my bag on the side with the back to the wall. "I'll be right back."
When I returned a few minutes later, I saw that Brody was sitting across from Cam and, once again, it was beyond obvious that she was into him.
And that he was into her.
They were so wrapped up in their conversation, and each other, that they didn't notice my approach.
I caught the tail end of Cam's words. "— gonna go there?"
"Go where?" I asked.
They both looked at me then and I bit back a gasp. Ben's eyes were hot green gems and Cam's face was flushed. Oh, man, these two were on their way to Bonetown with a quick stop-off at Make-OutVille.
"Nowhere," Cam answered.
I turned and stared at Brody until he grinned. "Am I in your seat?" he asked.
His eyes were no longer hot, but they did twinkle with amusement. Damn, he was good-looking. And he seemed like a genuinely nice guy. I decided then and there, I was going to try and nudge Cam along when it came to him.
Yes, yes, it was hypocritical of me considering how I felt about her meddling in my love life, but I hadn't been in love with a guy for most of my life. Hell, I'd never been in love. Period.
This was different and I would fight her if she argued with me about it.
So, I said, "You can sit next to Cam if you want to join us for lunch."
If looks could kill, I'd be a teeny, tiny pile of ashes on the floor because Cam's eyes were sparking with enough heat to incinerate me.
I was saved from her wrath by Brody's words. "Thanks, but I just finished eating and I need to get back to work. Maybe next time?"
He got to his feet and sauntered off. Cam couldn't take her eyes off him as he walked away and I couldn't really blame her. His butt was almost as good as his younger brother's.
I turned to her. "Y'all are so gonna bone."
Cam blushed and said, "Stop saying that. Who even uses that expression anymore?"
I laughed, long and loud, drawing way too much attention to our table.
"That must have been some apology. You went from wanting to smack him to wanting him to smack your ass."
"What? Where in the hell did that even come from, Sierra?" she asked, but her face was still bright pink. "And Brody definitely doesn't look at me like that," she said as I sat back down across from her.
"How does he look at you?" I asked.
"Like an annoying little sister."
I wanted to respond, but the waitress came over and took our drink orders. After she walked away, I said, "You may annoy him, but if a man looks at the sister the way he looks at you, well, they belong on that cable show you're always moaning about."
"Are you bad-mouthing my favorite show?" Cam gasped.
"That's what you took away from what I said?" I asked, rolling my eyes. Deflect much, Cam?
"I'm pretending you didn't mention the other thing. The only thing Brody and I could ever be is friends."
"Let me know how that goes in a month, okay? Wait, never mind, I'll be here to watch it all in real time. That'll make saying I told you so completely satisfying," I stated.
Our drinks arrived and Cam unwrapped her straw. I wasn't paying attention to what she was doing until the wrapper of her straw hit me right between the eyes.
"Hey!" I yelped.
"Quit talking about Brody or I'm going back to the shop."
"Fine." I relented. Clearly, she was done talking about this. "What are we doing tonight again?" I prompted, hoping she didn't want to work late at Crave since we'd spent the morning going over the books.
"Nothing," she answered.
"Sounds perfect," I said with a sigh.
It would be nice to have some time with my best friend again.
8
By Friday, I was a mess of unsatisfied hormones because I'd been so busy with Cam, I hadn't been able to hook up with Ben again. We flirted via text and phone calls, but my body wanted more than just conversation. Well, the verbal kind anyway.
He was extremely distracting, even though I hadn't seen him since Sunday. I caught myself thinking about him more often than I usually thought about any of the other men in my life. Which was also disturbing because I couldn't help wondering what that said about me.
Today, though, I had to focus because Cam and I were interviewing Lee at Crave.