Page 20 of Teaching Cayden

Addison

I’d just gotten out of the shower when I heard a knock at the door. I wasn’t expecting anyone, but after the way the morning ended I wondered if Cayden had come back to apologize. I smiled to myself as I walked over to the door and quickly flung it open. “Couldn’t stay away, huh?” I laughed and then froze when my eyes met my brother’s.

“You look real sick, Addy.” He rolled his eyes at me as he pushed inside and looked around.

“What do you want, Will?” I closed the door, turned in his direction, and crossed my arms over my chest.

“I came to see if you were ok, and apparently you are so now you can tell me; who are you so eager to see? I mean, I know you love me and all, but that greeting wasn’t meant for me.” He squinted as he stared at me. “You had a guy here last night, didn’t you?”

“What does it matter to you?” I began walking back to where I was making lunch in the kitchen.

“It matters a lot when you blow me off. I was dodging Stephanie all day yesterday, and then when she texted that she was coming over I had nowhere to go. You took away my hideout. I hope it was good for you.” He walked over to my couch and flopped down.

“Make yourself comfortable,” I grumbled as I carried my sandwich over and sat on the floor in front of him.

“I can’t shake her, Addy. She shows up at the house, calls me all hours of the night. We fucked. That was it. It was a weekend, and now it’s over.” He threw his arm over his eyes as he let his head fall back on the couch.

“You’re so romantic. Did you tell her you’d go out again? Promise to call? Anything?” I took a bite as I watched him stiffen. “You did, didn’t you? You said something stupid and now she thinks she meant something.”

“All guys say ‘I’ll call you sometime’,” he mumbled before dropping his arm. “It’s just the way we are.”

“No, it’s not. It’s the way you are.” I sighed as I set my sandwich down. “We don’t want you to lie to us. We just want to know that it meant something. Trust me when I tell you, it always means something to the girl. We just want to know that you feel the same way we do. When are you actually going to date someone?” I shoved his leg.

“When I’m ready to settle. I’m not ready for that. Right now I just want to have fun.” He suddenly scrambled off the couch and then curled his lip. “Did you fuck him here?” He pointed at the spot he’d just vacated.

“Maybe.” I grinned as I watched him start gagging. Cayden and I hadn’t, but the fact that my brother thought I had was worth the lie. “You better figure out how to tell Stephanie that you don’t want a relationship because I’m not going to be your hideout.”

“Yeah, yeah.” He rolled his eyes.

“You’re not going to, are you?” I muttered.

“Maybe. Maybe I’ll just bring a different girl to the Spring Formal. Steph is in Omega Phi. She’ll see me and give up.” He shrugged.

“Or you’ll piss her off, she’ll make a scene, and whomever you take will send you home alone that night. Why don’t you grow up little brother and start acting like the man I know is deep down inside there.” I poked him in the chest before spinning to face the door. “Now, if all you came over here to do was complain, you need to get going. I’ve got stuff to do.”

“Like what? I thought I was important.” He fake pouted as he strode to the door, all of his swagger still intact.

“Like none of your business,” I muttered as I closed the door on him. ‘Like figure out how to apologize Cayden.’ He’s one of the ones who sex means something to. He wasn’t putting up a front last night, and by the look of hurt on his face this morning, last night meant something to him. I just hope I didn’t blow my chances with the one man who might someday mean something to me.

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