Page 29 of Pitcher

Ans: My pants are ruined!

Oh.Oh.

Motherfucker.

Theo: I’m not doing this again. You’re fine. I’m sure you can make it home.

I put down my phone and try to focus on what Professor Jenkins is talking about. So far it sounds like a whole lot of shit I will never use.

Ans: It looks like a fucking crime scene, Theo! I can’t make it home!

Ans: I neeeeeeeed you!

Sighing, I run my hands through my hair.

“Ugh.” I nudge Brody’s elbow. “I gotta get going. Can you take notes for me?”

He nods slowly, whispering, “You all right?”

I make a face like he just asked me if I grew a vagina over the Christmas holidays.

“I’m fine. Anniston needs me.”

His grin is slow and stupid before he mouths, “Pussy whipped.”

I wish. Her pussy is one thing I don’t own.

With a slide of my hand, I knock his notebook off the ledge, sending his papers scattering. He scrambles to retrieve them, and I use the distraction to grab my shit and slip out.

As soon as I’m in the car, I call her. She answers immediately.

“I told ya, you were being bitchy this morning,” I say as a way of greeting. She makes a noise in her throat that’s half a laugh and half a scoff.

“Are we talking Super Plus then?” I continue, starting the car and backing out of my spot.

Her laugh brings a smile to my face.

“You’re an ass.”

“An ass you apparently need.” I say “need” all whiny like she does when she’s trying to talk me into something I don’t want to do… like leaving class to buy tampons.

“What’s my reward for saving the day?”

She knows I would have helped her anyway, but I like to make her come off something too.

She hums on the other end of the phone, her voice soft and quiet. “What do you want?”

Anything.

“Pancakes and Netflix.”

She laughs. “You want to slum it, Von Bremen?”

Yep. That’s exactly what I want to do today. If she’s going to drag me out of class, then I’m damn sure not coming back for my afternoon class or practice. They can all just get over it.

“That’s exactly what I want, McCallister. Do we have a deal?”

It’s as if I can feel her smile when she says, “Deal.”

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