"Fuck me." I moaned when I released myself onto the shower floor.

I breathed heavily as I leaned my head against the cool tile. Every muscle in my body was sore and seized up. No matter how many times I got myself off, it only got worse. I thought if I did this, it would take my mind off the girl I knew I couldn't ever have.

It didn't help. I still wanted her.

I grabbed my dick and the base and squeezed again. I was still painfully hard. Pumping my hand up and down, I began jerking myself off for a fourth time to images in my head of the girl passed out downstairs. I pulled at the ring on my head, pretending it was her hand doing all the work. Girls loved to play with it and I always fucking lost it when they did. It wasn't helping my mood; nothing was.

The water was ice cold now, but I barely felt it. I had been in here for over an hour and the only thing I had given myself was a few underwhelming finishes, a raw spot, and a hand cramp.

I gave up and turned the water off. There had to be another way to get my mind off her because this one was only making me insane.

I had passed out in the chair downstairs last night. In fact, we all passed out in the living room. When I woke up, Mark was wrapped around the legs of the coffee table like he was spooning it. Mark could fall asleep anywhere. I accidentally kicked him in the head with my boot when I stood up to stretch my body out.

After apologizing to him in his sleep, which he would never remember, my attention turned to the blond on the couch with her head lying on Aiden's lap. I had spent hours last night watching Riley sleeping peacefully next to him. It made every cell in my body vibrate to see her with him, but I couldn't force myself to turn away from her.

I would have stood there watching her for hours this morning too, if my phone alarm hadn't started going off in my pocket. Riley started stirring like she was about to wake up. I quickly silenced it and took off up the stairs. I didn't want her to wake up and see me standing over her with drool coming out of my mouth. I already pushed it too far with her last night.

I had lost my head last night the second I met her and I had to get myself together before I lost control again.

That is how I ended up in the bathroom, cursing at my dick this morning.

I climbed out of the shower and dried myself off. When I looked down, I was still in the completely same position I was when I got in the shower. I could barely get my boxers on because of my little problem, well maybe not little, or at least so I have been told multiple times by many girls.

Fuck, this was going to be a long day. It didn't help that I had to work on top of it all.

I was tempted to call in sick today, but I knew that was probably a terrible idea. It was almost impossible to call in for work when your boss lived with you. He knew what I was up to last night, at least the alcohol part. You don't call off of work because you stayed up too late and were hungover. Besides, I needed the job and the money.

I finished up in the bathroom after a few more minutes. I brushed my teeth and ran a comb through my hair. I never had to do much with it; it just kind of did its own thing. I definitely didn't have to spend an hour on it like Aiden did every morning.

When I opened the bathroom door to go to my room, I passed a stumbling wreck of a human that resembled a girl. Her eyes grew larger when she saw me and she began licking her lips.

"Hello, handsome. I'm Brynn. What's your name?" She pushed out her chest and sauntered over to me. This must be the girl Riley was hanging out with. She was an absolute mess. Tangled hair, dress on crooked, smeared makeup all over her face, and a little too desperate. She was the complete polar opposite of Riley. This girl screamed that she was easy. She was a lot like the other girls I brought home normally. I could probably have pulled her with me to my room right now without saying a word and she would have gone down on me.

My dick was still in need of some attention. I might have actually considered letting her get me off it if it wasn't for the girl sleeping downstairs. Nothing was going to relieve the pressure inside of me this morning, except for Riley. It wasn't even worth trying.

I ignored the walking disaster and passed her to go straight to my room. I felt scattered in the most wrong way possible and needed to go play my frustration out for a few minutes. If I could distract myself long enough, then maybe I could put what happened last night in perspective.

I was fortunate I didn't act on my impulses and do anything last night to screw my current situation up. It was really unlike me to do the right thing. Maybe this time, I was actually getting a little better.

Riley was going to have to become one of those girls who stayed in the spank bank if I didn't want to ruin everything I was working towards. Who knew if I would ever even see her again. I had been living here for three months and had only been around her once. It might be another few months until she was around again.

I swallowed the bile back. I wouldn't survive not seeing this girl again. Even if I could touch her, I still wanted to be close to her.

I picked up one of my acoustic guitars off the stand and picked at the strings. It was a little out of tune and needed restrung something terribly. I would have to go get some new strings after work today or else I was going to snap one if I strummed too hard.

I stood up and put the guitar back on the stand. I had not only succeed in thinking about Riley every second I had it in my hands, but I now also added the guitar to my list of worries. My thoughts had always been obsessive. I was going to struggle to let either thing go today.

I heard shuffling and a small voice cut through the silence down the hall. It had only been one night, but I knew that voice like it was my own.

Riley was awake.

When I crossed the hall to check on her, Riley was rushing around Aiden's room collecting her things. I walked down to the door and leaned against it to watch her. I wasn't sure when I would see her again and I wanted to memorize every inch of her to use as a visual later. The image of her my mind created in the shower hadn't done her any justice. She was so much better in person.

I smiled at her, thinking about how she had no clue what I did to myself this morning because of her. She had no idea what she was doing to me now without even trying.

Riley stopped and turned to look straight at me. She tensed and went on high alert again.

"I don't have time for this." She grumbled and bent down to pull on a pair of pink and black gym shoes. She skillfully removed her hair from on top of her head and refastened it in a ponytail. She did a much better job of tying it up this morning than she did last night.

The final little touch she added was this adorable little khaki baseball cap with a slice of pepperoni pizza stitched onto it. She grabbed her ponytail and pulled it through the back as she slid the hat on top of her head.

"Cute." I complimented her as I stood there watching her get ready.

"Don't you have someone else to bother this morning?" She ran around double-checking every corner of the room to make sure she had everything. She didn't appear to be much of a morning person. Neither was I; I was a night owl too. The only reason I was even up right now was because I had to go to work.

"What, afraid I'll make your boyfriend jealous?" I played with my rings and then swiped my damp hair back from my face. I knew I should just let her go, but I couldn't do it without prodding her for a little more information. I had to know what weird little thing was going on between her and Aiden.

"What are you talking about? I don't have a boyfriend." She frowned at me like it was a sore subject.

"I think Aiden would say otherwise." I gave her a fake smile. She had to know how much he wanted her. If she didn't, she was dumb or blind. I wanted to ask her if she felt the same way about him. With my much clearer head this morning, I knew I couldn't make a move on her because it would ruin things between me and JD. I couldn't afford that right now.

The selfish person inside of me didn't want her to want to be someone else either.

"That's sick. I've known him since I was a kid. It is not like that."

"Sure, whatever you say." I didn't believe her for one second. She had to know his intentions for her were not pure.

"Come on, Riley, we're going to be late." The disastrous girl I passed in the hallway called to her from downstairs.

She grabbed her bag and stepped in front of me. I had forgotten that I was even blocking the doorway. She couldn't leave the room without me moving. This was my last chance to make an impression, give her something to remember me by.

"I have to go." Her gorgeous green eyes had me spinning.

"What, no kiss goodbye?" I looked down at her and raised my eyebrow.

"Will you just move?" She growled.

I shifted to let her pass. She ducked under my arm and her body brushed against mine. Little prickles of excitement went straight to my groin.

She stomped down the hall and didn't look back. Her ponytail was swinging dramatically, the exact same way as her hips did as she moved. She was overly worked up and I was enjoying watching her like this. It was one of my favorite things about her so far.

She was a little spark plug and I fucking loved it.

"Goodbye, Riley." I laughed at her as my dick pulsated.