Free What a Boy Wants by Nyrae Dawn

hips like she was annoyed. She wore something different tonight. Maybe something of Pris’s because I’d never seen her wear it before. It didn’t show a lot of skin like the stuff I’d admired on the other girls as we walked through the house, but it was definitely more when it came to Aspen. It was a red—which I’d always thought looked hot on a girl -- sleeveless V-neck that teased, but didn’t really show the goods. A little teardrop-looking necklace hung down and rested between her breasts. And she topped off the outfit with a pair of hip hugging jeans that almost made me groan.
     
    Yeah, I definitely needed to be here to watch the girls tonight.
     
    Luckily, I was pretty good at playing things off when I wanted to, so instead of admiring her, I nudged her. “Hey, you know I’m all for equal flirting rights and all that, but I also gotta take care of my girls.” Damn, I was a pretty nice guy when I thought about it.
     
    “If we don’t see each other before, let’s meet up at 11:00,” I said. If we came together, we left together, so we liked to meet up to make sure everyone was still having a good time. All for one and shit. I pushed my hands in my pockets, feeling pretty proud of myself. We got the pre-party plan out of the way and now it was time for the night of epicness to begin.
     
    “Alright, Dad. See you guys later.” Aspen started to pull Pris away, and when she did, I saw Pris lean over and whisper something to her. Aspen shook her head no, while turning back to look at us. Pris nodded, Aspen smiled and they disappeared into the kitchen.
     
    “They’re being weird,” I told Jaden.
     
    “Who?” he asked, his eyes already scanning the kitchen through the glass door.
     
    He had the right idea, so I mumbled a “Nothing.” After straightening my shirt, I looked over at Jaden. “Are you ready for our night of epic proportions?”
     
    He gave his hair another ruffle with his hand to make sure it was effectively messy. “I was born ready.”
     
    Blood pumped through my veins with so much fervor, I didn’t even take the time to tell Jaden how corny his last line was. I strode into the kitchen with my boy at my side, on a mission. We were going to find girls and I was going to get my head on straight, because no good could come from the urge I’d fought to pull Aspen back to me as she’d been swallowed by the crowd.
     
    ***
     
    Mattie hadn’t been wrong about the ratio of female vs. males. There was a good two to one, which were odds I really liked. In fact, there were so many girls dancing around that I was having a hard time choosing which one I wanted to go for.
     
    “Dude, you’ve found something wrong with every girl. I’m about to play this one solo if you can’t make up your mind.” Jaden leaned against the wall next to me. A fireplace with a mantle full of pictures of who I assumed was Mattie’s Mall Girl was behind him.
     
    “We’re not trying to decide between a Big Mac or a chicken sandwich here. This is some serious shit. We want epicness, we have to be choosy.”
     
    Jaden rolled his eyes, so I continued to scan the room.
     
    “What about them?” he asked, pointing to a red head and girl with dark brown hair who were dancing with each other. My body perked up at the sight. “I’ll take Red and you can have the other one,” he said.
     
    “Nah, I’m not feelin’ her.” I was starting to get a little worried about myself. I mean, this was a party and there were chicks everywhere, but none of them were really getting my blood pumping, if you know what I mean. What guy wasn’t trying to hook-up at this party?
     
    Apparently, me…
     
    “Okay, Sebastian. You pick, but I’m telling you, if you don’t pick some girls within five minutes, I’m out. I at least want to get some dancing in rather than staring at your frown all night.” Jaden pushed off the wall and crossed his arms over his chest.
     
    “I’m frowning?” Why was I