Breaking All the Rules novel Chapter 16

"What's the big deal anyway? It's just cuddling."

"Cuddling leads to feelings and I don't want feelings, plus it's gross." She scrunches her nose like cuddling is the worst thing in the world.

"It's not the end of the world, Jess."

"Yeah says you. All you think about is Ian, I don't want that."

"Gee, thanks."

"You know what I mean. I'm not like you, Kamdyn, I like having fun."

"Hey, I like having fun." I say offended.

"Not my kind of fun."

"Just tell him you don't like to cuddle. Wouldn't it be worth it? You said he's pretty good in bed."

"He is but if he's going to cuddle me afterward it's not worth it. I can get great sex

anywhere and none of them ever want to cuddle afterward."

I just drop it, it's not like she's going to listen to me anyway. We pull up at the guys' house and go in, most of the baseball team is already there and half of our sorority. There are several kegs already tapped sitting in the middle of the living room and Nick is actually wearing clothes, I'm so used to seeing him without clothes that he looks weird with clothes. "Hey, you!" Nick comes up and gives me a hug. Yeah, he's already drunk.

"Hey." I pat his back. "You're wearing clothes."

His grin stretches across his face. "Don't worry I'll give you a private show later." He says with a wink. He turns to Jess. "You came." He goes toward her with his arms stretched out.

She puts her hand out stopping him. "Don't touch me. I don't do hugs."

He just grins, not affected at all. "Don't worry I'll touch you later." He winks at her before wobbling off.

Jess looks at me as if 'how did I ever let you talk me into this'.

"He's drunk." I tell her. Out of all Ian's teammates Nick is my favorite, he's hilarious and he always makes me feel welcome, not that the other guys are rude to me or anything but Nick is just....well, Nick.

"I need a beer. I can't believe I let you talk me into this." She whines.

"Hot baseball players, Jess, why would I ever need to talk you into it?"

"And that's why I'm here." She says. "That and you wouldn't shut up about it."

"I love you." I tell her sweetly.

"Yeah, yeah, love you too." She says walking toward the kegs. One of Ian's teammates, Wilson, not sure what his first name is, gives her two red solo cups which she brings over to me. "Here you go, friend." She says.

"No, thanks, I'm not drinking tonight."

"Oh well, more for me." She says chugging the first cup before moving onto the next one.

"Slow down, I'm not driving you back, I'm staying the night with Ian tonight."

She rolls her eyes. "What happened to not being so available to him?"

"I can't help it, Jess, I'm weak. I love sleeping next to him."

"You're pathetic." She says. "I don't know what I'm going to do with you." Someone bumps her. "Hey, watch it!"

"Sorry." Leland murmurs. "Hey, Kamdyn."

"Hey, Leland."

"Well, hello there. Kamdyn introduce me to your hot friend." Jess says eyeing him like a kid in a candy store.

He wraps his arms around me. "You don't smell like cheese, not even a little bit."

"Aww." I place my hand on my chest. "That's the sweetest thing you've ever said to me."

He kisses my nose.

"You two are nauseating." Jess says. "I'm not drunk enough for this. Come on, Leland, let's go get drunk." She grabs Leland's hand and he follows her.

"I'm glad you're here. What took you so long?" He leans in and nuzzles my neck sending tingles all through my body.

"I had to practically force Jess to come."

"What? Why wouldn't she want to come?" He kisses my neck and it takes all I have not to drag him up the stairs to his room.

I try hard to concentrate on my words but Ian's lips are driving me crazy. "Because Nick tried to cuddle with her last time they hooked up and she got weirded out."

He chuckles. "What's wrong with cuddling?"

"I don't know, she's just got this thing about cuddling and rules, it's weird."

"What kind of rules?" He rubs the bottom part of my exposed stomach with the pad of his thumb causing my body to set fire everywhere. I don't know how much longer I'm going to be able to resist him.

"Apparently...." I lick my dry lips, trying to focus on our conversation instead of what his hand is doing to my stomach right now. "There are rules you have to follow when you're

a..... friend with benefits and we've broke them all according to her."

"Well rules are made to be broken." He says with his sexy grin. "Want to go break them some more?"

He can make anything sound sexual. "You don't even know what they are."

"That's okay, you can fill me in on them." He grabs my hand and drags me up the stairs to his room. I'm more than willing to follow. Who cares about a party when I have Ian.