He didn’t give me any reaction to that, but not because it didn’t affect him, of that I was positive.
“So?” he said.
“Seems mighty convenient. Partners in class, next-door neighbors…”
Panther shrugged. “A coincidence.”
“Or fate.”
“Considering there are twenty of us, it doesn’t leave much room or space.”
“Halle-fuckin-lujah,” I said, walking around the back of the bike, closer to where Panther stood, unmoving. “Think we have adjoining doors?”
“No.”
“That’s too bad. Maybe I can carve out a peephole. You know. Keep an eye on…things.”
What Panther did next surprised me. He laughed. He fuckin’ laughed.
11Panther
IT WAS AMAZING what a few beers could do to take the edge off. After our final class, I’d headed to my room, waiting for the lashing phone call from my father that was surely coming. No way in hell I wanted to be on the receiving end while out in public, so I’d popped a few bottles, and after a couple hours of silence and a good buzz, the events of today felt like a distant memory.
At least for now.
So when Solo made the crack about a peephole into my room, I couldn’t help but laugh. The guy was so fuckin’ ridiculous that I couldn’t help myself.Ridiculously good-looking, too,the voice in the back of my head said. It was a shame that the same guy drawing dicks in the sky and behaving like a rebellious fuck who didn’t give a damn was the one making my cock sit up and take notice.
As Solo rounded the back of my bike and came to a stop next to his, I was able to take a good look at the motorcycle that fit him to a T. A sporty red Yamaha that looked like it would outrun anything on the road. Combine that with its owner—brown hair disheveled and sexy from the helmet, a trim leather jacket and jeans low at his hips—and it was a dangerous mix.
“Is that alaugh?” Solo said, raising an eyebrow. “I didn’t think you knew how to do that.”
“Maybe I just don’t find you as funny as the others do.”
“Or maybe you suffer from a debilitating lack of humor.”
“I make up for it in other areas.”
Solo’s eyes sparked. “Like?”
“Wouldn’t you like to know.”
“Yes, that’s why I’m asking.” He pointed at himself. “Not subtle, remember?”
“I don’t think I’ll be able to forget.”
“Good. Then mission accomplished.” Solo waggled his eyebrows. “You didn’t think my likeness in the sky today was all for Gooch, did you?”
Jesus, I needed to get away from him, and now, because as relaxed as I was feeling, his flirting was starting to wear me down.
“If that’s true, then you might want to go see a doctor, ’cause you were a little lopsided down below.”
Solo flashed me his heartbreaker grin. “Or I could just getyouto check for me.”
At that tempting offer, I backed up and shook my head. “Not gonna happen.”
As Solo followed, I took another step back. I’d let this go on too long. I needed some distance and I needed it now.
“Why not?”
