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No such luck.
I raise my hands in surrender, giving them my best shameful grin. “Oops!” I say. “Ya caught me, guys.”
They whoop and holler at me as I bolt up the stairs to the third floor.
Our door is closed, but there’s no sock on the knob this time, so I walk on in.
Seth looks at me from the closet, his hair damp from a shower. “Holy shit,” he says. “You’re alive.”
“Barely,” I say. “Why wouldn’t I be?”
“I texted you like ten times.”
“Oh, sorry.” I retrieve my phone from my pocket. “Battery died.”
He smirks as he throws on a shirt. “So, where were you?” he asks. “I didn’t see you at the party.”
“I was there,” I say, a well-rehearsed lie. “For about five minutes before some Beta Kappa beauty hooked me and that was it. Next thing I knew it was six in the morning and she wasn’t done with me yet, so…”
I face my desk as the lie slowly curls around my stomach.
“Sounds about right.” Seth laughs, impressed. “Well, Tammy was looking for you.”
My brow piques. “Really?”
“I admire the hard to get game as much as the next guy, but someone else will scoop that hottie up if you don’t stop dicking around. Guaranteed.”
I laugh. “I’ll keep that in mind.”
“You up for post-party pancakes? We’ll give a toast to our latest conquests.”
“Always.” I clear my throat. “Just going to freshen up a bit. I’ll meet you downstairs.”
“Excellent.” He steps out into the hallway and leans over the railing. “Delta Xi!”
The battle cry echoes from the depths of the house.
I lick my lips, Heidi’s sweet flavor turning bitter in my mouth. “Delta Xi,” I say to myself.
CHAPTER 23
HEIDI
October
I march up the stairs of the Delta Xi house toward the third floor with a 9x11 frame pinched beneath my arm. As I reach the second landing, two guys suddenly rush out of the room in the corner and I hop to the side to avoid them.
“Sorry, Stampy!” one of them shouts as they pass me.
I chuckle. Honestly, I’m starting to like it.
“It’s okay,” I say as I continue up to the third floor.
Seth and Drew’s door is ajar, but I knock twice just to be sure.
“What?!” Seth shouts from inside.
I push it open the rest of the way. “What?” I mock with a raised brow.
