Rory's also been in touchwith her father, but only via a few emails and it's all still veryuncomfortable.I try to be supportive, but mostly I wish I couldjust tell her she should forget the bastard ever existed.But Iguess that would be hypocritical.She's still unsure about thewhole thing, and I won't push her one way or the other.Either way,I know she can handle it.My girl can handle anything.And sheknows that if she needs me, I'm here, no matter what.
Rory and I shower togetherquickly, a domestic dance we've yet to perfect.It's hard to getthings done when your greatest obsession stands naked and drippingwet only inches from you.It's only because I've just had her thatI can resist.Well, that, and the fact that Rory can tell themoment I'm considering making us even later and she hops out of theshower before I can give into temptation.
I grab for her anyway,growling as she skirts just out of my reach and wraps an oversizedwhite bath towel around her perfect body, cloaking it from my veryhungry view.
Rory grins in triumph.She's been doing that a lot lately.Grinning, smiling, smirking…she's fucking radiant.
I shut the water and drymyself off.Rory's already pulling on her jeans, her white lace brabarely covering the world's perkiest tits.
"My face is up here," shereminds me with another smile.
"I know exactly where itis," I reply, never moving my eyes from her chest.
She laughs one of myfavorite sounds in the universe.Another thing that makes me feellike a god—just making her fucking laugh.
I'm pathetic.
I'm pathetic and I don'teven care.
Rory pulls her suitcasebehind her and I carry the one box she's taking down to her dorm.We call out goodbye to Thea on our way out and climb into acab.
"You sure you want to dothis?"I ask her for the hundredth time.
She rolls her eyes."Sam,"she admonishes.
"What if you leavesomething at the dorm that you need at my place?"
"I didn't pack anything Ireally need.You know that.We've talked about this… it isn't goingto change anything," she promises me for the millionthtime.
I want to believe her.Orrather, I want to believe it doesn't even matter.It's just thatthis summer has been a fucking dream.Having her with me everynight, knowing she'd be there when I got back from working withUncle Kelly, or with me in the Hamptons for the weekend—I just gotused to it.And I don't want it to change.
Rory signs me into herdorm and we take the elevator up to the fifth floor.It is like ascene out of a movie.From every college movie ever made.Loudmusic blares from multiple dorm rooms, boxes and packaging liningthe hall.Freshmen are everywhere, bouncing from room to room withexcitement, writing not-so-witty little notes on whiteboards thathang from the doors.Parents and siblings say their goodbyes, thenew students anxious to get rid of them.
Rory's dorm room is small,but it's what I'd been expecting.After all, I've seen freshmandorms before and they all look the same.I help her unpack the fewboxes that had been pre-shipped to the dorm, and we make the bed Ihope she'll never use.None of it takes very long since there isn'tmuch to do.
"We've got to get going ifwe're going to get to the restaurant on time," I tell her.It'sgoing to be a bitch to get uptown now, even at the tail end of rushhour.
Rory tells me to go aheadand grab a cab while she stops by her R.A.'s room to introduceherself.I kind of want to meet this "advisor" who's supposedto be responsible for whatever goes on on this floor myself, but Idon't want Rory to think that I don't think she can take care ofherself, so I do as she’s asked and head downstairs.
"Cap?"
I hear the familiar voiceas soon as I step outside the building.Randy, Kendall's olderbrother stands behind me chatting with some girl.He excuseshimself from what was probably some pick-up and makes his way overto me.
"Hey, bro, how are you?"He asks with a handshake/half-hug.
"I’m Great, Rand.Youstill prowling for freshmen?"I tease.
Randy smirks."Hey, shewas a sophomore.I think.What are you doing here?"heasks.
"Waiting for my girl."Ican't help my grin.
He shakes his head almostreproachfully."Yeah, Ken told me about that.Heading into collegewith a girlfriend?Have I taught you nothing?"
"Turns out, it seemsyou're the one with a lot to learn," I retort and we both laugh."Plus I'm pretty sure your sister was just telling everyone abouthow you're ready to settle down into a nice, committedrelationship."I don't tell him she said it as part of a ploy toset him up withmygirl to try and make me jealous.
Randy rolls his eyesdramatically."God, I say one thing about how I wouldn't be adverseto a relationship if I met a girl who was worth it and Ken can'tstop suggesting girls to set me up with.She drives menuts."
I smile.That does soundlike Kendall.
