Eric's Pov:

I stretched and shot the ball into the hoop. "Uhh huuhh nothin but net sucka! Check that score out!" I taunted Steven and a few of my team mates.

"Ooooh that sounded like a challenge Coach Becker! You're gonna have to school Eric!" One of my team mates yelled.

Steven grinned but shook his head. "Guys this is about you having fun, not me showing the pup how the big dogs play!" He joked.

"Burn!" Someone else teased.

"Eh guys leave Coach alone he's gonna get cranky cause his arthritis flared up and he can't shoot the ball! You know how hard it is for old people!" I teased patting his back sympathetically.

Steven smirked and looked around. "Alright Eric, game on. Don't cry when I cream you!" He murmured lowly to me.

I bit the inside of my cheek to keep from making a very naughty remark about how I'd love for us to 'cream together'

In the week since we made up I've been having to do that a lot. Damn you dirty mind.

He smirked and looked back at the team. "Alright, give us some space so I can show y'all how it's done."

We were at Chucky Cheese celebrating our team's mega ass kicking today. Six of our team placed during our track meet today. I had two first place finishes and one second place finish because it was a relay and the girl before me tripped and really slowed us down. But she picked herself up and handed off the baton so I ran my ass off and we finished second for that one.

Ehh it was only by a foot and at least we all know if she hadn't fallen we could have wiped the floors with all the other teams. Still it took balls for her to get up and finish her lap. I bet her ankle was killing her so in my book she stomped some ass!

Steven got us all to vote where he'd take us and what-what, it was unanimous. Chucky Cheese is kick ass no matter if you're eight or eighty. We ate pizza and played endless games until closing time. Got in the huge passenger van and drove back to the school's parking lot to get in our cars and head home.

Only today Daniel's truck had to be put in the shop and he needed to get home to take care of his little sister so I gave him my car and will be riding home with Steven. If I was Daniel I'd be nine kinds of pissed because he just got that truck a few months ago and it's already having issues. Note to self never buy a Chevy.

Steven once again told the team how great we did and how proud he was of us and we all ran out of the van and to our cars. Steven drove his lifted Ford F250 today and I rolled my eyes when he asked if I wanted him to drop the steps for me.

"No dumby just unlock this damn thing so I don't drown!" I yelled over the thunder.

He clicked his key fob again and we jumped in. "Sorry, thought I hit it twice already." He said innocently.

"Yeah sure. More like that was your passive aggressive way of paying me back for hiding the key to your office. Not that I actually hid it, cause um I didn't. That would have been wrong since the tests were in there and yeah I think you're just getting forgetful in your old age. Maybe you have early onset Alzheimer's cause it's so weird that Delilah found it in the freezer in the teacher's lounge."

He snorted and pulled in to Cold Stone Creamery. "Yeah I'm sure that's what happened. I suddenly developed dementia and hid my office key from myself in a freezer in the lounge that I've never actually been in yet. Coincidentally this happened when y'all had a test. You really need to work on your ninja moves."

"Pshhh I'm like the slickest ninja out there. You have no proof it was actually me. Maybe it was Delilah jacking with you. Or your dementia's kicking your ass cause you've been in the lounge like five times a day since school started but you just don't remember. Soooo anywhore what are we doing here?"

"I want ice cream and they serve the best here and I'm not about to drive all the way home and drop you off then have to drive all the way back here. So get your ass out and pick a flavor."

"Wow that's a really nice way to say 'would you care for desert Eric' Sure Steven I would love to have a carb over load. That's so thoughtful." I drawled sarcastically.

We walked in and he shook his head like a dog to get some of the water out of his hair. I clenched my fist to make sure I ignored the impulse to brush the hair back from his eyes. He reached up and smoothed his hair back and I breathed a little easier.

We walked to the display and I gagged. Who the hell orders sushi flavored ice cream? That's like ughhh. Steven made an ewww noise.

A perky little red head bounced over and chirped. "Good evening guys how can I help you tonight?"

Steven looked and me and smirked. "Well I'd like a scoop of pistachio and my buddy here wanted to try the sushi flavored ice cream but he's a little scared he may not like an entire cone so can he have a sample to see if he likes it enough to eat an entire scoop."

She made a scrunched up face and got a little plastic spoon out and put a little in it. I shook my head.

"Actually could we get two samples Stevie wants it too but he was afraid you would say no. He's uhh kinda scared of girls. They freak him out and if they get confrontational he tinkles on himself." I whisper yelled over the counter and bit my lip when she looked over at Steven and shook her head.

"Sure thing sugar. Is he umm like a little slow?" She asked sympathetically.

I nodded and sighed sadly. "Yeah he's a high functioning retard. Most times you cant even tell anythings wrong with him, except he forgets he's actually my big brother and um when he freaks out when girls make eye contact or say too much and he pees on himself." I heaved another sad sigh and she tsked.

Steven walked back from the other end of the display case and looked at us suspiciously. The girl turned her eyes away so she didn't meet his gaze and handed me my little sample spoon and then leaned down to fix Steven his.

"Here ya go honey and just so you know I promise not to upset you or make you go potty. See you get a super duper big sample, even bigger then your brother's since you're such a big boy!" She cooed like she was talking to a three or four year old. I had to cough to mask my laugh.

Steven looked from her to me and shrugged. "Umm thanks for that I guess?" He grabbed it and took a bite and gagged.

"Bloody hell! That's sick!" He gagged and made a dry heaving noise before he ran to the bathroom.

The girl gave a squeak and started to apologize. "I'm so sorry. I should have warned you it's gross but umm well you know the customer is always right and oh god is he going to be alright or um did he have an accident?"

I felt kind of bad because she was obviously taking this to heart and it was just supposed to be a joke to screw with Steven.

"No I'll um go make sure he's okay. Can you just um fix two bowls one with pistachio and the other rice crispy? We'll take it and eat outside in the covered patio area in case he umm had an accident which I'm going to check about right now." I placed a twenty on the counter and ran to the bathroom.

Steven had his head under the faucet letting the water run into his mouth. I closed the door and laughed when he glared at me through the mirror.

"SO umm that looked really tasty so I ordered you an extra big scoop of it." I teased leaning back against the door and laughing even harder when he flipped me off.

After a few seconds he stood up and dried his face with some napkins.

"You're not nearly as adorable as you think you are. That was just plain mean and what the hell is wrong with that girl? She was talking to me like I was........" He trailed off and crossed his arms. "What exactly did you say when I was looking around?"

I doubled over and laughed even harder. He threw his waded up paper towels at my head and I snorted but slowly stood up and held my side cause it hurt from laughing so hard at him.

"Umm well you were gonna try to make me eat that nasty shit and I was like hell no. So when you walked away I told her you actually wanted it and that you had some ummm issues and girls made you nervous and if they said something you didn't like or umm made eye contact with you. You'd umm freak out and umm piss your pants." I laughed again and his incredulous look.

"You're lucky I like you. That was fucked up. It's cool though, I'll just have to plot my revenge. You know I can never come here again and they make the best homemade ice cream." He whined at the end.

I patted his back sympathetically and nodded. "Sure you can, just um have a guy take your order in case you have an accident. Come on she should have our shit ready and umm we're eating outside in case you -" His hand covered my mouth and he stepped closer.

"There are certain things you don't tease a grown man about. Pissing or shitting on himself, the size of his dick and how good he is in bed. Other wise you get an ass whipping. So we're done with the jokes right." He asked conversationally.

I rolled my eyes and licked across his palm so he pulled his hand away. His eyes darkened and he leaned forward half an inch. My breath hitched even though we still had half a foot between our faces.

I gave myself a mental slap so I didn't do something foolish like lean in and suck on his bottom lip or reach my hand out and run it over his chiseled abs and down to the zipper of his jeans.

I grinned and gave him a little shove. "Did you notice all those things were about your dick? Awe is someone a little sensitive about his family jewels. Don't be self-conscious, haven't you ever heard it's not the size of the boat it's the motion of the ocean." I teased stepping back as he stepped closer and extended one of his arms behind me.

"Nah, I may not be hung like a horse but I've had no complaints. It's just as big and yummy as the rest of me." He quipped and walked out.

Ohhh so that's what he was doing. He was reaching out for the door handle to open it and oh my fucking god I can totally believe it's as yummy as the rest of him!

I turned to the door and it was pushed open and Steven stuck his head in. "You coming or what?"

I wish!

"Um yeah I was coming ahh as in I was, yep I was walking out right now. Not like I was busting a load in my pants cause that would be weird on so many levels and you know embarrassing cause I mean who even does that and... So um yeah we should just um get our ice cream and go.. cause you know it's umm still raining and uh the girl thinks you're mental and um I'm really tired and-"

He laughed and rolled his eyes. "Yeah your spazzy word vomit was definitely something I missed when you were ignoring me. Anyway let's roll."

We grabbed our ice cream and got back in his truck to head home. We got in the elevator and I finished the last bite of my ice cream.

I gave a satisfied moan. "That was soo good."

Steven reached forward and wiped the corner of my mouth with his thumb them stuck it in his mouth and sucked it.

"Mmm that is good but mine was better." He murmured locking eyes with me.

I shook my head "Not possible." I breathed.

He got a spoonful out and raised an eyebrow. "See for yourself" He whispered.

He held it out and I leaned forward to eat the spoonful of his ice cream and damn he was right.

I pulled back and he gave me a smug look. "Told you it was good."

I felt a little bit on my bottom lip but before I could lick it off he used his thumb to swipe it off and smiled.

"Best flavor ever, wouldn't want to waste it." He explained sucking it off his thumb.

The elevator dinged for my floor and I realized I hadn't taken a breath. I inhaled slowly and stepped out.

"Night Steven." I whispered and then mentally smacked myself because my voice sounded...needy or I guess a better word would be strained.

He didn't notice though. He just sent me a salute and hit the close door button. I shook my head and walked to my apartment.

Was I imagining things or had he been flirting with me tonight? Not like over the top but there was some definite flirting going on right?

I dropped down on my bed and sighed. Of course there wasn't. I saw it as flirting because I think he's hot and I love his personality but he's straight and just sees me as a friend. So yeah he may have been playing around but he definitely wasn't flirting.

My last thought before I fell asleep was that tomorrow night when I went out with John I was going to make a serious effort to hook up until I got Steven off of my mind and hey maybe I could find a real connection with someone.

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John ordered a bottle of Bacardi Black from the waitress and leaned back scanning the dance floor. We were in the VIP section of the Flaming Banana and had already done several shots and danced a few times.

"So I think we should play the cruise game tonight. Last time we were here you pulled in more hook ups then me and I'd like a rematch. I miss being the reigning slut. You game or are you gonna be a boy scout tonight?"

"Pshhh game on fucker! We both know I'm here to forget about Steven especially after last night so let's get this shit started."

"Lets get sloshed and oh hell yeah I just had a brilliant idea. Let's make this interesting. The loser tonight has to...." He drummed his fingers on the table top and then grabbed his phone.

"Bro just how drunk are ya cause you totally left me hanging." I asked rolling my eyes.

He shushed me and spoke into his phone. A few minutes later he hung up and grinned.

"That was a friend and there's this auction thing going on next week and yeah that's what the loser is gonna have to do. Get auctioned off and you have to at least fool around with someone that night. If the loser fails that dare then he has to do a forfeit. I'll even be nice and let you pick the forfeit."

I smirked cause hell yeah I had this on lock. Hello last time he only hooked up twice and I had four and the last two were when I was shwasted and totally sloppy drunk. Plus the whole point of tonight was to get over my crush on Steven. Exercise the demons so to speak.

"Deal and when YOU lose cause ya will. You have to pop four of your dad's Viagra and walk around butt ass naked and hard as a rock at school! Ahhh hell yeah that is what the forfeit is." I laughed at his evil grin.

"Game on." He cooed.

"Game on trick!" I taunted confidently.

We scanned the room and I locked on to a good lucking guy but he seemed to be working here. "Who's that?"

John followed my gaze and smiled. "No idea but I call dibs." He did two more shots and walked off and I couldn't help but chuckle when he walked straight over to the guy grabbed his hand and led him to a door that said employees only. Fifteen minutes later John came out and sauntered back over.

I looked at my watch and smirked. "Damn you're a fast one aren't cha" I teased.

He stuck his tongue out and then narrowed his eyes. "The scores is one to zip. Better get in gear baby boy." He teased handing me another three shots.

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Security escorted me to my table to get my things and John looked up from the guy he was chatting up and frowned. "Dude you were gone like five minutes? You already finished with one and got a big buff bouncer-man? I'm impressed. Score two to one. I better catch up." He grabbed the guys hand but the security guard stopped him.

"Are you with him? Because he's just been kicked out of the club. We have a no public sex policy and he was about to break it."

John smirked and sent him a dazzling smile. "No problem we'll be going you don't have to man handle him." He grabbed my hand and led me out.

John clapped me on the back and cackled. "Hot damn that's funny. Soooo I won and you lost. hahaha don't worry about anything I'll set up your slot in the auction next week. Remember you have to at least mess around with someone that night or it's Viagra and public nudity at school."