My enemy since childhood

Chapter 35

It felt like Thomas's gaze made me stick to the floor. I couldn't turn away from his hard glowing eyes challenging mine at the same time i couldn't make my legs want to move forward. I was petrified.

"Come sit" Jake said and i heard him pat the seat next to him. He and Thomas.

I didn't let go of Thomas's gaze and felt a small victory when i saw him clench his jaw at Jake's words. Jealousy is a bitch, i thought contentedly and collected myself enough to take a step towards the sofa.

Another victory was that it was Thomas who looked away first, maybe it was small-minded of me but this evening was still completely screwed, i thought as i took the last steps and sat tensely in the place between them.

I took a deep breath, if i had to sit like this tense all evening, i would probably get training pains tomorrow. I met Brooke's questioning look but i just rolled my eyes in response. She had said she had no idea what had happened so right now she wouldn't understand anyway.

Not to let my non-existent muscles get too much strain, i slowly leaned back against the backrest and exhaled. So that it wouldn't look like a rowdy church meeting, i pulled my knees up to my chest and wrapped my arms around my legs. Can this night just end sometime!

"Are you ready?" Dylan asked, pulling up some action movie, of course.

"Absolutely, but maybe we should have taken fifty shades?" Jake muttered mockingly with a muffled laugh.

He really had nothing but sex on his mind. Luckily, Dylan only raised an eyebrow and shook his head. Luckily, fifty shades of grey was a movie i really didn't want to see in this company.

Dylan had dimmed the lights, unnecessarily, and was now curled up on one of the sofas, half lying down with Brooke in his arms while i had to squeeze into the other with two people that i had recently done everything to avoid. Which was almost true. It had come as a shock to see Thomas but maybe i shouldn't have been so surprised. He was hardly here for me, after all he was best friends with both Dylan and Jake. But it had tingled in the stomach.

When the movie started i quickly fell into the plot, i don't usually like action but i couldn't immediately focus on anything else, fully aware of the testosterone pumping on either side of me.

I felt a shudder run through my body as Thomas sank further down into the sofa. The hair on my arms stood up uncontrollably so quickly i rubbed my arms, it was ridiculous.

"Are you cold?" Thomas whispered and i felt him move closer to me.

I swallowed nervously but shook my head slightly. I didn't freeze a bit, i felt way too hot. Not daring to look at him, i took a shaky breath and tried to focus on the movie again, but it felt almost impossible.

It wasn't like i could move a little in the other direction, then i would immediately end up in Jake's arms. I flinched but tried to hide it by screwing up a bit when Thomas handed me one of the blankets.

"I'm not cold" i whispered, meeting his gaze for the first time since i sat down on the couch.

"Take the blanket" he whispered back meaningly and his glowing gaze made my body tremble.

Against all the warning signals that screamed in my body, i took the blanket and put it over my stretched legs. I saw a satisfied smile flicker across Thomas lips as he turned his gaze back to the film.