Free Stepbrother With Benefits 16 (Third Season) by Mia Clark Page B

are you?" I ask him.  "I know it's kind of weird.  I get that it's not exactly normal, but it's not like we're related or anything.  It's not a bad thing or illegal or whatever, not like what Jake was trying to say with his flyers and the website, and..."
    And here.  And all the time.  Jake keeps making it into something awful.  I don't know if that's just how he feels, or if other people agree with him.  I'd like to think no one does, but I saw a few girls giving me weird looks during some of my classes today.  I'm not sure why.  It was just quick glances when I saw them out of the corner of my eye.  They didn't look long, but it was enough to make me question myself.
    On the other side of that, more than a few guys were giving me looks, too.  Not really the sort I'd ever want, and I'm pretty sure they were just thinking of me naked.  I mean, I guess that's flattering in a weird sort of way, but... I'd really prefer they didn't.  To be fair, some looked at me in a weird way, probably the same as the girls, and so if they weren't imagining me naked, they were probably disgusted and thought I was gross.
    "I don't think it's weird," Kevin says, pulling my mind back to the coffee shop.  "I'm kind of jealous, actually."
    Wait, um... what's that even mean?  He's jealous?  Is he flirting with me?  He knows I have a boyfriend, and yet he's saying he's jealous of Ethan?
    It doesn't sound like he's flirting with me, though.  I know I'm not very good at this whole "is someone flirting with me?" thing, but I think I'm getting slightly better.  I now know that Caleb was definitely not flirting with me over the summer, he was just being nice.  Maybe Kevin is being nice, too?
    "I think I'm running out of coffee," Kevin says, shaking his nearly empty cup.  "Do you want another?  I'll grab it.  My treat for helping me with some of my homework.  Actually, I think we're in a few of the same classes later in the week.  I saw your name on the roster."
    "Oh?"
    Alright, so this is definitely starting to sound more flirtatious.  He's offering to buy me coffee, and also telling me we have some classes together.  I've seen a few movies about college students, and this is usually how some of the flirting goes.
    "Just an English class and a Literature class, I think," Kevin says.  "Popular Contemporary Fiction?"
    "Oh!  Right.  That's neat," I say.  "I think that class will be fun, but I've already read all the books we're reading, so I was thinking about asking for extra credit so I can read something new."
    Kevin laughs and shakes his head.  "That's the Ashley Banks I remember," he says.
    "What's that supposed to mean?" I ask, wrinkling my nose at him.
    "Nothing," he says, grinning.  "How about that coffee?"
    "Sure," I say.  "As long as your intentions with me are pure."
    I belatedly realize that, um... while I thought that this was a good way to stop flirting, what I just said sounds kind of flirtatious.  Like a challenge, you know?  Ethan would totally consider it a challenge and do everything he could to impurify me, if you will.  Pretty sure he's already done that enough, but who's counting?
    "The purest of intentions," Kevin says, laughing and shaking his head at me.  "Any secret coffee flavors I should know about?"
    "Yes," I say.  "You should ask for a shot of gingerbread syrup and one of Irish cream syrup.  When they mix together, it tastes kind of like banana bread."
    Kevin gives me a look of utter disbelief.  "Gingerbread plus Irish cream equals banana bread?" he asks.  "Really?"
    "I wouldn't have believed it myself, but it works out, I swear!"
    "I don't know... I'll give you the benefit of the doubt.  I hope this isn't some sort of trick."
    "Nope!  It's not a trick!"
    "That's what someone trying to pull something over on me would say," he says, smirking.
    I make a face at him and stick my tongue out.  He laughs and leaves to go get us some coffee.
    This is fun.  I don't think I've really ever