay with me now, damn you! How am I supposed to indulge in sex fantasies about him if I keep seeing him posed on a street corner in trashy prostitute gear?”

Lily performed a mock bow. “My job is done, and the only man you’ll be having sex fantasies about is Mikey.”

Janet took several deep breaths and then walked over to Lily’s bed and collapsed. “I needed that laugh. Mike has been grumpy all week.”

“Everything okay?” Lily asked and started cleaning up the nail polish she’d left scattered on her desk.

“I think so.” Janet frowned. “He’s being very secretive. I’d almost think he was cheating if I didn’t know him better.”

“Cheat?” Lily turned and looked at Janet. “Mike wouldn’t do that to you, Jan. He respects you too much. He’d break up with you before he went out with someone else.”

“I guess.” She sighed.

“I know,” Lily said firmly. “Trust me. He loves you. When you broke up with him last year, I got the full-on Mike meltdown. If you’d seen what that did to him, you’d never doubt him again.”

“I’m surprised he didn’t go cry on Adam’s shoulder,” Janet said ruefully.

“Oh, he went there first,” Lily confessed, “but Adam and Sue had just gotten engaged the week before, if you’ll remember. Not the best place for poor, jilted Mikey to get some sympathy. Besides, he and I bonded over Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.”

“So is that what you guys did that whole week?” Janet asked, curious.

“I supplied him with beer, chips, and cartoons.” Lily smiled. “Then he got drunk, laughed at Michelangelo and Donatello, and told me all about why you broke up with him, how much of a jerk he was, and his cockamamie scheme to win you back.”

“Which consisted of him storming the sorority house drunk, busting out his Ninja Turtle moves, and confessing his undying love for me.” Janet giggled. “He promised to try not to be such a jerk, emphasis on the word try.”

“Mikey’s a good guy,” Lily said.

“He is,” Janet agreed and flopped over on her side. “Why are you going out with Nikoli, anyway? Adam is really freaking out.”

Whiplash on the subject change, Lily thought to herself. “He said if I went to dinner with him, he’d leave me alone for the rest of the year. Apparently he thinks a little alone time with me will be all he needs to charm his way into my panties. And Adam can go piss off. This is none of his business.”

“He’s only worried about you, Lils,” Janet said softly. “He’s over at the frat house beating himself up right now because he thinks he hurt you with some idiot thing he said.”

Lily sighed. “Did he send you over here to try and get me to cancel my date?”

“Maybe,” Janet hedged.

“No offense, Jan, but…butt out,” Lily told her friend. “Adam has no right sending you over here to try and do what he couldn’t.”#p#分页标题#e#