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“Oh, I’m sure we will. Love you.”
“Bye.” With a sigh, Wes drops his phone into his lap and swears under his breath. He meets my gaze just as I try to push away whatever he’s holding to my body. “Hey. Did I wake you?”
“Cold,” I groan, pushing at his arm again.
He doesn’t budge. “Cal texted me and said you should be icing your ribs two to three times a day.”
I shake my head in protest, but I’m too tired to do much else. My mind is still foggy, and sleep is still pulling at the edges of my consciousness.
“It’s just for fifteen more minutes,” he tells me. “Go back to sleep.”
“What… time…?”
“It’s around four.”
Shit.
I sit up too abruptly, and my mind goes blank at the pain shooting through my body.
“Careful,” Wes scolds. He pushes me back into the pillows gently.
Groggily, I shake my head. “I have a paper to finish.”
“Already did it.”
“W… what?”
Wes gestures to my desk. “You had all your assignments written out on a little sticky note. It didn’t take much to find your outline and what you had already.”
“How did you log onto my laptop?”
“Oh, Kellan helped me with that.” He says it like it’s enough of an explanation.
I suppose I shouldn’t be surprised since they managed to hack into my account sophomore year.
“And you just… wrote my paper for me.”
With a nod, Wes says, “Wasn’t hard. Your outline was practically a full paper all on its own.”
“I can’t turn in something I didn’t write.”
“You can.”
“Wait—did you turn it in already?” My voice is panicked, but why wouldn’t it be? The last time they fucked with my schoolwork, they replaced a well-thought-out piece that took me forever to write with the shittiest paper I’ve ever seen.
I was lucky that Professor Johnson let me have a second chance. I doubt I’ll get lucky again.
“No,” Wes says. “I figured you’d want to look it over.”
Oh, thank god.I sink into my pillows and rub my face.
Wes shifts slightly so he’s facing me more. This whole time, he’s had the ice pack pressed to my ribcage.
“How long have you been holding that there?”
“Just a couple minutes. You woke up pretty quickly once you had it against you. Sorry if I was too loud. My mom called.”
“I can do it.” Swatting his hand away, I hold the ice pack to the bruise. “You don’t have to stay.”
