Page 15 of Weak Side

“Enjoying the show?” Theo’s sharp tone broke me out of my stupor, and I stumbled backward before locking eyes with him. My throat closed when my gaze shot downward for the second time in the last five seconds and saw that he was still actively inside her.

“Oh my God!” I yelled, spinning around and putting my back to him. “What the hell, Theo!”

“How was I supposed to know you’d be coming back to the room right now?”

This wasn’t going to work! Nope. Nope. NOPE.

The girl’s whimper pierced my ears, and anger rushed to my legs, propelling me forward to snatch my jeans off my bed. I was still in my leo and tights with a long hoodie pulled over, but there was no way in hell I was staying in this room for a second longer to change. I would rather change in the hallway in front of several pairs of ogling eyes than stay in a small space with my roommate fucking his puck bunny.

“Have patience,” Theo said under his breath to the moaning female beneath him. My eyes widened, and I flushed even hotter. My pulse flew beneath my skin, and I was hoping I’d take flight soon so I could get out of there faster.

Theo called after me as I flung the door open with force, “I’ll put a sock on the door next time.”

I stopped for a moment before slamming the door shut and canceling out his dark chuckle. My hair nearly fell from my bun as I whipped my head to the left, glaring at the two guys from before that were snickering at me as I entered the room. “Really?” I snapped. “Fucking warn me next time!”

One clutched his bulky chest and cackled as the other shot me a guilty look. I hoped he was conscience-stricken and choked on his own spit later. While on my way to my car with my jeans thrown over my shoulder, I quickly texted Taytum.

Me: I’m coming over after my shift. I need your help with something.

She texted back as my Toyota revved to life.

Taytum: If it involves you breaking up with Chad, I’m down.

I rolled my eyes at her response, knowing that even if I wanted to break up with Chad, it would be a lot more complicated than she thought.

9

Theo

“No partyinguntil after tomorrow night or—” I checked out of the conversation as soon as the threats began spewing from Coach’s mouth, because I knew they weren’t directed toward me. Did I like to party? Sometimes. Did I get shit-faced drunk and jeopardize my future? Absolutely not.

Pulling my phone out of my bag, I glanced at my texts, ignoring the one from Jess. She was the only girl I frequented, and the reason for that was because she knew I was never looking for anything more. Every once in a while, though, she’d try to ask to hang out, and she wouldn’t add the winky-face emoji, which meant that she actually wanted to spend time together. She knew that wasn’t on my agenda—ever. Yet, she still tried.Probably need to cut ties with that one.

Mom: Make sure to get an adequate amount of sleep tonight, Theodore. And eat a good breakfast.

I texted my mom back as Coach was stirring up Aasher over his whereabouts last season.

“You just can’t let it go, Coach. I said sorry.”

“She’s my daughter, Aasher.”

I flicked my eyes up for a moment after texting my mom. Aasher’s face was red, and it wasn’t from embarrassment. “I didn’t know she was your daughter.”

“And you all expect me to believe you didn’t know,” Coach muttered.

“I didn’t even touch her. All I said was hi.”

“Yeah, well your version of ‘hi’ always turns into something else. So don’t even look at her tomorrow night.”

I suppressed a laugh before turning back to my phone and rolling my eyes at my older brother’s text.

Carl:How are those puck bunnies treatin’ ya?

I smirked.

Me: How’s dad life treatin’ ya? Give my favorite niece a hug from Uncle Theo.

Carl wasn’t technically my brother, but I called him as such and considered him as such too. No one knew the dynamics of my family or upbringing except Aasher—not even Coach. It wasn’t really anyone’s business, and the last thing I needed was for the news outlets to unbury my family history and see that my parents weren’t my biological parents and open up old wounds that I wasn’t sure they had healed from.

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