Breaking All the Rules novel Chapter 31

Ian: Then hang out with me tonight.

I can't stop the grin on my face. Me: What are we twelve?

Ian: It got you to finally txt me back didn't it?

He's got a point.

Me: I can't.

Ian: Chicken

Me: I've got plans.

Ian: No, you don't. You just don't want me to beat you again.

Me: You just want me over there so we can play strip poker again.

Ian: That's true but only after the guys are in bed. Wear those black lace panties and bra you wore last time

Me: No, we're not playing strip poker! We're strictly friends now. Remember?

Ian:

I look up and all three pair of eyes are on me. "What?" I ask innocently.

"Oh, girl, you've got it bad." This came from Christie.

"I told you! Do you see what I've been putting up with?" Jess looks at me. "Give me the

phone."

"Ugh, fine." I hand her the phone and she texts him something. "Jess! No! What did you just text him?"

"I told him you no longer need his tiny penis because you found a bigger one."

"Jess! That's not funny! Give me my phone." Just then my phone rings. I cover my face

and scream into my hands. "I'm going to kill you!"

"I'm helping you." She puts my phone on speaker. "Hello?"

"Let me talk to Kamdyn."

"She's busy making hot love to some random guy right now. Want to leave a message?" Jess says.

"Jess!" I dive on top of her and the two of us fight for my phone. "Give it to me! That's

not funny!" I finally wrestle it out of her hand, take it off speaker and press it to my ear. "Hey, I'm so sorry about that. Jess thinks she's a comedian."

"Tiny penis huh?" He asks with a chuckle.

Jess who is staring at me intently. I am so going to kill her for this!

"Okay. Bye, Kam."

"Bye, Ian." I hit the end button on my phone and sigh. "I'm so screwed." I mutter.

"Yes, yes you are." Jess agrees.

I couldn't keep blowing Ian off without him getting suspicious, I had to act like everything is okay in order to save our friendship, so I did what anyone would do, I faked it. After four days of coming up with an excuse I finally agreed to hang out with him. I didn't know if it was going to just be the two of us there, but I really hoped it wouldn't be, I didn't trust myself to be alone with him. He's always had an effect on me I didn't like. I don't like turning into a sex crazed maniac every time I'm near him. When I got there Ian was the only one home. It would've been a lot easier if anyone else was hanging out with us but just the two of us here alone made it awkward. I'm so used to sleeping with him and kissing him that now that we're just friends I don't know how to act around him. I try to treat him like he's Nick or any other guy but it's hard because the minute I look at him my heart starts beating out of my chest. We eat pizza and talk a little before we decide on a movie to watch. I'm sitting on the opposite side of the couch because I really don't trust myself to keep my hands to myself if I sit closer than that.

"So action movie or chick flick?" Ian asks me picking up the remote.

"Action." I say without hesitation. Watching a chick flick would be way too awkward to watch with him.

"Action it is."

We decided on a movie pretty quickly but it felt weird not lying on him while we watch it. We both sat in silence while the movie played and I was trying so hard not to make it awkward between us but it was awkward. It was like trying to be friends with my ex-boyfriend, even if we never dated. Memories of us kept playing in my head that made me miss him that much more even though he's sitting on the sofa next to me. I'm not able to kiss him or touch him which is torture because right now that's all I want to do. I pictured myself crawling in his lap and kissing those too kissable, I knew exactly where that would lead to and it's been way too long. I quickly shake the thoughts away and try to focus on something else anything else.

After the movie ends he looks over at me. "You think you're far enough away from me?" No, way, I could be out of the country and wouldn't be far enough from him. I'd still think about him every second of every day. When I didn't answer he says, "What? Friends don't cuddle?"

"Do you cuddle with Nick?" I ask.

"No, but he's a guy. You're the only friend that's a girl so I don't really know how that works."

"Well, there is no cuddling, no kissing, no touching, and no sex." I tell him.