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remainder of their friends, he let out a deep breath and
heading for the living room.   Bringing
with him beers for the new arrivals.  
    “Is Alex playing
waitress again?”   Phin chuckled.
    “Just for that, no beer
for you!”   Alex smiled back.   Handing out the remaining beers in his hand
to everyone else.  
    Phin was quick though,
and snagged the beer Alex had just placed in Jemma’s hand.   “Hey!” Jemma protested.  
    Alex simply shook his
head at Phin and handed Jemma another beer.   Standing with Jemma and Phin, listening as she went on to tell Phin that
he was like having an annoying brother around always taking her things.   Phin and Jemma had become fast friends when he
started with CPST.   Since she did well
with numbers and Derek was clueless, Jemma was often the go between for the
finance guys, Phin and Alex, and Derek.   Translating
the numbers into something Derek’s coding corrupted brain could understand.
    As his two friends
bickered back and forth, Alex kept an eye on Izzy.   Dressed simply in a pair of jeans and a
t-shirt with a stick figure runner on the front, she looked
more beautiful than the models he had taken to different events clothed in dresses that cost thousands of dollars.   She stood with Caroline and Collin, laughing at something the man had
said.  
    Having her back in his
life was a blessing and a curse.   A curse
only because she refused to acknowledge the spark between them.   She refused to let him in.   Alex wished she would relax around him the
way she did Collin.   Collin and Alex
shared the same type of humorous charm and personality.   Yet, it was Collin who got the nice and funny
Izzy while he got the dragon lady version.  
    “Anyone heard from the
happy couple today?”   Gavin asked the
room, as he sorted through Izzy’s Xbox games.   It had become a tradition to have a game night any time they all came over
to the girl’s house.  
    “Roni said they would
be here around six or so, when I spoke with her before their flight
departed.   She sounded very happy.   I even heard Derek laughing in the
background.”   Izzy shared happily with
the group.   A smile warm on her face as
she spoke of her friend.   Izzy had
obviously missed Roni while she was away.  
    Most of the guys had
expected Derek to go through withdrawals from work during his vacation.   He had left all of his gadgets, including his
laptop and phone, behind.   Although, Derek’s
spontaneous vacation had not come at the most ideal time for the company given
the merger, Alex was thrilled to see his friend take a break.   If he was being honest, he was even a little
envious of his friend.   Derek had run
away to a secluded island with the woman of his dreams.   Meanwhile, the woman of Alex’s dreams was
standing on the other side of the room ignoring him.  
    At the announcement
that the happy couple would be arriving home soon, the room seemed to explode
in different conversations.   Phin and
Gavin joked how easily Derek had fallen, declaring that would never be
them.   Jemma laughed, shaking her head in
agreement.  
    “I have seen the two of
you go through more girls than I thought even lived in Colorado and I have only
known you a few months!   I can’t believe
your crappy lines work.”   Gracey
quipped.   “And the quiet one in the corner
must secretly date because I never see him with a woman on his arm.”  
    “I am just more
discreet than those assholes.” Rocco shrugge d, taking
a swig of his beer.
    “So are you in the same
super slut category as these guys,” Gracey waived her hand around in the
direction of Phin, Gavin and Alex, “or are you a little more particular of who
sees you naked?”    
    Rocco had walked to
stand directly in front of Gracey, who now had to look up, way up, to look him
in the eye.   He was by far the largest of the men. Rocco brushed a finger down her
cheek.   “Honey, I don’t give a damn if
the whole world sees me