permission to touch me like that.”
“Really?” he replied with a smirk,
sucking that stupid lip ring into his mouth. “Because you really seemed to be
enjoying it. And I was too,” he added.
I shook my head sharply, rolling my
eyes before turning on my heel. “Whatever, just leave me the fuck alone. I
really don’t need to be another notch on your bedpost.” I stormed off,
returning to the table where now just Callie and Zoey sat, waiting expectantly.
“Are you two ready to get out of here?”
“Absolutely,” they both replied
simultaneously, looping their arms through mine and quickly ushering me towards
the front door. “Let’s get the hell out of here.”
Chapter
8
“So, please explain what in the
hell happened last night because I’m totally confused.” I finished the sip of
my latte as I sat down and hooked my handbag on the back of my chair. Callie
stared back at me silently as I took my time and drummed her pink nails
impatiently.
“Chill girl, at least let her sit
down before you start grilling her.” I scooted in my chair and was just about
to thank Zoey until I saw the stare-down she was giving me as well.
We had gotten home late last night
from the bar and had all passed out as soon as we got back. I was a little surprised
that they hadn’t made themselves stay awake just to interrogate me. I had
ducked out early this morning for my first class, so we were now just meeting
up before our afternoon classes.
“Well, I met Justin when-”
“Hold up,” Callie interrupted.
“Start at the beginning, don’t think we missed all of that flirting going on
between you and Nash. We need ALL the details.”
“Fine,” I huffed out, “but you are
going to be disappointed there. Nash and I are strictly friends. That’s it. We
were just catching up, that was all.”
“Ri-ght,” Zoey dragged out, giving
Callie a look like she believed nothing I had just said. “We saw the way you
two were together. You basically look like soul mates. Now, you know I’m not
the biggest fan of Nash but that’s mainly because of Mariah. I think you should
be the one to save him from her clutches.”
“Nash is a big boy, obviously he’s
happy or he wouldn’t be with her. But it definitely got awkward when she showed
up. That’s when I escaped to the bathroom and ran into Justin. He was
definitely a good distraction, but that’s all he was. I have no plans on seeing
him again.”
“Good luck with that.” Callie
snorted as she drained her frozen coffee and stood up to throw it away. “Justin
Parker is the biggest man slut on campus. I’ve heard that he’s slept with every
girl in the Sigma Delta sorority.” Raising her eyebrows, she leaned over and
added in a hushed voice. “And not just one at a time either, if you know what I
mean.” I choked on my drink a little bit, knowing exactly what Callie meant.
Gross.
“He gets whoever he wants and then
leaves them wanting more. If he has you in his sight, you are definitely in
trouble,” she finished, her eyes sort of glazed over like she was thinking
about all of the different possibilities if Justin decided to focus on her.
Zoey quietly chimed in, humming
Taylor Swift’s songs, ‘I knew you were trouble’.
I snorted at her choice of song and
shrugged my shoulders. “I think I can handle him. This campus is big enough to
avoid him anyway.” I drained the rest of my drink and scooted out my chair. “Sorry
to cut this short girls, but I have a class on the other side of campus, so
I’ll catch up with you at home.”
I made my way across campus,
weaving in and out of the cluster of students that were gathered across the
pathway. It was definitely a bit overwhelming compared to MCCC, but I was
quickly beginning to fall in love with it. It almost made me wish that I had
started off at a four year college, but I think I really just needed that time
to myself to completely heal.
I walked into the auditorium that
my human studies
Rhys Thomas
Douglas Wynne
Sean-Michael Argo
Hannah Howell
Tom Vater
Sherry Fortner
Carol Ann Harris
Silas House
Joshua C. Kendall
Stephen Jimenez