#Chapter57
/"Eww, hell no. That’s gross. Jake is like a brother to me, there’s literally nothing there at all. No spark—there never was. I mean; I appreciate he’s good to look at, but I just don’t get any butterflies from it, from him. He’s just Jake, and he knows how to annoy me on so many levels, just like my brothers./" She squeezes my arm, as though trying to reassure me and there’s only honesty in that sweet face. /"You’ve nothing to worry about from over here! I’m all like eww, no. Jake is not someone I would ever go there with … And I’m like, totally hot for Richard right now./" She grins, and I bat her away playfully.
/"You know that’s not how it is with him. He told you that already./" I try and defend our relationship, a slow rise of heat hitting my cheekbones.
/"I know, so did you … Three times already. Thou doth protest too much./" She bursts into a childish, but adorable giggle and I try for a subject change instead.
