Because of Dylan: A forbidden student teacher slow burn romance (Riggins U Book 3) by Erica Alexander

Author:Erica Alexander [Alexander, Erica]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Erica Alexander
Published: 2020-06-29T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty-Seven

My phone rings somewhere on my bed. I dig under the blanket. River’s face flashes on the screen.

“Hey, River, I only have a minute. I’m running out. Have a test in fifteen minutes.”

“I can’t believe you have a test. It’s three days before Thanksgiving!”

I hold my phone against my ear with a shoulder while I lace a sneaker. “I know. They had to reschedule it for today because of the canceled classes last week.”

“A lot of people left early. They should have canceled the rest of classes until after Thanksgiving. Have the tests then. And you should have come home with me.” Her voice sounds muffled. I finish lacing the second sneaker while she rants on.

I stand up. “It’s okay. The campus feels so weird, though. The halls are so quiet.” Even more so than normal before a big break or holiday. The shooting five days ago still hangs over everyone’s head. “I got to go. Call you later?”

“Yep. Good luck on your test.”

“Thanks.” I hang up, shove the phone in my back pocket and grab my backpack. I open the door to leave my room and nearly crash into Tommy.

“Jesus Christ, Tommy! You scared me. I almost peed myself.”

His laughter echoes in the empty hall.

I push at his chest and close the door behind me.

He pulls me into a hug. “You avoided me the entire weekend. Not cool, Becca, not cool.”

I hug him back, his gentle chastising stings and makes me even more awkward. Why is it easier to hook up with a stranger than to accept the affectionate hug of a friend?

He pulls back and drapes my arm over his like we’re an eighteenth-century couple. We walk to the elevator.

He pushes the down button. “So, I came here on a mission, and you can’t say no.”

I already don’t like it. “What are you trying to get me into?”

“Nothing bad. I want to invite you for Thanksgiving.”

My head is shaking like it’s on automatic pilot. I’m so used to declining invitations like this. I don’t do family holidays. And now I have three invitations. My father, River, and Tommy.

I still remember Thanksgiving freshman year. River dragged me along to her family’s farm. It was beautiful and heartbreaking. I got to see firsthand what I’d been missing my entire life. I never imagined there could be such a love. I have missed and envied it since. No. I don’t need another reminder.

His smile falters at my silent rebuttal.

He tugs at my hand, and we walk outside. “Come on, Becca, say yes. Please.” Tommy makes puppy eyes at me and holds his hands up in a begging motion. The weak sunlight makes a halo around his head and gives him an even more angelic and innocent face. My walls crack.

“I’m not much of a family-getting-together-Thanksgiving kind of person.” I hike up the straps of my backpack and quicken my pace.

“Nothing to worry, then, it’s me and my brother. And now you.”

“Just the two of you? No family or friends?”

“Just the three of us,” he corrects me.

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