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I slipped my fingers through hers as we left the elevator. "I already did it. It was an easy decision."

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Ryan

The List Of Weird Shit

We walked to the training field - holdinghands.

That’s right. Holdinghands. In front of everybody. A deep sense of pleasure took hold of me, rooting in my chest. Fuck yeah, we were holding hands. Because Kassie was mine and if the off-limits tag didn’t say it, everybody needed to know about it.

"They’re doing pictures with the football girlfriends that way," Cleo informed us without looking up from her clipboard. The second she glanced up though, she sucked in a breath. “Good God. Thatbruise.” A smile crossed her face. “That’s going to look so good on the socials.”

"Have fun." Kassie nudged my shoulder and I grinned, watching her leave.

The first place I walked up to was my spot with the boys.

"Hey, story time." I lifted up my shirt, flashing the bruise on my side. "What’s the story I’m supposed to tell about this?"

Adam whistled. "Goddamn. He got you good."

“I got cocky.”

"You could tell her the truth?" King took a long look between both of us.

"Kassie’s hot when she’s mad but she can’t be mad atme," I explained and when the photographers motioned us together, I threw my arms around Adam and King, pulling my boys in. "This could be a group project. We can figure out the story together."

"You beat your meat so hard you punched yourself in the side," Adam smiled for the photo. "There. Done."

"Angle-wise, how would you even do that?" King asked. "You’d have to be jerking yourself off like you’re trying to rip off your dick."

I breathed out through the frozen smile. "You both failed the class."

"No offense but it’s not my ass on the line, captain." Adam threw the Marrs hand sign and both of us copied him while the photographer set up the camera from the grass. "You’re the one who could be up shit creek. I’m just an attractive bystander on the riverbank."

An idea struck me and I grinned back at him when the photographer finally moved away. "I got it."

"Don’t do the jerking off thing," King warned.

"Not the jacking off thing. Better." My grin widened. "King and I were trying to teach Adam about blocking—lead, run, reach—because, you know, he needs the extra help, and one thing led to another, this happened."

"Youtrying to teach me how to fucking block?" Adam demanded but King burst into laughter.

"Oh, man. That’s good. Just put it on Adam."

Adam scoffed. "You asshole, I was blocking before you were learning long fucking divison."

"There’s no shame in needing help," I assured him and King even laughed harder, grabbing his stomach. "Kassie will think so too."

“Don’t even try it, Cross.”

“Already put into motion.”

"I’ll get you back for it," Adam warned.

I raised my eyebrows, leaning back as one of the photographers started shooting random pictures of us. "Oh, yeah?"

"Yeah."

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