Black And White

Eighty Six

"No, Mitchell. We did not have any kind of sexual anything."

"Promise?"

"Can I hang up now?"

"No!" Mitch put the phone on speaker and set it on his lap after throwing his legs over Scott's, where they sat on the couch. "Tell us what happened."

"Did you talk to Avi already?"

"No. But he's next. So tell me!"

"We just went to lunch, Mitch. He paid for my salad. That's literally it."

"You didn't kiss or talk about anything scandalous?"

"No. I mean. Apart from which of you guys tops in your relationship."

"Why would you--?"

"Clearly Mitch." Scott interrupted loudly. "I'm a huge slut for his--"

"Scott!" Mitch snapped. "Alex, none of that is true, he's just--"

"He's not out of the closet yet." Scott interrupted again, and Alex laughed loudly.

Mitch squinted at him. "If you don't stop that, I'm not going to suck any part of your body for a month."

"As if you could follow through on that."

"Oh so now I'm the slut?"

Alex cleared his throat. "Imma definitely hang up now."

"No! I wanna know what you guys talked about!" Mitch tried again.

"I already told you, Mitchie. That's literally all it was, sorry to disappoint."

Mitch pouted. "Shoot. Well... If I get more interesting information from Avi, I'm calling back to complain."

"Do your worst."

Mitch frowned at the phone. "Fine... I love you, Allie."

"Love you too, babe. Text me?"

"Of course."

Scott hung up for him. "Why do you and Alex talk like more of a couple than you and I do?"

"I'm sure we don't."

Scott rolled his eyes, and then started dialing Avi's number. "Whatever."

"Mr. Hoying that is the second time you've rolled your eyes at me today. If you do it again, I'll blindfold you for the rest of the day."

"Fucking-- Do it." Scott taunted, a smirk on his lips.

"I'm gonna blindfold you, and then get naked and tease you because you won't be able to see me. Then maybe you'll apologize for being rude."

"Scott, why the Hell did you call to share this with me?" Avi suddenly mumbled, having answered the call without Mitch's knowledge.

Scott didn't seem phased by it. "Hey, bud. How'd it go with Alex today?"

"I accidently told him that he has a nice ass."

"Well you're not wrong." A pause. "Ow!"

Mitch just glared at him, hand still slightly raised above Scott's arm.

Avi only chuckled. "Right. And then all he ate was a salad, and I tried to get him to eat more, but he said he's way over his diet, so... "

"Yeah, you can't call them out on what they eat on the first date, Av. That's a no-no."

"It wasn't a date, Scott. Just lunch."

"You paid for his salad?"

"Mhmm."