ee: I need
y's
he word coming out
ly so warm when they landed on m
end of the game." I took a step toward him, wanting
through the tension, deceptively mild. "Vis
ame, in that tone, felt like a deliber
telling us how she doesn't suppo
n Marvel's eyes. He thought I'd been
" I said to Marvel, emp
a rival who seemed to dominate every space he entered, and the girlfr
. I see that. Let's go." He turned an
llins's smirk was gone, replaced by an unreadable, analytical
with a muttered, "Shower's getting cold," and l
**
Co
ter they left was louder than
he noise felt distant, muffled. All I could see was the back
shoulder, his grin fading. "You look l
my voice coming ou
n. My skin felt too tight. The image of her face, first soft w
than hi
e didn't know me. She'd decided who I was from the c
meaningless hum. I was only half-listening as we fil
victory chaos. I went through the motions: peeling off my sweat-soa
ching his arm for real this time, saying all the right, soothi
was exactly the kind of "distraction" Hartwell
ns!" A hand waved i
e, already in his street clothes, eyebrows
locker for five minutes, man.
ly turning to grab my
start moving. Union party
both teams were expected to show up at the same off-campus bar. It was supposed to f
it," I said, headi
fter me. "You're the captai
well had texted me, flashed in my mind. Psychology 305. Mon/Wed/Fri, 10 A
A star for the Eagles. He'd be at
ver. Playing the supportive girlfriend in a ro
What was she like in that setting? Was he
y thoughts: "She does not underst
be there. This wasn't
water off wit
Liam as I strode back to my
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