Page 33 of Against The Boards

BENNY

“Stop breathing down my neck!” a sharp voice snarled and startled me awake.

“What?” I groaned, still half asleep.

I leaned into the soft body beside me, tightening my arm around her waist as I nuzzled into her soft hair. She’d kill me for that, but I pretended I was asleep and enjoyed holding her in my arms.

I was still in disbelief that I'd spent the night with Rox in my bed, but my dick sure wasn’t. I could blame it on morning wood, but having this sexy goddess-like woman in my bed got my blood pumping.

“Benny.”

“Hmm?”

“Will you get that thing away from me?”

“Why, you don't want a repeat?” I whispered into her ear.

She growled and elbowed me in the ribs. “Dick!”

I chuckled into her neck.

“Dude, get off!”

I rolled onto my back, sat up in bed, and rubbed the sleep from my eyes. I didn’t regret the night spent with her, but I wondered if, in the morning light, she regretted what we had done. I never wanted a woman to wake up the next morning and regret sleeping with me. It was why consent and checking in with whoever I was intimate with was important to me.

She ran a hand down her face and laid on her back. “Sorry. I’m not a pleasant person without my coffee.”

“Holy shit, we should check outside,” I joked.

“Why?” she asked.

“To see if the apocalypse has started.”

She punched me in the shoulder and glared up at me.

“Are you okay?” I asked.

She furrowed her brow. “Yes?”

“I mean, are you sore?”

She laughed and brought her forefinger and thumb together. “A little, but I’m okay. It’s sweet of you to check.”

I stretched and pulled my phone out to check the time. I had three missed calls and a bunch of text messages from her brother. My heart beat loudly in my head at the reminder that I had slept with my teammate’s sister. TJ was one of those guys who believed in 'the code.' He couldn’t find out Rox and I had succumbed to our desires.

I scrolled through the text messages.

TJ: Do you know where my sister is?

TJ: My ex Natalie is friends with her and is worried she hasn’t heard from her. Apparently, she had a date tonight?

TJ: Now I’m getting worried.

“Shit.”

“What’s wrong?” Rox asked while she sat up in the bed.

“You need to call your friend Natalie.”