Eric looked like they could float in the clouds in that moment.

And then E-Beth's voice came screaming down.

“Eric! Where's that suitcase?"

“So Eric? How does it feel to get out of the house and be on your own?"

Amber smiled and then tilted back her iced tea, leaning back into my right shoulder while I wrapped my arm around her waist.

“Uh, well, I'm not really on my own. I got a roommate and Coach has this Senior defensive Lineman checking in on me all the time to make sure I'm not getting into trouble." His own glass of iced tea looked so small in his meaty paws, and for a second I thought he'd crush the damn thing before he set it down on the coffee table.

“You know what I mean," Amber drawled.

“Off to college. No more parental controls."

"You should talk," E-Beth put in. "Your parents never put any controls on you. Hell, you're fucking David in your own bed every summer, maids around and all!"

Amber grinned.

“Like you weren't shacking up with Jeff every night in that apartment you were subletting over the entire internship.”

Eric got a pained look on his face.

“Can we not talk about my sister having sex?"

I shook my head.

“Better get used to it. You're in college now and you'll have to grow up someday."

Amber's eyes speculatively roamed up and down the muscular football player's body.

“I'd say he's grown up plenty since I was in High

School." There was more than a note of interest in her voice.

I frowned for a second. "Hey, I don't remember you giving me that Look after a football game.”

“Sure I was. It was just behind your back. I had my snobby reputation to protect back then," she laughed and leaned in more tightly to my side. Then she glanced back at Eric.

“Of course, if you looked like

THAT back then, I might have jumped you, ‘Heights’ or not."

Eric went beet red and suddenly found the bottom of his glass to be immensely interesting.

Amber leaned forward, planting her elbows on her knees. I knew from personal experience that her V-necked top sagged when she did that, and when Eric looked up at her, I was rather certain he got an eyeful of

Amber's wonderful cleavage.