Not Meant for Love

chapter 2- I'm drooling

When I woke up, Hudson was still asleep next to me. This isn't unusual, he's always been the type to stay all night and try to have the morning after breakfast. When I go to his house I usually sneak out in the middle of the night. This morning I know I can't deal with all his lovey dovey shit, so I get out of bed and lay down on the couch with Livvy, waking her up.

"Long night," she asks turning, so we're looking at each other as we snuggle on the couch. The only response I give her is a a huff of air and a snort.

"I would've never imagined being able to role-play Hudson having sex and being able to perfectly recreate the noises he makes. The man is loud enough to have the whole apartment hear." She spends the next couple minutes imitating his moans and grunts perfectly, causing us both uncontrollable laughter. She's right though, he is annoyingly and obnoxiously loud about it. He makes it inevitable to have a sneaky link. Ten times out of ten, she knows when he comes over and I get shit for it.

We spend the next 30 minutes just talking. I tell her about my shit day yesterday, and she tells me about how the boy she was supposed to see last night blew her off, and she was swearing off boys for a month. Like that could ever happen.

When it's time for me to get ready for work, I go back into my room, grab a a pair of ripped black jeans and a royal blue tube top and sneak into the bathroom. I quickly shower and straighten my hair so the curls are gone and apply a little bit of makeup. I press my ear to the door to see if I can hear him but I can't, so I quietly back step out and see he's still passed out in the bed. My goal is to sneak out of the apartment this morning without having to deal with him so as quietly as I can, I rip a piece of paper out of the notebook on my desk and write him a note.

Huds,

Sorry to run but late for work.

Livvy's gone too, so make sure to lock up when you leave.

xoxo

Addie

I grab a pair of cheetah boots and sneak back out of the room successfully. Livvy sends me a wink as she walks out the door to go to class. I grab all the stuff I'll need for the day and head out. Today is Wednesday, so I don't have class but I work in a clothing store at the mall Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday from 8-1. I hate all the interactions, but it's not an awful job and it gets the bills paid.

My shift goes smoothly although it feels like it takes all day. With school starting up again it's a lot less busy which makes the time drag on. Thankfully it has ended and I'm on my way home.

Typically, when I'm off of work I like to go to this little coffee shop, The Big Bean Cafe, to study and do any work I need to do. I don't like coffee, I usually get a pop, but the vibes in the cafe make it an easy spot for me to come and do work without being too distracted. I get to the apartment real quick to change before going to the cafe. Thankfully Hudson is gone, and he even picked up my room and made my bed. I change into a pair of sweats and a tank top and thrown my now frizzy hair into a messy bun. I can't study without being comfortable. I back up my backpack and head to the coffee shop.

When I get there it's not really busy so I'm able to pick my favorite booth right by the door. I need to start my online classes and take some notes, so I order a diet Pepsi and start working.

After about an hour I've made it half-way through chapter three in my developmental psych book and taken about 10 pages of notes. I close it and pick up my phone to watch and respond to the six tik tok videos that Livvy had sent me since this morning. As I'm watching them someone slides into my booth on the opposite side and says "well well well...look who it is."

I look up to the beaming face of a man I don't recognize. He has blonde hair sticking out of the hat he has on backwards, the softest looking brown eyes, and a umkc college hoodie on. He looks right around my age, maybe a year or two older, probably a senior. I'm getting like some nice Justin Bieber vibes from him. He's looking at me as if I'm supposed to know exactly who he is and why he's sitting with me. As I'm trying to figure out how I would know him, he asks "Are you telling me you don't remember me?" with a smirk. There's absolutely no doubt that he's hot. Obviously outgoing in order to come up to a stranger like this. Livvy would like him.

"I have absolutely no idea who you are" I answer honestly.

He laughs at this and moves into the booth more like he's getting himself comfortable. "I'm going to tell myself you just haven't seen my message, otherwise you would have jumped on the opportunity, because you're beautiful and I'm beautiful, so I think it could really work out for all of us."

What the fuck is he talking about? We stare at each other in silence until I finally realize....

He was the one that sent the message last night about the threesome.

This makes me laugh. "I did see it actually but unfortunately the girl in the picture, Livvy, and I don't share very well."

The goofy grin on his face slides into one of intrigue with his eyebrows raising. "Are you telling me that you have shared before" he asks, leaning closer and speaking barely above a whisper. I move so our faces are within inches of each other in the middle of the table. "I'm telling you that we've tried and figured out that sharing doesn't go well".

He has a presence about him that just doesn't make me nervous. His aura is so warm and inviting. I feel like we've been friends for ages and this is just a normal conversation.

"Well, that's a story I'm going to have to hear." We banter back and forth for a little bit, after I decline telling him. Eventually he moves on, and spend the next thirty minutes having a nice chat. He was born and raised about an hour outside KC and moved here for college. He is a senior and plans to go to med school here as well. In the middle of him telling a story about him and a guy from his frat, we are interrupted when the door behind me swings open and someone calls out Carter's name.

I turn behind me to look at who is talking and am shocked at what I see. I casually throw a hand over my mouth to ensure I don't drool as I'm staring at this man standing in the doorway. He's absolutely gorgeous in every way possible. Brown hair, piercing blue eyes, dressed in all black and both arm covered in tattoos poking out of his black shirt. "Are you going to take all fucking day?" he asks Carter with a blank look on his face.

Before Carter gets up, he asks for my phone with the reasoning that he's decided we're going to be friends and because I'm going to help him get with Livvy. He texts himself off my phone, so we have each other's numbers. At this point the man moves, so he is standing next to Carter at the booth looking very annoyed. All I can think about is how good he smells, and then he opens his mouth again.

"If you could stop flirting with every fucking lost dog you found along the way that would be awesome, and we wouldn't always be late"

That kinda hurted me. Lost dog? I thought I look pretty good... until I remembered I changed from my cute work outfit to my study outfit and my hair probably looks like I haven't brushed it in days. Okay, there's a possibility that a dog reference wasn't far off, but the lost part was unnecessary. This guy is kind of a douche bag.

Carter stands up and tells me that I need to text him as soon as I change my mind about sharing or after I tell Livvy about him, not ever when acknowledging the brooding hunk of a man beside him.

When I tell him there's no chance I'll change my mind but I'll keep him updated on Livvy, the man turns to look at me for the first time.

Holy shit.

He's staring at me. Why is he staring at me? Fuck he's actually so cute. Am I drooling? No im not. Why isn't he looking away? How long has it been? Feels like a really long time. Oh my god, this is awkward. Why haven't I looked away? I think im lost in his eyes. You could swim in those things. Man, his arms are big. He has to work out. Is that a little smile I see? Oh nope, it wasn't.

Eventually he turns and breaks eye contact while walking right back out the door of the coffee shop. Carter says goodbye and follows him out.

That was so fucking weird. Why is he so hot? What crawled up his ass and died this morning?

All I know is that I'm glad he looked away, otherwise....

I think I would have shit my pants under that stare.