“What?” I asked.
Ava let out a bark of a laugh.
“It’s ironic really,” she said as joined the girls at the table. She had their attention, eyes glued to her. “We have marketing together. And not only are we in the same class, but we’re partners for the entire semester. Our grade will depend on it.”
Both Macie and Becca’s heads turned toward me in unison, their smiles matching.
“Oh my god, are you serious?” Macie asked. “I think that’s perfect! You guys have built in study partners right here. I would die for that.”
And if it had been Macie or Becca, I think I would share her sentiment. Having someone in the house to do class projects with does make it easier…if it’s a person who doesn’t want to gouge your eyes out.
Becca looked thoughtful as she scrutinized both Ava and me. I remembered saying how similar she thought the two of them were. Thinking back to when I first met Becca, though, I don’t remember her ever being mean. Her snarky comments always came across in the way they were intended to, as a joke.
“Well,” Becca said. “I think it could be an opportunity for the two of you to get to know each other a bit better, right, Ava?” She locked eyes on her as they sat across from one another.
“Yeah,” Ava said. “Right.”
Tink didn’t sound very convinced.
CHAPTER 6
Ava
What in the actual fuck. Not only did I have to live in the same house as him, probably take an occasional ride from him and be in the same class with him…but partners? Are you fucking kidding me? The class was huge. There were so many other possibilities for people to be paired with.
But it was him and me.
For the entire semester.
That sounded like actual hell.
Of course, the thought of going to the professor crossed my mind, but it left just as quick. There was no way I’d give Logan the satisfaction of requesting a different person to work with. He never would’ve let me live that down.
So I was stuck with him. In so many ways.
“Hey,” Macie said as she tapped on my open door. “You almost ready?”
At least today I’d have reinforcements in the truck with me. All four of us were driving together.
“What time is it?” I didn’t have my watch on yet, but I thought I still had almost thirty minutes before I needed to be ready. “Why are we leaving now? No one has class for like another hour.”
“Don’t know, but Becca and Logan wanted to get to campus early.”
Would have been nice if someone mentioned that to me, but I wasn’t anyone’s priority at the moment.
“Yeah, I’ll be right down.”
As I heard her hustle down the stairs, I hurriedly brushed my teeth. Shit. I wasn’t really a makeup girly, but I also didn’t like going out with nothing on my face. Throwing mascara on my lashes and gloss on my lips, I rushed to find my boots.
After grabbing my backpack, I made my way to the first floor to find it empty. Great, they were all in the truck waiting for me, that would piss the lumberjack off.
Of course, my lovely roommates left the front seat open for me.
Next to the lumberjack.
As I opened the door, I stared up into the cab of the truck with despair.
“C’mon, Tink, we’re gonna be late.”
