"So, what have you been up to lately? Besides Mike Fuentes, I mean?"
I glared at my interfering cousin. "So?"
"So you guys are like, besties." He said.
"Please never say the word besties again." I rolled my eyes.
"Doesn't he have a girlfriend?" Austin asked.
"How should I know if he has a girlfriend or not?" I asked.
"You're besties." Austin replied instantly.
"What do you want me to say? We had sex on the floor and now I have rug burns on my ass? His dick is ten inches long?"
He cringed. "No."
"We're friends, Austin. Friends."
"I just wanted to tell you bye before I leave for New York." He pouted.
"I'll miss you, even if you are seriously annoying." I smiled.
"Aw! Charley's going to miss me!" He cried. "I should get going though. Early flight, you know?" He wrapped his arms around me. "You're short."
"Shut up." I murmured. "Bye, Austin. I'll see you in a month, yeah? Facetime me in a few days or I'll kick your ass."
My phone rang only minutes after I shut the door and Austin was gone.
"Hi, Mike."
"Charley, babe. What are you doing tonight?" He said immediately.
"Besides you?"
"You're killing me. Literally killing me. Vic!" He yelled. "I'm dying!"
"You're such an idiot. Not much, why?"
"Going to the movies with my boys. You in?"
"Am I going to be the only person with two X chromosomes?"
"Aren't you always?"
"Tell your brother to get a girlfriend."
"He's too boring. Girls don't like him."
"I'm on my to your house. Fun fact. It's a fact and it's also fun."
"I think you perpetually have exceptional amounts of LSD in your veins."
"You think? Maybe that's why I'm such a good time."
"Or maybe it's why you're such a fucking weirdo."
"It's not a scary movie, is it?"
Silence.
"Michael Christopher Fuentes. You know how I feel about scary movies."
"There's a small chance-"
"It's not The Conjuring, is it?"
"Well, it might be, but-"
"You are dead. So dead."
"I really hope that's a sexual reference."
"It's not. I'm going to-"
"-sit on my face-"
"-cut your face off and wear your skin as a mask."
He gasped. "You are sadistic."
I laughed. "I'm also at your front door."
The door swung open. "I love opening the door and seeing dumb bitches waiting on me."
I grinned at my idiot of a friend. "Aw, Mikey. I missed you too." I stepped inside, planting a kiss on his cheek.
"Hi, princess." He shut the door.
"You had better keep up the compliments. Taking me to a scary movie." I glared at him.
"Nobody made you come." He rolled his eyes.
"I can't help that I always want to be close to you." I fluttered my eyelashes, smirking.
"You are so-"
"Could you two quit flirting so we can leave?" Jaime called.
"You are so rude!" I smacked Mike. "You never said they were waiting!"
"You look so good that it was distracting me." He shrugged.
"Hey, it's Charley! The only girl Mike has seen in two months! What's up?" Tony asked when we joined them in the car.
"Oh really? How many girls is he usually with in two months?" I raised my eyebrows.
"I'm going to have to say. . . twelve. Approximately." Vic added. "And I would know, because I have to hear them together."
"I'm honoured." I laughed. "Why don't you just leave?"
"I didn't have anywhere to go." He said.
"You're a dime, Chuck, what can I say?" Mike shrugged.
I hit him again. "Don't call me Chuck!"
"Would you quit hitting me?" He cried.
"When you stop being an ass."
"So I heard this movie is really scary." Jaime said.
"Yeah, Charley loves scary movies." Mike said. We arrived at the theatre and it was decided that Mike and Tony would wait in line and Vic, Jaime, and I would get seats.
"So, what's the deal with you two?" Vic asked as soon as we were out of earshot.
"Why does everyone ask me that? Friends. Friends. Friends." I emphasized.
"You don't act like friends." Jaime said.
"We weren't lying either. It's weird for him not to hang out with his usual crew of whores." Vic said.
I shrugged. "Friends."
"His usual friends that are girls don't hang out with us either." Jaime added.
I looked at them after we sat down and raised my eyebrows. "What are you trying to say?"
"What aren't you saying?"
"We're not a thing, if that's what your asking."
"If I get scared, you'll have to cuddle me." Mike put his hands on his hips, returning with snacks. "And I get you Sour Patch Kids because they're your favourite."
I grinned. "Not bad."
"I'm exceptional." He agreed, sitting down beside me. The movie began and I put my head on Mike's shoulder. I was in for it.