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He holds his hands up.“What Jesse does is not my business.”
“He’s in my room, which makes it my business.Let’s go get breakfast, deliver it, and go get him.You still want to see the campus and sights today, don’t you?”
He nods.“Will you be joining us, Leeza?”
She glances at him over her shoulder.“If that’s okay with you?”
“It is, as long as you’re up for it, and you’re not too hung over.”
She nods emphatically and I don’t know about her, but whenever I was that wasted, I was hurting the next day.I guess the water, meds and breakfast helped her recover faster.
The streets are pretty quiet this morning, so I make through the drive-thru fast, grab the food, and deliver it back to Kendra.Dane takes so long inside I wonder if he went back to bed with her.I’m just about to go get him when he comes outside a big smile on his face.
“Get in,” I grumble.As soon as he’s buckled, I go back to the dorm and park.“Come inside and stay warm,” I say to Leeza.“I’ll get Jesse.”I hurry upstairs and find him alone in my bed, and for that I’m happy.Although by the mussed sheets, I’m not sure he was alone all night.
I nudge him.“Rise and shine, Jesse.”He grumbles and I wave the breakfast sandwich in front of his nose.Like any young, growing guy, he rises up and rubs his stomach.“Get dressed and meet us downstairs.”I drop the bag on the nightstand, and head back downstairs to find Dane and Leeza sitting close and talking and a weird, sharp pang of jealousy hits me in the chest.
Whoa, what the hell?
“Back off,” I blurt out before I can stop myself, and Dane’s head lifts.He grins, a knowing little grin I’d like to smack off his face.Honestly, I shouldn’t be possessive of Leeza.I barely know her.Despite that, I feel like I do.I have this strange draw to her, a strange sense of familiarity.
Jesse comes barreling down the stairs, his clothes and hair disheveled.“Dude,” he says to Dane and pats him on the back.“What a night, eh?”
Since I don’t want to hear the details and I’m sure Leeza doesn’t either, I pipe up.“How about we walk the campus and then hit up the boardwalk and find a place for lunch?”
“Um, actually I have plans for lunch,” Dane announces a sheepish grin on his face.
Jesse pulls out the breakfast sandwich, bites into it and adds, “Yeah, me too.”
I shake my head.“I thought you guys wanted to experience the city.”
Dane nudges Jesse.“We are.”
“Dane,” I warn.“I told you—”
He throws his hands out, all innocent.“What?We’re going skating at the oval.I heard a few people at the party putting a plan together last night.”
I narrow my eyes.“You’re going in a group?”
“Yup.”
I nod.I guess that’s okay.Better than one on one time with Kendra.Next year I’ll be out of here, unable to look out for him.Right now, I can only guide him into making smart choices.
I glance at Leeza, and I’m about to speak when my phone pings.I pull it from my pocket and check it to find a message from one of my buddies.It’s nothing urgent so I tuck my phone away and ask Leeza, “Feel like skating later?”
“I’m not keeping you from something, or someone, am I?”
I get it.I have a reputation, so she expects that I’ll be hooking up over the holidays.“I cleared the day to spend with these two.”I glance outside and shove my hands into my pockets and decide to tell her what I really think.“I’d love it if you came.”
A smile lights up her face, and as I take her in, I try not to remember her standing in my room with nothing on but a towel.“I think it will be fun.”
“Okay, let’s show these guys around.”She turns and walks toward the door and as my gaze takes her in, my body reacts.Goddammit, there are a lot of things I’d like to show her too, and every one of them involves us being naked.But I’m so over fast hook-ups.I want something more permanent, which is why I went on the app.I want to get to know a girl, have her get to know me as Rhys, not Cheddar.
Wait, did she call me Rhys last night?
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