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With these two, I’ll have Dick Brain for days.
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Gingerly, I approach Colton, reclining on a cushioned lounger. Stars glitter above, and the moon is full, making silver light dance over the calm black water.
“Don’t tell Coach Williams.” I hide a silk bag behind my back. “But I brought some contraband.”
He smiles, his brow raised and curious.
Don’t worry; it’s not a dildo from Delta’s. It’s a bottle of Hennessy, and when I present it to Colton, he nods, “My kinda woman,” before accepting the first swig with a toast. “Thanks.”
I settle on the lounger beside him, taking the bottle he passes back to me. I take a swig, too, while I catch Beau’s silhouette in the dark windows of his bedroom.
His lights are off. He’s watching us, but I don’t mind. I’m honored he trusts me to do this.
“So,” I sigh to the stars above, “got any good make-up tips?”
Colton’s chuckle rumbles low while he reclines, considering the sky and his shitty relationship. “Don’t do your eye makeup before your formation.”
“Formation?” I laugh. “You mean foundation?”
“Yeah, that.” He laughs back.
I pass him the bottle. We exchange a couple more burning sips before he asks, “You think I’m a dumbass, don’t you?”
“Nope. I think we all got reasons for our relationships or lack thereof. Question is, do you know what yours is?”
“Uh, bad habits are hard to break?”
“Harder to break than hearts?”
“It won’t break my heart to end this one,” he admits. “Hell, she’s got me so numb, I don’t feel a thing.”
Colton doesn’t know I know about him and Beau. But I do, and that’s not true.
He feels something powerful for Beau, and I can’t sit by for ten days and watch them destroy each other and their dream over it.
“You know, when I was in college,” I share, “this guy I loved to hate kept playing pranks on me. Then, one night, he showed up at my dorm with a busted lip and tears in his eyes, and it wasn’t a joke. He told me about his best friend, the guy he loved, and he said he loved him, too. He just hated their world because they couldn’t be together in it.”
Like a comet across the sky, Colton looks at me, his huge smile beaming. “I knew it was you.”
“What?”
“You. You were Reese’s roommate, right? I heard about you.”
“Yeah,” I answer.
“Yeah, you’re the one Bronson bragged about on Snapchat. The girl he played all those pranks on?”
“The one and only. And just you wait. I packed Clingwrap to put over his toilet.”
“That’s your toilet, too.”
“That’s what they make oceans for.”
He softly chuckles, considering me for a moment. A long one before he gently smiles. “So, he told you about us?” I nod yes. “But you never told anyone, did you?” I shake my head no. “That’s what I thought. It’s you. He trusts you.” His smile lights up his eyes. “That’s why he loves you. You know that, right?”
