Kirsten's POV
We get to the main entrance of the aquarium and buy our tickets. Tyler and I are walking behind Jamie and Marie, who are holding hands. I want to hold Tyler's hand, and be close to him, but I've made it very clear that I don't want a boyfriend. And I still don't. I just like to be around him, because he's fun to spend time around. And fun in bed. And nice, but still an ass at the same time. And I really didn't have these feelings for him! I can't. No more professional hockey players. Not after Brendan. But he is nice, and funny, and could take my sass, just to give it right back. He's exactly what I would look for in a guy, if it wasn't Tyler. But he is Tyler.

We get to the lobby area where you can go to different exhibits. We decide to go to the right, where they have the tank that you can touch the different creatures. This is always my favorite part of any aquarium. I get to the tank and immediately reach my hand in for a starfish. I pull him out and place him where his little suction cups can latch on to my finger. Tyler steps behind me, really closely, and I lean into him a little bit. I can feel his chest firm behind me. He says, "Why don't you put that poor guy back in the water?"

"Because he's my friend!" I say loudly and step away from him. "Marie! Look what I got!" I walk excitedly over to her.

"Neat." She says barely looking up. She is messing with an anemone.

"Stop messing with that. I don't like them. They're dumb." I say and dip my starfish pal in the water.

"Why?" Marie asks. "They're cool." She continues messing with it.

"Because I don't like anemames!" I say loudly.

"I'm sorry, what did you just say?" Marie turns and looks at me.

"I don't like them..." I trail, because I know what she's talking about. I can't say anemones.

"Say anemone. Right now." She says as Jamie and Tyler walk over.

"Anenane... Amameme. A... men... a... mie!" I say lastly, thinking I have it. Marie, Jamie and Tyler are all laughing at my attempt to say it. "Whatever! Leave me alone!" I raise my voice. "My starfish and I are going where you losers wont laugh at me!" I walk over to the other side of the tank. I hold my starfish up to my eyes, and see that his suction cups have latched on. I pull him off of my finger, and it feels so cool. Tyler, Jamie and Marie walk back over.

"Just so you know, that starfish doesn't like you either. Also, I can't believe you can't say anemone!" Jamie teases me. I put my starfish back in the water, and my hand is wet, so I flick it onto Jamie.

"The damn starfish doesn't like you!" I say. "And you can suck a fart out of my ass!"

"Now why would I do that? That's Tyler's job!" Jamie says.

"Get out of my life Jamie!" I push him away from me, and we are both laughing. Just then, a teenage girl and a little boy, about six or seven walk over to us.

She seems shy, but says, "Hi. My brother and I are huge Dallas fans, and we were wondering if you could sign this for us?" She says quietly. She hands over a piece of paper and pen to Jamie. I step back in Tyler's direction. He steps towards me, and he is really close to me.

"Yeah! No problem!" Jamie says enthusiastically while signing the paper. "What are your guys' names? And how old are you?"

The little boy speaks up first. "I'm 7! My name is Alex! I had a birthday last month!" He is adorable.

"That's awesome! What day is your birthday?" Jamie asks, making conversation.

"September 16th! Can Tyler sign it too?" He says and looks around Jamie to see Tyler standing behind me. I step out of the way as Jamie hands the paper to Tyler. I go over to talk to the girl.

"So what's your name?" I ask her.

"My name is Julie. What's yours?" She says quietly again, still looking towards the floor.

"Kirsten. How old are you?" I continue to make conversation with her while Marie looked in the tank, and Tyler and Jamie made that kids' day.

"16, you?" She asks back.

"I'm 22," I say as the group walks over towards us. Alex has a huge grin on his face, and Tyler and Jamie are smiling too.

Alex comes up to us and says very loudly, "Julie! Julie! Guess what? Jamie has a girlfriend! Marie is Jamie's girlfriend!" Apparently it's official now. "Hey!" He turns towards Tyler, who is standing right behind me, yet again. . "Is that girl your girlfriend?"

Ty speaks up, "Not yet. But it's going to happen." He answers Alex.

"Why won't you be his girlfriend?" He asks me now.

"Because I don't want a boyfriend right now. Even though Tyler is really nice." I answer.

Alex says, "Oh, well that's okay, if you don't want one. But Tyler is really nice." He turns back towards his sister. "Can we go see the flashlight fish now?" He tugs on his sisters hand. She nods as he drags her away. I wave a little as she leaves, and she waves back with her free hand.

I turn around, and push Tyler off of me. "Don't stand so close to me! I don't like being that close to people! And people will think I'm your girlfriend. So yeah just please don't. I turn and walk to Marie, who went back to the tank. "So, you and Jamie are official now?"

Niether of us look up from the tank when we speak. "Yeah, I guess. We haven't talked about it that much, but yeah. I think we are. So you and Tyler. I take it he's not giving up and you're not giving in?"

"Yeah, that sounds about right." I look behind my shoulder to see if anyone important is within earshot. I see Tyler and Jamie over at the other end of the tank. "Between us, and you cannot tell anyone. But I'm really starting to enjoy hanging out with Tyler. Except when he stands so close to me. He's nice, and fun, and sweet. And it's really weird, because I sooo do not want to have real feelings for him, but I might." I admit in one long breath.

"Well, thank you for telling me your confession, but why is it such a big deal? Date him already!" She encourages me.

"You know I can't. You know why I can't. Brendan is an ass, and after him, NHL players are off limits for me. And I really feel like Tyler may cheat on me, if we were really in a relationship. I can have a bed buddy, but that's all I want right now, especially if it's Tyler." I try to explain.

"I think you should give Tyler a chance, but if you don't, then it's your own fault when he finds someone else and breaks your heart anyway." She says.

"Okay, I'm not so involved that I'm going to get my feelings hurt! You know I don't care that much, he can do what he likes." I say indifferently.

"You say that now..." She trails off as Tyler and Jamie walk over to us. We spend the rest of the afternoon at the aquarium, eating lunch in a restaurant there. We chat, and Tyler doesn't try and stand to close to me anymore, and all in all it's a nice afternoon. I enjoy hanging out with them, because these guys are some of my best friends. I drive back to my apartment. We all get out of my car, and instead of going anywhere, I stand by my car.

"Look, I love you guys, but I have spent the last few hours with you guys, but I need a break from this" I gesture to our little group, "so yeah, I want to hang out somewhere else."

"You could come back to my apartment and hang out..." Tyler says. Jamie and Marie look at each other and smile. The two of them walk towards the elevator.

"Hmmm... Very tempting! I think I may take you up on that offer." I say, and get back in my car, and so does Tyler. I make my way to Tyler's apartment building.

We get to his apartment, and as soon as the elevator door closes, he changes. He grabs my waist, and kisses me furiously. We make out during the short elevator ride up to his floor. We stop kissing when the elevator opens. We walk down the hallway to his apartment, and after he opens the door, we resume what was happening in the elevator. We don't even make it to his bedroom, so we do it on the couch.

When we finish, I go back to the kitchen and look through his cupboards. I find a cup of noodles, and pop it in the microwave. He walks up behind me, and all I have on is his t-shirt, and he just has on sweatpants. "Are you really eating right now?"

"Uh, yeah. I eat all the time in case you were unaware." I say, and find the silverware drawer. "So, what are we gonna do, because I can head out if you want me to."

"No, definitely don't head out. We can stay here. Wanna watch Netflix?" He offers, and goes back to the couch.

"Yeah, I guess so. What shows do you like?" I ask, waiting for my Ramen.

"I am up for whatever. What's your favorite show?" He questions, getting Netflix set up.

"My favorite show is for sure Grey's Anatomy, but I've already seen all the episodes! But I won't mind watching them again, if I can get you into the show." I say.

"I'm okay with that." He says and selects it. He pauses it before it plays.

"You can play it!" I say, and he hits play. I take out my Ramen, and go back to the couch. We sit there for a long time, and it's near midnight when we decide to go to bed. We watched Grey's Anatomy for hours, and we cuddled, even though I don't like cuddling. We just hung out, you know, after the sex. It was just plain nice to hang out, just the two of us. We get into bed, and I plug my headphones in. I lean up on his chest, and he wraps his arm around me and hugs me close. And that's how we fall asleep.

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