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“You told me you were applying to some schools anyway, right? Have you heard back from any?”
Nick hesitated.
Adam’s hands went still. “What?”
“I’ve heard back from all of them.”
“And?”
Nick wished they could get back to the sexy talk. That was loaded with pressure, too, but he didn’t want to think about college.
“And . . . I haven’t opened any of the envelopes. Or the e-mails.”
Adam smacked him on the side of the head.
“Ow.” Nick sat up straight and looked over his shoulder.
“What was that for?”
“That was for you being an idiot.” Adam grabbed Nick’s shoulders and pulled him straighter. “And for your posture, while I’m at it. I’ve been wanting to do that for three days.”
“What’s wrong with my posture?”
“What’s wrong with your head is a better question. You probably have acceptance letters in there. Maybe even scholarship offers, if you’re fourth in your class.”
“I don’t want to talk about school.” His shoulders had tightened back up, and all of a sudden, he didn’t want to be a part of this conversation.
Adam pulled him back in the chair, using a little more force than was absolutely necessary. “Do your brothers have any idea that you’re sitting on a stack of unopened mail?”
“No.”
Adam didn’t say anything, but his hands were slower now, less suggestive.
“I can feel you judging me,” Nick said.
“Not judging.” He paused, thoughtful. “Did you work tonight?”
“Yeah. Nothing big—a little yard maintenance.” He’d ridden the mower while Chris and Michael did the detail work. He’d been glad to have an excuse not to talk. Chris watched him the whole time, but never said a word about the cafeteria outburst.
Nick should have kept his stupid mouth shut.
Damn Gabriel.
“Do you work every night?”
“No—not really. Sometimes. But Mike’s been busy this week, so he asked me to pick up a few extra nights.”
“You still have homework to do?”
“Not a lot.” A lie. But he could probably finish when he got home, if he didn’t fall over from exhaustion. If he was desperate, he could get up early and finish. And he had yet to crack the book on the physics test he’d missed. He still had Thursday night for that.
“You still worried about Quinn?”
WTF. Nick shoved Adam’s hands away and started to get up.
“I thought the whole point was to be relaxing.”
Adam grabbed him and jerked him back into the chair again.
