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Adrian catches her.
I skate toward them. “I thought you left, Adrian.” Like I give a fuck, but I’m too wound up over Cindy to risk saying anything else to her. If she’s too immature to let us know she’ll be late when this much is on the line, I’ll get my heart right off that roller coaster.
“I saw her driving in when I was leaving.”
Cindy is flustered. “I must have left my phone at your house again. I was trying to get here, but I messed up a bunch of stuff at work and I was trying to fix it. Then I drove as fast as I could, but there was a car wreck and—”
I’ve made my way to them as Adrian cups his hand around her mouth from behind. Do I trust her?
“I want to say that you’re here, that’s the important thing,” Adrian says, freeing his hand from her mouth. “But you guys had a fuckfest without me, and now you didn’t show up until I left. Are you interested in all of us, or just…”
Adrian swallows and doesn’t continue. It’s hitting him hard that she might not want him. How did she do this to us? I practically choke on the possibility that she could choose one of us and the others would have to fuck off.
Cindy rubs a thumb over the forearm of her coat. I’ve seen her do that motion enough times to know that she’s overthinking something. “Adrian, no one’s ever done Morning Pages with me. That was really sweet, just existing—”
“Yeah, yeah,” Ballz says loudly from out of sight down a hallway. “Don’t let the auction thing blow up in our faces and go fucking our stepsister.”
Fifteen
Cindy
Ballz’sfootstepsplodcloser,and whoever he was talking to mumbles something I can’t make out, although the tone is clearly irritated.
Adrian won’t let me out. I’m trapped. Jeff is mad.
My gut sinks. I was about to say that I hadn’t meant to slight Adrian. I love all three of them. But I can’t jeopardize their place on the team.
Ballz stops short when he gets to the end of the hallway. “Cindy…”
I lunge for the next door, but Adrian grabs the handle.
“Please let me go. I’m sorry, this was all a mistake. I don’t want your good deed to blow up in your face.”
Ballz rushes closer. “That’s just what Coach thinks. We can handle it.”
“Can we? Jeff yelled at me for not calling. Adrian thought I was avoiding him. You’re arguing with your coach. Everybody’s mad, and I’m the reason.”
“I’m sorry I yelled at you. Won’t happen again,” Jeff says.
“Same. I’ll find a way to call if I’m late again. Sorry to upset you, Jeff.”
He looms over me, tips my chin up, and says, “Did you forget who I am?”
A zing of excitement races through me. Can I say it in front of the other guys? Our eyes are locked and his jaw tenses. I go for it. “Sorry to upset you, Daddy.”
“What the fuck? I missed that too.” Adrian shoves Jeff out of the way and takes my hand. “I was jealous that I got left out. Respecting your rules was so important to me, I followed them.”
I can’t help but laugh. “I thought you’d be the first to break them.”
“I planned on it. But I’ll do anything for you, even follow the fucking rules.”
“Fucking rules.” Ballz cracks up.
Life is simpler with rules and routines, that’s why I love them. I motion to all of us. “What are the rules for something like this?”
“We could make them up as we go,” Adrian offers. “The most important thing to me is that you’re taken care of. I never thought I’d say this, but if it means we have to share you, it works. I trust these guys more than anybody.”
Jeff says, “Coach can’t dictate who we date as long as we don’t break any laws.”
