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“Lee.”
Someone moved in the background, but before I could see I was engulfed in a hug.
“Sweetness. We’ve been worried about you.” Jacob hugged me tight. I couldn’t help it. I pressed my face into his chest and breathed in his sweet and sticky scent.
I missed it so much.
I was just like any other omega, wasn’t I?Pathetic.
“Oh. I’m sorry. I’m just… I’m sorry I didn’t call you back or answer your messages.” I chewed on my bottom lip as I shut my eyes. “I really should’ve answered, and I should’ve called you first before I just came over here and interrupted you guys when you’re all probably really busy with school and the big games coming up.”
Leeson reached out and turned my face towards him with a finger on the edge of my chin. “Are you alright?”
“Yes. I mean, yes. I’m fine.”
“Are you sure?” Jacob asked, looking me over.
“What Jake means to say is, you seem on edge.”
“No,” I said, trying to figure out what I should do. I didn’t know why I even ended up here. Or I did know that. I just didn’tknow what I was going to do when I got this far. I just wanted them no matter what it meant. “My professor is forcing me to drop out of her class.”
“What?”
“I turned in a paper early and she said that she wouldn’t accept it due to it likely being subpar work and that another person in my class said that he was sure that I had to be cheating or leaning on other students to get my work done,” I explained.
“Who is the other student?” asked Jacob.
I stared at him as I pulled back, taking a step away from him as he tensed. Leeson stepped in, but only to put a gentle hand on my arm. It felt nice. Supportive.
“Brian Wolosyn,” I whispered.
“That asshole from the party that night?” Jacob’s eyes flared when I nodded. “Oh, he isn’t going to know what hit him.”
“Don’t do anything for me.”
“Sweetness, I’d do everything for you.”
I swallowed.
“Don’t worry about this,” said Leeson, his eyes soft as he looked me over again as if he was sure something else must’ve been wrong that he could see. If only it was that easy. “Do you want to sit down?”
“Um, okay.” I started to move towards the couch. They followed, watching as I fell back into the cushions. After a minute, I reached for the blanket over the armrest. Without pausing to think about it, I wrapped it around myself, cocooned in scents.
Even that one scent that I was so sure I never wanted to smell again but relaxed me more than the others.
Sweet butterscotch and cinnamon brown sugar.
My eyes fluttered in a sort of relief and horror at this all. Maybe this would be the last time I would be here in this apartment on this couch or wrapped in this blanket.
Tears started to stab at the corners of my eyes again.
I was getting over-emotional. I needed to stop.
“Don’t cry,” said Jacob, softly, as if attempting to console me. “Tell me what to do. What has been going on? Let me fix it.”
I shook my head.
“What else has been going on? There is something else, isn’t there?” asked Leeson. He slowly moved around the table to sit on the other side of me, leaving just enough room. To get away from me?
