Jeff sat down at one of the bar stools and started to down his water. Man he looked like shit.

“Dude, I think you worked out too hard, you look like shit.” I said as took the muffins out of the oven.

“Fuck you dude…..I’m not the one acting like Betty Fucking Crocker!”

“Seriously Jeff, you feeling okay today, you get enough sleep?” I asked as I took a good look at him. He looked tired and his eyes were like a dead green sea.

“Yeah I feel alright. I can’t believe I drank that much last night. I fuckin’ never drink like that.” Jeff said as he reached over and grabbed the bottle of Advil that was sitting on the kitchen counter.

“Do you um, you remember everything that happened last night?” Shit…I hated to do it but I had to ask.

Jeff looked up at me and I swear his eyes glossed over with tears. “Yeah dude, I remember everything that happened last night. Believe me…I woke up wishing I had been drunk enough not to have remembered it.”

Just then the door to my bedroom opened up and Ari came walking out. Damn….she looked just as good this morning as she did when she walked in yesterday evening. I could see Jeff sit up straighter.

“Good morning!” Ari announced as she came buzzing into the kitchen. What the hell? I looked over at Jeff who was just watching her every move.

“Did you make blueberry muffins Gunner? My god! No wonder Ellie has the hots for you!” Ari said with a laugh.

“ARIANNA!” The sound of Ellie’s sweet voice caused my stomach to do a few flips. I looked up and my breath caught in my throat. She looked beautiful. I wonder if she woke up every morning looking this fucking good. She gave me a shy smile….there was that blush…..fuck I just wanted to take her in my arms and kiss the shit out of her.

“Good morning sweetheart. Did you sleep okay?” I asked as I poured her a glass of orange juice. She sat down in the bar stool next to Jefferson who was still watching Ari’s every move.

Ellie looked over at Jeff and her smile faded just a little. When she looked back over at me she gave me that smile that would make me promise her anything in the world.

“I slept okay, thank you so much for giving up your room last night for us.”

Jefferson shut his eyes for a second. Was he even planning on saying he was sorry to Ari and Ellie?

“Look Ellie….Gunner made blueberry muffins. Isn’t that so sweet? Some guys are just like that…..caring….they know how the little things just makes a woman so happy.” Ari said as she leaned against the counter and stared Jeff down. She had been sending someone a text message right before.

I did not like where this was going.

“Ari, can I speak with you in private please?” Jeff asked as he stood up.

“Um, no….” Ari said as she picked up a muffin and started to put butter on it.

Jeff was running his hands down his face clearly getting frustrated. He let out a loud sigh. “Please….I really need to talk to you……….please.”

Ari looked up at Jeff and I swear if looks could kill Jeff would have been on the floor. “Whatever you have to say to me you can say it in front of my friends. You know what those are, don’t you Jeff? Oh…wait…the type of friends that you have……you fuck them in your room during your sister’s graduation party.”

“Ari that is enough, he just wants to talk to you.” Ellie said as she looked back and forth between Ari and Jeff.

Fuck me….this was not going to go well at all.

“No this is fine Ellie. If this is how Ari wants to have this go down then that is fine by me. I was going to apologize for my comment last night that embarrassed you. It was very insensitive of me to bring up the fact that you are still a virgin and that your fucking dry humping every guy at the party might give them the wrong impression you were ready to give it up.” Jeff said as he slammed his bottle water down.

This was like a fucking train wreck that I couldn’t stop watching.

“JEFFERSON! Oh my god! How could you say that to her right now after what you did to her last night?” Ellie said as she stood up and walked up to Jeff.

“What…what did I do to her Ellie? I was trying to apologize and she is being a bitch about it.” Jeff said as he turned to look at Ari.

She was just standing there with a blank expression on her face. “You SLEPT with that girl Jefferson. You knew that was going to hurt Ari…you knew it would.” Ellie said with a crack in her voice.

“Is that what it is Ari? Are you upset because I slept with another girl because the last time I checked sweetheart….I didn’t have a fucking girlfriend.” Jeff shouted at Ari.

“Do not call me sweetheart you son of a bitch.” Ari said as a tear started to roll down her face.

“Jeff, let’s just back off here for a minute. Dude I see where you are going with this and dude I get it but…..”

“What?” Ellie said as she turned and gave me a shitty look.

Oh fuck…..

“So Gunner…..you think what Jefferson did to Ari was okay because they’re not dating? You and I both know they have feelings for each other.” Ellie said as she put her hands on her hips.

Shit she was cute when she was mad.

“Now wait a minute Ellie; don’t turn this around on me now. That is not what I was going to say. I was just saying that it is true….Ari and Jeff are not dating and really he could see or date anyone he wants. I’m not excusing what he did it’s just….it’s just….” Oh why the fuck did I think I just stuck my foot in my damn mouth. Stop talking Gunner….

“Can I just please say that I could care less what this dickwad does okay? So Jeff…have at it ….fuck whoever you damn well please ‘cause you are right, we have nothing together. Never have and you made it very clear last night, we never will. I got your message loud and clear.” Ari said as she wiped a tear from her face.

“Fuck, Ari please just let me explain….I was not trying to hurt you last night. I just got angry and you where flirting and…..”

Ellie wasn’t done with me though and she cut Jeff off…..

“So wait…Gunner. Does this mean if I had been dancing with one of the other guys all night and made you all hot and bothered, you would have gone off and fucked Crysti to help satisfy your hard on? Because that is pretty much what you did right Jefferson?” Ellie said as she walked over to Ari who was now just as confused as I was. How the hell did this turn around onto me?

“NO! Ellie, I wouldn’t do that to you but they’re not dating.”

“Neither are we Gunner……thank god for that!” Ellie turned and walked to my bedroom.

Oh holy fuck……..I started to follow her. How the hell did this just happen?

“Ellie wait a minute! How did this turn to me doing something wrong to you?” I asked her as I walked into the bedroom. Ellie turned and looked at me. She threw one of my tee shirts at me and shouted, “Because you are all fucking alike! Every goddamn one of you…..even my own brother. All you do is use your dicks to think with.”

Ellie grabbed her bag and pushed past me and walked back out into the living room. Ari was standing there waiting at the front door. What? Where were they going?

“Ellie let me drive you both home sweetheart.” I said as Jeff walked up to try and ask Ari if he could take her home.

“We do not need a ride thank you Gunner and no Jeff, you cannot take me home so we can talk. We have nothing to talk about.

“How are you getting home Ari?” I asked while I was looking at Ellie who would not even look at me now.

“I sent a friend a text message asking him if he could take Ellie and me back to my house.

“What friend?” Jeff asked clearly annoyed.

“Josh, he gave me his number last night and asked me out on a date. I told him no last night but I seemed to have woken up with a much clearer head this morning.” Ari said as she smiled at Jeff.

“The FUCK you will. There is no fucking way my sister or you are getting in a car with that asshole!” Jeff said as he took out his cell phone. I already knew what he was doing.