Certified Disaster (Beautiful Mess Book 2) by Jennifer Preston Page A

couldn’t help it.  “You are being
ridiculous,”she
chided.  “You have absolutely nothing to worry about, because I’ve told you
over and over that there isn’t anyone else for me but you.  You’d better watch
it, because I’m going to be furious if you don’t trust me enough not to go
snogging every boy I come across.”
    “Snogging?”he chuckled.
    “Yeah, sorry, I’m reading Harry
Potter with Liam and Logan.  Those English euphemisms are kind of catchy.”   She paused as he
laughed again.  Man, the things that came out of this girl’s mouth.  There was
never a dull moment with her around.  “But anyway, stop being stupid, okay?”
    “Okay,”he promised, shaking his head at how
easily she could rile and then diffuse his anger.  The girl was a force of
nature.  “Hey, do me a favor and go check on my motorcycle for me.  I miss my
baby and want her to know I’m thinking about her.”
    “Yeah, I’ll do that,”she quipped before
laughing.  “I swear you spend more time pining for that bike than you do for
me.”
    “Not even close,”he assured her.  “I
hardly pine for you at all.”   She let out an affronted snort, and he burst out laughing.  Luckily for
him, she quickly joined.  “Aw baby, you know that nothing else consumes my mind
like you do.  Speaking of which,”his voice dropped to a sexy rumble, “when you get home, I’ll prove to
you just how much I think about you, and all the naughty things I want to do to
you.”   He
could practically hear her face flush.
    “Mmm, I’ll be looking forward to
that,”she
replied in a sexy timbre of her own, and it nearly undid him.
    “Hurry home,”he pleaded softly, his whole body
aching with longing.
    “I will,”she promised, and cleared her throat. 
“Well, I think I’d better go before this conversation takes a very
not-appropriate-for-my-family’s-ears turn.  I love you, Cole.  See you soon.”
    “I love you too, Ambria.  Goodnight.”
    “Goodnight.”
    Cole lay there for a moment
contemplating the implications of her parting words, and a huge, smug smile
spread across his face.    
     
    Cole was flipping through channels
on his couch a few days later, when his phone buzzed in his pocket.  He pulled
it out and opened the text he’d gotten from Seb.  He took one look at the
picture and dialed his friend.
    “Tell me that’s not the sexiest
thing ever!”Seb
answered.
    “What the hell are you thinking?”Cole yelled.  “You
taught Bri to ride a motorcycle?”   He couldn't believe it.  Seb was a freaking idiot.  An idiot who was
going to get his faced punched in for this. 
    “What?  Chicks on bikes are hot.  I
thought I was doing you a favor.  Bri looks good on your bike.”
    Yeah she did.  She looked damn good. 
But that wasn’t the point.
    “It’s dangerous, Seb.  She could
crash and be seriously hurt, or worse.  Not to mention, I’m sure her dance team
director would love to hear that she’s zooming around on a motorcycle.  She
could get kicked off her team for this.”   Plus, if Bri could ride on her own, she wouldn’t need to snuggle up
behind him.  “This is bad for so many reasons.”   Not the least of which being that if anyone was going to teach Bri to
ride, it should be him, not Seb.  That, and he still wasn’t too thrilled about
his best friend and his girlfriend hanging out, especially when Seb was
obviously checking her out.
    “Come on, man, she’s thrilled. 
Here, talk to her and see for yourself.”  
    Bri picked up the phone, sounding
breathless.  “Cole?  Oh my gosh, that is the best feeling ever!  It’s even
better when you’re driving!”
    The excitement in her voice made him
smile.  “I can’t believe you did it!”   He made himself sound excited for her.  He wasn’t going to ruin this
moment for her.  It wasn’t her fault Seb was a moron.  “That’s awesome.  I’m
glad you’re keeping my bike company for me.”
    “Yeah, maybe next time