7

"Dallas has been awfully clingy considering you two are just dates to a ball." Dom raised an eyebrow.

We sat in front of the fireplace in my lounge room on the couch, mugs with hot chocolate in our hands.

I sipped on the hot chocolate before placing the cup down in my lap and adjusting the blanket around our shoulders. "Beats me. If I knew a way to get him to leave me alone then I could probably also find a cure for Influenza."

"It doesn't annoy you?"

Dom and I had been close since we were kids. He was like a brother to me-so it wasn't weird having him ask me about these things, nor was it weird talking to him about it. It was easier than it was talking to Ocean and Preslie because with Dom, I could be more open and honest and his perspective was different than theirs.

"Of course it does, Dom." I laughed lightly because that was a stupid question. "The more I try to get him to back off me, the more it seems like he pesters me."

"So he's doing it to-I don't know, tease you?" Dom asked,