A Mermaid's Kiss (Bay State University #1) - Katie Holland Page 0,7
looked at who it was I almost laughed. It was Major.
“What the hell?” he said, looking up at me, clearly confused.
“Sorry, it was a reflex.” I helped him up.
“Do you do that to everyone who touches you?” he asked, stepping back from me.
“I do if I’m in a strange place full of drunk guys and one of them grabs me.”
“Okay, fair enough,” he said rubbing his wrist. “I guess I shouldn’t have grabbed your arm like that. I just wanted to know where you were going.”
“Not that it’s any of your business, but I’m going back to the dorm,” I told him.
“By yourself at night? That doesn’t seem very smart to me.”
“As you can see, I can clearly take care of myself.”
That put a smile on his face.
“Clearly. But let me walk you home anyway.”
“You don’t need to do that. I’m sure there are a dozen girls in there just waiting for your attention.”
“I’m sure there are, but my mother would kill me if I let you walk by yourself in the dark. You owe me that much after almost breaking my wrist.”
“Fine. I can’t stop you from walking in the same direction as me,” I said, and started down the sidewalk again.
“Where did you learn to do that anyway?” he asked, as we headed in the direction of the dorms.
“My Nana insisted that I take self-defense classes. I took them for two years.”
“Looks like they worked,” he chuckled. “The only time a woman has brought me to my knees before is when …”
I don’t know why he stopped, but I wanted to know what he was going to say. “Is when what?”
“When I fuck her from behind,” he finally said.
“Did you think that was going to shock me or something?” I asked.
“Maybe. I don’t know. You’re a hard person to read.”
“Yeah, well so are you,” I told him.
This was one of the strangest conversations I think I’d ever had. I was glad when the front door of the dorm was in sight.
“Well this is me,” I said.
“But this is the athletic dorm?” he questioned.
“And?” I said.
“I know you’re not from here by the way you talk, so what are you at Bay State for?”
“I’m a competitive swimmer. And, I have practice tomorrow at 8 am so I’m going inside now.”
“A swimmer huh, cool. So, you want company tonight?” he asked, wiggling his eyebrows.
“Thank you for walking me home. I guess I’ll see you around,” I told him.
He laughed at me. “Good night Kayleigh,” he said and walked away.
I went up to our room and changed into my PJ’s. I looked at the clock, it was only 10:30. I had to laugh at myself. My first Friday night in college and here I was in my PJ’s, at 10:30 at night about to read a book.
At least I’d gone to the party. Watching a bunch of people get drunk just wasn’t for me. I’d also never been one to stay out late. I usually had practice early every morning and I wasn’t good on little sleep. I propped my pillows up and settled back with my eReader. I was in the middle of a really steamy romantic suspense book, and couldn’t wait to see how it ended. I dove right in and was soon lost in the fictional world.
Chapter 6
Major
“Yo dude, where’ve you been?” Bodie asked, when I walked back into the party.
“I walked Kayleigh home.” As soon as the words came out of my mouth I regretted them.
“You did what? Who’s Kayleigh?”
I knew he wasn’t going to let it go so I figured I’d tell him the whole story. “You know the brunette from the beach yesterday?” He nodded. “I saw her leaving alone and didn’t think it was safe for her to be walking at night.” I sounded like an idiot.
Bodie grinned at me. “So let’s see it then.”
“See what?”
“The pussy pic for our bet. You did fuck her, right?”
“Nope, she’s not my type, way too stuck up for me.” That was a total lie. She was exactly my type and he knew it.
“I call bullshit,” he said.
I wasn’t getting out of this. “Fine. As far as I can tell, she thinks I’m a dick and wants nothing to do with me.”
“So, what you’re really telling me is that she said no,” he said, and started laughing his ass off.
“Whatever fucker.” I left him standing there and went to get another beer. My thoughts drifted back to when Kayleigh had my wrist in that hold. It was actually