“Ew,” Benny says.

“Right?” she scoffs. “So I have three extra tickets. You hotties in?”

Benny grabs my shoulder and jerks me sideways. “Yes, please, god! I can’t stay here while Xavier and Aaron parade around shirtless. I mean, the gall of these hot men with their … exposed … nips!” He fans himself.

“I guess we’re in,” I say. “And I’m going to bring another friend.”

Rae squeals. “I’m so excited I get to caress you after two whole weeks apart!”

“Wait, I want in on this caressituation,” Benny says.

“I have a lot of love to give,” Rae says.

With a glint in his eye, Benny says, “I’ve been found.”

When I hang up, I turn to Benny. “You down to casually run into Jack?”

“Ohmygod, a gay Mission: Impossible!” he shouts. “But first, I gotta get cute.”

Benny and I have exactly one hour to casually run into Jack, convince him to come with us to Laurene for the free Years & Years show, and get our asses on a bus so we have time to meet up with Rae.

“So what’s the Jack Plan?” Benny asks. When I say nothing, he stops just as we reach Jack’s dorm. “You have no plan, do you?”

“I was thinking maybe we can walk by Jack’s window a few times until he notices. It worked for me the other day.”

Someone pushes open the door on the side of the building, and without thinking, Benny bolts toward it and has just enough time to wedge his foot in before it slams shut.

“Or you can just go knock on his door,” Benny says, ushering me inside. “But, uh, I’ll wait in the hallway.

“Don’t want to see Rhett?” I ask.

Benny’s nose scrunches like he’s smelling something terrible.

“I mean, you do look cute today. And you’re going to a show at Laurene. You’re kind of a big deal,” I say. “If you act aloof, I bet he’d be super jealous.”

“I do like the sound of that.” Benny boops me on the nose.

When we reach Jack and Rhett’s dorm room, I freeze. My entire body feels sticky and gross, and I battle the urge to run away screaming.

“Ohmygod.” With a serious eye roll, Benny steamrolls me out of the way and pounds on the door before darting back down the hall and out of sight.

“I hate you!” I whisper.

Jack opens the door, and a smile brightens his cheeks. He’s wearing a tank top that shows off the musculature of his arms.

I try not to stare, but damn. I glance quickly around his room, and Rhett is nowhere to be seen. His side of the room looks just as pristine and untouched as it did when I was here last weekend.

“Chase! I was wondering when I’d see you again.”

Ohmygod, he’s been thinking about me?

Jack nods for me to come in and pulls up the chair at his desk. The only place I can sit is on his bed, but I’m frozen because he it’s his bed. The place where he possibly sleeps naked, or at least semi-naked and, great, now I can’t stop imagining his body. Under the covers. With me. Must. Stop. Thinking. About. Jack’s … HOLY FUCK, CHASE, STOP!