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Now he looks puzzled. “What?”
“You asked what I was watching.Best in Show. You wanna watch?”
“Yeah, sure.”
I nod, using one hand to keep my blanket wrapped around my shoulders and carrying my burrito in the other as I climb back onto my bed. The mattress dips as Aidan settles beside me, tucking one arm behind his head. His T-shirt rides up, flashing a very distracting view of the few inches above the low-riding waistband of his joggers. The sight heats me more effectively than the blanket I’m basically swaddled in.
“What’s this movie about?” he asks me as I take a seat cross-legged beside him so I can lean over the wrapper while I eat.
“A dog show,” I answer.
His only response is a hum.
“Do you have one?”
“A dog? No. Well, I guess I did, sort of. We had a golden for a little bit, but my dad gave it away to one of the housekeepers when he got sick of it. Said it wasn’t contributing anything to the family. My dad’sbigon contributing.” He scoffs, then shifts on the bed, revealing more of his abs.
“Every time you tell me something about your dad, I like him less.”
Aidan snorts. “Yeah. Join the club.” Then he sobers, tapping his fingers on his chest. “He’s not a bad guy. Just…selfish. Detached. He worked his ass off to make certain we had the best ofeverything, didn’t inherit any of his money. My mom was the rich princess with a trust fund.”
“How’d they meet?”
“College. I don’t know where exactly. I’m sure my mom was the queen bee on campus and my dad was a tech nerd with a lot of big ideas. Doubt they crossed paths a ton.”
Sounds like us.
Except he’s the popular one and I have no big ideas. I’m just trying to make it to senior year.
I swallow the last bite of my burrito. “Thanks for bringing dinner. You really didn’t need to do that.”
Rather than acknowledge my appreciation, he asks, “Have you gotten food from that place before?”
I nod, balling up the wrapper and setting it on my bedside table. “A bunch of times.”
I lie down next to him, grateful for the barrier of my open laptop between us as I hit Play and resume the movie.
Aidan doesn’t talk during the film, which is a relief because that’s a pet peeve of mine. But he does laugh a lot, and at most of the same parts I do.
When the screen goes dark and the credits start to scroll, I’m disappointed.
I wait for him to get up and leave.
Instead, Aidan rolls his head to look at me and asks, “What the hell happened on Tuesday?”
My fingers find the hem of my blanket and start playing with it nervously. I thought we were past this. We acknowledged it happened, I apologized for taking off. The end.
“I didn’t think I’d need to explain the concept of a blowjob to the campus playboy. That’swhat happened.”
A muscle in his jaw twitches. “So I’m the campus playboy, huh? Is that what you meant byknowingme? You’re judging mefor enjoying myself, Rylan?”
I quickly shake my head. “No, I’m not judging you. I just meant you’re more experienced. And I, uh, it was…” I swallow. Glance away, busying myself with closing the laptop screen. “We don’t need to talk about it. It happened, and I said I was sorry for leaving right after. If you want to switch to working with a different tutor, then I’m sure that—”
“Rylan.” He grabs my chin, forcing me to look at him.
Heat spreads from that one spot where he’s touching me, throughout my entire body, warming me for the first time all day.
“Forget about the tutoring shit. It has nothing to do with this. There’s nothing for you to apologize for. And Iwantto talk about what happened.”
