Free On the Line (Alternate Places Book 3) by P.S. Power

were the odds of that happening twice? The
amount of power within him, even bits of his power, in the wrong hands, could
turn the world on its ear.
    So, this left poor Britney kind of stuck for now. She loved
Don, but couldn't be with him, because that would almost certainly end poorly
and possibly damage him in the process. If she were a worse person, she could
have had sex with him anyway, possibly hoping that Don would be one of the rare
people that could handle that kind of situation. A person without ego that
simply didn't take anything personally. Kate didn't know him that well
yet, but he didn't seem to be that kind of person at all. Not a bad guy by any
means, and obviously worthy of kindness and love, but without ego? If that were
the case he wouldn't have felt bad about Britney not sleeping with him, too.
    Really the whole thing seemed just a tiny bit tragic. Luckily
they were young and would probably get over the whole matter in a few decades.
Unless they stayed friends, then who knew how long the whole mess might last?
    “Don't worry, I won't steal him forever. Just long enough for
you two to figure something out, whatever that is, all right?” Kate hugged the
other girl again, only vaguely noticing that Blaine had been calling out to
them.
    “Good job! Good match both of you. Decent aggression out of
you for once Brit, way to go. Let's keep that up now and by having you kick my
butt, right?” They started almost instantly, Britney rushing her brother and performing
a slightly weak, but technically correct double leg take down, that caused both
of them to end up laying on the floor in a tangle of limbs, struggling for
position. The whole thing looked pretty dirty when two hot people of the
opposite sex practiced ground grappling. Actually, it looked pretty dirty no
matter who did it, which Kate suspected was part of why it worked. Most people
in a fight wanted to avoid as much bodily contact as possible. Someone laying
on top of them doing things that could be misconstrued as highly sexual
probably disturbed a lot of people that wanted to think of themselves as manly.
    She went to stand next to Don and noticed that yoga girl was
at it again, this time clearly oriented toward them, flexing and stretching,
even looking at them for a bit, when she sat up between movements. Kaitlyn
softly asked him if he knew their watcher at all, since she seemed pretty
interested in him.
    “Ah, no. I mean I've seen her here , but I always just
figured she was here to watch Blaine or Britney, or, you know, actually work
out. That happens right? This is a gym and she looks to be pretty
dedicated and all.” He stared at her for a minute. “I mean, doing that kind of stuff, she certainly has no problems getting a date."
    Kate agreed, "Here, step away from me, to the left, like
you want to see the match between Blaine and Britney better."
    The woman's eyes and orientation followed Don as he moved
then held her position as she kept working through poses. It could have been
something else, some other kind of interest, but she clearly checked out his
behind, which, Kaitlyn agreed, did seem pretty nice.
    Interesting, but not something she intended to do anything
about. If they were meant to be together, then one of them or the other would
eventually have to make a move. She wasn't going to listen to Brit confess her
love for the man and turn around to coach him in hooking up with someone else
in the same ten minute time span. Especially since she hadn't gotten any sex
for herself out of the situation yet. Now if the whole thing lingered on too
long, she may just do that, getting those two together, but she hoped not.
After all, that would be Britney's job if all went well.
    Blaine walked her back to her room, not because she wouldn't
be safe on her own, just because men were almost always safer from being
attacked than women. At least in random attacks. Guys got attacked a lot more
when the situation was planned she knew, having been a