Between Us

I'm Very Observant

"God, that's going to be our thing isn't it?" Derrick asks me with a smirk plastered on his face.

"What is?"

"This ongoing Emily and Rick crap. You know what I think?"

"No, I can't read your mind," sarcasm has always been my thing.

"I think you just want inside my pants." This has to be the funniest crap he's said since I met him. He laughs too as he says, "No I'm serious. I mean I know I'm fucking good looking. And I also notice the way you look at me, like I'm some piece of meat."

"Well I'm a vegetarian idiot."

"All the more reason to want a piece of fine meat like me." God dammit why does he have to be so damn cocky, it only makes him sexier. I bet he knows that, of course he does. He took a sip of his drink and said, "Nevertheless, what we have must remain platonic, Axel already had the talk with me."

"The talk?"

"We can't have sex, unfortunately."

"Did you just admit you wanna have sex with me?"

"I thought that was obvious," I'm sure my face dropped because he started to laugh. "Oh come on there's this sexual tension between us, you can't deny that."

I'm not sure what it is about him, but he makes me say bolder things than what I normally would. "I never said there wasn't."

"Please don't do that, I'm not drunk but I have been drinking and when you bite your lip like that I can't think straight."

I burst out laughing, "Oh God are you turned on right now?"

"You have no idea how horny I am right now." Oh gosh, is he serious? It takes me a full minute to control my laughter.

"Well unfortunately for you, Evi had the same talk with me. So we really can't have sex. I swear she went on a rant about how you can't be another one night stand and crap."

"Oh god." He must have notice my confused frown because he continued, "now I see why we can't have sex. I get what the big deal is, you're me with big boobs and long hair. It'll only end in a disaster if we hook up."

I quirk an eyebrow as I stare at him. "You sound just like them."

He laughed at that, "Look I'm an asshole and I'm cocky ass hell, and you're legitimately a cool chick. But I bet you're a bitch with guys." When I didn't answer he continued, "Exactly. Therefore, if we have sex, everything would just fuck up, not just with us but with Axel and Evi. Those two are really into each other, even if they don't want to admit it to each other."

"Platonic it is." I'd be a lying bitch if I didn't admit that I was truly bummed out it'll only be that, platonic. But he had a point. Evi was my best friend and she's put up with a lot with me, especially these past five years. The least I could do is stay out of her way with drama I could potentially cause just because Derrick was a "fine piece of meat".

"Don't worry Emily," he said as he took another big gulp of his drink and placed his arm over my shoulder sending goosebumps all over me, "I'll definitely still flirt with you."

"You are so generous, Rick." I love sarcasm. "How about you make me a drink now?"

"You've got it babe."

Let's pretend my stomach didn't flip because of that one word.

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Derrick and I kept talking for a while, even as people would walk in get more drinks and walk out. Once in a while people would interrupt us, but he was always nice and excused himself.