Page 28 of The Revenge You Seek
"Do I have to answer that?"
"No, it's written all over your face."
Silence falls between us but it's not uncomfortable. Things are never that way between the two of us, it's one of the things I love about him so much.
"Zayn told me to come to meet you after class. He's worried about you. Should we be?"
Yes."No, of course not. I can handle Kane. You need to focus on the upcoming season."
He nods but I know it's not going to be that easy. There’s already more tension than there should be between teammates, I really don't need to add to it.
"I wish I could stay and hang out more."
"I've got a ton of work to do, don't worry about it."
He leans over and drops a lingering kiss on my cheek.
"If you need anything, if he so much as looks at you the wrong way, you know where I am."
"I know, but it won't be necessary."
He climbs from the bed and walks to my door.
"Oh, party Friday night. You in?" Excitement sparkles in his eyes at the prospect of letting it all go for a night.
"You got it."
"Sweet. See you tomorrow?"
I smile at him as he slips through the door and disappears.
* * *
I'm making myself dinner later that evening when Brax and West come stumbling into the dorm, both fresh from the shower.
"Evening, beautiful," Brax sings. "That smells insane. Enough for three?"
"Funny you should say that," I mutter as he wraps his arms around me from behind and peers over my shoulder.
"Giiiirl, I think I love you."
I laugh at his antics as he smacks a wet kiss on my cheek.
"Just gonna dump this and you can fill us up good."
As they both disappear to their rooms, I pull down three plates and start dishing up.
I didn't need to make this much, but something told me others would be grateful.
After Luca left, I figured I'd be safe because Kane would be at practice with him, so I headed to the on-campus store for ingredients for dinner and everyone's breakfast in the morning.
Cooking always used to be something that helped me to relax but I've barely done it recently, but with all the nervous energy zipping through me after the events of the day, I knew I couldn't just sit in my room and attempt to work on my assignments.
"How was practice?" I ask when they both return and take their seats.
"Brutal. And Luca was fucking pissed."
"I've never seen him like that before," West adds.
