Tangled Up In You by Jaclyn Osborn

Author:Jaclyn Osborn [Osborn, Jaclyn]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-06-10T16:00:00+00:00

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“You want another plate of pancakes, hun?” Hunter’s mom, Wendy, asked after approaching our booth in the corner of the diner.

“No, thank you, Ma’am,” I answered, putting a hand on my already stuffed stomach. “Any more and I won’t be able to fit into my football uniform.”

Hunter rolled his eyes as he took another drink of coffee.

“What?” I asked. “It’s tight.”

“You’re tight,” he shot back in mock form just like we used to do all the time when we were younger. Only this time, it kind of bit us in the ass, and we blushed.

I was definitely tight. The only guy I’d ever let fuck me was Hunter, and that was way back in the day.

Wendy looked back and forth between us before smiling and walking to another table to refill someone’s drink.

Hunter’s routine on Saturday was to have breakfast at his parent’s diner, and I’d started joining him. In fact, I’d noticed a lot of his life was routine. Even though he hadn’t come out and told me about it, I got the impression he avoided most people. He had a certain schedule he stuck to; one that mostly involved him being alone.

He was afraid to put himself out in the world hurt, and I knew it was because of me. He didn’t have to tell me he was afraid of people hurting him. It was clear in his daily life of shielding himself from new experiences. From things and possibly even relationships that’d excite him.

Once upon a time, I’d known him better than I knew myself, and I liked to think I still did to an extent.

“What do you wanna do today?” I asked after taking a drink of orange juice. “Besides me, that is.”

Hunter tried—and failed—to stop his smile. “I really need to hit the gym. But after that…I don’t know. I’m still reading over the kids’ research papers, so I might work on that some.”

I nodded before glancing out the window at a red cardinal that had landed on a low-hanging branch. It pecked at something before flying off again.

After the snowstorm we’d had about two weeks before, the weather had begun to feel more like spring, although some days were still chilly. The high was going to be in the sixties that day with blue skies and lots of sun. The perfect weather to do something outside. Maybe to get Hunter to be more spontaneous too.

“Okay,” I said, returning my gaze to him. “We’ll go to the gym after this, and then you’re mine for the day. No working on school shit or being a hermit in your cave.”

His lips twitched. “Should I be scared? You’re not going to throw me into a den of lions or something, right?”

“I haven’t decided yet.”

“In that case,” he said before taking another sip of his coffee, “let’s get the check and get out of here.”

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