At least in high school you had lockers. Lugging this stuff around was going to take some getting used to.
Not feeling like waiting on the elevator—which always seemed to take forever—I decided to take the stairs. Our dorm room was just a few doors down from the stairwell and was a whole hallways walk from the elevator bays, but ascending three flights of stairs with all my books and laptop might not have been the brightest idea on my part. With each step I took, waiting on those damn slow elevators sounded better and better.
Finally making it to our floor, I walked the short distance to our room and turned the knob. Jess should already be back, she was probably taking a mid-afternoon nap to be honest. Waking up early and Jessi never did go well together. Slowly pushing open the door, I fully expected to see Jess lying in her bed, softly snoring away after a hard first day of class. What I did not expect was a pale, bare ass as it pumped away at my best friend.
I yelped and slapped my hand over my eyes as I fumbled around for the doorknob. “Sorry! Sorry! I’m leaving! Carry on doing … that.” I waved the hand that wasn’t currently shielding my eyes from the horrific sight, wildly in the air before finally landing it on the doorknob and slamming it shut.
“Good Lord,” I muttered under my breath as I slid down the wall beside our door. I could still hear Jessi’s giggles.
Shaking my head, I pulled my headphones out of my bag, plugged them into my cell and settled in to wait. Surely she would hurry it along and finish since she knew I was waiting … I hoped she would anyway.
After about two songs there was a light tap on my shoulder and my eyes flew open to find Jessi standing there with a pretty pleased look on her face. As she should have after what I had just walked in on. Landon walked out of our room and into the hallway as I started to stand, looking just a tad bit embarrassed.
Leave it to the guy to go get all discomforted and Jessi be the one going on as if I walked in on them playing a game of Go Fish instead of bumping uglies. I swear, sometimes I honestly think she’s part man. Poor Landon was just standing beside Jessi, with his eyes cast down toward the floor as if he was trying not to make eye contact with me.
At least he’s not just the average jerk that gets what he wants and hurries on his way … but that doesn’t mean I can’t use his discomfort to have a little fun myself, right?
“No need to go get all shy now,” I told him. “I have seen your bare ass and all.”
He scratched at the back of his neck and let out a nervous chuckle. “Yeah, sorry about that.”
“No problem. I was just coming to put my things away before heading back out,” I said to them.
“Out? So where are you going?” Jess questioned me. I knew she was probably a little thrown off by the fact that I had plans to go out, and that those plans didn’t involve her. Usually the only places I went to lately are the places she drags me. So this was a whole different ball game for her.
“Kane asked me if I would like to grab a cup of coffee. I told him I would. He’s probably waiting out front for me now actually. I didn’t think the room would be … occupied.” I winked at Landon because I knew he was feeling pretty uncomfortable right now, and I can’t lie, I was enjoying teasing him and watching him squirm. “So, can I get in there now? I’d like to finally get rid of these heavy books if you don’t mind.” I pushed past Jessi into the room and dropped my bag on my desk.
Ahh, yes. Relief . It felt so good to be rid of that weighty thing—for a while at least. I rushed off to the bathroom to freshen up a little bit, and had to stop myself from doing too much. I’m not worried about impressing him—or am I? Shaking the thought from my head, I finished brushing my teeth and applied a fresh swipe of deodorant. I may not be trying to impress the guy too much, but smelling good is a given,
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