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guys hang out and...talk. I'll be right back.”
    “Alright, no rush,” Zoey called out.
    Cole was looking at me intensely. He didn't look very happy about the fact that I was leaving, but I wasn't the one that brought the tension to the table. The two of them clearly needed to talk, and I didn't want to be around when they did it. Maybe he would get the hint and cool it for a while.
    As I moved around Cole I caught a whiff of his cologne and my eyes fluttered closed. God, he smelled good. I kept on moving until I was away from the table and the smell of his cologne. I made my way to the bathroom feeling the absence of his presence immediately and disliking it. I was saddened by the fact that I had to excuse myself to allow them to talk. They clearly had some kind of history together, and that probably cancelled me out of the equation. It was becoming pretty obvious that the two of them must have had some form of a fling in the past, it was the only explanation for their behavior. That kind of tension only meant one thing: one or both of them still had feelings for the other.

Chapter Six
    Cole
     
    Seeing Avery leave the table and head off to the bathroom left me feeling anxious. I had watched her departure until I could no longer see her. She had sensed the tension between Zoey and I, that much was obvious. I wondered how she had felt about the whole thing, and was worried. I really didn't want her to think that there was anything going on between Zoey and I, but I doubt we succeeded in giving her that impression. I also didn't like the fact that she was no longer in my presence; there was a void when she was away from me. How was that possible? There was just something about the girl that made me want to be around her. When she was gone, I felt almost...empty. The way I felt about her was unexplainable, such a thing just didn't happen to me. Attraction was a regular occurrence for me, almost like breathing. I could become attracted to a girl easily and want to fuck her in various locations, but that wasn't how I felt about Avery. Don't get me wrong, I was more than willing to have Avery underneath me while I pounded into her, but my attraction to her was more than a sexual one. There was something else there, something deeper. I needed to protect her, and the thought of anything bad happening to her bothered me more than I would like to admit. I had just met the girl and yet I felt hollow when she had walked away from me. How perplexing...the girl was a mystery to me and I liked it.
    I turned back to Zoey and she instantly grabbed a hold of my shirt and pulled me toward her. Our bodies were pressed up against one another. I could practically breathe her own air if I wanted to. Her lips pressed against mine, which took me by surprise. Zoey never behaved so forwardly with me. It became obvious what she wanted from me. I had to admit, however, she tasted good. Zoey pushed her body even closer to mine and pulled her face away from mine.
    “Now that I have you alone, lover, I thought I would ask the question on every girl's mind tonight. Have you thought about who you are going to mate with yet?” She practically purred into my ear, causing a stir to build up inside me. Zoey was seductive, there was no doubt about that. There was a part of me that could easily see myself pushing her up against a wall in the club and giving her exactly what she wanted. But that part of me had dimmed since meeting Avery; she seemed to possess all the thoughts in my head. As jumbled as they were, it was easy to focus on one thing, and that was Avery. She was the key, and until I figured out why she caused me so much confusion I wouldn't be letting her get away so easily. Though her just getting up and heading to the bathroom had been easy enough. She could very well decide to not return at all. I wasn't sure that I could bear such a thing. What if she decided to head home after the bathroom and I never saw her again? No, I could not allow