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Chapter 7
Lillianna
When I wake up the next morning, I am not in my bed. I’m not even in my dorm room. Groaning, I sit up and look around. From the looks of it, I’m in the guys’ room.
Sighing, I swing my legs off the bed and stand. I’m still in my jeans and bra. No wonder I feel so uncomfortable. “Shit.”
At the end of my bed is a change of clothes and my pillow, with a note sitting on top of them.
Sorry I wasn’t here when you woke up. Had to get my workout in with some of the guys since practice starts today. I left you some pain meds and a Gatorade on my bedside table. Hope you’re not feeling too bad this morning.
– Toby
I smile, biting my lower lip as butterflies fill my belly. This is something the old Toby would have done. I miss it. I miss him.
Shaking my head, I put an end to the fuzzy feelings. I’m pissed at him. I might not remember coming home from the party last night, but I do remember what me and Bee walked in on.
Closing my eyes, I take a deep breath, willing that image to get out of my head.
The table next to the bed I slept in doesn’t have what the note mentioned, so I’m going to guess this isn’t Toby’s bed. I should have known, it doesn’t smell of him. It’s got Bishop’s cologne all over it. And yes, I know what kind of cologne they use, they’ve been wearing the same stuff for years.
Bishop’s is more of a woodsy smell, while Toby’s is more of a spice. So, I go over to the other bedside table.
I grab the Gatorade and meds, downing them both. But something else on the table top catches my eye. I look down at the photo of Toby and me. It was his sixteenth birthday, and all of his friends came over for a pool party. Our parents went all out.
Rain bought me my first bikini, and I was excited to wear it. I didn’t care that there was going to be a bunch of guys there. Over that past winter, my boobs grew like crazy. I felt sexy, and I wanted to see if Toby would notice me in the way I’d been wanting him to.
And he did just that. He couldn’t keep his eyes off me, and I loved every second of it. But his eyes weren't the only ones on me. So were his friends.
The way he kept punching his friends in the arms or pushing them in the pool for looking at me had me over the moon, thinking he was jealous.
And the best part was, when he told them to stop looking, he used my name, never calling me his sister. It was those small moments that gave me hope, proving he felt something more than just friendship.
This photo wasn’t taken at the pool party, but after, when we all went to the arcade. Toby had a room full of friends there to see him, but spent the whole night playing games with me. Even Bishop called him out on it, saying I was hogging him too much.
I smile at the photo, a pang of sadness hitting me. I miss those days. I crave that friendship with Toby and Bishop again. I’m hoping that whatever crawled up Toby’s ass these past few years crawls right back out, because I know there’s got to be a reason why he’s been treating me like this. I just don’t know what it is, but this isn’t him. I want the old Toby back. Even if it’s just as friends. I would rather have him in my life in any way possible than to not have him at all.
Slipping my shirt over my bra, I head across the hall to Bee’s and my room. “B?” I look at the lump in the bed.
“Go away. I’m busy dying,” she groans from under the blankets.
“Hungover, huh?” I giggle, moving to sit on the edge of her bed.
“Where did you go last night? I got up to puke and Bishop was in your bed.”
“Ah, yes. That would make sense why I was in his bed.” I laugh. ”You know I’m a sympathy puker, babe.”
“I know.” She moves the blanket away from her face and glares at me. “But I’d rather listen to you puke with me than Bishop bitching about having to clean up after me.”
“Well, who else would have done it?” I laugh. “I love you, but it wouldn’t have been me, and Bishop cares about you.”
“I know,” she grumbles. “He gets on my nerves, but the big idiot is a good big brother.”
“The best.” I nod.
“So, I’m guessing Toby took care of you?”
I shrug. “No idea. I don’t remember much of last night.” I grimace.
