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didn’t like the idea of Skylar having guy friends because they’d
    all want in her pants eventually—myself included if I were being honest. But Davey was almost as
    short as Skylar, roly-poly and harmless. Think Pillsbury doughboy with long, black dreadlocks he
    never washed. That was Davey. Let’s just say, Skylar wasn’t going to be tempted by our furry little friend, and I liked it that way.
    Aidan, on the other hand, was a serious threat, and even though I wanted to spew venom, I
    tried to play it down while I cleared my head. “Technically, Skylar can go out with whomever she
    wants,” I said coldly.
    “Not true,” Davey said as he helped himself to a soda.
    “What?”
    “She wants you , you dillweed.”
    My pulse quickened. “She told you that?”
    Davey shook his head. “She doesn’t have to say it.”
    The way she looked at me sometimes with those beautiful almond-shaped eyes made me
    wonder if she did.
    “You know I can’t go out with Skylar.”
    Davey burped. “What I do know is that you mess around with girls you don’t even like to get
    her out of your system.”
    Maybe, but that was the way it had to be.
    “Skylar is like family to me. Going further with her…there is no way that could end well. We’re
    too young, too many years ahead to fuck things up. It would destroy us.”
    Speaking of destruction, I had to figure out how I was going to keep Skylar from getting mixed
    up with that dick, Aidan. If I couldn’t have her, he sure as hell wasn’t gonna get her. I texted
    Amber to cancel our movie date Friday night because now I had work to do.
    I put my phone in my pocket. “What are you doing Friday night, Dave?”
    “Let me check my phone.” He lifted it and pretended to check his calendar. “Oh! Waxing my
    ass.”
    “Yeah. Postpone that. How do you like cotton candy?”

    ***
Whenever I went anywhere with Davey, I felt like we were Arnold Schwarznegger and Danny
    Devito from that old movie, Twins, because I towered over him.
    The fall carnival was held in a big field about a mile from where we lived. It was full of people
    we knew from school and the last place I’d have been were it not for the fact that Skylar would be
    here on what I was pretty sure was her first official date.
    She had told me about her plans, and I played it cool. It wasn’t like I could tell her I was going
    to show up and spy on her. I swore to myself I’d stay away unless I saw Aidan make one wrong
    move, at which point I would deck him.
    It was dark, crowded and chaotic. The bright lights from the rides combined with the dinging
    sounds from the game booths made it hard to focus on my mission.
    I hadn’t spotted her yet, and it didn’t help that Davey had gotten separated from me in search
    of funnel cake.
    He looked like he had gone swimming in a vat of powdered sugar when I found him. “Davey,
    can we please focus on finding Skylar? You can eat later.”
    “Try this,” he said, pushing the fried dough into my face.
    I waved it away. “I can’t think about food right now.”
    He spoke with his mouth full. “Man, can’t you see you have it bad for her? This isn’t a normal
    reaction to your friend going out on a date.”
    “I’m just trying to protect her.”
    “You’re gonna do this every time some guy asks her out?”
    “No, just when he’s an asshole,” I said as I continued to look around.
    “Is there really ever going to be a guy good enough for her in your eyes?”
    I thought about it. “Maybe not.”
    Fuck no.
    Davey waved the funnel cake as he spoke. “That’s messed up. Just admit that you’re not here to
    protect her. You’re here cuz you’re jealous.”
    “I’m not jealous.”
    “Then, it shouldn’t bother you that she looks like she is having a really good time right now.”
    He pointed over to the ticket booth.
    I turned around and saw Skylar laughing at something Aidan was saying while they were in
    line. My chest tightened, and it felt like I couldn’t breathe.