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“No! Just no, to all of it. If she is who he wants to be with, then… fine. I’m okay with that.”

“How much did that hurt to say?” he said suddenly looking at me with sympathy.

I took a moment and allowed my words to settle in. “A lot. But, it will have to be true. I don’t want to be with someone who doesn’t want to be with me.”

“You’re a better man than I am,” Lou said giving up.

“I don’t know about better, but I am a lot more alone.”

“Ahhh!” Lou said getting up and hugging me. With his arms still wrapped around me, he said, “This boy is going to devastate you, isn’t he?”

“Probably.”

“Don’t worry, I’ll be here to pick up the pieces, Lamb Chop. I’ll always be.”

“Unless you have a hot date?”

“Unless I have a hot date. But, other than that, I’ll be right here,” he said pulling away and giving me an irresistible smile.

Chapter 4

Cage

I can do this. I can spend a little time with Quin, not fall head over heels for him, and not blow up my entire life to be with him. I’m sure I can. Although, the closer our meeting time got, the clearer it became that I wasn’t going to have a say in the matter.

How is it that every guy, or girl, or whoever he’s interested in, didn’t see everything I did in him and snap him up? I don’t understand it. The guy is gorgeous and awkwardly adorable. I could push my fingers through his dark, wavy hair until I was lost in it.

Oh, and his eyes. Don’t get me started on his eyes, those soulful, electric eyes. Just thinking about them makes me so hard. How is he able to do this to me?

It’s like… what is that thing that animals release to attract a mate? Pheromones? It’s like he’s releasing pheromones and there is nothing I can do to resist it.

I really shouldn’t have asked him to tutor me. He was probably the last person I should have asked. How will I be able to concentrate with him in arms reach of me? It was such a mistake. But, I can’t wait. And time has never moved slower in my life.

I waited at The Common for our meeting time instead of driving home and driving back. Staying with Tasha might have also been an option considering she lived on the floor above his. But odds were that she was hanging out with Vi.

The two of them were inseparable. It was no wonder she suggested Vi join us for sex. They did everything else together. Why not that?

Once the painfully long wait for me to head over had passed, I hurried across the quad. Slipping into the building as someone exited, I ran up the stairs two at a time and knocked on his door. I heard some scrambling inside before an unfamiliar voice said, “I just want to see,” and the door opened.

“Hello,” I said to the puckish-looking guy standing in front of me.

“Lou, nice to meet you,” he said neither offering me his hand nor inviting me in.

“Cage.”

“The football star?” Lou said with a smile.

“I guess. Is Quin here?”

“He is. But first, two questions. What intentions do you have with my friend? And, would you consider yourself a dog or a cat person?”

What?”

“Lou!” Quin yelled from behind him. Pushing past Lou and placing his body between the two of us, Quin said, “I’m sorry about that. He was just leaving.”

Quin’s body was so close to mine.

“That’s Okay. Lou, I would invite you to stay and hang out, but we have two weeks of classwork to go over… Unless Quin thinks we could do both?”