Just Good Friends?

Chapter 40 - New feelings

Bex.

"Bex, don't train too much today" Joe looks over at me whilst I get my trainers on.

"I won't ok, I promise" I'm starting to get a bit pissed off with him constantly watching me.

"Come on Joe, let's go. See you later Bex" Nate pushes Joe out the door and I hear them jump in the car. They are going to buy the last of their supplies for college. Harry and Cal went to play pool with some guys down the street, and Ems and Jess went down to the beach. I'm going for a much needed run, then I'll do some boxing. I need to find a trainer soon.

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Nate.

It's f*****g exhausting being friends with twins, especially being in love with one of them too. Joe is my best friend, but Bex is a very close second, but she has the upper hand with me also being totally f*****g gone for her.

"What's going on then Nate?" Joe asks me as we head off down the street.

"What?" I know he's on about Bex, but i play it cool.

"Bex? You two have obviously got closer, but how much closer? Anything happened?" He doesn't look at me, but I see he's struggling with what answer he may hear.

"No Joe, nothing. And you know I wouldn't want anything to come between us right? We've been through this" We arrive at the main shopping area, and find a parking space. There is quite a lot of young people around, and I'm guessing they are here for the same reason as us. We get out of the car, and heads turn. f**k sake, exactly the same as back home.

"I know Nate, it's just, Bex is a bit vulnerable at the moment, and so are you really. I would actually be happy if things developed between you, but I'm not sure either of you are ready for it yet. I worry, about both of you" He gives his killer smile to a group standing by the entrance, and I see the girls almost faint.

"Nobodys getting hurt Joe, especially not Bex. I'd never do anything to hurt her, and I'd never allow anyone else to either. Now let's get this s**t over with, I need a drink, and a party!"

We get our stuff in record time, and head off back to the car. As we pass another group, a few of the guys stop and ask us if we are playing football for ASC, we say yes and they introduce themselves as team mates. We have a quick chat and tell them about the party that evening, but surprise surprise, they already know and are coming.

"You've already made an impression on the ladies Nate, but you didn't even notice did you?" Joe laughs as we drive off. To be honest, no, I didn't notice, was thinking of Bex, again.

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"f**k!" I hear Bex shout in her room as I get out of the shower, and chuckle to myself. She hates the run up to parties, gets really grumpy.

"Nate! Have you taken my charger!?" She storms in to my room through the connecting door, and stops dead in her track and stares at me. I hadn't bothered putting the towel around me, being in my own room, the towel was in my hand. I laugh and hold it infront of my rapidly growing manhood. Bex looks amazing!

"s**t! Sorry dude! I really need to learn how to knock on this f*****g door!" She turns around and leaves the room.

A few minutes later, I knock the door to her room, and go through when she calls me. I hand her my charger.

"Thats not mine" she looks up at me and grins "sorry again"

"No problem Bex, you can walk in on me any time you like" I wink "it's mine. Joe probably has yours. I'm going down, I'll leave from my room though, just incase" I wink again and leave.

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Bex.

The party is in full swing. We put notes through all the streets doors. Not that we were that close to anyone, but we don't want to make any enemy's on out first week.

Nate is looking really fit, and after barging in on him in all his glory earlier, I just can't get the image out of my head. I'm drinking a bit too much to try and forget it, but im not actually getting drunk, so decide to move to soft drinks.

"Not drinking anymore?" Joe comes up to me whilst I'm chilling by the fire chatting to some girls off the track team.

"Nah, it's not doing much tonight, so I'll give it a miss. You enjoying yourself?" I ask him.

"Yep, it's a f*****g awesome party as usual! Nate isn't drinking either. Something happened with you two?" He gives me a strong stare.

"I barged in on him as he got out of the shower earlier, can't get the image out of my head" I give a little smile.

"Ah! So that's what he found so amusing. I'm sure he's not bothered in the slightest sis" he gets up and turns "Later Fuckers" he flicks his finger up behind his head and walks away.

The girls laugh and tell me he seems like a nice guy.

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Joe.

"What is it with my boys shaking their c***s infront of my sister?" I throw myself down on the outdoor couch, where I find Nate, Harry and Cal sitting with a few of the football team we met earlier.

"Nate, dude, what you been up to with our Bex?" Harry acts shocked, but winks.

"Not faking f*****g injuries like you were dickhead" Nate says to him, and takes a swig of his water.

"Ah you kill me Nate! I was a hero mother fucker! Seriously though, what's the crack dude? Just you left to flash the sausage now Cal! Only trouble is, we haven't got a f*****g hope in hell like this bastard has!" Harry laughs when Nate punches him.

"It was an accident. She just happened to walk in when I got out of the shower. Nothing going on s**t head" Nate gives a gentle smile. He's so laid back 99% of the time.

"So it's Bex right? Sorry for saying bro, but she is f*****g hot! But I'm also guessing she's off limits, and that's cool" Brad, one of the guys we met looks over at Nate when he says that. None of us bother to correct him.

"f*****g Bex this, Bex that... am I not f*****g hot too dudes?" I scowl at them.

"Ah come here you sexy fucker, and suck my c**k if you want" Harry jumps up and gyrates his hips infront of me, then grabs my face and kisses my forehead.

"f*****g dickhead" I grumble.

The guys are all laughing, and carry on with their conversations. I think we're all going to be good mates.

Nate doesn't join in, he seems a bit quiet tonight. He's always quiet, that's just Nate, but he seems quieter than normal.

"You good dude?" I ask.

"Yeah, good dude. Just... just a but confused, but it will work itself out" he sits back and looks over at Bex, then smiles "she seems happy. You think she is?"

"Yeah man. She's happy. She needed to get away, and this is perfect. There's no reminders here of Mike. Not that she'll ever forget him, but she needed that mind break in order to move on. I didn't think she was ready yet, but after chatting with her tonight, i think I might possibly be wrong. If it happens, it happens dude, I'm good with that" He knows Im on about the two of them, so I don't need to say anything. He gets up and walks over to where she is. I watch as he leans down, kisses her forehead gently, and pulls her up on her feet. They walk over to where everyone is dancing and she reaches up and puts her arms around his neck, and he places his hands on her hips. He says something and she laughs, she looks the most relaxed she's been for months.

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Nate.

"You never told me you could dance Nate" Bex says as we go to sit.

"Not much to it really is there. Party is dieing off now, I'll start moving people on ok. You head up to bed if you like, I'll see you in the morning" I kiss her cheek, and she walks away.