False Start by Alison Hendricks

Author:Alison Hendricks [Hendricks, Alison]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Published: 2016-05-25T00:00:00+00:00

I TAKE A LONG SHOWER, trying not to think about this sudden revelation. No chance of that, considering why I’m taking the shower in the first place. It’s impossible not to think of Mitch, and I’m confronted with the very real fact that I’m going to have to figure out a way to be around him at practice without acting like a horny fucking teenager.

I can keep myself in check. It’s not like I expect to turn into some mindless, lust-addled fool the second he walks into the locker room. But what about when we’re alone? I know it’ll happen. Fate likes fucking with me too much for anything else to be true.

I don’t like lying. Especially to somebody I think of as a friend. And considering how Mitch responded, I know there’s a good chance he might be having the exact same thoughts right now. Just maybe with a little less confusion about it. But that doesn’t make the conversation any easier to have.

By the time I’m dressed again, I don’t have a plan worked out. It doesn’t sit well with me. Plans are the only way I get anything done. Without them, my life would just fall into a chaotic mess. I have a feeling that’s what will happen with Mitch if I let it, and frustration mounts in me as I think about it.

Before I can figure it out, though, my phone rings. A thread of anticipation jumps high into my throat. It could be Mitch. It’s not like we’ve talked since the kiss. He could be calling to clear the air. The very idea of that fills me with a mix of excitement and dread, and I reach for my phone after a moment’s hesitation.

But it isn’t Mitch. It’s my mom. Dread coils in me, and I pick up.

“Hey, what’s up?” I try to keep it casual, but my heart’s already pounding.

Part of me expects her to tell me she got kicked out with zero notice. I have no idea what I’ll do if that’s true. The only money I have is what she sends me. I can send it back—and I’ve started doing just that—but as soon as she figures out, she’s going to tell me to knock it off.

“Is that how you speak to your mother? ‘Hey, what’s up?’” She deepens her voice, mocking mine, and I smirk.

“Sorry, got a lot on my mind.” And because I know she’ll ask, I add, “Practice is brutal now that the season’s started up.”

“I really wish you wouldn’t work yourself so hard, Dante. Every time I call you, it seems like you’re at the gym or at practice.”

Not today. Today I’m freshly showered after jacking it to gay porn. As understanding as she would be about the gay part, I’m not about to tell her the rest of it.

“Lot of competition this year.”

I swear I can hear her frown. “Well, you still shouldn’t work yourself to death. You’re too young to be worrying about all that.”

I haven’t really felt young since my dad died.

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