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I shake my head, shoving my hands into my pockets. “The program was only a semester. Just delayed the inevitable.”
“This was the inevitable?” Aidan asks. His expression has shifted to appear somber and probing, totally different from the playful smirk he was wearing earlier.
I have no clue why he cares. Why he’s bothering to make conversation or why he’s standing out here alone instead of irritating someone else with his company.
I’m also unsure why I’m still standing here, talking, when I should be halfway home by now.
“Aidan! Aidan!”
I glance at the front walk.
Two laughing girls are stumbling up it, both of them fixated on Aidan.
One is wearing a long fur coat and a pair of heeled boots, the other has a dress on that’s partially covered by a leather jacket. Their outfits scream glamorous and mature.
I push my hands deeper into my pockets, second-guessing myown clothes that now seem plain in comparison. Like casual funeral attire, bleak and boring.
Aidan turns his head toward the girls as they climb the front steps, one corner of his mouth turning up as the girl in the fur coat saunters straight toward him. Her arms loop around his neck, then she smacks a loud kiss on his cheek.
“I missed you over break,” she tells him, smiling widely before she steps back and glances at me. “Hi!”
“Hi,” I reply, trying to sound as normal as possible.
Not at all insecure or taken aback. She seems nice, and that makes me feel worse for immediately disliking her simply for coming over here. I should be relieved she’s occupying Aidan’s attention. That the green spotlight of his stare has shifted.
“You coming inside soon?” Fur Coat asks Aidan, trailing her manicured fingers down the center of his chest. “I was hoping we could…hang out.”
It’s obvious she’s suggesting more than talking. I wonder what happened to the blonde he was with earlier. She’d better claim her spot in line fast, before the new arrival cuts in.
“I’ll be in soon,” Aidan says, not moving from his spot on the railing.
She pouts, but nods. “Soon,” she emphasizes.
Fur Coat and her friend hurry inside, no doubt freezing in their trendy outfits. I’m not that warm, either, eager to get home and go to sleep.
I take a step toward the stairs, able to leave now that they’re no longer blocked.
“I finished the assignment,” Aidan tells me. “Got at least a ninety.”
“We’ll see.” It’s highly unprofessional of me, considering my job is to help him do well, but I’m hoping he loses our bet.
He smirks like he knows exactly what I’m thinking. “I live across the street, you know.”
I raise an eyebrow. “Why would I know that?”
Aidan runs a hand through his short hair. I try and fail not to notice the way his bicep bulges with the motion. “Yeah…I forgot. It’s just kinda common knowledge on campus.”
“Well, thanks for sharing. I wasdyingto know your address. Next time I leave town, I’ll send you a postcard.”
He rolls his eyes. “We could go over there and hang out.”
I blink at him, totally stunned and more than a little flattered. I’d be lying if I said walking in on Walker with someone else didn’t affect my confidence when it comes to sex. Aidan’s obvious interest that night—the way he acted like it was as incredible for him as it was for me—is the only thing that’s helped heal that wound.
The guy obviously has no shortage of female attention, and he’s propositioningme.
Again.
“You’re seriously asking me if I want to hook up with you?”
