“You did it?”
“Yep.” I should be scared about almost missing a deadline for the first time in my life, but I’m not. What did missing out on life to get my paper in a week early ever get me? Did my professor mark it before everyone else’s? Nope. Did he tell me I really didn’t need to hand it in that early with an air of pity in his voice? Yep. Do I feel pretty goodabout myself for having a sex lifeandgetting my paper in one time? Abso-freaking-lutely.
“What are you laughing at?” Elias asks with a smile.
“Nothing, I just never thought I’d be rushing to get a paper in because I was up all night having sex.”
“Sorry.”
“Don’t apologize, it’s great.”
He snorts.
“Want a ride to class?”
“Yes, but please don’t distract me, I have a very important quiz or something.”
“Is this introduction to psych?”
“Yes. Kill me now.”
Elias’ roommates can’t look us in the eye when we finally emerge from his bedroom.Oh my gosh, did they hear us having sex?When did they get back?I look to Elias to see if I ought to be embarrassed. He doesn’t seem phased so I try to follow his lead.
I can’t ask him about it until we’re in the car and he’s putting his new favorite Lana Del Rey song on.
“Hey, Elias, do you think your roommates heard us having sex last night?”
He shrugs. “I don’t know. Who cares?”
“Icare. God, how embarrassing.”
“Hey, what have I told you? There’s nothing to be embarrassed about. Sex is the most natural thing in the world. That’s why it’s free and God or whoever gave us G-spots and prostates.”
He’s being deadly serious. He’s not even smiling.
“What?”
“Nothing, you’re just …”Amazingis the word that comes to mind, but for some reason, it feels too heavy. He’s only mine for now. After this weekend, he’ll belong to the world.And probably some insanely handsome model or something.
“You make me laugh, that’s all.”
He smiles. He almost looks shy.
I park outside the building for life sciences and walk with him to his class before we have to separate. That girl he met at the sorority party is waiting for him and introduces herself to me as Joelle.
“You two look happy,” she says.
My face instantly floods with heat.
Elias is unbothered as usual.
“Come on, we want to get a good seat.”
“Oh yeah, as far away from the loud tappers as possible.”
I’m about to ask what she means when Elias drags her off towards the lecture hall, throwing me a wink before he slides behind the door.
Oh hell, I’m done for.
