Josh, at least, was finally taking me seriously. “Have you told him yet?”
I shook my head and immediately regretted it. The room kept spinning even after I’d stopped moving, and my stomach began to feel spicy.Had I forgotten to eat anything the whole night?It didn’t matter. I was about to go to Grey’s, and I would feel better once I got there.
“Are you okay?” Josh asked. “You look like you might be sick.”
I plastered my best drunken smile on my face. “I’m good,” I said, willing it to be true. “I just want to go see my boyfriend.”
“Who you loooove,” Kellan said with a kissy face.
Josh smacked his arm to shut him up. “We’ll walk you over. We’ve all had a lot to drink, so we should probably stick together so no one ends up in a ditch.”
“So true.” Kellan got to his feet. “Let’s get you to your man.”
Chapter 34
Emergency
We walked across campus together with me leading the way while Josh and Kellan sauntered behind me, their arms wrapped around each other’s shoulders, drunkenly singing “My Life Would Suck Without You” off-key. I was sure they thought they were hilarious.
Though it was a fairly short walk to Grey’s apartment, the mixture of alcohol and excitement made the journey feel like an eternity. And the fact that my stomach was in knots at the anticipation of seeing Grey again after so long didn’t help it go by any quicker.
Finally, we made it to his apartment. Grey was waiting for me at the entrance, wearing a look of amused confusion.
“Hi,” I said, suddenly breathless as I got to him. Somehow, it felt as if the simple word contained a million meanings. It held how much I’d missed him the past couple of weeks, the yearning I’d felt while he was away. It held the “I love you” that I’d yet to share with him. It was a vow to make the most of the precious time we had tonight.
“Hello.”
Grey’s eyes simmered, catching the light of the streetlamp, and my stomach fluttered in reply.
“Hi, Grey!” Kellan called from behind me, quickly getting shushed by Josh.
“Hi, guys,” he said, the corners of his lips tugging up, but his eyes stayed on me.
“Sorry. We know you weren’t expecting us,” Josh said, ever the responsible one of the group. “We had a lot to drink and wanted to make sure Ethan didn’t end up passed out in a bush.”
“I appreciate that.” Grey finally tore his eyes from me to address my friends. “Thank you.”
“See you guys later.” I shot them a look over my shoulder to emphasize that they should get lost.
Kellan gave a teasing “ooh,” but Josh shushed him again.
“See ya.” His grip on Kellan firmed, and Josh steered him toward home.
“Sorry about them,” I said once they were far enough that I was sure they were actually leaving.
Grey laughed. “Why? They’re good friends.”
“Good,annoyingfriends.”
“Still.” Grey grabbed my hand and pulled me up to him.
My head swirled as his lips pressed against mine. I could feel myself melting in his arms, but I couldn’t do that yet. We weren’t even inside the building.
“I’m glad I didn’t have to spend the night wandering campus, trying to track you down.”
“Yeah.” I grinned against his lips. “That would’ve sucked big time.” Grey took my hand and led me upstairs. My stomach churned for a moment on the landing, but I decided it was nerves and kept going. “You should know, I’mverydrunk.”
Grey chuckled. “I figured as much.”
