Cheated (Mr. Control Freak)

XV. FRIENDS WITH BENEFITS

Blake to the side or top

I hope Cam and Natasha forgive me for this, I thought.

Deciding that it was too long since the last time I had a movie night, I set up a new one with Tyra and Max. I made them aware of the rules and we decided that we'd have it at Max's penthouse this month since it was the nicest.

It was all underway until I found out that Max had regular popcorn. What a disgrace.

"I still can't believe you don't have any kettle corn." I said walking up to my door to unlock it.

"I didn't know it was such a big deal. They're basically the same thing, Val."

I just chose not to reply. He didn't understand the importance.

"What the fúck are you doing in my apartment?" I asked Alec, who was sitting comfortably on my couch. "Now I see why you and Eva are together, you creep."

"You're landlord let me in, where were you?"

Who the fuck waits in someone's home with them knowing? Eva and Alec that's who, they are a match made in heaven. Go ahead and cut me out the picture, I always have Miguel.

"With me." Max said, a smirk forming on his lips.

Here goes this dumbass always trying to provoke someone, I think I'll just look away and act like nothing is happening when someone finally put him in his place.

I hate half the people in my life right now.

"Can I talk to you alone for a minute?" He asked.

"Yeah. Max the kettle corn is in the leftmost cabinet on the top shelf. I'll see you in a moment."

He nodded and enter the kitchen and stayed there before heading out my front door.

"I don't want Eva to interfere with what we have going on here-" He told me, walking up until he stood directly in front of me.

"What do we have going on, Alec?"

My dad always told me never to fight for a man. If Eva wanted him, she could have him. I'd get over him.

He brushed the back of his hands over my cheek and my breath involuntarily hitched.

Okay, it might take some time to get over him. But nothing's impossible.

"Dont do that. I like you, you like me..." He trailed off, his eyes dropped down to my lips.

I frowned, "She called me a little whore, what the he'll does she think this is? A clichè book or something?"

He chuckled softly, "She's an actress, Val. A method actor at that, she likes to stay in character. Right now she's playing an obsessive, jealous girlfriend." He explains.

Wait, what? Damn, she's a good actor. I seriously thought she was a jealous girlfriend, you know like the ones you always see in movies.

Now I feel like a fool.

"So you aren't sleeping with her?"

"Not anymore, you could've called it a friends with benefits situation."

I don't even see why people even try with that "friends with benefits" type shit. Sex was not created to be an emotionless act. Somebody will eventually catch feelings.

Val's lesson for today: don't do friends with benefits.

"Oh."

"I see you didn't listen to me when I told you to stay away from Max."