Free You Belong With Me by M. R. Joseph Page A

was in love with Casey from day one but he thought it was more of a lustful, sexual kind of thing. The kind that left a bulge in his pants sort of love when he saw her in a bikini but the closer they became and the more time they spent together, he realized this was so much more than that. It was real life true love. The kind you read about in trashy romance novels. The kind you see in Lifetime movies. She was everything to him. Bo Adler was a douche. Plain and simple. No to ways around it and Casey was unfortunately too blind to see it. In the beginning of Junior year, Lyla and Casey moved out of the dorms and into an off campus apartment. It was small. Two bedroom and a tiny kitchen/living room area. There was privacy although the walls were thin and the proof of that was Lyla and Tommy's never ending bang fests which Carter and Casey had to tolerate until Bo came along. Carter and Tommy had gotten an apartment as well not too far from the girls' place.
    When Casey began dating Bo, their little foursome dissipated over the year. Carter felt like a third wheel and he just couldn't stand the sight of someone else touching the woman he loved. So he went out to the bar after a night out with the four of them in search of some female companionship. What he usually got was a blow job or a quick fuck in the bathroom of the bar. All the while seeing Casey's face as some random drunk chick sucked him off. Yes, he got off and he always wanted it to be enjoyable but it never completely was. It was just pleasurable and there was a difference. To Carter there was anyway. Bo always made Carter feel like he didn't belong, like he was bothersome because Casey was always worried about why he never got into a relationship with anyone if her and Bo, Tommy and Lyla had made plans to go the movies or something, Casey always made it a point to ask Carter if he wanted to join them. That infuriated Bo. He was jealous of their friendship. He knew that Carter was very special to Casey and that they were best friends. It angered him when Casey practiced all of her first aid and phlebotomy on Carter and not on him. She asked Carter to help her study for her exams and he was always readily available for all of it. Yes, Carter would have dropped a puppy to run to Casey's side to help her with whatever she needed. Carter hated blood and guts and all things.... medical, but if Casey needed to use him as a dummy for practice for her nursing skills, he bit the bullet, put the fear in the back of his mind and did what ever she wished. Always telling her the line from The Princess Bride. "As you Wish." And it was a done deal.
    Casey talked openly with Carter about her sex life with Bo. He didn't want her to think that it bothered him so he went along with it and bit his tongue, his lips, and the insides of his cheeks. Anything he could bite in his mouth so he wouldn't tell her to stop it and crash his lips to hers in a panty-wetting kiss. Casey had opened up one night when they were studying at her apartment.
    "So the other night, Bo and I were getting hot and heavy in my room after we knew Tommy and Ly were all banged out. He did something to me that no other person has ever done." Casey looked at Carter over top of the slew of nursing books that sat between them at her kitchen table. He was highlighting something in his Econ book and tried not to pay much attention to what she was saying. He so badly wanted to know nothing about what she was going to say. He knew where it was headed.
    Without looking up from his book he said, " Ah, um. So what was that?"
    "He well, he went down on me." Carter instantly tasted the blood from the inside of his bitten cheek and balled up his fist under the table. His heart dropped into his stomach and he knew if he moved his facial expressions would give him away and she would be suspicious. She knew his moods and his facial expressions continually gave him away.
    "Oh yeah? And how did that work out for the both of you?" he