BET

Chapter Twelve

Kasia

After leaving their house that day, I haven't seen or heard from any of the guys. I have avoided any of the places where I might run into any of them and tried to forget about the entire bet. That is until one day when I hear a knock on my door and open it to see Simon and Henry standing on the other side, looking at me with wide eyes like two lost puppy dogs standing out in the cold.

"What are you doing here?" I ask, glancing past them and down the hallway.

"We wanted to apologize." Simon says.

I look between the two of them, scanning their faces. "What? How do you even know where I live?"

"I ran into your friend Juliette and asked her." Henry says.

I furrow my brows and make a mental note to thank Juliette for her assistance and vow to never forgive her for making me deal with this right now. I sigh as Henry continues.

"We wanted to apologize." he says, repeating Simon's earlier statement.

"No need." I say simply and try to shut the door.

"Wait-" Simon says, holding his hand out and stopping the door. "We would really like to apologize." he insists.

I take a deep breath, realizing they don't intend to leave without doing this. The sooner I let them speak, maybe the sooner I can move on completely and forget this for good. I turn from the door, walking back into my apartment and letting them follow me in. They both walk in, shutting the door softly behind them.

"Where's Keagan?" I ask.

The two of them glance at the other like they aren't sure who is going to answer that question. Finally, Henry speaks up.

"He got held up at practice. He was going to come too, but..." Henry shrugs, his voice trailing off.

I raise my eyebrows and nod my head slowly. Of course Keagan would be the only one of the three of them that isn't here to apologize. I lean against the back of my couch and gesture for them to speak.

"Go ahead, if you want." I say.

"What Keagan said was wrong and we should have spoken up in your defense." Simon says, no doubt rehearsing what he had been practicing to say on the way over.

"Neither of us believe the things he said and are ashamed that we might have made you feel that way." Henry continues.

I fight the urge to laugh as they recite their apologies like they are reading them from a counseling brochure.

"We hope you can accept this apology and are willing to do whatever it takes to convince you that we are sorry." Henry says, glancing at Simon beside him.

"Whatever it takes." Simon reiterates, his eyes focusing on me intensely.

I blink quickly, looking between the two of them and suddenly feeling slightly nervous underneath their stares. Simon's words cut through to me but I try to brush them off quickly.

"Okay, apology accepted." I say, raising my eyebrows.

"That's it?" Henry asks.

I chuckle, turning my head to the side. "Yeah, I mean I'm not going to make you drop down and give me twenty if that's what you're thinking."

"We just didn't expect you to forgive us so easily. We thought we might have to do a lot more than that."

"Unless you're going to offer to be my devoted servants, I don't see the point." I furrow my brows as I glance between the two of them. "You weren't going to offer that were you?"

Simon chuckles and shrugs his shoulders. "Something like that." he says.

I watch his familiar scowl and how it rakes over me. His words seem to have a physical effect, like they have hands of their own and they make their way over to me, touching my skin. He smiles like he knows exactly what I am feeling and my body heats up until his stare. When I look from his face to Henry's, I see a similar heated stare.

"Now I think I might be taking this homie hopper thing a bit far." I say, smiling to make a joke of all of this and take the heat out of this situation because I feel like my breath is catching in my throat when they both look at me like that.

Simon and Henry share a glance with one another and then look back at me, shrugging their shoulders. My smile fades as I realize that despite my joking efforts, they both seem to be very serious about this offer. They came here with the intent of apologizing in whatever way was necessary and now they seem to be totally fine with offering a more physical kind of apology.

"What, together?" I ask, still in disbelief.

They glance at one another again and then nod in unison, looking back at me.

"What do you say?" Henry asks, looking hopeful but worried about my response too.

As they look at me, awaiting my response, I swallow roughly. My mouth feels like it is going dry and I suddenly feel myself worrying about saying yes and regretting all of this in the morning. The thought almost makes me laugh out loud.

I've never been one to think things through very well. Getting with Keagan, Simon, and Henry for this bet is a perfect example of that. It only took a few words from Evelyn for me to accept her challenge and go after them without a second thought. All of that has led me here to this moment with them offering themselves to me.

So as I nod my head in response and see the smiles appear on both their faces, I know that this isn't for the bet anymore, this is just for me; but I'm going to enjoy every minute of it.