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"Adam doesn’t tell anybody about that," he muttered, surprised.
The door handle clicked and I straightened up on my chair. Coach Lawson and Adam left the office on a lot better terms than they’d entered. They were laughing about something and I waited for Adam to break off from him, all while I tried to push down the blush.
I didn’t have to wait long.
"It’s been a pleasure, Ms. Fontaine." Coach Lawson gave me a crinkly smile and I had a sneaking suspicion that the smiles were a rarity. He reached for my hand and gave me a hard shake. "You’re a good one."
"Thank you…sir," I said, blushing hard.
I hadn’t lied, per se. It’d been all truth but no detail. Maybe that’s where we could comfortably keep each other.
When Coach Lawson walked away though, that still left two football players looking at each other. There wasn’t…tension between them but there was something unsaid that made me want to leave the hallway too.
"This is the last time I can vouch for you, Adam," Ryan said carefully.
Everything in me wanted to run but I kept my eyes firmly planted on the floor instead.
Adam’s voice was low. "I understand."
"You’re my brother. You’re family to me. But I have Kassie to think about now and I can’t keep sticking my neck out for you. That’s it."
"I get it. Thanks, man."
It was quiet as Ryan walked away and I held my breath, waiting until I could hear the elevator doors closed.
"And?" I asked, glancing up at Adam.
A grin tugged up on his lips. It was the same grin after we escaped the Clemenza hit, the same hidden smile that held a thousand secrets that I couldn’t possibly guess at. He shrugged. "I guess we’re stuck together, ice princess. Welcome to the Marrs family."
Slowly, I nodded. "What’s the final day?"
"First of May." He nodded off towards the end of the hallway and the two of us started the walk together. He shoved his hands in his pockets. "You’ll get a good review for Roman Hall from Coach Lawson, personally."
"Wow."
I thought about the graduate dorm, the gorgeous apartments, and the zero work that went into it. No crazy parties, no weird incidents, and no…Adam.
This could be my first and only semester with the athletes. In the end, I’d never have to deal with them again. It’d be a whole new chapter of my life. And that would guarantee my housing would be covered and paid for my entire college career.
"All you have to do is keep me out of trouble." Adam shrugged. "Pretty easy."
"I just have to keep you in line." I almost patted his arm and thought better of it. Instead, I shoved my hands in my pockets like him. It was too easy to forget and touch him. "Did you keep the handcuffs from the party?"
A laugh burst out of him and that was the only sound in the hallway.
46
Adam
Mind Your Business
Spring training was everything.
It usually meant waking at dawn and getting ready for a practice I knew I was going to be five minutes late for. That routine ended. I had an ice princess on the other wall to beat in the morning. There was no way in hell I was letting that good girl get the last laugh and wake me up. My alarm was set to account for an extra twenty minutes and I ate breakfast propped against the wall that connected to hers, waiting for the sound.
And there it was - her music, drifting through the wall. And her shower, flipping on.
“Motherfucking go-time,” I muttered, pushing up from the chair.
