Page 25 of Campus Crush
No fucking way.
Abby was Peach.
Peach was Abby.
And in the same second that my heart soared because I wouldn’t have to pick between them, my stomach plummeted because I knew with a certainty that made me want to puke that Abby didn’t like me. She’d been professionalduring our tutoring sessions, but kept a clear line between us.
I wasn’t sure why she didn’t like me, and without that knowledge, I wasn’t sure she’d accept that I was Bear.
If I walked up to her now and told her who I was, would I lose my only connection to her?
“Sir?”
I pulled my gaze away from Abby and faced the cashier.
“What can I get you?” she asked, her brow arched.
“Uh…”
Fuck. What did I do?
I made my decision in a split second and hoped it was the right one. “A drip coffee with a little room for cream and sugar. To go, please.”
I paid and grabbed my coffee before making my way over to Abby’s table, my nerves a hot mess as I questioned if my gut instinct was right or if I was making a colossal mistake.
She glanced up with a nervous smile on her face that drooped when she met my gaze.
Yeah, that wasn’t how I wanted her to look at me—not as AbbyorPeach.
“Hey, how’s it going?”
Her gaze darted around the room like she didn’t want to be seen with me. “Fine. Just waiting for a friend. You?”
Her words couldn’t have been more clear—she didn’t want me to join her, which meant I was right that she’d never accept the truth that I was BigBear88. Not unless I got her to like me—as Foster, not Bear.
“Just grabbing a coffee before I go meet some friends.”
“Cool.”
Awkward silence ensued, and it only made me moreconfident in my decision, even if I knew I’d need to smooth things over with Peach later.
“Well, I guess I’ll see you at tutoring tomorrow,” she said with another glance toward the door as it opened and a guy in his thirties walked in.
She sagged in her seat when he joined another guy across from us.
“See you tomorrow, Abby.”
“See ya.” She gave me a smile that looked forced, and my gut twisted again.
How the hell was I supposed to win this girl over so she’d accept me as Foster and Bear?
I stepped outside and opened up Discord.
BigBear88:
Hey Peach, sorry to do this to you last minute, but I can’t make it today.
Rain check?
