Despite Your Crazy by K.C. Everly

Author:K.C. Everly [Everly, K.C.]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Publisher: anonymous
Published: 2023-04-20T00:00:00+00:00

Seventeen

Rachel

This was no doubt a violation of his privacy, but I couldn’t help it.

I stood in the hallway outside the cafeteria, peeking through the window as I watched Ethan sit at a table across from a man who looked more tank than human.

Ethan’s back was to me, his mussy hair standing on end from all the tugging he was doing. Whatever they were talking about must have been an uneasy conversation.

He said he had an older brother—was that him? Size aside, they looked nothing alike.

The oversized man shifted in the small chair, his knees hitting the table as he clasped his fists together, pointing his index fingers at Ethan and saying something that caused Ethan to drop his head.

That didn’t look good. Whoever he was, his reaction was affecting Ethan meaningfully.

The refrigerator of a man pushed up to stand, the motion sliding the table closer to Ethan. The man’s grimace didn’t relax, his finger still pointed at Ethan, but when Ethan stood up, the big guy pulled him in for a hug. Ethan wasn't small by any stretch, but by order of magnitude, it was an impressive difference.

They separated. Ethan ran a hand through his hair, scratching the back of his head. The man held his hand out for Ethan. Ethan shook it, and they both turned to leave.

Catching me looking through the window like a creeper.

“Dammit.” I spun around, tugging on my bottom lip and hoping they had somehow missed me.

“Hey,” Ethan said, coming out of the cafeteria and bumping my hip with his as he leaned against the window next to me. “Like what you saw there?”

“Idiot,” his beefy compatriot rumbled, following just a few steps behind Ethan. The man gave a brief nod to me and lumbered off, saying nothing else.

Ethan grinned, pointing at his guest’s back. “A poet, that one.”

I watched the giant disappear around the corner before facing Ethan. “Who was that? I thought you weren’t expecting anyone.”

“I wasn’t,” Ethan said quickly. “An old friend. He, uh, kind of did me a solid.” Before I could open my mouth to ask, Ethan beamed and held up a book he’d been carrying by his side.

“It’s Not Summer Without You,” I read, bursting into laughter.

His face fell, and I wasn’t sure if he was serious or not. “You don’t know the feelings this story stirs up, Rachel.”

He glanced side to side conspiratorially. Confirming no one was paying attention to us, he grinned and spread the book.

Tucked inside, like a perverse bookmark, was a strip of condoms.

Ethan grinned again. “All the feelings.”

My hands shot to my mouth, and I shook my head, laughing so hard it was silent. Ethan clapped a hand to my back, patting roughly and doing my laughter no favors.

“Bad news, though,” Ethan said, once I’d settled. He pointed in the direction his friend had left. “He took the replenished stash of Laffy-Taffy with him. Said I didn’t deserve it anymore.”

“Oh, good lord!” I said, aghast. “Such cruelty, Ethan. And you call him a friend?”

Ethan

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