Her warning makes my racing heart sink into my stomach.
It’s what I expected to hear, but the words still strike me like a physical blow.
A sympathetic smile pulls at her lips, and the sight of it makes everything worse.She doesn’t think this is going to be possible.
Seeing my own fears reflected back at me is worse than I could have expected.
“Please, Mum. You have to help me,” I implore. “I love her. I’m in love with her, and I can’t lose her.”
I won’t.
It’s late by the time I let myself into Abigail’s dorm room, but the lights are on and she’s waiting for me in the middle of her bed.
She’s wearing one of my Saints t-shirts. Her hair is hanging messily around her shoulders and her face is clear of make-up.
She’s unashamedly her and I love it.
“How did it go?” she asks nervously, wringing her hands together in her lap.
“He wasn’t there,” I confess on a heavy breath as I lock the door behind me and pull my hoodie over my head.
“Oh,” Abigail whispers, deflating as I toe my trainers off, push my jeans and boxers from my hips and stalk closer.
“My mum was there. I told her everything,” I confess as I crawl onto the bed.
She shrieks as I grab her ankles and drag her beneath me.My shirt rides up letting me see the white cotton knickers she’s wearing beneath.
“Told her that I was in love with you, Red.”
“Oh my God,” she gasps, trying to tug her hands from my grip to cover her face.
Refusing to allow her to hide, I pin her arms back against the bed.“Told her you’re the one.”
“Elliot,” she moans when I settle between her thighs, letting my growing cock tease her.
“Told her that I’d give everything up for you.”
“Y-you can’t. You—” I cut off her argument with my lips, kissing her so deeply it makes my head spin and my body ache for her.
“It’s the truth, and one way or another we’ll figure out a way to be together,” I whisper against her jaw.
“What did she say?” Abigail gasps, writhing beneath me.
“That she’d do whatever she can to support us.”
“She really said that? Oh, Elliot, that’s— Oh my God,” she moans when I suck on the sensitive patch of skin beneath her ear.
I don’t want to talk about it—I just want her.
“But what about Scott?”
“I told you, Red. Let me deal with all that. You just focus on enjoying yourself.”
Releasing her hands, I drag my shirt up her body, leaving her in nothing but her tiny pair of knickers.
“Missed you today,” I say as my mouth descends for her breast.
We haven’t had any classes together, and after our weekend, I need her something fierce.