“Meeee!”
A second voice comes squealing down the line. It’s a voice I’d know anywhere.
“For fuck’s sake.” I pinch my nose in frustration.
Don keeps his eyes latched on the game. “What happened?”
“I’m not too sure. I ran into Lois on campus, she was cr—”
“Why the fuck is Lois wasted?” I cut him off.
You know exactly why, Lane.
“Juliet is kicking our asses out.” Lewis starts to laugh. “Hey, Don? Can you come pick us up and take us to the dorms? Me and Lois really wanna fuck.”
There’s a deafening roar in my ears, my mind swelling with cusswords. When Lewis’s voice fills the air again, I squeeze the controller so hard I think it might break.
“She wants me to be her Super Daddy.”
“I’m going to kill him,” I hiss.
“Minus the cape.”
“Definitely not minus the condom, though.” Lois giggles, and the sound cuts right through me, the hairs on the back of my neck standing on end.
I look around me. The others are speechless. Don is the first to laugh, followed by Adam, who shoots me an apologetic glance. I bring the phone to my mouth.
“Lewis, I swear to God, if you—”
The worst rendition ever of the Superman theme comes slurring through the speaker.
“If you so much as touch her, I’m going to fuck you up!”
I can feel my friends’ eyes boring into me, and I realize the immensity of what I’ve just said.
“Laney is pissed,” Lewis whispers on the other end of the line.
“Oh! You lost, buddy!” Lois singsongs at him. “You owe me fifty bucks.”
“Shit!” Lewis sounds saddened. “We were betting on how long it’d take for you to lose your shit. Thought you had more in you, man.”
“Game over, Lanus.”
She must be leaning into the phone now, because her voice is deafening. Adam is doing his best not to burst out laughing, and it’s taking every inch of self-control I’ve got not to flip this whole coffee table over.
“You fucked up, didn’t you?” Donovan points a finger at me. “Now I get why you’re in such a pissy mood.”
I chew the inside of my cheek, biting back the anger.
Don turns back to the phone, slipping on his jacket. “We’re coming to get you, Lewis. Don’t you move.”
“Thank you, Mommy Donny! Can we borrow your bed? It’s much bigger than—”
I hang up before I lose my shit for real. I’ve got a sudden urge to tear this place apart, and the way Adam is looking at me is really pissing me off. I don’t know what he’s seeing, and I don’t even want to know. All I care about right now is getting Lois away from Lewis’s sticky little paws—before he does something we both regret.This girl has been a pain from the get-go.
“Let’s take your car, Lane. That way I can drive Lewis back in his.”
“Yeah. And make sure he’s solo.” I grab my keys.
