Will he

chapter 22 - the fine art of bullshit

Pov: Eliza

"I want an extra-large fries!" Cole yells out excitedly as the waiter lists down our orders. 

"Okay sir, hold on I need to keep track of how many people are there," The waiter says and begins counting our heads, oops. 

Carter, Jonah, Cole, Rowan, Wes, Maia, me.

"Is Vada joining us?" I ask Maia, "Nope, she is visiting her hometown." She assures and gets back to staring at the menu as if she wasn't already planning on getting the exact same thing. 

"7 people, that's okay. I have taken down your orders please give us some time to prepare the food!" The waiter grins, he looks so sweet and walks off. 

"I can't wait to devour my Empanada," Jonah licks his lips, Wes looks at him with a disgusted face as he whacks him, "You're so fucking weird," He sneers. 

The table was semi-circular, the arrangement was Jonah on the left end corner, Wes, Carter, me, Cole, Rowan, & Maia at the end of the table at the right corner. 

I'm surprised as to how I always get placed between Carter and Cole, I feel like I'm third-wheeling the both of them. 

"Wait fool, you never told me how the trip was during lunch, yesterday." Cole vigorously taps on carter's shoulder to get his attention but he was too busy braiding my hair, trying to at least.

I found it adorable. 

"Oh shit yeah, I'll tell you in detail later but my mom wants me to be her consigliere, I'm still thinking about it but-" Before Carter could continue he is cut off by Cole, "Wait you're considering it?" 

That's when I sat up straight and focused my entire attention on Carter, his hand extends around me and he pulls me into his chest. "Yeah I mean, I don' know yet. I have to consider all the pros and cons of it or some bullshit." 

As I lean on his chest I listen to the steady cadence of his heartbeat and notice how his chest rises & falls with each of his inhales & exhales. 

"Did you by any chance meet Delilah?" Cole's question for some reason causes me to tense up, Carter catches that and pulls me closer to him so I'm being wrapped in his embrace. Perfect.

"Yeah, we had a slight argument and that led to some bullshit. But we're fine, she's fine and I'm fine. It was just weird to see her after all these years, all grown up." Carter says I take a moment to take in his words and think about it.

"I see, well it's you and Delilah after all. Something was bound to happen." Cole sighs, what was that supposed to mean? you and Delilah?

No- I shouldn't think about it like that, Carter told me it's a done thing and that I shouldn't worry about her. I'm going to believe him, I don't want my overthinking to affect our relationship in any form. 

"Yeah but it's fine," Carter places a small kiss on the top of my head, making me nuzzle into his arms a bit more. 

"Okay well fuck- we get it! I'm single, both of you don't have to rub it in." Cole frowns and crosses his arms. 

Carter laughs, "You know if you would just make a move on Rowan like you said you would weeks ago, you wouldn't be so single." My eyes widen at his comment and I yet again, sit up straight.

"You like Rowan!?" I whisper-yell so she wouldn't hear me, either way, she was engrossed in the story Jonah was telling her.

"Shh shhh!" Cole frantically waves his hands to silence me, "Yeah but I don't think she likes me back, I don't really think I'm the type of guy she'd like." He whispers, I bite my lip so that I don't fucking yell out that she likes him too.