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Jacques

"I had such an amazing time last night." A female voice purred in my ear.

As I rolled over in my bed my eyes were initially met by the naked physique of my best friend's sister, who I've been sleeping with in order to get over her. Her curves are so irresistible and I can't really help myself but take a few moments to absorb her perfect figure whilst she's in the nude.

And then my eyes registered that my clock face read: 8:16AM.

Shit, Charlotte's gonna be over in ten minutes, I thought to myself.

"Lissy I had a really good time last night ... but the thing is." I swore to myself that I'd tell her that her Charlotte was coming over but I failed to  form my thoughts into words.

Instead Lissy's seductive and persuasive lower lip had caught my attention and was already in between my teeth. She let out a noise which I can only associate with utter attraction. The style that she pronounced my name in that moment made me everything else so insignificant.

I slid my bare hands across her exposed skin and relished at the thought that I could spend the whole morning exploring her body for the second time this morning. Her lips nibbled my skin as if it was the most delicious thing she'd ever tasted.

"Lissy I need you to go ...." even my tone of voice wasn't convinced by my statement, as my breaths were hitched from her touch,"I have a friend coming round in five minutes." My words were stern but we both knew that I didn't want to stop.

Somehow my distracted hands hadn't gotten the message as they continued to caress her delicate skin. She trailed a finger across my abdomen with a mischievous look on her face.

"Come on Jac only five more minutes and then I'll stop playing." She giggled; which made my job a whole lot harder.

After a couple more minutes of dissolving myself in the pleasure pool which my bed had become, I rolled out of bed and murmured a few curse words under my breath as getting up had taken  a lot longer than I anticapted. I knew that Charlotte always runs a few minutes later than she promises to be; so my stress levels remained non existent.

I could hear Lissy mumbling something about how she was just messing around and I knew that but I always knew that Charlotte would castrate me if she would ever find out that I was sleeping with her sister.

Jacques what have you got yourself into?  I murmured to myself.

"Lissy what are you doing to me?" I whispered as I was about to take another sip of the coffee which I had brewed for myself whilst Lissy had been sleeping an hour earlier.

I almost spit out my coffee as the doorbell to my apartment sounded.

Oh double shit.

I squared the clock in my kitchen to realise that Charlotte was on time and Lissy was still in my bedroom and everything right now was just not going to plan.

I dropped my mug onto the counter without even thinking through my next couple of actions. I headed straight for my bedroom, with a slightly alarmed look on my face as I confronted Lissy with the situation; not giving myself much time to really think over what how I would explain this one.

" Lissy, stay here. Charlotte's here, can't find out. If you mention this  to her I swear to ..." Before I could finish my sentence that loving female which usually set my heart full of euphoria was droning out my name in an irritated voice, as she thumped her fist against my front door.

"Jacques, it's just me. Open up?"

Before I left my bedroom I noticed that Lissy hadn't even bothered getting dressed which I hadn't even realised, but she nodded her head in agreement and left a smirk on her face which irritated me slightly.

Women.

"Charlotte, apologies I just woke up." I scoffed as I opened the door for my friend.

I knew that she wouldn't really believe my white lie because she knows that I'm an early bird and I'm always awake at this time; but I guess I panicked about how strange the whole situation was panning out to be.

Charlotte was dressed in a burgundy jumper with a pair of jeans that fit her body perfectly but I had to try and block out any of my urges to admit that to her.

"It's fine; I guess I'm just feeling anxious and impatient today." She sighed belatedly and greeted me with a hug.

Her eyes were quick to discover the spilt coffee which was sprawled all over the marble counter tops and spooling down the rims approaching the sides.

"So this is why you didn't answer the door straight away, I told you that in the morning you need to wait until your fully awake to make coffee." She perked up as she laughed at the catastrophic sight of coffee stains across the kitchen top.

"You know me too well." I joined her level of humour and perched on a stool next to her.

She smells so good in the morning, a mixture of vanilla and honeycone. It's delicious my senses were delighted to be greeted by such a sweet and powerful aroma.

"So we're thinking about having a dinner party next Friday, are you keen?" Hey eyes lit up with excitement as she brushed her hand on top of mine, she sent tingles down my spine when she dazed at me with those heavelly eyes.

"I guess." I took a moment to humour her.

"What do you mean you guess buddy, are you coming or not." She prodded my shoulder with a tender amount of pressure.

I smiled lovingly at her before I responded,"What time do you want us to come over?" I quizzed her as I attempted to multi-task by brushing my teeth and chatting to her across the island in my kitchen.

I ruffled my hair in an effort to make it look more presentable, but after a while  I decided that neither Charlotte or I really cared about how I looked I the morning, I sighed to myself. As I returned from my bathroom, I noticed a devilishly grin was plastered against her lips.

"What's are that cheeky looks for Charlotte." I quizzed her as her eyes were stuck analysing me, they almost felt as if they were undressing me.

She licked her lips promiscuously and tapped her chin slightly before she spoke.

"Wait, where were you last night? You have one-night-stand written all over your face and this loft stinks  of sex?" Charlotte perceived from the fact that I was just lounging in my pyjama bottoms and my whole torso was expose, but I could tell it didn't really phase her as she has so many siblings that the human body seems a distant distraction from her mind as she stared directly at my face.

"Went out for drinks with Otto and I might have hooked up with someone." I poured myself another cup of coffee as she continued to quiz me about who the mysterious girl is.

"I stopped listening as soon as I heard the mention of Otto, that guy attracts more girls than I actually could think possible; who am I kidding of course you hooked up with someone." She stated her tone had become rather bitter towards the end of her sentence and she turned her body away from me as she focused on sipping her coffee.

"It was just meaningless sex you know, Charlotte." I tried to brush it off aimlessly, "Besides we're not talking about the nitty gritty details about my sex life, we're talking about your gathering. What food are you cooking?"

As a whirlwind of thoughts  tumbled through her mind she bit her lip and pinched her eyebrows together which made her look like a little lost puppy trying to find it's way home, "Well I haven't really thought that far," she gulped anxiously,"I just thought it was good enough that I'd managed to get you guys to all say yes." She smiled enthusiastically towards me.

I just couldn't resist that smile; even if we're just 'friends'.

"And by you 'guys' you mean, you invited more people over than I thought?" I cocked my head sideways to grab her attention.

"Yeah, you, me, Fede, Zara are definites and then I invited Harvey but he's away and so is Lisa." She played with her bed hair as my took in the information that she had just provided.

My foot began to tap agitatedly against the ceramic tiling as I digested the fact that, today would be the day I meet the boyfriend of my best friend who I semi-fancy but I'm not supposed to and she will kill me when she finds out.

"Sounds like a wonderful entourage then, doesn't it." I forced a smile to press across my lips.

"Well, I just thought..."She hummed innocently; one of her habits which I found so endearing,"Neither Fede or I have actually met our friends and since we've been going out for almost seven months that seems kinda ridiculous, don't you think?"

No, I thought to myself.

Charlotte had tried to arrange coffee mornings or exhibition viewings with us all but I couldn't bring myself to meet Federico. I'm jealous of him and I know that as soon as he sees the level of attention that I pay to her; he'll know.

He'll understand how Charlotte is the type of woman I've always wanted in my life.

"And like I said before your full of good ideas; so I'm sure this will be a fun gathering for us all to get to know each other." I brushed my palm against her shoulder in reassurance, to which she let out a hefty sigh of relief.

"I hope so ." She pouted as I stood an inch away from her and all I wanted to do was hug her as tight as I possible could and tell her that I wish she was mine.

Instead,I gently slid my fingers across her back and trailed them in a circular motion to put her at ease. I saw her relax as her body was so receptive to little gestures like these.

"I've got to head off to work but I'll speak to you later Jacques." She twirled her stool around to face me and embraced me into a  comfortable hug, she placed her lips beside my ear and whispered,"Thanks for the chat, you always know exactly how to cheer me up."

I admired the way her body swayed so naturally as she exited my appartment, sending a kiss over my her shoulder in my direction before she slammed the door shut before herself.

Phew, that was a really close one.

I was so  utterly relieved by Charlotte's departure that I didn't notice Lissy sneak up behind me and plant her arms around my neck.

"Looks like I didn't get an invite to Friday's dinner, might just have to stop by with a friend to see how it pans out." She winked at me before she strutted to the door effortlessly as I tried not to gawk at her.

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—You know you're in love when you can't fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams.—

—Dr. Seuss—

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