Jen_C’s Reviews > Flirts! 5 Romantic Short Stories > Status Update

He really liked her. It was becoming more than the summer fling he’d promised. If he weren’t going to be leaving at the end of the summer, he wouldn’t want this to end. Hell, he didn’t want it to end now. But he was going back to Philly for school and he’d never change his stance on long-distance relationships.

I was stuck at the single girls’ table. Only, all of the “girls” around me were more like the Golden Girls than the Gilmore Girls. I loved my grandma, but I didn’t want to hang out with her peeps when I was supposed to be meeting men—preferably born in the same decade as me. They seemed to be lovely ladies, but not exactly the wingman material needed for scoping out dates.

He sat up. “Are you going to kick me out again?” She shook her head and sat on the bed. “I should.” “That’s not very sisterly of you.” She got up and paced the room. “Let’s just forget this ever happened. You’re my womanizing step-brother. It was fun, but now it’s done and we never speak of it again. Deal?”

She certainly would not have been doing this without the amounts of alcohol she’d consumed. She’d been voted most responsible in high school and considered it a life-long assignment. But tonight she was on sabbatical.

He looked like a man who knew how to take care of a woman, in and out of the bedroom. Anyone I ever went out with looked like they had a routine bedtime, a five-star safety rated car, and was sure to pay their credit card balance in advance and in full. None of my exes would’ve jumped off a building for me, because who knew if insurance covered that?

I could have set you up with Miranda in exchange. She was definitely interested. It’s not too late.” How much did it suck, saying that? He looked down at me, and his eyes locked on mine. “I’m not interested.” I sucked in a little breath. “You’re going to have to explain that to me one of these days.”