It Was Me by Cruise Anna

Author:Cruise, Anna [Cruise, Anna]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Mission Bay Publishing
Published: 2013-07-30T03:00:00+00:00

TWENTY ONE

Abby did, in fact, think the school was great.

We spent the rest of the week in Tucson talking less about baseball and more about school. We spent a couple of mornings on the campus, one with Coach Childs, as he made good on his word and put together the necessary paperwork for both of us, and then another morning by ourselves, just walking the campus, ducking in and out of buildings and getting a feel for the place. We both agreed. It felt like a place we could settle into easily.

We'd stayed up late one night, searching the Internet to look at the classes the school offered and we both saw more than enough things we were interested in. Abby also grabbed several apartment guides from a grocery store and we drove by some of the places that were close to campus, spotting one in particular that we both liked. We bought stuff in the bookstore—a sweatshirt for her and a T-shirt for me—and by the end of the week when it was time to head back to San Diego, it seemed like fate that we were supposed to end up there.

Her mom continued to be supportive while we were there, asking us about classes and what the baseball schedule would be like. She seemed genuinely happy.

Mr. Sellers, on the other hand, seemed...distant. There were no more questions about baseball. There were very few questions at all, really. He'd gone quiet and stayed that way. When his wife prodded him into saying something, he smiled and agreed with whatever she wanted him to agree with, then went back to thinking about whatever was on his mind.

Annika was Annika. There were several snide remarks about how Abby needed special help to get into college and about how we'd probably hate living in the heat. But even her best attempts at getting under my skin failed.

For the first time in a long time, I felt like it was all coming together in a way that I wanted it to come together.

“What are you smiling about?” Abby asked, walking into the room.

I had my bag on the bed and was folding my clothes, packing them up. “Nothing.”

“It can't be the six hour long drive back with my parents,” she said. “Maybe it's because my sister already bailed?”

My smile grew. Annika had taken off earlier that day. Since she'd driven herself out to Tucson, we were going to be deprived the pleasure of her presence on the way back to San Diego. She'd left as soon as she'd woken up.

“Or maybe,” Abby said, coming up behind me. “It's because we can spend some time at your apartment tonight.” Her hand snaked around my shorts and slid between my legs.

I took a deep breath, felt myself rise against her hand. “Crossed my mind.”

She squeezed me gently and I groaned.

“Just crossed your mind?” she asked. “That's it? I was hoping for a little more enthusiasm.”

I pivoted so I was facing her. I grabbed her hips and pulled her in tight to me so she could feel exactly what she'd done to me.

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