so you'll come?
the football team has a party and then Delta Psi has a party too
your friends can come too if they are willing
Me
The football team?
Gavin
yeah! want to show off my boyfriend
wait can i call you that?
boyfriend?
The word makes my chest tight. Boyfriend. While I'm sitting here with an acceptance letter to Switzerland.
Me
Yeah. You can call me that.
Gavin
pick you up at 7?
gonna do this right
Saturday comes too fast.I've changed shirts three times when there's a knock at the door.
"Sebastian!” Leo yells. "Your hunky boyfriend!”
I'm going to murder him. Slowly.
When I open the door, Gavin's standing there in dark jeans and a button-down that stretches across his chest in illegal ways. He's holding...
"Are those flowers?"
It's not really a bouquet. More like someone grabbed one of everything from the flower section and shoved them together. Roses mixed with daisies mixed with... sunflowers?
"I didn't know what kind you liked," he says, face lightly pink. "So I got... all of them?"
My chest cracks open. Of course he did.
"They're perfect," I say as my throat chokes up with emotions.
Luca appears out of nowhere, grabbing the chaos bouquet from my hands. "I'll put these in water! You, kids, have fun!"
"We're the same age!" I call after him, but he's already disappeared into the kitchen.
The other guys pile out of their rooms, clearly planning to come along. Gavin grins at them.
"Ready? It's just a short walk across campus to the athletes' dorms."
"Why don't you live there?" JP asks as we head out.
"Could if I wanted," Gavin shrugs. "But the frat's my home, you know?"
