You’re Mine by Penny Brooks

Chapter 14

Easton

“I think I’m dying…” I groan the next morning, holding my head between my hands as if it’s going to fall off at any minute and, honestly, I wouldn’t be against it fuck, how much did I drink?

I dreamt of cat woman.

The dream quickly turned into a nightmare when Ryan’s face replaced hers, causing me to question my sexuality, only to wake up screaming when Ryan spooned me.

I was the small spoon.

That trauma will stay with me for life, I’ve never shoved Ryan so hard.

He fell off the bed and landed on Blake who woke up yelling about a lizard named Mike.

I need new friends.

I’m still pissed at Blake for taunting me last night, even though I have zero interest in Harper. I mean if she was the last girl on earth, I’d still pass her by, she’s just too-t oo something. Plain? No, that’s not it. She’s just annoying as hell, never listens to anything I say, despite every single

warning and she’s always there.

My mind decides to remind me about her banging body beneath that bikini, but I quickly shove the thought away.

Fine, so one time I found her hot.

It means nothing

Because she’s Ryan’s sister and that was the whole fucking point of not inviting her to my party,

“Thought you were gonna pass out in your own puke last night” Blake sits up and wipes his face with his hands. “What’s this shit about cats again? I’m starting to worry about you, man. That’s twice now, is that what alcohol does to you? Makes

you hallucinate about pussy?” He laughs at his own joke. “See what I did there?”

I chuck a pillow at his face and instantly regret it as my head pounds harder. “I need aspirin.”

“And I need tits to bury my face between. Alas, we don’t always get what we want, stupid universe…”

I stare over at him and just shake my head.

shrugs. “You have any

careful not to wake a still sleeping Ryan who’s holding the pillow so hard

.

the feathers are going to

to my home and for some reason it makes me smile. Maybe because I

drag of his

agree, about to take a drink but I pause. “Hey, you ever made

Blake stills. “Why?”

mean she’s

A bit on the thin side

gonna stop you right there before Ryan finds out and murders you in your own bed. She’s saved herself for him since I don’t even know, the tenth grade? There’s no way she’s been giving any guys any favors.

“Hmmm.”

Ryan stumble outside, flopping onto a lawn chair next to us, dark aviators covering his eyes and a beer clutched in his hand. “Hair of the dog,

ass.” Blake grins,

typically even pay attention to girls with dark hair, hers was silky. Thick. It made me

throat as my body

is wrong with me? | can always

me out. I mean

Fuck that shit

takes one more swig of

here.”

“Uber?” Blake asks.

forcing Harper to do hard labor after…” He scowls.

she keep invading my world? And why do I even care when she’s a nobody? A nerdy girl with exactly one best friend and a popular brother she mooches

think about her, the angrier I get. Because when I do think about

I want

myself saying as I

open the front door to see Harper standing there in nothing but cropped denim shorts, one of

Ah, we meet again.

door. “Did you

widen, and then quickly turn