Crossing Lines

16. Miss me?

Jake's pov:

"Have you seen my prince shirt?" Dom walked into my room as I was unpacking from my visit home over break.

I didn't exactly know how to answer this. I could say yes, Connor has it and I'm not sure if you're going to get it back or really want it back. I could also lie and say I haven't seen it and save myself all the trouble. This wasn't the first time that Connor had taken things from Dom. I didn't think it was on purpose but Connor just sees things lying around and just picks them up without even thinking about whose it is.

It happened with Dom's purple sweater. It was in the living room and Connor took it and gave it to one of the girls he was sleeping with. Luckily said girl returned it or else Dom might have actually lost it.

"Haven't seen it." I shrugged deciding it was best to keep myself out of whatever drama was going to happen in the house.

"I thought maybe it was at my house but I searched all through my closet during break and it was nowhere." He groaned.

"It'll show back up," I assured him and this wasn't a lie.

"Yeah but Callum is coming over in like five minutes and I wanted to wear it. You know it's my best shirt and it goes best with those purple pants that make my ass look good."

I should have known this had everything to do with Callum. Dom had been basically in love with the dude since they met sophomore year and almost two years later and he'd still yet to actually tell the guy how he felt.

"Callum has seen you sweaty and gross after like every football practice. You don't need to wear your best for him to like you." I told him.

"I need a please consider having sex with me outfit, and this just doesn't scream I want to see you naked." He gestured to the clothes he had on now.

He was wearing a different band tee, this one was the Beatles. The shirt was mostly covered by the colorful knit cardigan he put on over it.

"I think you look good." I said truthfully.

"But does it make you want to have sex with me?" He questioned.

I leaned back to really look at him. I couldn't say I ever looked at Dom and thought wow I want to have sex with him. Not that Dom wasn't attractive but we were friends and I wasn't interested in him like that. But I knew that's not what he was asking me about so I had to look at him from an unbiased view. If I didn't live with him and I just saw him walking by, what would I think?

The outfit looked good on him. Dom always looked good in brighter colors, they complimented his dark skin well. So yeah I could say that this outfit looked good on him. Did it scream sex? I don't know but I had a feeling Callum could see Dom in anything and still think he was hot and want to sleep with him.

"It's a good outfit Dom, you don't need to change."

"I think I'm going crazy, I'm just nervous and want to not be in the friend zone for the rest of college."

I didn't know exactly what Dom was waiting for. When they first met I understood. Callum was in a relationship with a very shitty guy who cheated on him constantly. But Dom and him were just friends and even though my roommate was catching feelings he never said anything about it or tried to push the line into anything more. But it's been over a year since Callum broke up with that piece of garbage and Dom still hasn't tried to do anything. I know at first he was waiting because Callum just broke up with his boyfriend but it's been over a year and I can't imagine what he's waiting for.

"Just make a move. You guys have been dancing around each other for like forever. I'm like two seconds away from locking you two in a room together until you kiss him."

"That would never work."

"Yeah because you're too stupid to take a chance with the guy you're in love with."

"Says you Mr. I hate him but his-,"

"Don't you say another word." I cut my roommate off.

Dom didn't know about the arrangement I had with Evan. He didn't know that every time I ran off somewhere it was usually to go have very amazing sex with the captain of our rival football team. But he was there one night when I had gotten way too drunk and started an hour long rant which started with how much of an asshole Evan was and somehow ended with me talking about how pretty his eyes were. So yeah sometimes he tried to tease me about stupid feelings I wish I didn't have.

I always shut it down because unless I was drunk I wasn't talking about Evan and any possible feelings out loud. I saved all that for my inner dialogue that no one else would ever hear.

"You're too easy to get riled up." Dom laughed before turning to walk out.

I almost blurted out that Connor had his shirt just to see how easily Dom could get riled up and angry but I stayed silent. I'd let that bomb go off another day.

But instead of focusing on Dom any longer I grabbed my phone and sent off a text before I could even stop myself.

Jake- back from break, miss me?

The one thing I tended to notice was that Evan never took long to reply and if he did it was usually because of practice or class. I knew that he probably only replied that fast because he wanted to have sex but sometimes I let myself imagine it was because he actually wanted to talk to me.

Evan- I was actually hoping you just wouldn't come back

Jake- charming, any chance you are free today?

Evan- give me like two hours

It'd only been four days but still I was anxious to see him. I was weak and maybe a little pathetic but I tended to ignore the very real possibility of this all going to shit and when it did I knew it was going to be me who got hurt.

A/n:

I'm feeling extra generous today so here's an extra chapter. I want to thank everyone who's read this book. It's gotten to two thousand reads and number eleven for LGBT. This book is honestly super special to me because I planned and wrote the majority of it during pride month. I spent all over June working on this and now sharing it and having people read it and enjoy it is honestly so amazing.

I do think I might start posting three times a week for this book but I need to figure out which day works the best for the schedule. So for now it will stay Monday and Friday uploads.

Love you all!!
-Cora Leigh