“You’re the bestest friend ever,” Ava said softly. “I am truly sorry this involved you though.”
“Meh, I’m sure everyone’s just being overly cautious.”
“How’s your protector?” Ava asked, and I could hear the smile in her voice.
“Watching football and eating his weight in salad wraps,” I answered dryly.
“Seriously, you okay?”
“Yeah, he’s fine. It’s zero awkward.”
“It’s awkward as fuck?” Ava guessed.
“Like you wouldn’t believe.” I laughed as I opened my eyes and stared at my ceiling. “It would be okay, but he keeps talking about yesterday.”
“About Quinn?” Ava asked in surprise.
“Huh?” I sat up, confused. “What are you talking about?”
“What are you talking about?” Ava asked in bewilderment. “Ohhh, that’s right, the fact you jumped his bones already.”
“Ava!” I groaned. “Do you need to do it too?”
“I think so.” She giggled down the phone, and I scowled. “Sorry, I’ll stop. Ash is a big teddy bear. Talk to him, he’ll stop.”
“I did talk to him, and his exact words were, ‘Nah, you’re being crazy.’”
“Oh.” I heard a murmur, and I guessed Jett was talking to her. “You’re okay though?”
No. “Absolutely.”
“Okay, hey, I need to go. See you tomorrow?”
With a sigh, I nodded. “Sure.”
“The guys have practice first thing, so we’ll come meet you before class, okay?”
“Fine.” There was no point arguing that the creepy bad guys weren’t interested in me.
“Okay, and Mee, you can tell me then why you called, okay?”
With a small smile, I felt a little better. She wasn’t as clueless as I accused her of. “Okay, thank you.”
“Love you.”
“Love you too,” I whispered as she said goodbye, and we hung up.
With a resigned sigh, I got back up and headed to my lectern. Practice.
I heard a muffled cheer from the living room, and accepting that this was my situation and he was my current roommate, all I could do was accept my lot and get on with it. Plus, my mom could be erratic; she was an actress after all. I would talk to her again tomorrow.
Pushing everything to the back of my mind, I practiced, shutting everything out except the music.
Tonight’s problems, well, they would still be there tomorrow, and there was nothing I could do about them right now.
Chapter 7: Ash
Feeling much better in the morning than I had the previous night, I was at the training field bright and early the next morning. I was already in my practice uniform when the twins arrived, and I waited for them to get ready.
