I pull her phone out of my back pocket and slap it into Jaxon’s chest hard enough that I can hear the contact against his skin. I smile when he lets out a small groan of pain.
“Give this to her, will ya?”
“I do have a class with her in fifteen minutes,” he replies. “You could’ve asked me in the first place, you know, so you didn’t have to stand in the middle of campus just hoping she’d walk by.”
“I thought you giving her phone back might be more embarrassing than me doing it. Just trying to be nice.”
“Mmmhmm.”
“Fuck you. I’m going home.”
“You have one more class.”
“I already missed two. What’s one more?”
twelve
Avalon
Was Zeke waiting for me?
I was in the library, and a bunch of girls couldn’t stop talking about how Zeke was standing in the middle of campus, almost as if he were waiting for someone. And then the second he sees me, he tries to chase me down?
Zeke doesn’t do girlfriends. And I don’t do boyfriends. We talked about this. Why on Earth would Zeke be trying to find me?
Most guys get the memo when I kick them out of my place, but I never had that moment with Zeke. I hoped sneaking out of his house without saying anything would leave the same impression.
Apparently, I was wrong. Apparently, telling Zeke before we hooked up that I don’t do commitments wasn’t enough. Even though he started that conversation. He was worriedI’dget connected. But now he’s the one chasing me down?
“Avalon Stewart.” The voice travels up the stairs, and a body follows. The same body that’s walked past me for the last few weeks on the way to his seat, except now it’s stopping at the end of my row.
“Jaxon Holmes.” I glance up at him. “Can I help you?”
“Have fun at the party?” I can’t figure out if it’s a jab because he knows I hooked up with his friend or a genuine question.
“It was… fine.”
“Fine,” he repeats. “Not your scene?”
“Not really.”
And then he just stares at me like I’m supposed to continue the conversation that he started.
My eyes narrow, “You gonna stand there the whole class or?”
“Oh, right. I’m just trying to figure something out.”
“And standing there’s gonna help you do that?”
“I’m trying to figure out if you’re playing hard to get with Zeke or genuinely not interested.”
He does know.
“And that’s your business, why?”
He laughs. “Sorry, it’s just kind of funny.”
“What is?”