Love At First Glance (Love at Firsts #1)(16)

“Don’t waste food!” I say appalled and catch it before it falls on the ground and pop it into my mouth. I pause mid bite and smile to myself as I remember Spencer telling me the same thing when I threw pasta at him.

“Why are you smiling? Good peanut? You like nuts? Nuts in your face and mouth?” Matt asks making all of us laugh.

“You are a f*cking pervert! And no, just a friend of mine said the same thing to me a couple of days ago.” I smile sadly.

“What? Nuts in your mouth?” Matt looks at me confused.

“No! Don’t waste food.” I giggle.

“Ah, I see. You miss that friend.” He smiles back.

“Yes, I do.”

“Boyfriend material?” Shane asks, waggling his eyebrows at me.

“No, we’ve known each other since we were in diapers. He’s like a brother to me. We just lived together a few years ago and then again for two weeks before I moved into my apartment. It’s weird not seeing him every day.” I shrug.

Our food is brought out and it’s a feast of heavenly Thai food laid in front of us. The waitress announces each dish and wishes us what I’m guessing is ‘enjoy your food’ in Thai or maybe she told us to go f*ck ourselves and that she has spat in our food. We all immediately dig in and smile at each other like loons as the food hits our taste buds.

“Is he hot?” Alicia grins.

“Who? Spencer?” I look at her confused.

“If that’s your friend’s name then yes.”

“He’s too good looking for his own good. He knows it too but he’s not cocky about it. Although he does enjoy showing off his body.” I giggle and show her a picture of me and Spence that was taken just before I moved out. He’s wearing his usual grey sweatpants and nothing else on and I’ve got on my gym shorts and a tank top.

“Fuck me, he’s hot!” Alicia exclaims as she fans herself. “And look at you. If I were into women I’d f*ck you.” She grins and I blush. There’s something weird about a woman saying she finds you hot and that she’d f*ck you if she bat for that team.

“Let us see,” Matt says extending his hand to see my phone and chuckles when he sees the picture.

“He’s hot, that’s for sure. He has a big dick that he knows how to use as well.” He smirks.

“Oh no. Please tell me you didn’t f*ck him.” I look at him in disbelief.

“It was a couple of years ago. We were at a party, got along and f*cked. Neither of us wanted a relationship so we just saw each other casually. He was understanding when I told him I had met someone and couldn’t do it anymore. He’s a good guy. Is he still single?” I’m shocked at Matt’s confession, not because I don’t approve of their sexual preferences, but because I had no idea they knew each other.

“Unfortunately so. He’s really confused about his sexuality.” I pout.

Matt nods. “I hope he’ll find someone one day. I didn’t know him for long but it’s clear that he only wants to be happy and would do anything to make others happy. It’s a shame and a mystery that he hasn’t met anyone yet.”

“I was telling him the same thing a couple of days ago.” I smile sadly.

“Well, I’m all about making him happy if you know what I mean.” Alicia snickers next to me and I can’t help but join in.

“Who knows? He swings both ways so...” I shrug.

We carry on eating and chatting and pretty much finish all the food but as we’re running out of time, we get our dessert to go to eat at our computers.

When we get back to work I finally find the inspiration to write my article, which ends up being longer than I what I originally intended to write. I poured my heart out into it and it’s at least a double page spread which means I’ll be able to add more pictures and give them more exposure as the article will be closer to the beginning of the magazine. I smile, feeling proud of myself and forward the article to my co-workers. I still have two days before I need to send it to the editor for publishing, so it should give them some time to read it and give me some feedback.

Four hours later we all clock out at the same time and bid each other good night. As I’m walking away from the building and onto another street, a car slows down and honks. Spencer constantly reminds me to never top when a car slows down next to me and honks. I look for my pepper spray in my bag and start to panic when I can’t find it straight away. My search becomes frantic until I find it and sigh with relief. I hold it tightly in my hand, ready to spray whoever comes at me.

“Stop freaking out, Gorgeous, it’s Matt.” I hear him chuckle and I curse. I turn and glare at him.

“You scared the shit out of me. What are you doing, you big creep?” I walk to his car as he stops on the side of the road.

“Offering you to drop you off since it’s dark outside and probably not that safe. Come on. Get in.” He smiles at me.

“I only live a couple of blocks away and it’s a ni-” I start but groan when I feel the first few drops of rain hit me.

“You were saying?” He grins at me smugly.

“Never mind.” I round the car and get in. “Thank you.” I smile at him as I settle into the seat.

“You’re welcome.” He smiles and starts driving. “You know, if you’re still frustrated by your neighbors I could introduce you to a couple of my friends who are single. They could help you put out the fire that’s consuming you.” He waggles his eyebrows.