Startled, I took a step back as I felt my mouth drop open. What was she doing here? Was she at the wrong door? Oh my God, what if she was at the wrong door and had meant to knock on Seth’s?

I was going to punch her.

Okay. She could probably kick my ass, so I would punch her and run.

She clasped her hands together as she looked up at me. “Hi,” she said. “I know we don’t know each other, but I was wondering if you had a couple of minutes to chat?”

Struck dumb, I stepped aside. Would I seriously refuse her? Uh. No. Alex walked in and closed the door behind her. I faced her, having no idea what in the hell was going on.

Standing in front of her, as close as we were, I felt like—like Bigfoot looming over her. A blonde Bigfoot. I could legit pick her up and put her in my pocket.

“I’m Alex An—”

“I know who you are.” The moment those words left my mouth, I cringed. Icicles could’ve formed in the room. “I mean, I know who you are. Everyone knows who you are.”

Her brows lifted. “That’s kind of creepy.”

I snapped my mouth shut.

“Not that you’re creepy for saying that. It’s just that I’m not used to everyone knowing who I am.” She paused, wrinkling her nose—and oh my God, my eyes widened. I did that. All. The. Time. “Well, people kind of knew who I was before the whole ‘rise from the dead’ demigod thing, but it usually wasn’t anything good.”

“Oh,” I murmured, still staring at her.

A half-smile formed on her lips. “Anyway, you’re Josie.”

I nodded slowly.

Alex laughed, the sound husky and warm. “Well, duh. You know who you are.”

I nodded again.

“This isn’t coming out right,” she said with another laugh. “I wanted to meet you. I hear there’s something we have in common.”

“We’ve both been with Seth?” I blurted out, and holy shitballs, I did not just say that.

Her brown eyes widened slightly as her mouth formed an O.

I totally just said that.

“Oh my gosh, I mean, not that you’ve been with Seth, like with him. I haven’t even actually been with him in that kind of way.” Heat scalded my cheeks. I wasn’t even sure if Seth and Alex had gone there, but I was seriously hoping that they hadn’t because that would be yet one more thing she had going for her that I didn’t.

Ugh. I couldn’t even believe my brain was spewing out these kinds of things.

“I meant that we have him in common and that’s all I was trying to say,” I finished lamely.