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to her friends and walked away to sit on the other side of the room.
I glanced at the note in his hand. “What was that all about?”
He looked up at me and grinned before opening up the folded note to read it.
“That,” he motioned to where the girl was sitting, glaring at me from across the room, “was Xanda, and apparently if I call her at this number she will give me a good time.”
I rolled my eyes as I turned away from him, trying to hide the hurt I was feeling. He wasn’t mine and I shouldn’t be bothered by other girls giving him their numbers. “Nice, you get around a lot don’t you?”
He grinned at me as he tucked the note into his pocket. “I told you before, gotta love the groupies.”
The rest of my morning flew by, and soon I was making my way to the cafeteria to meet up with Logan and grab some lunch. He was standing outside looking pale with a pair of sunglasses on to hide his eyes.
“Feeling better?”
“Not really, but I figured I should probably make it to at least a couple classes today.”
He held the door open for me as I walked past him and into the cafeteria. We grabbed some food and sat down at an empty table next to the doors. I devoured my food like I hadn’t eaten in weeks as Logan watched me with a look of disgust.
“There is no way I’m going to be able to handle food, here take mine,” he said as he slid his sandwich over to me.
“You need to eat, it’ll make you feel better.”
“No thanks, I’ll take my chances.”
We sat in an uneasy silence with him staring at me. I couldn’t think of a single thing to say that didn’t involve our conversation from this morning. The chair next to me was pulled back and Drake dropped into it.
“Dude, you look like shit.”
I hid a smile as Logan pinched his lips together but didn’t say anything.
Drake turned to me. “What are you guys doing later? I thought we might go hang out at the bar I play at,” He glanced up at Logan as an evil smile spread across his face, “Grab a beer or two, and something to eat.”
Logan turned a light shade of green and stood up. “I’ve got to go, I’ll text you later Chloe.”
He was out the door before I could reply and I turned to glare at Drake, “That wasn’t very nice.”
“What’d I say?”
“Don’t try to play innocent, you know exactly what you did.”
“Whatever, so what do you say? Want to go to the bar tonight? You can bring Amber too.”
I shook my head, “No thanks, I’ve been out the last two nights, I need to fit some actual studying somewhere in my college life.”
He shrugged his shoulders as he stood up, “Suit yourself, but if you change your mind, you have my number.”
I watched as he walked out the door with the brunette from class, I think he said her name was Xanda, following him. I had no doubt he’d find someone to entertain him while I was studying.
Chapter Six
My Hero
The rest of the week passed quickly, and before I knew it, I was sitting in my room Friday night going over some of my assignments due on Monday. I had stuck to my word, working on assignments and studying Wednesday and Thursday night, and it appeared I was going to be doing the same tonight. What a way to spend my Friday night, I thought to myself as I sighed for the thousandth time and threw the book shut.
Amber had a date tonight with Alex, the guy she had met at the sorority party, and Rachel was nowhere to be found, so I was on my own for the night. I stood up, deciding I could at least make a trip to Starbucks and get some caffeine in me for an all-night study session. I grabbed my car keys and headed for the door, leaving a note for Rachel in case she came home and wondered where I went. I was walking down the stairs, dreaming of a Pumpkin Spice latte, when I ran into Logan.
“Hey, where you headed to?” he asked cheerfully.
“I’m going to make a run to Starbucks, I need caffeine if I am going to get any work done tonight.”
He rolled his eyes at me, “You and your caffeine addiction, as much coffee as you drink you would think you could