More Than Friends Read Free

were stocking the pantry and the refrigerator.  “All right.  What’re y’all on?  Did y’all score some drugs or something?  Where’s my roommates?  Have y’all been replaced by body snatchers, cuz something ain’t right here.”
              Brent and Jake stopped in their tracks and exchanged a look with each other, looking guilty in her mind.
              Jake laughed, diffusing the situation.  “We can’t help you when you do so much for us?”
              Lizzy narrowed her eyes.  “Y’all usually don’t do this much at any one time.  God help me if I’m a little suspicious.  You sure you aren’t on drugs?”
              Brent laughed then.  “Like we’d give up our careers before they even get started?  We’re not just a couple of dumb guys like you think.”
              Lizzy huffed and sat down on the couch, flipping on the TV.  “Well, I can’t help it y’all aren’t acting normal.  I do appreciate the fact that y’all went on a cleaning rampage, even if you won’t tell me why you’ve done it.  If you think I’m going to agree to a party tonight or inviting girls over, you can think again.  You can’t butter me up to get your way.  Not like that.”
              Jake and Brent looked affronted.  “We’d never do something like that,” Brent said.  “Besides, I haven’t had a girlfriend in a long time.”
              “I haven’t either,” Jake said.
              Lizzy chuckled.  “Whatever.  Tell that to someone who’ll believe it.”
              Brent knocked over a glass of water when he set a bag up on the counter.  Water sloshed over the granite and splattered on the floor.  “There’s towels under the sink,” she said, pointing.
              “We’re out,” Brent said.  “It’s all right.  I’ve got this.”  He peeled his old t-shirt off and used it to wipe up the water off the counter.
              Lizzy watched the play of his muscles as he moved, spacing out at his back.  She sighed.  Jake shot Brent a killer look, which Lizzy didn’t fail to notice.
              She chortled.  “Y’all are buggin’.  I’m gonna go change and go outside to work in the garden.”
              Coming back out of the bedroom a few minutes later dressed in a bikini top and some shorts, she headed out the back door.
              Jake gaped at her on the way out.  He’d forgotten what a killer body she had.  Why hadn’t he paid much attention to it before?
              “You finish up here.  I’ll help out Lizzy in the garden,” he said, leaving Brent stewing behind him.  They both knew gardening wasn’t something Brent enjoyed doing and had never shown any interest in.  It’d look suspicious as hell if he went out there too, though he had half a mind to go anyway just to cock block Jake.
              Jake shut the door behind him and followed the beaten down path to their garden.  The heat of the summer sun was waning, but dusk was still about two hours away.  The heat and humidity hit him like a slap in the face, instantly beading his skin with a sheen of sweat.
              Ahead in their small garden, Lizzy was bent over picking out weeds from her tomatoes.  She made a delicious picture that he stopped to admire for a minute.
              He felt himself hardening just watching the sway of her breasts barely caught in her red bikini from his side view of her.  They were just big enough to overflow his hands, should he ever get a chance to grope them.  Her waist was small, flaring out into generous hips, but it was her backside he’d always found the biggest draw.  It looked firm and round, jutting out from her waist and begging for a good grab.  He wanted to sink his teeth into that juicy ass.
              The uniform mahogany of her skin only added to her allure.  He’d never known another