.. If she just hadn't lied to me!... If she had just told me where she was going! I would've understood. I might not have liked it, but I wouldn't hav... stopped her." Mark, its my fault too. I seduced you intentionally. I wanted to hurt Melissa. But I didn't want to hurt her like this though. I thought she hurt you... I like you Mark. It wasn't all to get back at Melissa... I wanted to be with you tonight... I wanted to have sex with you. It went from revenge to really caring about you, wanting. Come on, he told himself, shake it off, just for a couple of hours. The one thing that did distract him, at least a little, was Molly. He got the impression she was nervous, and figured it was only natural. She was among strangers, despite knowing Cameron from high school. He’d be nervous in that situation, too. He had seen her put her hands under the table and had to stifle a smile, sure that she was trying to hide her fidgeting. Jake tried to distract her by asking for stories of Cam in high. It was then that I decided to cut my losses for the evening as I turned my undivided attention to a new target, John.The waitress returned with our drinks and I used the break in the guys' conversation to naturally ease myself into it. I talked to both of them but directing questions to John. In doing so I forced us to have to lean in closer to each other to decipher the responses since the music was getting louder in the club. Peering back with one eye on Cole and that damned brunette, I. ’ ‘I’d noticed,’ Doug said. ‘What’s that supposed to mean?!’ ‘It’s supposed to mean every time things start feeling like we’re really close, you always have to say something nasty just to remind me that we’re just buddies, and not even really very close buddies. I can’t exactly not notice that.’ ‘Then we’re clear,’ Kelly announced, standing up. ‘Not entirely,’ Doug admitted. ‘Let’s face it, last night you did let your guard down for once and it was really sweet. The way you hugged me in the.