close. He kisses me nice and deep. Denny’s a good kisser and we’ve had more than a couple make out sessions just for fun and so neither of us loses our touch during the in-between-times. While Denny’s got me lip-locked, my nasty gene wakes up and I’m suddenly kissing him back. Maybe because I know Cooper’s watching.
Just then Sydney joins us, and I pull away from Denny. She’s taking off her apron and wiping her hands on it. Her smile is enigmatic as she asks, “What’s going on here?”
“Nothing.” I say. But there’s some little nugget in the pit of my stomach that’s heating me up from the inside out, showering my girlie parts with dew.
“Are you guys going for a threesome or something?”
“A threesome!” I laugh. “Right.”
“Hey, boys,” Sydney calls to the other two. “If she’s not game, I’ll play. I’ve never had one with two guys before.” She winks at Denny first and then at Cooper. So much for thinking Sydney’s a fresh, young innocent. Apparently the girl can teach me a thing or two.
“Sorry Darlin’. Maybe some other time.” Cooper smiles at her and she blows him a kiss.
Then his come-hither gaze fixes on me. “What do you say, Brooke?”
“What do I say to what? A threesome? Are you kidding me? As if that’s going to happen.”
In unison the men ask, “Why not?”
I point at Denny. “You don’t want to get with me .” Then I point at Cooper. “You don’t want to get with him .” Next I tap my chest. “And I don’t want to get with either of you.”
“Liar,” Denny says with a laugh.
Cooper is laughing right along with him.
I’m looking back and forth at them like I’m watching a tennis match.
Leaning over the bar, Denny says, “Just because I’m gay doesn’t mean I don’t think you’re hot as wild-fire. And Cooper?” He visibly melts at the guy’s name. “The thought of the three of us together?” He knocks on the top of the wooden bar. “I’m this hard.”
I lean over and smack Denny on the arm. “You’re just saying that because you want to see Cooper naked.”
With his hands up in surrender, Denny says, “Of course. What can I say? But I’m not opposed to seeing you buck either, hot thing.”
Cooper can’t seem to stop laughing until I poke him hard in the shoulder. “And you! Don’t encourage him.”
“Why?”
“Because you’re not gay.”
“Maybe I’m bi.”
I poke him again. “No you’re not.”
“How do you know?”
“Because…”
“Because I’m a cowboy?”
“Yeah. No. I don’t know.”
“Cowboys can’t want a dude every now and then? Have you ever lived on a ranch?”
“Oh, God!” Denny puts a hand to his chest and falls against the bar looking like he’s died and gone to ranch-hand-heaven. His eyes glaze over with whatever fantasy Cooper’s words have brought to mind.
“You guys are full of it, you know that?” I say, having had enough of this conversation. “As if you two really want to get it on.”
“I’d like to get it on with you ,” Cooper says. “If Denny needs to be there for it to happen, so be it.”
“I definitely need to be there,” Denny interjects.
Unbelievable! The extent a man will go just to get you into bed. But an idea starts to form as I listen to these two jokers. I know Denny is just playing along so he can hook me up with Coop. I’m totally convinced Cooper is just messing around, pretending to want a threesome, for who knows what reason. He’s bored? I don’t know.
What both men fail to realize is that they should not pretend to want something they don’t really want because I plan to make them pay for all the pain and suffering I’ve had to endure tonight. “Okay, fine,” I say slowly, pointing at Cooper. “You want to do this? I dare you to go kiss Denny. Like you mean it.”
“You’re daring me?” Cooper asks with a lazy smile.
“Yep.”
“You think I won’t do it.”
“Nope.”
“You ever play ‘dare’ with a cowboy before,