Page 41 of Call the Shots
I couldn’t seewhat was so goddamn fascinating about King.
The guy was the most boring person I’d ever met. June tugged him around the Colo for hours while they worked together and he didn’t say one damn thing.Nothing beyond ‘mm-hmm’ and ‘hmph.’ June had to keep it to yes and no questions to squeeze answers out of him and she never let up, with that big smile on her face.
What was the big appeal?
When Miles called it a day, everyone was exhausted. I was too. Exhausted from training, exhausted from cleaning, but as tired as I was, questions jumped around my head like a whack-a-mole game.
What the hell did June ever see in King?
I couldn’t hold it in any longer when I pushed open our door. “So you and King are back together?”
“Uh…no?” She shot me a weird look before grabbing one of her weight-loss shakes from the fridge.
June blowing me off confused me even more. It wasn’t a weird question. They were so damnclosein the Colo.
King was about my height but way bulkier than me, with deep scars and tattoos. Then there was Xavier, a blond, clean-cut guy meant for a magazine cover. They couldn’t be more opposite. What was the defining characteristic that June gravitated towards?
I popped in the bathroom and checked the mirror, sweeping a hand through my hair. I didn’t look like either of them.
My nose was a little crooked from the hockey fights and my eyes were shaped weird, like I was frowning even if I wasn’t. When I was younger, I used to practice my smile, trying to soften it. That didn’t work. It was something I had to get used to, I’d always look like this. Pissed off. Ready for a brawl.
“What am I doing?” I muttered, retreating to my bedroom. There were a few hours left until my gaming session with my cousins but until then…nothing. I picked up the Boston Bulldogs hat from my nightstand and laid on the bed, folding the visor inside. With each toss in the air, another question popped up.
What does June see in those dudes?
What does June swipe right on?
Would she have swiped right on me if she didn’t know who I was?
I checked my matches, looking for somebody, anybody, to get over the questions suffocating me, but my irritation grew.
Jalna
saw the videos…WOW
Blocked.
Shannon
IS THIS YOU???
Blocked.
Danika
Ur like a celebrity in my groupchat lol
I threw the hat up, and it smacked my face. Fucking fantastic, exactly what I needed?—
A faint buzzing stopped my wallowing.
The pain was all but forgotten and I pushed up in bed.
Holy shit.
Is that a vibrator?
Either June had a sex toy, or she was doing some dorm construction without clearing it with her roommate. My interest piqued. I whipped out my phone and called her.
