Never Have You Ever (The Love Game #1)- Elizabeth Hayley Page 0,17
Drew was working this afternoon. The last thing I needed was for him to see me like this. God only knew how much worse this would get before it got better.
Already sure I had a fever, I couldn’t think of anything other than my bed. I couldn’t even bring myself to text Carter and ask him to tell the professor I’d left because of a sudden illness. Sophia Mason wasn’t someone who left class abruptly without an excuse.
Though evidently I was.
I don’t even remember falling asleep, but I must have. I woke up two and a half hours later with a splitting headache. Other than that, I felt much better. I was at least sixty percent. And that was like fifty percent better than I’d felt when I’d left class.
I took a long drink of water, feeling the liquid make its way through my body and hydrate me almost immediately. I just needed to brush my teeth and take a shower, and I’d probably be up another five percent.
I was still a little dizzy as I made my way out of my room, or Brody’s room, toward the bathroom. Stopping at the hall closet, I grabbed a clean towel before pushing open the bathroom door the rest of the way.
But the thought of a hot shower was squashed as soon as I saw Drew standing in front of the toilet.
“Oh my God!” I quickly backed out of the bathroom and shielded my eyes like I’d witnessed a murder and was scared I’d be killed if I’d been caught watching it. “Why didn’t you shut the door?” I yelled once I was safely outside.
“I didn’t know you were home.”
I heard the toilet flush, the sink turn on, and a few moments later, the door swung open.
Don’t look at his… Jesus, look up.
What the hell was wrong with me? It was like I half expected his penis to still be out when he exited the bathroom.
“Did you wash your hands?” was the only thing I could come up with.
“Of course I washed my hands. I’m potty trained.”
“Oh, um…I’m sick.” I pushed past him, and once I was inside, I locked the door and turned on the shower.
What the hell had my life become?
D R E W
To say I felt awkward about what had happened was an understatement. It wasn’t that I cared that Sophia saw me peeing. She’d only seen me from behind, so there wasn’t much to see anyway, but her response to it was causing me anxiety. And I wasn’t an anxious person. She clearly wasn’t feeling well, and I probably hadn’t helped.
She was in the shower close to forty-five minutes when I finally got up the nerve to knock and ask if she was okay.
“Yes” came her terse response.
“Okay, just checking. Is there anything I can get you?”
“No.”
I was silent for a moment. “Is there still hot water left?” Did that make me sound selfish? I knew Brody’s hot water didn’t last long, so it surprised me she was still in there. “I’m not asking for myself,” I clarified. “I just wanted to see if you were comfortable or…”
I needed to stop talking. There wasn’t anything I could do, and my questions were probably hurting more than helping.
“I’ll be out soon,” she said, and we both left it at that.
About ten minutes later, she came out of the bathroom wearing sweatpants and an oversize Zeta Eta Chi T-shirt.
From the couch, I could see Sophia walk over to the refrigerator and pull out some Gatorade. Then she opened a pill bottle, popped a few into her mouth, and swallowed them down with a drink. It was obvious, at least to me, that we were intentionally trying to avoid eye contact.
“Don’t feel weird about what happened,” I said.
“I don’t.”
Unconvinced, I nodded, even though I’m sure she couldn’t see me.
“Do you feel weird?” she asked.
“Not really. I guess just a little bad that you seem so disturbed by it.” I almost laughed.
“I didn’t see your…” Now she was facing me, one finger gesturing toward my lap before she seemed to realize it only made the situation more awkward to point to my dick and dropped her hand. “Thingy.”
“The anatomical terminology is ‘enormous wang,’” I said, hoping to make her laugh.
She smiled, but it seemed to be more out of embarrassment. “Since I didn’t see it, I can neither confirm nor deny the size of it.”
“Guess you’ll just have to take my word for it, then.”