Her eyebrows rose. “Who was that?”
“The hockey guys I met. They’re on their way to their big game.”
“Right. There’s a watch party later in one of the dorm lounges, we should go after lab.” She took another bite of salad.
“Sure.” Cheering them on wouldn’t hurt, right?
I actually had the shirt with me, because there’d been a mention of the watch party in our lab group chat. I was also wearing the necklace from Ashton. The little penguin plush had been moved from my mini backpack to my school backpack.
“So… you and them… fling? Situationship? Other?” Leigh’s eyebrows waggled as she took a sip of her iced coffee.
I sighed heavily. “I don’t know.”
“What do you want it to be?” Leigh asked.
“Five years later so I was graduating with my PhD instead of undergrad?” I blurted, then I covered my face with my hand. “I can’t believe I said that.”
“At least you’re honest. And I get it. The commute would be a bitch. Especially with all that construction on the inter-ocean freeway.” She grinned. There was no such thing.
“I’m sure their interest will fade. And I should let it. Probably ghost them.” Though I was also wearing Steven’s hoodie today.
Leigh nodded thoughtfully. “Graduation will be here before we know it. You’re allowed to be preoccupied with all that. Our final project is going to take lots of time.”
“Hey babe, there you are!” Logan waltzed over like nothing had happened, the epitome of entitlement. He was over six feet tall and fit, but not as tall and fit as Steven and definitely not as large as Ashton.
While his body language said he was just wandering through campus, the cold and calculating look in his blue eyes indicated otherwise.
“Don'tbabeme, what do you want?” I gave him a hard look as I took a bite of my sandwich. Ugh, of course he’d come.
“This was all a misunderstanding. I’m surprised you moved out though. Isn’t that a bit of an overreaction?” He moved to sit at the table and Leigh shot him a hard look.
A misunderstanding?
“We broke up. Did you really expect me to stay? Make your lunches, wash your clothes, and continue paying for everything, while your mom accuses me of being after your money? You stole from me and cheated on me. You gave the lunches I made you to your sidepiece. I have nothing to say to you. You need to go,” I told him.
I was no longer smoothing things out for him.We do not enable man-babies.If he wanted that, he could go home to mommy.
“You got it back. It’s all good now. No need to get defensive.” His hands went up in the air. “The place smells weird. Do you know why?” Logan’s pale nose wrinkled.
Yes, I did but I wasn’t telling him. Leigh had her phone and was covertly filming this whole thing.
“Logan, please leave. I have nothing to say to you,” I added.
“You know, we’re all kinda mad at you. You left us without a hotel. You canceled my flight back. You mademy bank account negative, and I was stranded in Bali.” He raked his blond hair with his hand as he glared at me.
Laughter bubbled from my lips. “You kicked me out of my own trip and expected me to pay for it. Of course, I’m going to cancel the flight and hotel I paid for and file for bank fraud.”
“Entitled much?” Leigh snorted.
“It’s embarrassing. You owe us an apology. Now.” Logan took a step forward.
“No. They don’t.” Pika, one of my cousins who went here, strode over. He might be a big guy, but he could scale a lanai like nobody’s business. Also, he was captain of the wrestling team.
“I’m not apologizing for refusing to subsidize a trip I was uninvited on.” Me? Apologize? To them?Gross.
“Look, I don’t want to fight. Do you know where my car is? I can’t find it in the parking lot. I can’t find the keys either. I tried texting you, but you didn’t answer.” He pouted a little.
“I didn’t answer you because I blocked you and I blocked all the friends’ numbers you’re texting me from. Now please leave me alone. We’re over,” I snapped. Really, I didn’t want to keep going around and around on this.
