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I chuckle at that. “What a bitch.”
Theo is silent for a moment and then glances over at me. “You talking shit about my cat, Logan?”
I chuckle a little at that and then swallow it down because I’m not sure if he’s messing with me or not.
“Yeah, no, I mean…kind of?” I let my words trail off and clear my throat, “You can turn on some music if you want.” Because shit, I need something to listen to besides the garbage spewing out of my mouth right now. I can’t quite seem to stop myself.
He shakes his head. “I’m good.”
“That’s cool. Just listening to the sound of the rubber meeting the road, huh?”
He peeks over at me. “Very poetic.”
“I know, right?” I say with a lopsided smile, and he huffs. Well, what the fuck ever. Not everyone can have such a big brain with a side of giant dick.
“So that guy who was waving at you today, was he a friend?” I ask. Because I’m nosy like that.
“Kind of. A lab partner.”
I tap my fingers on the steering wheel. “Have you guys…you know?”
“No, I don’t know,” Theo replies and now it’s my turn to huff in annoyance. Why does he have to make me explain myself? I’d rather he read between the fucking lines. And trust me, I have so many lines. They’re spaced out wide too. This isn’t rocket science.
“Have you beentogether?” I ask.
“We’ve been together for three years…aslab partners,” he tacks on, and I reach over and shove him lightly.
“Come on, man. You know what I’m asking. Don’t make me spell it out. I might not get it right,” I tease.
Theo huffs a laugh. “No, never. Carlos is straight.”
Why do I like the sound of that so much? Yeah, I know the answer to that. I’m not fooling anyone. It’s because that makes him mine for the moment, in some small way.
And I don’t have to share him.
“Do you have friends?” I blurt and then bite down on my tongue because that came out all wrong. God, I sound like an asshole.
He must think so too because he stiffens a little.
“I didn’t mean…fuck, I didn’t mean it like that. Sometimes my words come out wrong.”
Theo folds his arms across his chest. “I have some friends, but not like you. I’m busy with school. I don’t have a lot of time for relationships.”
I bob my head. “Makes sense. Makes sense.”
Silence once again infiltrates the space between us, and I fidget a little in my seat. Goddamn him, making me all fidgety. I’m drowning here. Throw me a life jacket, Theo. Or maybe he’d rather watch me sink.
“What’s your major?” Theo asks suddenly and I exhale in relief.
“Communications.”
“Is that so?”
“Yeah. It’s an easy major. Or so I was told. And it doesn’t really matter anyway. I’m here for water polo.”
Theo rolls that pencil between his fingers. “I think you’re smarter than you give yourself credit for, Logan.”
I clench the steering wheel a little because no one haseverreferred to me as smart. I’ve always been the athletic, strong one.You’re a good swimmer. My little fish.Even my mom, bless her heart, never told me otherwise. And let me tell you a secret, I’d even overheard my grandma once say I was as dumb as a rock.
