Just Friends

Alexa: Life is a bitch.
About a minute later, he responded.
Carter: Okay? Would you like to explain why?
Alexa: Yess. Yes I would. The store was full of customers today. My ears were filled with complaints today. Somebody asked me why we didn't sell frickin' condoms.
Carter: Does that make life a bitch?
Alexa: If it doesn't, I don't know what does.
Carter: Is life a bitch when your best friend found you a place to live?
I couldn't believe my eyes.
Alexa: Spill.
Carter: Well, I know people.
Alexa: People who give people apartments?
Carter: Basically.
Alexa: What's the catch?
Carter: Catch? What catch?
Alexa: These things always have a catch.
Carter: No they don't.
Alexa: Yes, they do.
Carter: Fine. The catch is that I have to live there to. The buyer is the tenant. The tenant lives there.
I dropped my phone, and sat there paralyzed for a minute.
I have to live there to. I have to live there to. I have to live there to. I kept on repeating those words in my head. Carter and I? Living together?
I picked up my phone.
Alexa: You can't be serious.
Carter: But I am. The guy needs an answer in two days. It's either you take it or you don't.
I have to live there too. My brain exploded and I died. Oh, if only that would happen.
Alexa: I need to think about it. I typed, but deleted it. Fine.
Carter: Okay. Start packing.
I exhaled. This was going to be one hell of a ride
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Alexa and Carter have been best friends since they were toddlers, with no benefits except for the benefit of friendship. But all that changes when they move in together. Feelings change. The temperature rises. Things get confusing...