Uninvolved (14 page)

It was late when
she gave up and took an Advil P
M
. With no alarm to wake her
,
Becka slept in. When she ventured out to the kitchen for some breakfast
,
Becka did her best to be quiet. Dave was home and seemed to already be in bed. She hoped he would want to go out tonight since he wasn’t
working. The likelihood of that happening increased with Dave getting uninterrupted sleep.
Taking a bag of mini muffins and a glass of milk back to her room, Becka snacked and read.

The book she was reading was a romance
.
It
was annoying how there always seemed to be guys fighting over the main girl. I wish, Becka thought to herself.
All she wanted was a text
.
Half
of the books she read ended with
a proposal
.
Not
likely.

She
did not hear Dave bustling around until late afternoon. She came out of her room when she heard him turn on the TV. Dave was snacking on some chips and queso, randomly flipping channels.
He nodded at her as Becka went to sit next to him and help
ed
herself to his food. Dave gave her a look like
“really?”
but made no move to stop her.
Becka grinned and leaned her head on his shoulder.

"So, got plans tonight
,
Becks?"

"Nope
.
W
anna go out?"

"That sounds doable."

"Sweet."

Dave felt like playing pool
,
so they went to the beach bar.
She
drank
piña
coladas while Dave stomped her at pool. He was
ü
ber competitive
,
and she just didn't care. Whenever she managed to pull off a couple of shots in a row
,
it was a shock to them both. Some random girls came over to talk to Dave
,
so they eventually ended up playing teams. Dave tried unsuccessfully to not have
her
on his team
,
but these girls had seen her play and were not that stupid, even though they seemed interested in Dave.

This turned out to
be
an awful decision as the girls,
whose names Becka already forgot,
started beating them. The girls won the first game easily
,
and Dave was setting up the balls
for a rematch
when he recognized one of his buddies from work.

Calling him over
,
Dave talked him into replacing Becka on his team. His friend,
Kyle, who seemed
nice
,
readily accepted so Dave was thrilled
,
figuring no one could be as bad as Becka
.
After getting a good look at him,
Becka
did not mind him joining their group at all
.
Kyle
was
easy on the eyes
.
He
was tall and lean and had a lip ring, which Becka found really hot at that moment.
When Kyle
went to go get another
round
,
she motioned for Dave to come over to her.

"What's his deal?" she asked.

"Who, Kyle?"

"Yep
.
Is
he single?"

"I think so
.
D
on’t tell me you are interested
.
I have to work with him."

"Okay
,
Mr. Double Standard
.
How
many of my friends and co-workers have you messed around with?"

"Fine
.
I don’t know him that well but haven’t heard him mention a girlfriend."

"Sweet
,
"
Becka
said while checking her top to make sure her boobs looked good.

"Slut
,
" Dave teased.

"I love you too
.
Besides,
you owe me for being a beaver dam
that night we played poker
,
" she countered.

"Beaver dam?"

"So when a guy gets blocked
,
it
’s
a cock block
.
Same
thing for a girl is a beaver dam."

"Love it
.
Did
you get that from Pinterest?"

"You know it
.
"

When Kyle returned
,
she talke
d him into being on her team
against Dave and one of the girls that
had co
me over
.
The other girl just sat on a stool looking bored
.
Since Kyle
had heard Dave say
she
was terrible at pool
,
he wasn’t surprised that she asked him for help lining up
her
shots
.
With Becka's back to his chest
,
Kyle
would have to lean against her to check her angles
.
He
seemed
more than happy to assist.

By last call
,
Becka and Kyle
stood
close
together
.
She leaned
up against
him
when it wasn’t their turn
,
with
Kyle's
hand comfortably around her waist
.
Was
Becka
as attracted to
Kyle
as she had been with
Nate
?
N
o, but he was still a
good-looking
guy
,
and
,
at the end of the day
,
she could do worse
.
Plus
,
she had been
fantasizing
about sucking on his lip ring all night
.

Dave
,
with dreams of a threesome flowing through his
mind
,
invited Krista and Trish, the random girls
,
back to their house
.
Krista seemed more likely to pass out
on the way
,
but he was holding out hope
.
Becka
invited Kyle as well.
They made a
three-car
caravan with Becka in the lead back to their house. On the drive back
,
Becka pumped Dave for information about Kyle. Dave was useless
.
The
only thing he could tell her was that he thought Kyle played
Xbox
too.

At first
,
they all hung out in their living room
,
which became awkward when Dave started making out with Trish
.
O
r maybe it was Krista. Whichever girl was left over sat alone at one end of the sofa and fiddled with her cell phone.
She
asked Kyle if he wanted to see her room as an excuse to get out of there and to get him alone. She felt nervous walking in front of him,
certain
she might
suddenly stumb
le or do something embarrassing.
She kicked off her shoes once they were in her room.

Becka
tried to compare him to
Nate
.
Kyle
seemed to tower
over her while
Nate
may only have had 3-4 inches on her
.
Kyle was lean but defined where
Nate
had actual bulk to his chest and arms
.
Kyle had a
laid-back
surfer style with messy
brown hair as opposed to
Nate
with his short
,
dirty blonde hair
.
Kyle did have great grey eyes
,
but they had nothing on
Nate
's hazel ones
.

Kyle also had that
lip ring
going for him
,
Becka
could not explain why
she thought that was so sexy but
cringed at the idea of straight
-
laced
Nate
ever rocking one
.
She
really
just wanted to suck on it
.
Always one for thoroughness
,
Becka
decided
she should see who was the better kisser
.

Kyle
was looking at some pictures Becka
had set up on her bedside t
able. Coming up behind him
,
she
cleared her throat to get his attention. When he turned to her
,
Becka took his hands in
hers and
,
stepping into them
,
she wrapped them around her own waist. Kyle stilled as
she
released his arms
.
T
hey remained around her waist
,
and
she
lifted her arms to his shoulders. Becka tilted
her head up at him. Kyle looked so adorable in that moment. He was gazing down at her, eyes wide
,
wondering what she was going to do.
She
stood on her toes and pulled his face down to hers.

Kyle'
s lips were soft
,
and he tasted like
R
ed
B
ull
.
While
he was a very good kisser
,
it was hard to compare to the intensity of
Nate
's kisses
.
It still felt really good
.
Gentle
, like he was cherishing her
.
It just seemed
too
safe
.
They had been making out for what felt like an hour
,
and he hadn't even felt her up yet
.
At a certain point
,
she stopped him and pleaded exhaustio
n
.
She asked if he'd like to spend
the night
.
He readily accepted the invite
.
She grabbed her
PJ
s and went to the bathroom to wash up.

Kyle
was almost asleep by the time she got back
.
They snuggled and kissed some more before falling asleep
.
He was a tad more handsy
,
though clearly drowsy,
not wild
.
Maybe being bra
-
free was more
helpful
in moving things along
,
Becka
thought
as she drifted off to sleep.

Chapter 5

Waking up snuggling
to
a cute boy was so much more fun than having one take off in the middle of the night
,
Becka
had to admit
.
Becka, y
ou have got to stop comparing Kyl
e to
Nate
,
she thought.
Easing herself out of bed
,
she went to go brush her teeth
.
She had no desire to scare Ky
le off with morning
dragon breath.

Becka
went to the kitchen and grabbed a bottle of water then headed back to her room
.
Sliding back into her bed she held her breath as Kyle began to rustle, she did not want to wake him, yet
.
She dozed off and woke
later
to Kyle
snuggling up to her.