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But I can’t say I’d change being with Viola for anything.
VIOLA
I hear rattling coming from outside my door, startling me awake from my dreams. Remembering them being about Travis.Of course. I roll my eyes, sounding like such a cliché. Dreaming about a guy and even wishing he was still lying in bed with me.
“Viola, you awake?” I hear more pounding and realize Drew’s knocking. It takes me a second to remember that he came back home early this morning, so now he’ll probably want his space back.
“Yeah, just a minute,” I call out, needing to find some clothes first. I rush through my bags and slip on a pair of old pajama bottoms and one of Drew’s old basketball shirts. “Okay.”
He opens the door and wrinkles his nose, looking around. “Smells girly in here.”
“You mean it smellscleanin here? You’re just used to it smelling like sweaty balls and old shoes.”
“Please, Viola,” he says sarcastically, pressing a hand to his chest. “I prefer the termathletic scent.”
I snort. “You can prefer it all you want, but your room reeks like old man dick.”
He laughs and wraps his arms around me. “I knew I missed you.”
“Of course, you did.” I smile. “I missed you, too.”
“Sorry to come home early and ruin your sleeping arrangements,” he says, shuffling his things around. I freeze, wondering if he’s talking about Travis.
“Mysleepingarrangements?” I ask.Does he know I snuck back into his room last night?
“Yeah, I mean, sleeping here. I can dig up my old air mattress out of the basement if you want. Sleeps better than that damn couch,” he says, rubbing a kink out of his neck.
“Oh,” I remark. “Whatever, I’ll be fine.”
I bite my lip to keep the grin off my face. Hell, if only he knew.
No.He can never know.
“So, did things smooth out between you two? Last I heard, Travis was pissed you stayed out all night and brought home some random guy from the bar?”
I face him and scowl. “Don’t get all big brother on me. I’m allowed to go out, you know.”
“Perhaps,” he says, his shoulders rising and falling. “But to me, you’re still my nine-year-old little sister who peed in the Millers’ pool.”
I gasp, laughing and lunging toward him. “You’re such an ass!”
He laughs and shifts his body just in time so only our shoulders collide. “What about you? You’re the one who peed on an electric fence!”
His head falls back as he lets out a roar of laughter. “Shit, I forgot about that.” His hand instinctively covers his crotch. “That fucking hurt.”
As I gather my stuff, I grab my phone off the nightstand and see an unread message from Travis. I tell Drew I’m going to get into the shower and walk out before he sees the guilt written all over my face.
Once I’m in the bathroom, I lock the door behind me and swipe the screen on my phone.
Travis
I couldn’t fall back asleep without you next to me. I’m so fucking tired. But it was so damn worth it.
My face flushes, and I know I’m blushing like an idiot.
Viola
Sorry, Casanova. If it makes you feel any better, looks like I’m out on the air mattress from now on.
