A couple of weeks later I was in a large house on the outskirts of Los Angeles, lounging by the pool. My grandmother lounged next to me, in a one-piece suit with a large straw hat over her face.“It’s important to stay out of the sun, honey. It’s a killer,” she said as she sipped at a rum and Coke. “I know, Grams.” I smiled at her, my own straw hat hiding my face entirely. “I don’t want freckles, and I get them if I’m out in it too much.” “It’s that ginger gene from your grandfather’s side. Your poor dad had it bad. I used to slather him in sunscreen and keep him in long shirts, even when the world was telling us to absorb as much sun as possible and try to turn our skin into leather. I never did think it was good.” She was a humorous woman with a lot of love to give. I’d forgiven them for the silent years when she explained how devastated losing my dad had been for them both. The pain that was still in her voice when she talked about him, told me all I needed to know. I could only
I flew back to North Carolina the day the guys came back from Spain. We met at the same hotel, the same suite, and within minutes, we were all naked, in a pile on the bed. I moved from one to the next, kissing, murmuring sweet hellos, claims for more attention. Every single one of us was naked, but we were all comfortable together. I was on top of Tristan, where he loved to have me the most, with Daniel to my left and Adam to my right. Michael was behind me, ready to do something I’d never done before. I was so turned on, so ready for all of them, that I was ready for whatever they wanted to try. We’d been there for a half-hour, just kissing, getting hotter, needier, with each second that passed. Now, as Daniel’s hands teased at my clit, and Tristan and Adam worked at my nipples, I slid down on Tristan’s length. I had to be there first before we took the next step. With my torso spread over Tristan’s, I was as flat as I could go, with my ass as high as it would go. I was open, read
I left the library the moment I got a text from Logan. Technically, I was supposed to be studying for a test, not to mention all the assignments I still had to do, but I didn’t care. Logan, supposedly, had something important for me. While he wasn’t the most reliable guy out there because he liked to prank me a lot, he was still one of my best friends, and he knew when not to joke with me.Because of course, I returned every prank twice as hard. He’d come to learn not to mess with me.Fuck, I was invincible when it came to pranking!I made my way toward the dorms. Our college was pretty relaxed when it came to student housing, more than most colleges I’d heard of. At least, that was the consensus, since they allowed coed dorms, and plenty of people took advantage of this fact. My friend Logan was one of them, because he loved bunking with the ladies for a night of fun.So it wasn’t a surprise when he’d texted me to come to the dorm house a block away from the one we lived in. Usually,
“Why are you out here this late?”I hummed and looked up distractedly. Jennifer, who was in the same class as I, had walked up to me without me noticing, but I was a bit preoccupied at the moment. I smiled at Jennifer, pretending like nothing was wrong.“Oh, I just felt like stepping out of the room to catch some fresh air, you know? It’s not good to stay cooped up all the time. Besides, we just finished exams, so there’s no need for me to be studying right now.”I would rather be in my room by myself than be out in a crowd. Even if it wasn’t studying—which I did plenty of, to begin with—I wanted to be in my room. But I just had to have a roommate, and it just had to be Dana.Dana and I were best friends. We met in our first year at college, and we got along. First, we lived in separate dorms, but we shared the same major, and during one group assignment, we got to know each other. For the assignment, we depended mostly on each other, and that’s how we became close. She was smart and
“Did you find anything yet?” Logan asked.I could tell by his snappy tone that he was starting to grow impatient. He probably wanted me to leave so he could get on with what had initially brought him over here. I had my back to them, and I could occasionally hear their muffled breaths and the sheets rustling as the two of them made out on the bed, probably wanting to do more. I’d here a breathy moan and a hissed curse; then Logan would ask if I was done.We’d been like this for half an hour already, and even I was getting tired of it.“Do you think it’s easy to find anything in here?” I complained. “This girl is too fucking clean, okay? There are no strange files on her computer. It’s all movies, music and school work, and not even any good movies. What the fuck is X-Men?”“You don’t know X-Men?” Logan said from behind me, sounding shocked. “Dude, how could you not! I’ve loved that shit since I was a kid. It’s a big franchise with a bunch of comics, cartoons, and movies.”“You know I
I woke up feeling groggy the next morning, and cursed both Logan and Dana out, but only in my mind.Why did they have to do it here? Couldn’t they just go back to Logan’s dorm instead?I felt lucky that it was the weekend already. The last time they did something like this had been the evening before I needed to be up ridiculously early to attend an early morning class, and I’d dozed throughout the whole class and even got in trouble with the lecturer over it.I stretched out under my covers then rolled around, blinking my eyes open. I was facing the other side of the room, and I was surprised to find Dana’s bed empty. I searched under my pillow for my cell and squinted at the screen, surprised to note the time.Shit. It was a few minutes to eleven in the morning. I rarely ever slept in this late.This is all their fault, I thought with resentment.I wasn’t sure how long I’d lazed around outside of the room before I thought it was safe to go back, but I did know it was quite late. The
Logan and I walked out of our last class for the day. It was still early in the afternoon, so we had plenty of free time for the rest of the day, and I was thinking about how to spend it.“Hey, do you wanna go get lunch?” I asked, glancing over at him.He was texting on his cell and didn’t bother looking up when he answered.“Nah, man. Besides, there’s still some snacks in the dorm room, right? Go eat by yourself.”I did remember we’d bought a bunch of stuff and left it there for when we were going to have a study night. It was a week until we finished exams, and I did most of the studying while Logan slacked off. Though I’d only lasted so long before I started playing games myself, my grades were steady. Logan…didn’t seem to care much about his grades as long as he didn’t fail, but he still managed to be average, so it wasn’t like he didn’t know what he was doing. I still thought he slacked off too much.“Wait a minute,” I said, narrowing my eyes on him. “What exactly are you going t
I finished writing down my notes as the professor closed the class. I ignored the students rising to leave immediately after he moved toward the door. I took my time, humming to myself as I wrote. By the time I was done, the room was mostly cleared, and I picked up my books, set them in my bag, and headed out as well.Did he send me a message today?The edges of my lips rose naturally into a smile at the thought. Student X, the guy I’d found on the dating site, had sparked my interest. I didn’t know the person behind the username, and honestly, he seemed too good to be true, but after talking to him for about two weeks now, I was only getting more and more curious about who he was.I wasn’t so naïve to believe unconditionally that just because we got along well online meant we would be the same way if we met in real life, but I was feeling a little hopeful.If only he’d agree to meet, I thought wistfully.I hadn't asked much after the first time when he’d said it was too soon. To be h