Page 91 of Twice as Tempting

Kelly waved The Lucky One a little more vigorously to indicate her choice.

“You’re right. The Notebook will just make us cry, but The Lucky One…”

“Will make us horny!” Kelly finished.

“Zack and Damian will be glad for that,” Emma said and giggled.

Kelly popped in the DVD and settled next to Emma on the couch. “For the rest of the night, the only man we talk about is Zac Efron. Deal?”

“Deal,” Emma said and dug her hand into the popcorn bowl.

They were about halfway into the movie, and almost to the really good part with the steamy shower scene, when a knock came at the door.

“Oh no,” Kelly said. “I know that knock.”

She pressed pause on the remote and put her index finger to her lips. “Maybe if we’re really quiet, they’ll go away.”

“C’mon, Kell. Open up. We know you’re in there,” Damian called, his voice booming loud and clear through the door.

Emma put her hands over her mouth to prevent her laughter from escaping while Kelly got up and marched over to the door. “What do you want? We’re right in the middle of our movie,’ she replied without opening the door.

“I have a key, you know.”

“Ugh!” Kelly whipped the door open but blocked the entrance as best she could, considering she was one small woman standing in front of two hulking men. Damian smirked at her and held up a six pack of beer.

“We came over to join your party,” he said.

Zack peered over Kelly’s head, to where his future wife was perched on the edge of the couch. He winked at her and then said, “Look, they have snacks!”

“Hey, I had snacks too,” Damian said with mock exasperation.

“Your idea of snacks was a stale bag of pretzels. There’s real food over here.”

Damian took a step forward, but Kelly placed her palm firmly on his chest. “Where do you think you’re going?”

Damian’s eyes twinkled down at her. “Please, Kell. Let us join your party.”

Emma, ever the peacekeeper, finally piped in. “You two can come in on one condition. You have to let us finish watching the movie.”

“Which movie is it?” Damian asked.

“Dude. Who cares? They have snacks,” Zack said, and he stepped around Kelly to greet his bride-to-be.

Kelly still had her hand on Damian’s chest, but now he covered it with his own. “I promise to let you watch your movie,” he said solemnly.

“Ok, fine, you big brute. C’mon in.”

The four of them settled on the couch, with Damian on one end, Zack on the other, and the two women in the middle. Zack immediately reached for the bowl of popcorn and placed it on his lap.

Damian glared at him and repeated, “I had snacks.”

“Quiet, you two. We’re putting the movie back on,” Kelly said. Even though she was somewhat miffed at Damian for crashing their party, she couldn’t help but lean into him once the movie started. He pulled her in so close that she could feel his body heat searing through her sweats. She glanced over at Emma and saw that she was leaning into Zack too. So much for ladies’ night!

When it came to the scene where Logan (played by Zac Efron) and Beth (played by Taylor Schilling) had sex in an outdoor shower stall, Zack and Damian were particularly quiet.

After the scene was over, Zack said, “Whoa! This beats eating stale pretzels in Damian’s apartment any day!”

“See what I mean? The man never shuts up,” Damian said drily, after which the ladies burst into laughter.